In 1967, Jason Statham, an actor from England, was born. Due to his recreational history in martial arts and kickboxing from his youth, he is well recognized for action-thriller movies. After being chosen for Guy Ritchie’s movies in 1998 and 2000, he rose to fame. With the financial success of these movies, Statham was cast in the Transporter trilogy, which led to further lucrative roles and established him as a well-known action star.
In the 2004 crime thriller Cellular, Kim Basinger plays a schoolteacher who is abducted by the ruthless criminal Ethan (Statham). When she calls for help on a broken phone, she instead receives the cellphone of a college student named Ryan, played by Chris Evans, instead of 911.
What did Jason Statham do before acting?
Statham competed in diving for the British national team for twelve years prior to his successful acting career as the leading man in big-budget films. Despite not being a top diver, the exposure led to modeling jobs, and after meeting Guy Ritchie, who cast Statham in the cult film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, he eventually stumbled into acting. However, Statham is not the only athlete that Ritchie has used in his enormously successful gangster movies.