Dave Legeno

Dave Legeno
Born	12 October 1963 (1963-10-12) (age 48) Marylebone, London, England
Occupation	Actor, boxer, mixed martial artist

David "Dave" Legeno (born 12 October 1963) is an English actor, boxer, and mixed martial artist.

Life and career

Legeno was born in Marylebone, London, England. He has been quoted as saying that he wanted to act since he read Shakespeare's Richard III. He later studied performing arts at a college in America before he began to have roles in advertisements.

Legeno worked as a bouncer, debt collector and wrestler, before becoming a boxer. His wrestling nickname was Lone Wolf. Legeno's first major film role was in Guy Richie's Snatch. Since then he has had roles in Batman Begins, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Centurion. He played werewolf Fenrir Greyback in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He also lent his voice to the videogame The Getaway: Black Monday.

Legeno is versed many combat styles including boxing, wrestling, judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Muay Thai.^[1] He began his professional MMA career at the age of forty-two at Cage Rage 14.

Legeno is currently living in South England with his daughter, Wendy.^[2] His interests include poetry, reading and playing the guitar. He has said that his goal is "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield."

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2000	Snatch	John
2005	Batman Begins	League of Shadows Warrior
2006	Stormbreaker	Bear
2007	Outlaw	Ian Furlong
	Rise of the Footsoldier	Big John
	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Executioner
2008	The Cottage	The Farmer
2009	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince	Fenrir Greyback
	Command Performance	Oleg Kazov
	44 Inch Chest	Brighton Billy
	Centurion	Vortix
2010	Spooks (TV)	Gilles Rigaut
	Lennon Naked (TV)	Les
	Dead Cert	Yuvesky
	Bonded by Blood	Jack Whomes
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Fenrir Greyback
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	Fenrir Greyback

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
7 matches	4 wins	3 losses
By knockout	1	1
By submission	2	2
By decision	1	0
Draws	0

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	4-3	Herb Dean	TKO (eye injury)	Cage Rage 22	02007-07-1414 July 2007	1	5:00	London, England
Win	3-3	Dan Severn	Decision (unanimous)	Cage Rage 20	02007-02-1010 February 2007	3	5:00	London, England
Win	2-3	Alan Murdock	Submission (rear naked choke)	Cage Rage 19	02006-12-099 December 2006	1	4:10	London, England
Win	1-3	Kimo Leopoldo	Submission (guillotine choke)	Cage Rage 18	02006-09-3030 September 2006	1	3:21	London, England
Loss	0-3	Mark Epstein	KO (punches)	Cage Rage 17	02006-07-011 July 2006	1	0:45	London, England
Loss	0-2	Ikuhisa Minowa	Submission (achilles lock)	Cage Rage 15	02006-02-044 February 2006	1	2:21	London, England
Loss	0-1	Alan Murdock	Submission (armbar)	Cage Rage 14	02005-12-033 December 2005	1	4:07	London, England

References

1. ^ 60 SECONDS: Dave Legeno
2. ^ Sci-MX.Co.Uk

External links

• Dave Legeno at the Internet Movie Database
• Professional MMA record for Dave Legeno from Sherdog
• BBC

Persondata
Name	Legeno, Dave
Alternative names
Short description	British actor, boxer and cage fighter
Date of birth	12 October 1963
Place of birth	Marylebone, London
Date of death
Place of death