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Geoff Roy 6th June 2016

Would You Believe These 7 Famous Faces Used To Be Truck Drivers?

Before making their mark on the world as actors, singers, tough guys and funny men, this collective gaggle of iconic names spent at least part of their formative stages of adulthood earning their keep as truck drivers.

And it certainly didn’t do their careers any harm, did it?

Viggo Mortenson

In the Lord of the Rings saga, Viggo Mortenson became the beloved and brave King of All Men, fighting the evil forces of Sauron and helping hairy-footed Hobbits heading to Mount Doom to destroy ‘The One Ring to Rule Them All’.

But long before he swished the sword of Aragon on the quest to rid Middle Earth of demonic jewellery, Mortenson could be found behind the cabin of a long-haul freight vehicle, awaiting his big break and earning his keep as a trucker in Denmark.

Sean Connery

Sean Connery is, of course, most noted for being the original smooth talking super-spy with a licence to kill and a penchant for classic sports cars, tuxedos and vodka martinis. But before he acquired his 007 status and long before his dalliances with Pussy Galore, the Scot with the distinctive burr had a number of ‘Oddjobs’ (see what we did there?).

One of which was driving a lorry around his native land in the north.

After discharge from the Royal Navy in the 1950s, Connery followed in his father’s footsteps and worked for a time as a lorry driver on the highways of Scotland.

Charles Bronson

One of the great old tough guys from sixties and seventies cinema, Bronson was also a bone fide war hero. Because, before making his name in classics such as Death Wish, The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape, Bronson earned himself a Purple Heart for injuries sustained in the line of duty.

As he worked as an army truck driver.

Liam Neeson

He’s been an iconic and imposing figure on our screens for the past two decades or more. From Rob Roy and Oskar Schindler to a Jedi Master and the man with a certain set of skills in Taken, Neeson has developed a reputation as the tough guy with a sensitive soul.

And before that?

Well, like all proud Irishmen, he spent a portion of his youth hauling Guinness on a forklift truck, of course.

James Cameron

Another one with regal pretensions – self-professed King of the World (in reference to his Titanic Oscar win) James Cameron has been one of the most influential movie makers of the past quarter century. From Aliens and the Terminator to Avatar and Titanic, Cameron is the man for the epic adventure flick.

However, back in the day the young James made his way in the world as a full-on big ole’ truck driver on the freeways of 1970s USA.

Elvis Presley

Royalty among truck drivers is not the sole preserve of Viggo Mortenson. Because one of the Twentieth Century’s most iconic figures, and the undisputed King of Rock’n’Roll – the one and only Elvis Presley – served his apprenticeship as a truck driver in the American Deep South in the early 1950s.

Indeed, even as he was getting his shot at the big time at the world famous Sun Studios, The soon-to-be King was working as a delivery driver for the Crown Electric Service.

Chevy Chase

He was one of the great funny men of the 1980s, with his turns as Fletch and hapless dad Clark W Griswold in the Vacation movies now the stuff of legend.

However, before making his name as a leading light among the Saturday Night Live comedy crew, Chase worked a number of different jobs, including a stint as a lorry driver.

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