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Jason Statham (born 26 July, 1967 in England - IMDB profile is incorrect) is a British actor, known best for his work in the Guy Ritchie crime caper films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
and Snatch
. He has also appeared in support character roles in several Hollywood productions including The One
, The Italian Job
and its upcoming sequel, The Brazilian Job
. His latest work has been The Transporter
franchise.

Statham went out with British model and dactress Kelly Brook for seven years but the couple recently separated. He is currently with singer and actress Sophie Monk, a former member of the Australian pop group Bardot and who scored the lead role in the new movie Date Movie, playing alongside the likes of Alyson Hannigan.

Early years

Statham is the second son of a lounge singer and dressmaker-turned-dancer who ran a black market operation. He grew up, initially, following his parents' trail to master the art of "street theater", a euphemism for hustling tourists on London's Oxford Street.

Statham's careers

Diving

Statham developed an interest in sports, diving in particular, which led him to become an excellent athlete in the sport; he was a member of Britain's National Diving Squad for ten years, although (despite rumours) never competed in the Olympics.

Modelling

Statham's life in media began when he was spotted by a talent agent specialising in athletes while training at London's Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in the late 1990s. Afterwards, he became a model for the clothing brand French Connection where he was introduced to then-fledgling British director Guy Ritchie.

Acting

Ritchie was working on a film project where he had a street-wise con artist role that needed to be cast. After learning about Statham's past, Ritchie cast him to play the role of Bacon in Ritchie's breakout 1998 hit, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
. The movie was well-received by both critics and audiences which helped catapult the unknown actor into the public eye.

Statham's second collaboration with Ritchie came in the 2000 film Snatch
. Cast alongside popular actors Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina and Benicio Del Toro, and with the movie earning more than $80 million in box-office revenues, Statham was able to break into Hollywood and appeared in two movies in 2001: John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
and the Jet Li vehicle, The One
.

Statham was offered more film roles, and in 2002 was cast as the lead role of driver/bodyguard Frank Martin in the action movie The Transporter
. A sequel, Transporter 2
, followed in 2005. He also appeared in supporting roles in The Italian Job
(2003) and Cellular (2004). In 2005, Statham was once again cast by Ritchie to star in his new project, Revolver
and has been billed to appear in three film projects in 2006: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
, Crank, and The Italian Job sequel The Brazilian Job
.

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