Jason Statham is an English actor and film produce, was born on July 26, 1967 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England.
He has convincingly portrayed a host of unsavory, yet oddly endearing, tough guys like hit man,
thieves in high-profile action movie franchises, including ‘The Transporter,’ ‘Crank,’
‘The Expendables’ and ‘The Fast and the Furious.’
While working as a model for French Connection, he met Guy Ritchie, who later would help him
to get a role in his first production in 1998, an English comedy named Lock, stock and two smoking barrels.
After his debut, he also starred in Snatch directed by Guy Ritchie but what made him
a popular actor internationally was the role in Transporter saga.
Statham’s performance was so outstanding that caught the attention of many American
directors and critics, who later would call him to be part of different Hollywood productions
such as The Expendables, The Mechanic, Crank, The Fast and Furious franchise and so on.
Jason trained in various martial arts and considered as top-tier as professional MMA athletes.
He's a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has trained in: Wing Chun kung fu, karate and kickboxing.
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Father: Barry Statham, a street seller.
Mother: Eileen Yates, a dancer.
Jason Statham hasn’t married, although he has engaged to Victoria’s Secrets ‘s former
angel Rosie Huntingon-Whiteley in 2016.
The couple started dating in 2011, and together, had a son names Jack Oscar, in 2017.
Jason’s dozens of films have grossed multiple billion of dollars at the worldwide box office
so it came as no surprised that his net worth is approximately $90 million.
Jason Statham’s respective car collection is even more enviable than what he drives
on the big screen.
Some of his expensive cars can be named: -Lamborghini Murciélago LP 640; price range
from $461,505 to $544,113.
- Porsche 911 GT2 with starting price of $294.000.
This Porsche became part of Jason Statham's garage in 2009.
He must have enjoyed the feeling of driving it intensely because he has been seen with
it on numerous occasions in the streets of Los Angeles.
-Jaguar XJR- a very powerful car with V8 engine that produces 543 hp.
This car has starting price of $122.400
The action star has recently spend $7 million to buy a Midcentury-Modern house in the Hollywood
Hills which includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms and an office in 3,000 square feet.
The stylish amenities continue outside, where a saltwater pool and spa adjoin a barrel sauna
and stainless steel ice bath.
The grounds cover about a quarter of an acre.
-Statham takes pride in doing his own stunts, whether it is hand-to-hand combat or dangling
from a helicopter 3000 feet above downtown Los Angeles.
“I'm inspired by the people who could do their own work,” Jason said.
“Bruce Lee never had stunt doubles and fight doubles, or Jackie Chan or Jet Li.
I've been in action movies where there is a face replacement and I'm fighting with a
double, and it's embarrassing.”
-Before he became everyone’s favorite on screen badass, Jason Statham was one of the
world’s top competitive divers in the early 90s.
He was on the British National Diving Squad for 12 years and even competed in the Commonwealth
Games in Auckland, New Zealand in 1990.
While he was an elite diver, he never qualified for the Olympics.
- It seems Statham, like most of his on screen characters, truly does have no fear.
In preparation for his role in The Meg (2018), Statham flew to Fiji for the ultimate diving
experience and the chance to get up close with a group of bull sharks.
Some of the sharks were a whopping 3 metres in length, yet the close proximity didn’t
seem to put Statham on edge.
In fact, he was even quoted saying “you get quite relaxed…It’s quite a tranquil sort of thing”.