Top 20 athletes who have become actors

The progression from sports to acting is a path that has become quite the norm as athletes cash in on their popularity earned through their sporting careers. Here are 20 of the top such transitions from athlete to actor.

#20 Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris was one of the best exponents of martial arts. As a skilled karate pprofessional, he took on Joe Lewis and Louis Delgado and won the Professional Middleweight Karate championship title.

Norris has acted in numerous movies with some of the famous ones being Way of the Dragon, An Eye for an Eye and The Delta Force.