Jason Statham
- Actor
- Producer
- Stunts
Jason Statham was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, to Eileen (Yates), a dancer, and Barry Statham, a street merchant and lounge singer. He was a Diver on the British National Diving Team and finished twelfth in the World Championships in 1992. He has also been a fashion model, black market salesman and finally of course, actor. He received the audition for his debut role as Bacon in Băng Đảng Người Anh (1998) through French Connection, for whom he was modeling. They became a major investor in the film and introduced Jason to Guy Ritchie, who invited him to audition for a part in the film by challenging him to impersonate an illegal street vendor and convince him to purchase fake jewelry. Jason must have been doing something right because after the success of Băng Đảng Người Anh (1998) he teamed up again with Guy Ritchie for Tên Trộm Nữ Trang (2000), with co-stars including Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina and Benicio Del Toro. After Tên Trộm Nữ Trang (2000) came Turn It Up (2000) with US music star Ja Rule, followed by a supporting actor role in the sci-fi film Bóng Ma Trên Sao Hỏa (2001), Jet Li's Kẻ Độc Tôn (2001) and another screen partnership with Vinnie Jones in Mean Machine: Đội Bóng Nhà Tù (2001) under Guy Ritchie's and Matthew Vaughn's SKA Films. Finally in 2002 he was cast as the lead role of Frank Martin in Người Vận Chuyển (2002). Jason was also in the summer 2003 blockbuster remake of Kẻ Phản Bội (1969), Phi Vụ Cuối Cùng (Kẻ Phản Bội) (2003), playing Handsome Rob.
Throughout the 2000s, Statham became a star of juicy action B-films, most significantly Kẻ Lập Dị (2006) and Kẻ Lập Dị 2: Điện Cao Thế (2009), and also Cuộc Chiến Khốc Liệt (2007), opposite Jet Li, and Vụ Cướp Thế Kỷ (2008) and Cuộc Đua Tử Thần (2008), among others. In the 2010s, his reputation for cheeky and tough leading performances led to his casting as Lee Christmas in Biệt Đội Đánh Thuê (2010) and its sequels, the comedy Quý Bà Điệp Viên (2015), and as (apparently) reformed villain Deckard Shaw in Quá Nhanh Quá Nguy Hiểm 6 (2013), Quá Nhanh Quá Nguy Hiểm 7 (2015), Quá Nhanh Quá Nguy Hiểm 8 (2017), and Quá Nhanh Quá Nguy Hiểm: Hobbs và Shaw (2019). Apart from these blockbusters, he continued headlining B-films such as Bước Đường Cùng (2013).
In 2017, he had his first child, a son with his partner, model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
Throughout the 2000s, Statham became a star of juicy action B-films, most significantly Kẻ Lập Dị (2006) and Kẻ Lập Dị 2: Điện Cao Thế (2009), and also Cuộc Chiến Khốc Liệt (2007), opposite Jet Li, and Vụ Cướp Thế Kỷ (2008) and Cuộc Đua Tử Thần (2008), among others. In the 2010s, his reputation for cheeky and tough leading performances led to his casting as Lee Christmas in Biệt Đội Đánh Thuê (2010) and its sequels, the comedy Quý Bà Điệp Viên (2015), and as (apparently) reformed villain Deckard Shaw in Quá Nhanh Quá Nguy Hiểm 6 (2013), Quá Nhanh Quá Nguy Hiểm 7 (2015), Quá Nhanh Quá Nguy Hiểm 8 (2017), and Quá Nhanh Quá Nguy Hiểm: Hobbs và Shaw (2019). Apart from these blockbusters, he continued headlining B-films such as Bước Đường Cùng (2013).
In 2017, he had his first child, a son with his partner, model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.