Jason Statham ( born 12 September 1967) is an English actor and former diver, known for his roles. Statham appeared in supporting roles in several American films, such as The Italian job, as well as playing the lead role in The Transporter, Crack, The Bank job, war (opposite martial arts star Jet Li), and Death Race.
Statham also appeared alongside established action film actors Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce wills, Jet Li and Dolph in The Expendables. He normally performs his own fight scenes and stunts.
In 2009, Statham started to develop a new movie written by David peoples. Statham stated "We've got a movie we're trying to do, written by David Peoples and Janet Peoples, in the vein of an old film, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. It’s not a remake or anything, but it's a little bit like that, about relationships and how greed contaminates the relationships these three people have. The working title is The Grabbers," and the release date is still unknown.
In 2010, Statham appeared alongside fellow action stars Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce wills, Jet Li , among others in The Expandables. Statham plays Lee Christmas, a former SAS soldier and expert at close quarters combat using knives. In 2011, Stathem starred in the remarkof the 1972 Charles Bronson film, The Mechanic.
He will also star in the action film, The killer Ellite. According to Variety, the film will be based on real events, which were the subject of fictional novel The Feather Men. Statham will play a former SAS named Danny who comes out of retirement to save an old friend who will be played by Clive Owen.