Lewis Collins

Lewis Collins

Hard man Bodie in The Professionals. Not so hard as lodger Gavin in the Cuckoo Waltz. Collins was the first man to give the SAS a media image after the release of the movie Who Dares Wins.

Collins put some time in with London-based 10 PARA, who he joined in 1977. After stuffing his ankle on a jump, Collins finally gained his wings in 1980 - fitting in TA service around his filming schedule. He even attempted selection with 21 SAS (V). He was a fanny magnet in the bop and no mistake.

Collins was (at that time) an enthusiastic Jujitsu practitioner, and it is likely that it was through this that he met a certain James Shortt - who's positively milked the celebrity association since.

Collins once lost out badly to Johnny 'Three Bollocks' McKenzie in a particularly nasty bout of Freckles in the Pigs' Bar at the back of the Spottie... probably. He's fackin nails anyway and now lives in Los Angeles. He is a qualified pilot and experienced free fall parachutist.