Steve Davis spent decades being labelled the "most boring player in the world" during his time dominating snooker, but the six-time world champion has completely reinvented himself since walking away from the sport in 2016.
The 67-year-old London-born star, who reached eight World Championship finals and held the world number one ranking for seven consecutive seasons, has swapped his cue for turntables.
It's a transformation that's left fans genuinely stunned.
While rivals like Jimmy White brought flair and colour to snooker's golden era, Davis built his success on a methodical, systematic approach that earned him the sarcastic nickname "Interesting" on Spitting Image.
Snooker legend Steve Davis retired from the sport in 2016 and has since gone on to become a DJ
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These days, though, he's carving out a reputation as a respected DJ and musician performing across the country.
Davis has amassed a collection of more than 10,000 vinyl records and is a devoted progressive rock fan.
Shortly after retiring from professional snooker, he teamed up with musician Kavus Torabi to create the electro outfit Utopia Strong, releasing two albums together.
His musical journey has taken him to some incredible stages – he's played techno sets at Glastonbury Festival and even supported Blur at Wembley Stadium.
Most recently, he took on the role of curator for the 2025 Simple Things Festival in Bristol, putting together the entire line-up for the event.
Steve Davis has played many shows since becoming a DJ, including Glastonbury
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It's worth noting this isn't actually his first foray into music – Davis started presenting a soul and rock show on Brentwood's Phoenix FM back in 1996, and he was part of the Matchroom Mob's famous "Snooker Loopy" collaboration with Chas and Dave.
Festival-goers who had no idea about Davis's musical reinvention were left absolutely gobsmacked when they discovered his involvement with Simple Things.
One Instagram user commented: "Is this actually Steve Davis or an AI video? I hope it's real because it's pretty cool lol."
Another wrote: "The first thing I've seen and thought 'that's AI' that has turned out to be mind-boggling factual."
Davis himself has acknowledged just how unexpected his path has been.
"I didn't know my life would turn out like this. You haven't got a clue. My life seems to have gone in reverse," he told the Mirror.
"I started off as a snooker player practising for eight hours a day in a dark room, and I ended up at Glastonbury DJing. You just don't know what is going to happen."
He added: "Music is my drug of choice."
Steve Davis now often fronts the BBC's coverage of the snooker | PADavis's personal life has also made headlines over the years.
In 1995, a British tabloid paid 19-year-old dancer Cheree Palla £30,000 to share allegations of a brief affair with the snooker star, who was 39 at the time.
Davis later played down the scandal, saying: "I wasn't a politician, I was a snooker player - I was only an ambassador of that sport. So I didn't lose much sleep over it in the end really. I think my street cred went up quite a lot actually."
He married former Concorde flight attendant Judy Greig in 1990, and they had two sons, Greg and Jack.
His wife forgave him following the affair allegations, but the couple eventually divorced in 2005 after 15 years together.
Davis has since been in a long-term relationship with accounts worker Jeannie Nash, who is 16 years younger than him.