not exactly a movie but i watched this documentary called "holes in my shoes" about this guy jack beers and his accomplishments.
incredible doesn't even begins to describe this guys story. the guy started out as a strong man when he was in his teens, got hurt and became an iron worker, helped build NYC(ESB, RFC, RCMH, LC, etc), he was a self taught engineer, he worked on the manhattan project(atomic bomb) and helped shorten WWII. he then became a dog trainer, won the westminster dog show, with that he made some connections and got into hollywood as a extra then became an full fledged actor and worked in over 200 films.
its kind of amazing that one guy accomplished so much, the doc was really good and inspiring in a lot of ways. makes you think of all things you could be doing now and what awaits for you in your future.
i saw it on channel 13, check it out when you get a chance.