Jason Statham

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Jason Statham
Statham in 2018
Born (1967-07-26) 26 July 1967 (age 56)
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active1993–present
Partner(s)Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
(2010–present; engaged)
Children2

Jason Statham (born 26 July 1967) is an English actor and movie producer.

Statham is known for his roles in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Snatch (2000), The One (2001), The Transporter trilogy (2002–2008), The Italian Job, (2003), Death Race, Crank (2006), War (2007), The Bank Job (2008), The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012), Expendables 3 (2014) and Expend4bles (2023). Many of these roles are as antihero in action movies. He does most of his own stunts.

Statham was born on 26 July 1967 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England.[1][non-primary source needed][2] He was raised in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Statham has been partners with Kelly Brook from 1997 until they separated in 2004. He began dating model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in April 2010 and they got engaged in 2016. He and Rosie welcomed a son named Jack in June 2017.

Movie list[change | change source]

Movies[change | change source]

Year Title Role Notes References
1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Bacon [3]
2000 Snatch Turkish [4][5]
Turn It Up Mr. B [6]
2001 Ghosts of Mars Sergeant Jericho Butler [7]
The One MVA Agent Evan Funsch [8]
Mean Machine Monk [9]
2002 The Transporter Frank Martin [10][11]
2003 The Italian Job Handsome Rob [12]
2004 Collateral Airport Man Cameo [13]
Cellular Ethan Greer [14][15]
2005 Transporter 2 Frank Martin [16][17]
Revolver Jake Green [18][19][20][21]
London Bateman [22]
Chaos Detective Quentin Conners [23]
2006 The Pink Panther Yves Gluant Uncredited [24]
Crank Chev Chelios [25][26][27][28]
2007 War FBI Agent John Crawford Also known as Rogue: Assassin [29]
2008 The Bank Job Terry Leather [30][31][32][33]
In the Name of the King Farmer Daimon [34][35]
Death Race Jensen Garner Ames / Frankenstein [36]
Truth in 24 Narrator Documentary; voice only [37][38]
Transporter 3 Frank Martin [39][40][41][42][43]
2009 Crank: High Voltage Chev Chelios [44][45][46]
2010 13 Jasper Bagges [47][48]
The Expendables Lee Christmas [49][50]
2011 The Mechanic Arthur Bishop [51][52][53]
Gnomeo & Juliet Tybalt Voice only [54]
Blitz Detective Sergeant Tom Brant [55]
Killer Elite Danny Bryce [56][57]
2012 Truth in 24 II Narrator Documentary; voice only [58]
Safe Luke Wright [59][60][61]
The Expendables 2 Lee Christmas [62][63]
2013 Parker Parker [64][65]
Fast & Furious 6 Deckard Shaw[a] Cameo [66]
Hummingbird Joseph "Joey" Jones U.S. title: Redemption [67][68][69]
Homefront Phil Broker [70][71]
2014 The Expendables 3 Lee Christmas [72][73][74][75]
2015 Wild Card Nick Wild [76][77][78]
Furious 7 Deckard Shaw [79][80]
Spy Rick Ford [81][82][83]
2016 Mechanic: Resurrection Arthur Bishop [84][85][86][87]
2017 The Fate of the Furious Deckard Shaw [88][89][90][91]
2018 The Meg Jonas Taylor [92][93][94][95]
2019 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Deckard Shaw Also producer [96][97][98][99]
2021 Wrath of Man Patrick "H" Hill / Mason Hargreaves [100][101][102]
F9 Deckard Shaw Cameo [103][104]
2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Orson Fortune Also producer [105][106][107]
Fast X Deckard Shaw [108][109]
Meg 2: The Trench Jonas Taylor [110][111][112]
Expend4bles Lee Christmas Also producer [113][114][115][116]
2024 The Beekeeper Adam Clay Also producer [117][118][119][120]
2025 Levon's Trade Levon Cade Filming; also producer [121][122]

Video games[change | change source]

Year Title Role Notes References
2002 Red Faction II Mandril Shrike [123]
2003 Call of Duty Sergeant Waters
2015 Sniper X with Jason Statham Team Leader Mobile game [124]

Music videos[change | change source]

Year Artists Title Role Notes
1993 The Shamen "Comin' On" Background Dancer [125]
1994 Erasure "Run to the Sun" Background Dancer
1995 The Beautiful South "Dream a Little Dream of Me" Moviegoer
2014 Calvin Harris "Summer" Driver [126]

Awards and nominations[change | change source]

Year Nominated work Association Award Result Refs
2015 Spy Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor in a Comedy Nominated [127]
2015 Furious 7 Teen Choice Award Choice Movie: Villain Nominated [128]
2024 Expend4bles Razzie Awards Worst Picture Nominated [129][130]
2024 Meg 2: The Trench Razzie Awards Worst Actor Nominated [130][131]

Notes[change | change source]

  1. Statham's character in Fast & Furious 6 was not given a name at the time of the film's release.

References[change | change source]

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