Jason Statham is an English actor and film producer. He has appeared in a number of films, including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Snatch (2000), The Italian Job (2003), Crank (2006), War (2007), The Bank Job (2008), Death Race 2 (2010) and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016). In 2015, he starred in the spy film Spy.
Statham was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, the son of Eileen Yates, a dancer, and Barry Statham, a street vendor and lounge singer. He grew up in Fulham, London. He began his career as a model before turning to acting. His first acting role was in Vinnie Jones's football hooligan film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Statham has said that he cannot speak any other languages than English but he can do an impression of a cockney accent which he often uses in films.