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Jason Statham

Film Producer / Model (person) / Actor | * 07/26/1967 (56) | Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Jason Statham ( STAY-thəm; born 26 July 1967) is an English actor and martial artist. He is known for portraying characters in various action-thriller films who are typically tough, gritty, or violent. Statham has been credited for leading the resurgence of action films during the 2000s and 2010s. His film career through 2017 generated over $1.5 billion (£1.1 billion) in ticket sales, making him one of the film industry's most bankable stars. Statham began practising Chinese martial arts, kickboxing, and karate recreationally in his youth while working at local market stalls. An avid footballer and diver, he was a member of Britain's national diving team and competed for England in the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Shortly after, he was asked to model for French Connection, Tommy Hilfiger, and Levi's in various advertising campaigns. His past history working at market stalls inspired his casting in the Guy Ritchie crime films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). The commercial success of these films led Statham to star as Frank Martin in ()
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Jason Statham (born 26 July 1967) is an English actor. He is known for portraying characters in various action-thriller films who are typically tough, hardboiled, gritty, or violent.Statham began practising Chinese martial arts, kickboxing, and karate recreationally in his youth while working at local market stalls. An avid footballer and diver, he was a member of Britain's national diving team and competed for England in the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Shortly after, he was asked to model for French Connection, Tommy Hilfiger, and Levi's in various advertising campaigns. His past history working at market stalls inspired his casting in the Guy Ritchie crime films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000).The commercial success of these films led Statham to star as Frank Martin in The Transporter trilogy (2002–2008). After starring in a variety of heist and action-thriller films such as The Italian Job (2003), Crank (2006), War (2007), The Bank Job (2008), The Mechanic (2011), Spy (2015), and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), he established himself as a Hollywood leading man. However, he has also starred in commercially and critically unsuccessful films such as Revolver (2005), Chaos (2005), In the Name of the King (2007), 13 (2010), Blitz (2011), Killer Elite (2011), Hummingbird (2013), and Wild Card (2015). He regained commercial success as a part of the ensemble action series The Expendables (2010–2014) and the Fast & Furious franchise. In the latter, he has played Deckard Shaw in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), F9 (2021) and the spin-off Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019). He was credited as a co-producer on Hobbs & Shaw, receiving his first production credit.Statham's acting has been criticised for lacking depth and variety, but he has also been praised for leading the resurgence of action films during the 2000s and 2010s. According to a BBC News report, his film career from 2002 to 2017 generated an estimated $1.5 billion (£1.1 billion) in ticket sales, making him one of the film industry's most bankable stars.

Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Thriller | Crime

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Movies with Jason Statham as Actor(59)

as Deckard Shaw2025 Fast X: Part 2
as Lee Christmas2023 Expend4bles
as Deckard Shaw2023 Fast X
as Jonas Taylor2023 Meg 2: The Trench
as Lee Christmas2023 The Expendables 5
as Self (archive footage)2023 Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
as Deckard Shaw (uncredited)2021 F9
as H2021 Wrath of Man
as Jonas Taylor2018 The Meg
as Deckard Shaw2017 The Fate of the Furious
as Arthur Bishop2016 Mechanic: Resurrection
as Deckard Shaw2015 Furious 7
as Rick Ford2015 Spy
as Nick Wild2015 Wild Card
as Lee Christmas2014 The Expendables 3
as Parker2013 Parker
as Deckard Shaw (uncredited)2013 Fast & Furious 6
as Phil Broker2013 Homefront
as Joey Jones2013 Hummingbird
as Lee Christmas2012 The Expendables 2
as Luke Wright2012 Safe
as Arthur Bishop2011 The Mechanic
as Tom Brant2011 Blitz
as Danny2011 Killer Elite
as Tybalt (voice)2011 Gnomeo & Juliet
as Jasper2010 13
as Lee Christmas2010 The Expendables
as Chev Chelios2009 Crank: High Voltage
as Jensen Ames2008 Death Race
as Frank Martin2008 Transporter 3
as Terry Leather2008 The Bank Job
as Narrator2008 Truth In 24
as Special Agent Jack Crawford2007 War
as Yves Gluant (uncredited)2006 The Pink Panther
as Chev Chelios2006 Crank
as Frank Martin2005 Transporter 2
as Bateman2005 London
as Jake Green2005 Revolver
as Det. Quentin Conners2005 Chaos
as Ethan2004 Cellular
as Man in Airport2004 Collateral
as Handsome Rob2003 The Italian Job
as Frank Martin2002 The Transporter
as Turkish (Snatch) (archive footage)2002 Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Monk2001 Mean Machine
as Sgt. Jericho Butler2001 Ghosts of Mars
as himself2001 Making 'Snatch'
as MVA Agent Evan Funsch2001 The One
as Mr. B2000 Turn It Up
as Turkish2000 Snatch

TV Shows/Series with Jason Statham as Actor(6)

Movies with Jason Statham as Crew(5)

Production/Producer2024 The Beekeeper
Production/Producer2023 Expend4bles
Production/Executive Producer2023 Meg 2: The Trench
Production/Producer2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Additional Information

Full Name: Jason Statham
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 07/26 1967 (July) in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 56 years + 246 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Jason Statham (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Джейсон Стейтем"
"Джейсон Стэйтем"
"جيسون ستاثام"
"ジェイソン・ステイサム"
"เจสัน สเตธัม"
"傑森·史塔森"
"Джейсън Стейтъм"
"ჯეისონ სტეტჰემი"
"Τζέισον Στέιθαμ"
"JS"
"杰森·斯坦森"
"제이슨 스타뎀"
"جیسون استاتهام"
Jason Statham frequently works together with these people:
Sylvester Stallone (21x, Actor)
Guy Ritchie (16x, Crew)
Vin Diesel (12x, Actor)
Spiro Razatos (12x, Crew)
Chris Morgan (11x, Crew)
Troy Robinson (11x, Crew)
Brian Tyler (10x, Crew)
Steve Chasman (10x, Crew)
J.J. Perry (10x, Actor)
Luc Besson (9x, Crew)
Chad Stahelski (8x, Crew)
Ryan Seacrest (7x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:197, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024