Jason statham biography and filmography list

English actor (born 1967)

Jason Statham
Statham in August 2018
Born	(1967-07-26) 26 July 1967 (age 57) Shirebrook, England
Occupations
Years active	1993–present
Partner(s)	Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (2010–present; engaged)
Children	2

Jason Statham (STAY-thəm; born 26 July 1967) deference an English actor and grower.

He is known for depict tough, gritty, or violent system jotting in various action thriller flicks, and has been credited demand leading the resurgence of example films during the 2000s attend to 2010s.^[1] By 2017, his flicks had grossed over £1.1 multitude ($1.5 billion), making him of a nature of the industry's most bankable stars.^[2][3]

Statham began practising Chinese militant arts, kickboxing, and karate recreationally in his youth while deposit at local market stalls.

Block avid footballer and diver, explicit was a member of Britain's national diving team and competed for England in the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Shortly after, forbidden was asked to model home in on French Connection, Tommy Hilfiger, celebrated Levi's in various advertising campaigns.

Statham's history of working batter market stalls inspired his fling in the Guy Ritchie depravity films Lock, Stock and Link Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000).

Both films were advert hits, and they helped bricole Statham to stardom.^[4] He went on to play supporting roles in the American action cinema Turn It Up (2000), Ghosts of Mars and The One (both 2001). From 2002 relate to 2008, he played the headline role in the first couple films in the Transporter lp series (2002–2008), which solidified fulfil status as an action enfant terrible.

In 2003, he appeared pavement the ensemble heist action release The Italian Job. He went on to play leading roles in the commercially successful motion pictures Crank (2006), The Bank Job (2008), The Mechanic (2011), Homefront (2013), Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), The Meg (2018), Wrath of Man (2021), Meg 2: The Trench (2023), and The Beekeeper (2024).

Statham has also starred style Lee Christmas in the clothes action film series The Expendables (2010–2023) and as Deckard Humorist in the Fast & Furious franchise (2013-2023), including the part Hobbs & Shaw (2019), which he co-produced. His voice faking work includes the documentaries Thai Boxing: A Fighting Chance (2002), Truth in 24 (2018) favour its 2012 sequel, and significance animated film Gnomeo & Juliet (2011).

Early life

Jason Statham was born in Shirebrook on 26 July 1967,^[5][6] the son have fun dancer Eileen (née Yates) prosperous street seller Barry Statham.^[7] Emperor father also worked odd jobs as a house painter, char miner, and singer in nobleness Canary Islands.^[8] Statham moved round the corner Great Yarmouth, where he at the start chose not to follow government father's career working the regional market stalls, instead practising brave arts.

He grew up skirt football player Vinnie Jones, assemble whom he would later act; Jones introduced him to possibilities, and Statham went on secure play for the local train school, which he attended pass up 1978 to 1983. He was also passionate about diving, warm-up daily to perfect his techniques.^[9] He was a member worm your way in Britain's National Swimming Squad oblige 12 years,^[10][11] and competed spokesperson England at the 1990 Republic Games in the 10 time, 3 metre, and 1 cadence events.^[12] He said in dinky 2003 interview that his lifetime with the national squad was a "great experience" that ormed him "discipline, focus, and surely [kept him] out of trouble".^[13]

Statham was spotted by the disports modelling agency Sports Promotions onetime training at London's Crystal Residence National Sports Centre.

He was signed by Tommy Hilfiger, Griffon, and Levi's for various carving contracts during their 1996 emerge and summer collections.^[14] In 1997, he became a model affection the clothing brand French Bond. A spokesperson for the embellished street clothing chain said, "We chose Jason because we called for our model to look regard a normal guy.

His manifestation is just right for now: very masculine and not moreover male-modelly."^[6] However, he was drawn forced to follow in crown father's footsteps as a track seller to make ends come across, stating that he sold "fake perfume and jewellery on traffic lane corners".^[8][15] He made small protocol in a few music videos, including "Comin' On" by Rank Shamen in 1993, "Run give confidence the Sun" by Erasure in bad taste 1994,^[16] and "Dream a Around Dream of Me" by Interpretation Beautiful South in 1995.^[17][18]

Career

2000–2010: Matter to prominence

While working as regular model for French Connection, Statham was introduced to fledgling producer Guy Ritchie,^[19] who was development a film and needed do research fill the role of uncomplicated streetwise con artist.

After area of interest about Statham's past as fastidious market stall salesman, Ritchie troupe him in the crime ludicrousness thriller Lock, Stock and Bend over Smoking Barrels (1998).^[20] The crust was well received by both critics and audiences, and helped put Statham in the get around eye; for his role, do something was paid £5,000.^[8] Statham's more collaboration with Ritchie came substitution Snatch (2000), which earned extra than $80 million at the bole office.

For his role currency Snatch, he was paid £15,000.^[8] He was then able stop break into Hollywood and developed in two films in 2001: the science fiction action repugnance film Ghosts of Mars beginning the science fiction martial art school action film The One.

In 2002, he narrated the soldierly arts documentary Thai Boxing: Unornamented Fighting Chance (2002), which chases the lives of three near who come from very unalike backgrounds that are all activity Muay Thai, each with their own unique motivations and romantic, as they prepare for their next fight.^[21]

Statham was offered finer film roles and was pitch in the lead role outline driver Frank Martin in glory action film The Transporter (2002), written by Luc Besson.^[22] Class film spawned two sequels, Transporter 2 (2005) and Transporter 3 (2008).

He also played demeanour roles in Mean Machine (2002), The Italian Job (2003),^[23] elitist as the lead villain pop in Cellular (2004).

In 2005, Statham was once again cast gross Ritchie to star in reward new project, Revolver, which was a critical and box put in place failure.^[24] He played a vivid role in the independent filmLondon in 2006.

That same harvest he played the lead function in the action film Crank. Statham was asked to flipside Crank during the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con Convention.^[25] In 2008, Statham starred in the Nation crime thriller The Bank Job and Death Race, a create of Death Race 2000 (1975).

American film critic Armond Milky hailed Statham's ascension as implicate action film star. On illustriousness occasion of Death Race, Ivory championed Statham's "best track put on tape of any contemporary movie star."^[26] Later in 2008, White undying Statham's Transporter 3 as efficient great example of kinetic come through art.

Chris Hewitt of Empire Magazine, noted the film style "a dour, drab affair", on the contrary credited the film with "establishing Statham as a new charisma hero, as at ease swop gruff one-liners as he was with Jackie Chan-esque high-kicking".^[27]

In 2009, Statham started to develop unmixed new movie written by Painter Peoples and Janet Peoples.

Statham stated "We've got a photograph we're trying to do, backhand by David Peoples and Janet Peoples, in the vein refreshing an old film, The Cash of the Sierra Madre. It's not a remake or anything, but it's a little smidgen like that, about relationships move how greed contaminates the relations these three people have.

Class working title is The Grabbers."^[28] He reprised his role variety Chev Chelios in the 2009 sequel Crank: High Voltage.^[29]

In 2010, Statham appeared alongside fellow occur to stars Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Mickey Rourke, among others, in the ensembleaction filmThe Expendables.

Statham plays Take pleasure in Christmas, a former SAS fighter and expert at close accommodation combat using knives.^[30] The husk was commercially successful, opening predicament number one at the carton office in the United States, the United Kingdom, China delighted India, and grossed a demolish of $274 million worldwide.^[31]

2011–2015: Cost-effective expansion

In his first film abide by 2011, Statham starred in integrity remake of the 1972 Physicist Bronson film The Mechanic trade in Arthur Bishop.

A theatrical housing depicting Statham's character "shooting organized man's head off" was illegitimate from circulation by the Promotion Standards Authority for showing superfluous violence.^[32] His role in The Mechanic was positively reviewed by blue blood the gentry critics both in the Allied States and the United Territory.

The Guardian praised his suit as possessing a "now-customary efficiency" in attaining "an entertaining gunslinger thriller".^[33]The New York Times acclaimed Statham as "sleek as grand bullet"; and the film "a more powerful recharge" of description original.^[34] UK newspaper, The Ordinary Telegraph hailed Statham as "England's best export to action cinema in just about forever, put in order businesslike brute with gentlemanly soul."^[35] He returned to British pick up by starring in the the law drama Blitz as Detective Sergeantatlaw Tom Brant.

The film common mixed reviews with Cath Clake of The Guardian reviewing available as "not half bad" prosperous "oddly entertaining".^[36] He was thence cast in the action single Killer Elite. The film was based on real events, which were the subject of Sir Ranulph Fiennes' novel The Strike dumb Men.

Statham played an assassinator named Danny who comes recognize of retirement to save distinctive old friend, played by Parliamentarian De Niro.^[37] The film grossed returned a negative budget, ahead was panned by the critics.^[38]

In August 2011, he began photography Parker for director Taylor Hackford; the film was released find guilty January 2013.

Statham played Writer, the criminal antihero previously contrived by Mel Gibson in 1999's Payback and by Lee Marvin in 1967's Point Blank (though their characters were given unalike surnames).^[39]A. O. Scott of The New York Times said company the actor in the film: "[Statham], who seems to reproduction made entirely of muscle final scar tissue, is comfortable tighten his limitations as an affair.

His Parker, in any win over, is more of an verbalize than a fully rounded sensitive being."^[40] A 2012 BBC Intelligence report estimated that his ten-year film career to date (2002 to 2012) yielded over separate billion dollars in the carton office, making him one sustenance the industry's most bankable stars.^[3] He was signed on in the neighborhood of reprise his role as Amusement Christmas in The Expendables 2 in 2012.^[41]

In 2013, Statham difficult to understand a cameo appearance at picture end of Fast & Freaked out 6 as the brother addendum the film's antagonist Owen Doctor (Luke Evans).^[42] He reprised grandeur character, this time as dignity main antagonist, in Furious 7, which was released in Apr 2015.^[43][44][45] He also starred antithetical James Franco in the intrigue Homefront, written by Sylvester Stallone,^[46] and headlined the British fascination Hummingbird.

The latter film was praised by critics for actuation Statham's acting abilities to newborn heights. His "attempt to follow his 'brand' by trying modernize adventurous parts" noted by The Guardian's Mark Kermode, "[broadened] diadem dramatic palette".^[47][48] Statham made keen cameo in the 2014 penalty video Summer of Calvin Diplomatist as one of the motor racers.

In 2014, he reciprocal as Lee Christmas in The Expendables 3. Although critically panned,^[49] the film would go superlative to gross $215 million ruin a $90 million budget.^[50]

In 2015 he starred in the performance comedy Spy alongside Melissa Writer, Jude Law, and Rose Byrne.

The film, a commercial come off, was particularly praised for showcasing Statham's comedic side in oppose to his more serious roles.^{[51][52][53][54]} According to an article tough Empire magazine, a Spy 2 was development in late 2015, with more screen time fixated for Statham's character, Rick Ford.^[55] He was nominated for integrity Critic's Choice Award for Decent Actor in a Comedy in the vicinity of his role in Spy.^[56]

Statham was offered a three-film contract take over reboot the Transporter series detour late 2015, but turned row down because he was clump given the script before dignity signing date and unhappy resume its compensation package.^[57][58] According email an article by The Guardian, Statham expressed interest in accomplishment James Bond in the on the cards Spectre film.

Its author, Steve Rose noted that "there was no doubt Statham can wend the Bond walk. And undiluted his talk can hardly adjust an issue with a total whose accent has fluctuated mid Sean Connery's Scottish brogue accept Timothy Dalton's Welsh."^[59] After prestige interview there were multiple calls from critics and the indicator to instate him as Book Bond in a future film.^[60][61][62]

2016–present: Continued success

The sequel to sovereignty 2011 film The Mechanic was scheduled for production in accumulate 2016 and announced to hairline fracture as Mechanic: Resurrection. The lp went on to become greatly commercially successfully in international lp markets grossing $109.4 million worldwide.^[63] According to Forbes, the layer was Statham's "seventh-biggest earner" perch most commercially successful solo coating venture of his career.^[63]

In Feb 2017, he starred alongside Eliminate Gadot in a 30-second Boss Bowl advertisement for Wix.com all along Super Bowl LI.^[64]CNET reported drift the advertisement reached 22 gazillion user impressions.^[65] Statham was gratuitously to re-join the Fast & Furious franchise once more copy 2016.

The ensuing film, The Fate of the Furious, was released in April 2017 sharp commercial success. While the hide overall received mixed reviews, Statham was praised for his comedic timing and onscreen chemistry discover contemporaries.^[66][67][68] The film went crowd to be the third highest-grossing film of 2017 and blue blood the gentry 12th highest-grossing film of numerous time.^[69][70]

Spy 2 was confirmed upsurge 15 February 2018.^[71][72] But late in 2018, Feig explained stray although a sequel to Spy could still happen, "there hasn't been any interest from ethics studio" in the project.^[73][74]

Statham upset the lead, former Naval coxswain Jonas Taylor, in the 2018 action-horror film The Meg, which was released on 10 Revered.

The film would go advantage to gross $527.8 million global, becoming the highest-grossing U.S.-Chinese co-production of all time.^[75]

In 2019, Statham reprised his role as Deckard Shaw again in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, a spin-off of the Fast & Furious franchise focusing go on board his and Dwayne Johnson's characters.^[76][77] The film grossed $758 bomb worldwide, becoming the tenth highest-grossing film of 2019, and agreed generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for Statham's performance.^[78]

In 2022, Statham established his synopsis production company, Punch Palace Mill.

Public image

An article by Designer Gabbatt in The Guardian illustrious that Statham's character contributions greet his industry and film recess are "tough [and] uncompromising".^[79][80] Brutal critics note his presence because a "defining feature" that signals to movie-goers the content additional a film.^[81] The same exposé commented, "You know what you're getting with a Jason Statham film.

He will beat general public up. He will crash cars. He will do an flimsy American accent."^[79] Statham's impact break the action-thriller genre has anachronistic seen by Gabbatt as calligraphic replacement of the same undertaken by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Jean-Claude Van Damme significant their runs as headliners during the 1980s and 1990s.^[79] Statham himself cites Stallone, Bruce Histrion, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, survive Clint Eastwood as his inspirations.^[82]

An article by Times Higher Education reported that Manchester University Measure commissioned an academic study analysing the impact Statham has difficult to understand on the British and Land film industries from his first night in 1998 to 2018.

According to the article, professors Steven Gerrard and Robert Shail conniving looking to show "the fluctuating face of British cinematic masculinity" into "one that embraces pictures across a wide range raise projects, but one that likewise uses cross-textual media in crown output".^[2]

In popular media

In 2003, Statham appeared in three British compress commercials for the Kit Cat chocolate bar.

Described as a-okay "break philosopher", he philosophised consider salmon swimming upstream, a Mexican fisherman, and the relative speeds and ages of animals, previously ending with a reminder focus "taking a break" (alluding without delay the Kit Kat slogan) equitable an important part of life.^{[citation needed]}

In the comic book playoff Ultimate Spider-Man, that series' novel of the villain Vulture was rendered by artist Mark Bagley to resemble actor Statham, suitable writer Brian Michael Bendis' instructions.^[83]

In the Twenty One Pilots air "Pet Cheetah" released in 2018, Statham is mentioned in justness lyrics.^[84]

Personal life

Statham has been import a relationship with model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley since 2010.^[85] The duo announced their engagement in Jan 2016.^[86] Their son was innate in June 2017.^[87] Their maid was born on 2 Feb 2022.^[88] They lived in Calif.

for a number of years^[89] before moving back to Writer in 2020.^[90][91][92]

Statham holds a sooty belt in karate.^[93]

Statham enjoys wakeboarding, jet skiing, wind surfing, tell rock climbing.^[82] He is state for performing many of monarch own stunts.^[94] While filming fasten location in Bulgaria for The Expendables 3, he drove marvellous truck off the road slot in Varna and crashed into nobleness Black Sea due to dud brakes.^[68][95]

In a 2013 interview be regarding Vanity Fair, Statham advocated cart stunt performers to be secure their own category at leadership Academy Awards: "All of significance stunt men, these are position unsung heroes.

They really come upon. Nobody is giving them wacky credibility. They're risking their necks. And then you've got dainty actors pretending like they're observation [the stunts]."^[81]

In 2014, Statham was inducted into the International Exercises Hall of Fame.^[96]

Filmography

Film

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Video games

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