Jason Statham

Date of Birth

12 September 1967, London, England, UK 

Nickname

Jay 

Height

5' 9" (1.75 m) 

Mini Biography

Jason Statham has done quite a lot in a short time. He has been an Olympic Diver on the British National Diving Team and finished 12th in the World Championships in 1992. He has also been a fashion model, black market salesman and finally of course, actor. He got the audition for his debut role as Bacon in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (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 jewelery. Jason must have been doing something right because after the success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998) he teamed up again with Guy Ritchie for Snatch. (2000), with co-stars including Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina and Benicio Del Toro. AfterSnatch. (2000) came Turn It Up (2000) with US music star Ja Rule, followed by a supporting actor role in the Sci-Fi film Ghosts of Mars (2001),Jet Li's The One (2001) and another screen partnership with Vinnie Jones in Mean Machine (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 The Transporter (2002). Jason is also in the summer 2003 blockbuster remake of The Italian Job (1969), The Italian Job (2003), playing Handsome Rob.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Bacon
2000	Snatch	boxing promoter
	Turn It Up	Mr. B
2001	Ghosts of Mars	Sgt. Jericho Butler
	The One	MVA Agent Evan Funsch	first time partnered with Jet Li
	Mean Machine	Monk
2002	The Transporter	Frank Martin
2003	The Italian Job	Handsome Rob
2004	Collateral	Frank Martin (presumed)	Cameo appearance
	Cellular	Ethan Greer	First film to appear as a villain
2005	Transporter 2	Frank Martin
	Revolver	Jake Green
	London	Bateman
2006	Chaos	Det. Quentin Conners
	The Pink Panther	Yves Gluant	Uncredited role
	Crank	Chev Chelios
2007	War	FBI Agent John Crawford	second time partnered with Jet Li
2008	The Bank Job	Terry Leather
	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Farmer Daimon
	Death Race	Jensen "Frankenstein" Ames
	Transporter 3	Frank Martin
2009	Crank: High Voltage	Chev Chelios
2010	13	Jasper
	The Expendables	Lee Christmas	third time partnered with Jet Li
2011	The Mechanic	Arthur Bishop
	Gnomeo and Juliet	Tybalt	Voice
	Blitz	Detective Sergeant Brant
	The Killer Elite	Danny Bryce	post-production
	Safe		filming