Jason Statham is an English actor and former diver, known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime films Revolver, Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Statham appeared in supporting roles in several American films, such as The Italian Job, as well as playing the lead role in The Transporter, Death Race, Crank, The Bank Job and War . Statham also appeared alongside established action film actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jet Li and Dolph Lundgren in The Expendables. He usually performs his own fight scenes and stunts. Statham was born in Shirebrook,... Derbyshire, the son of Eileen and Barry Statham, a lounge singer. He moved to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, where he chose not to follow his father's career working the local market stalls, and decided to pursue the arts. He grew up with football player Vinnie Jones, alongside whom he would later go on to act. Jones introduced him to football, and Statham went on to play for the local grammar school , which he had attended since the age of eleven, but his real passion was diving.
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| Birthdate: | September 12, 1967 |
| Birthplace: | Chesterfield |
| Age: | 44 |
| Height: | 5' 9" |
| Also known as: | Jay |