Jason Statham is a popular British film actor. In his youth, he was an athlete - he played football and was professionally engaged in diving. He came to the cinema in the late nineties.
Carier start
The career of the now popular actor began with advertising. Once the American company Tommy Hilfiger invited Statham to star in her advertising campaign. Jason's photo shoot was so successful that he became the face of the brand.
A little later he is noticed by Guy Ritchie, who was recruiting actors for his first feature film. Richie liked Statham, so he was quickly approved for a role in the crime comedy Lock, Stock, Two Barrels. Despite the fact that the film was not received very positively by critics (Guy Ritchie was accused of copying Quentin Tarantino), the audience was delighted with the dynamic, noisy story, full of black humor.
Richie liked the collaboration with Statham, so he invited the actor to his next film, which was called "Big Jack". This film really "shot" at the worldwide box office. Subsequently, Richie called Statham into his next film "Revolver", which was also a black crime comedy.
Action star
After that, a variety of proposals fell on Jason Statham. Due to his amazing physical condition and passion for martial arts, Statham is able to perform most dangerous stunts without involving stuntmen. Perhaps this was the reason for inviting him to the main role in the film "Carrier". It is about a former military man who transports dangerous and classified cargo without asking unnecessary questions. It was this picture that made Statham a real star.
In the future, he starred in two more sequels of this film, and each time the plot was based on the fact that the customer was trying to frame the carrier. It is noteworthy that absolutely all the stunts (even the most dangerous) Jason performed independently. All three films proved to be commercially successful and benefited the actor's career (and fees).
In the 2007 film War, Statham played a violent FBI agent with Jet Li as his filming partner. The following year, Jason played in the fantastic action movie Death Race, which was based on the cult computer game. Statham played a man unfairly accused of murdering his wife and given a chance to get out of prison by winning a series of death races.
Sylvester Stallone, creating the old-school action movie The Expendables, invited Statham to one of the main roles. In this film, Statham played one of the mercenaries on a difficult mission in a small "banana republic". Jason played the youngest of the mercenaries, specializing in martial arts and knives. He played the same character in the sequel.
