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Jason Statham (/ˈsteɪθəm/ STAY-thəm; born 26 July 1967) is an English actor and producer. He is known for portraying tough, gritty, or violent characters in various action thriller films and has been credited for leading the resurgence of action films during the 2000s and 2010s. By 2017, his films had grossed over £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion), making him one of the industry's most bankable stars.

While working at local market stalls, Statham began practising Chinese martial arts, kickboxing, and karate recreationally in his youth. 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.

Statham's history of working at market stalls inspired his casting in the Guy Ritchie crime films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). Both films were commercial hits, and they helped catapult Statham to stardom. He played supporting roles in the American action films Turn It Up (2000), Ghosts of Mars and The One (2001). From 2002 to 2008, he played the title role in the first three films in the Transporter film series (2002–2008), which solidified his status as an action star. In 2003, he appeared in the ensemble heist action film The Italian Job. He went on to play leading roles in the 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), and The Beekeeper (2024).

Statham has also starred as Lee Christmas in the ensemble action film series The Expendables (2010–2023) and as Deckard Shaw in the Fast & Furious franchise (2013–2023), including the spin-off Hobbs & Shaw (2019), which he co-produced. His voice acting work includes the documentaries Thai Boxing: A Fighting Chance (2002), Truth in 24 (2008) and its 2012 sequel, and the animated film Gnomeo & Juliet (2011).

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2026 Mutiny as Cole Reed Producer

2025 Untitled Jason Statham Action-Thriller as Mason Producer

2025 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw 2 as Deckard Shaw

2025 Wick Is Pain as (archive footage)

2025 A Working Man as Levon Cade Producer

2024 The Beekeeper as Adam Clay Producer

2023 Sly as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023 Expend4bles as Lee Christmas Producer

2023 Meg 2: The Trench as Jonas Taylor Executive Producer

2023 Fast X as Deckard Shaw

2023 Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King as Self (archive footage)

2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre as Orson Fortune Producer

2021 F9 as Deckard Shaw (uncredited)

2021 Wrath of Man as H

2019 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw as Deckard Shaw Producer

2018 The Meg as Jonas Taylor

2017 The Fate of the Furious as Deckard Shaw

2016 Mechanic: Resurrection as Arthur Bishop

2015 Spy as Rick Ford

2015 Furious 7 as Deckard Shaw

2015 Wild Card as Nick Wild

2014 The Expendables 3 as Lee Christmas

2013 Homefront as Phil Broker

2013 Fast & Furious 6 as Deckard Shaw (uncredited)

2013 Hummingbird as Joey

2013 Parker as Parker

2012 The Expendables 2 as Lee Christmas

2012 Safe as Luke Wright

2012 Truth In 24 II: Every Second Counts as Narrator (voice)

2011 Killer Elite as Danny

2011 Blitz as Tom Brant

2011 Gnomeo & Juliet as Tybalt (voice)

2011 The Mechanic as Arthur Bishop

2010 Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self

2010 The Expendables as Lee Christmas

2010 13 as Jasper

2009 Direct Your Own Damn Movie! as Self

2009 Crank: High Voltage as Chev Chelios

2008 Transporter 3 as Frank Martin

2008 Truth In 24 as Narrator

2008 Death Race as Jensen Ames

2008 The Bank Job as Terry Leather

2007 In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale as Farmer

2007 War as Special Agent Jack Crawford

2006 Crank as Chev Chelios

2006 The Pink Panther as Yves Gluant (uncredited)

2005 Revolver as Jake Green

2005 London as Bateman

2005 Transporter 2 as Frank Martin

2005 Chaos as Det. Quentin Conners

2004 Cellular as Ethan

2004 Collateral as Airport Man

2003 The Italian Job as Handsome Rob

2002 The Transporter as Frank Martin

2002 Thai Boxing: A Fighting Chance as Narrator

2001 Mean Machine as Monk

2001 Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of Mars as Self

2001 The One as MVA Agent Evan Funsch

2001 Ghosts of Mars as Sgt. Jericho Butler

2001 Making 'Snatch' as Self

2000 Turn It Up as Mr. B

2000 Snatch as Turkish

1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as Bacon

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