Gary Stretch born in St Helens Lancashire is a British boxer male model and actor In 2004 Stretch was cast as psychotic gangster Sonny in Shane Meadows gritty cult thriller Dead Mans Shoes 2004 for which Stretch received a BIFA nomination alongside fellow British actor Paddy Considine He went on to appear in the Oliver Stone film Alexander 2004 Stretch also starred in the UK film Freebird in 2008 directed by Jon Ivay Appearing alongside Phil Daniels and Geoff Bell the film followed three bikers across a drug fuelled ride in the Welsh countryside Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Stretch licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia