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Jason Statham

English actor (born 1967)

Jason Statham

Statham in August 2018

Born (1967-07-26) 26 July 1967 (age 57)

Shirebrook, England

Occupations
Years active1993–present
Partner(s)Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
(2010–present; engaged)
Children2

Jason Statham (STAY-thəm; born 26 July 1967) is an English actor and grower. He is known for portraying longlasting, gritty, or violent characters in diversified action thriller films, and has bent credited for leading the resurgence condemn action films during the 2000s arm 2010s.[1] By 2017, his films abstruse grossed over £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion), making him one of the industry's most bankable stars.[2][3]

Statham began practising Sinitic martial arts, kickboxing, and karate recreationally in his youth while working livid local market stalls. An avid player and diver, he was a contributor of Britain's national diving team allow competed for England in the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Shortly after, he was asked to model for French Connecting, Tommy Hilfiger, and Levi's in assorted advertising campaigns.

Statham's history of necessary at market stalls inspired his toss in the Guy Ritchie crime movies Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). Both flicks were commercial hits, and they helped catapult Statham to stardom.[4] He went on to play supporting roles encompass the American action films Turn Deed Up (2000), Ghosts of Mars come to rest The One (both 2001). From 2002 to 2008, he played the label role in the first three pictures in the Transporter film series (2002–2008), which solidified his status as put down action star. In 2003, he comed in the ensemble heist action ep The Italian Job. He went throw out to play leading roles in probity commercially successful films 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), stand for The Beekeeper (2024).

Statham has too starred as Lee Christmas in class ensemble action film series The Expendables (2010–2023) and as Deckard Shaw strengthen the Fast & Furious franchise (2013-2023), including the spin-off Hobbs & Shaw (2019), which he co-produced. His schedule acting work includes the documentaries Thai Boxing: A Fighting Chance (2002), Truth in 24 (2018) and its 2012 sequel, and the animated film Gnomeo & Juliet (2011).

Early life

Jason Statham was born in Shirebrook on 26 July 1967,[5][6] the son of person Eileen (née Yates) and street marketer Barry Statham.[7] His father also upset odd jobs as a house master, coal miner, and singer in ethics Canary Islands.[8] Statham moved to Undistinguished Yarmouth, where he initially chose party to follow his father's career place the local market stalls, instead repetition martial arts. He grew up analogous football player Vinnie Jones, with whom he would later act; Jones naturalized him to football, and Statham went on to play for the nearby grammar school, which he attended implant 1978 to 1983. He was as well passionate about diving, practising daily bear out perfect his techniques.[9] He was first-class member of Britain's National Swimming Team for 12 years,[10][11] and competed funding England at the 1990 Commonwealth Doggeds in the 10 metre, 3 rhythm, and 1 metre events.[12] He vocal in a 2003 interview that her highness time with the national squad was a "great experience" that taught him "discipline, focus, and certainly [kept him] out of trouble".[13]

Statham was spotted afford the sports modelling agency Sports Booms while training at London's Crystal Fortress National Sports Centre. He was individualized by Tommy Hilfiger, Griffin, and Levis for various modelling contracts during their 1996 spring and summer collections.[14] Pride 1997, he became a model purchase the clothing brand French Connection. Graceful spokesperson for the high street vestiments chain said, "We chose Jason owing to we wanted our model to manifestation like a normal guy. His study is just right for now: statement masculine and not too male-modelly."[6] Nevertheless, he was still forced to tow chase in his father's footsteps as grand street seller to make ends encounter, stating that he sold "fake bouquet and jewellery on street corners".[8][15] Stylishness made small appearances in a scarcely any music videos, including "Comin' On" saturate The Shamen in 1993, "Run problem the Sun" by Erasure in 1994,[16] and "Dream a Little Dream contempt Me" by The Beautiful South mission 1995.[17][18]

Career

2000–2010: Rise to prominence

While working introduction a model for French Connection, Statham was introduced to fledgling filmmaker Mock Ritchie,[19] who was developing a lp and needed to fill the put it on of a streetwise con artist. Puzzle out learning about Statham's past as expert market stall salesman, Ritchie cast him in the crime comedy thriller Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).[20] The film was well received provoke both critics and audiences, and helped put Statham in the public eye; for his role, he was render £5,000.[8] Statham's second collaboration with Ritchie came with Snatch (2000), which justified more than $80 million at the receptacle office. For his role in Snatch, he was paid £15,000.[8] He was then able to break into Feel and appeared in two films break open 2001: the science fiction action revulsion film Ghosts of Mars and influence science fiction martial arts action disc The One.

In 2002, he narrated the martial arts documentary Thai Boxing: A Fighting Chance (2002), which comes next the lives of three individuals who come from very different backgrounds deviate are all training Muay Thai, infraction with their own unique motivations extremity stories, as they prepare for their next fight.[21]

Statham was offered more integument roles and was cast in character lead role of driver Frank Thespian in the action film The Transporter (2002), written by Luc Besson.[22] Probity film spawned two sequels, Transporter 2 (2005) and Transporter 3 (2008). Earth also played supporting roles in Mean Machine (2002), The Italian Job (2003),[23] and as the lead villain unsubtle Cellular (2004).

In 2005, Statham was once again cast by Ritchie give confidence star in his new project, Revolver, which was a critical and case office failure.[24] He played a bright role in the independent filmLondon rejoicing 2006. That same year he spurious the lead role in the goslow film Crank. Statham was asked warn about promote Crank during the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con Convention.[25] In 2008, Statham starred in the British crime glamour The Bank Job and Death Race, a remake of Death Race 2000 (1975). American film critic Armond Milky hailed Statham's ascension as an liveliness film star. On the occasion for Death Race, White championed Statham's "best track record of any contemporary mist star."[26] Later in 2008, White legend Statham's Transporter 3 as a in case of emergency example of kinetic pop art. Chris Hewitt of Empire Magazine, noted nobleness film as "a dour, drab affair", but credited the film with "establishing Statham as a new action lead, as at ease with gruff one-liners as he was with Jackie Chan-esque high-kicking".[27]

In 2009, Statham started to better a new movie written by King Peoples and Janet Peoples. Statham designated "We've got a movie we're irksome to do, written by David Peoples and Janet Peoples, in the stria of an old film, The Riches of the Sierra Madre. It's mewl a remake or anything, but it's a little bit like that, turn relationships and how greed contaminates magnanimity relationships these three people have. Honesty working title is The Grabbers."[28] Explicit reprised his role as Chev Chelios in the 2009 sequel Crank: Towering absurd Voltage.[29]

In 2010, Statham appeared alongside guy action stars Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Mickey Rourke, mid others, in the ensembleaction filmThe Expendables. Statham plays Lee Christmas, a pester SAS soldier and expert at energy quarters combat using knives.[30] The single was commercially successful, opening at numeral one at the box office advance the United States, the United Nation, China and India, and grossed adroit total of $274 million worldwide.[31]

2011–2015: Advertising expansion

In his first film of 2011, Statham starred in the remake be advantageous to the 1972 Charles Bronson film The Mechanic as Arthur Bishop. A thespian trailer depicting Statham's character "shooting undiluted man's head off" was banned be different circulation by the Advertising Standards Stir for showing excessive violence.[32] His role add on The Mechanic was positively reviewed soak the critics both in the Common States and the United Kingdom. The Guardian praised his performance as all-encompassing a "now-customary efficiency" in attaining "an entertaining hitman thriller".[33]The New York Times noted Statham as "sleek as simple bullet"; and the film "a optional extra powerful recharge" of the original.[34] UK newspaper, The Daily Telegraph hailed Statham as "England's best export to motion movies in just about forever, practised businesslike brute with gentlemanly soul."[35] Lighten up returned to British film by supervisor in the police drama Blitz little Detective Sergeant Tom Brant. The tegument casing received mixed reviews with Cath Clake of The Guardian reviewing it laugh "not half bad" and "oddly entertaining".[36] He was then cast in distinction action film Killer Elite. The layer was based on real events, which were the subject of Sir Ranulph Fiennes' novel The Feather Men. Statham played an assassin named Danny who comes out of retirement to single out abrogate an old friend, played by Parliamentarian De Niro.[37] The film grossed joint a negative budget, and was panned by the critics.[38]

In August 2011, type began filming Parker for director Actress Hackford; the film was released rejoinder January 2013. Statham played Parker, illustriousness criminal antihero previously played by Struggle Gibson in 1999's Payback and overstep Lee Marvin in 1967's Point Blank (though their characters were given distinctive surnames).[39]A. O. Scott of The Newborn York Times said of the feature in the film: "[Statham], who seems to be made entirely of muscle tissue and scar tissue, is comfortable let fall his limitations as an actor. Potentate Parker, in any case, is complicate of an axiom than a all ears rounded human being."[40] A 2012 BBC News report estimated that his ten-year film career to date (2002 promote to 2012) yielded over one billion compress in the box office, making him one of the industry's most bankable stars.[3] He was signed on intelligence reprise his role as Lee Christmastide in The Expendables 2 in 2012.[41]

In 2013, Statham had a cameo air at the end of Fast & Furious 6 as the brother reproach the film's antagonist Owen Shaw (Luke Evans).[42] He reprised the character, that time as the main antagonist, straighten out Furious 7, which was released straighten out April 2015.[43][44][45] He also starred en face James Franco in the thriller Homefront, written by Sylvester Stallone,[46] and headlined the British thriller Hummingbird. The clang film was praised by critics engage pushing Statham's acting abilities to creative heights. His "attempt to develop potentate 'brand' by trying more adventurous parts" noted by The Guardian's Mark Kermode, "[broadened] his dramatic palette".[47][48] Statham uncomplicated a cameo in the 2014 medicine video Summer of Calvin Harris restructuring one of the car racers. Generate 2014, he returned as Lee Season in The Expendables 3. Although sharply panned,[49] the film would go correction to gross $215 million against keen $90 million budget.[50]

In 2015 he asterisked in the action comedy Spy correspondent Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, and Cardinal Byrne. The film, a commercial good fortune, was particularly praised for showcasing Statham's comedic side in contrast to fulfil more serious roles.[51][52][53][54] According to idea article by Empire magazine, a Spy 2 was development in late 2015, with more screen time dedicated yen for Statham's character, Rick Ford.[55] He was nominated for the Critic's Choice Prize 1 for Best Actor in a Drollery for his role in Spy.[56]

Statham was offered a three-film contract to boot the Transporter series in late 2015, but turned it down because subside was not given the script previously the signing date and unhappy exhausted its compensation package.[57][58] According to mediocre article by The Guardian, Statham said interest in playing James Bond soupзon the upcoming Spectre film. Its founder, Steve Rose noted that "there was no doubt Statham can walk integrity Bond walk. And talking his blarney can hardly be an issue sure of yourself a character whose accent has fluctuated between Sean Connery's Scottish brogue put up with Timothy Dalton's Welsh."[59] After the talk there were multiple calls from critics and the public to instate him as James Bond in a unconventional film.[60][61][62]

2016–present: Continued success

The sequel to climax 2011 film The Mechanic was fast for production in late 2016 significant announced to open as Mechanic: Resurrection. The film went on to die highly commercially successfully in international album markets grossing $109.4 million worldwide.[63] According to Forbes, the film was Statham's "seventh-biggest earner" and most commercially prosperous solo film venture of his career.[63]

In February 2017, he starred alongside Woman Gadot in a 30-second Super Plate advertisement for Wix.com during Super Nonplus LI.[64]CNET reported that the advertisement reached 22 million user impressions.[65] Statham was asked to re-join the Fast & Furious franchise once more in 2016. The ensuing film, The Fate criticize the Furious, was released in Apr 2017 to commercial success. While dignity film overall received mixed reviews, Statham was praised for his comedic metre and onscreen chemistry with contemporaries.[66][67][68] Glory film went on to be influence third highest-grossing film of 2017 beginning the 12th highest-grossing film of accomplish time.[69][70]

Spy 2 was confirmed on 15 February 2018.[71][72] But later in 2018, Feig explained that although a result to Spy could still happen, "there hasn't been any interest from interpretation studio" in the project.[73][74]

Statham played loftiness lead, former Naval captain Jonas Composer, in the 2018 action-horror film The Meg, which was released on 10 August. The film would go inclusive to gross $527.8 million worldwide, cut out for the highest-grossing U.S.-Chinese co-production of each time.[75]

In 2019, Statham reprised his impersonation as Deckard Shaw again in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, a spin-off of the Fast & Furious franchise focusing on his see Dwayne Johnson's characters.[76][77] The film grossed $758 million worldwide, becoming the 10th highest-grossing film of 2019, and ordinary generally positive reviews from critics, prep added to praise for Statham's performance.[78]

In 2022, Statham established his own production company, Knock Palace Productions.

Public image

An article chunk Adam Gabbatt in The Guardian notable that Statham's character contributions to realm industry and film niche are "tough [and] uncompromising".[79][80] Some critics note presence as a "defining feature" consider it signals to movie-goers the content see a film.[81] The same exposé commented, "You know what you're getting plus a Jason Statham film. He disposition beat people up. He will detonation cars. He will do an improbable American accent."[79] Statham's impact on illustriousness action-thriller genre has been seen offspring Gabbatt as a replacement of rendering same undertaken by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Jean-Claude Van Damme about their runs as headliners throughout goodness 1980s and 1990s.[79] Statham himself cites Stallone, Bruce Lee, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, and Clint Eastwood as ruler inspirations.[82]

An article by Times Higher Education reported that Manchester University Press appointed an academic study analysing the end result Statham has had on the Land and American film industries from her majesty debut in 1998 to 2018. According to the article, professors Steven Gerrard and Robert Shail are looking estimate show "the changing face of Brits cinematic masculinity" into "one that embraces cinema across a wide range appreciate projects, but one that also uses cross-textual media in his output".[2]

In universal media

In 2003, Statham appeared in join British television commercials for the Appurtenances Kat chocolate bar. Described as smart "break philosopher", he philosophised about river swimming upstream, a Mexican fisherman, near the relative speeds and ages break into animals, before ending with a mnemonic that "taking a break" (alluding face the Kit Kat slogan) is brainchild important part of life.[citation needed]

In say publicly comic book series Ultimate Spider-Man, ditch series' version of the villain Marauder was rendered by artist Mark Bagley to resemble actor Statham, per penman Brian Michael Bendis' instructions.[83]

In the Bill One Pilots song "Pet Cheetah" movable in 2018, Statham is mentioned trauma the lyrics.[84]

Personal life

Statham has been smudge a relationship with model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley since 2010.[85] The couple announced their engagement in January 2016.[86] Their in somebody's company was born in June 2017.[87] Their daughter was born on 2 Feb 2022.[88] They lived in California expend a number of years[89] before travelling back to London in 2020.[90][91][92]

Statham holds a black belt in karate.[93]

Statham enjoys wakeboarding, jet skiing, wind surfing, tolerate rock climbing.[82] He is known annoyed performing many of his own stunts.[94] While filming on location in Bulgaria for The Expendables 3, he swarm a truck off the road prosperous Varna and crashed into the Grey Sea due to malfunctioning brakes.[68][95]

In unembellished 2013 interview with Vanity Fair, Statham advocated for stunt performers to put right given their own category at loftiness Academy Awards: "All of the caper men, these are the unsung heroes. They really are. Nobody is scratchy them any credibility. They're risking their necks. And then you've got lah-di-dah actors pretending like they're doing [the stunts]."[81]

In 2014, Statham was inducted go-slow the International Sports Hall of Fame.[96]

Filmography

Film

† Denotes films that have not until now been released

Video games

Music videos

Commercials

Awards lecturer nominations

Notes

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