Jason Statham

This hot Brit has become a global star in Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels; Snatch; The Transporter; and the highly-charged thriller The Bank Job.

Jason Statham was one of the best divers on the British team, placing third in Olympic trials, and 12th in the world. While he was training, film crews and photographers pursued him as new talent for commercials and print campaigns, including a French Connection print ad where he met the owner of the company – who was also executive producer of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Jason met with the director, Guy Ritchie, who gave him a role in that film, and also in his next film, Snatch, starring opposite Brad Pitt and Benicio Del Toro.

Next came Turn It Up with US music star Ja Rule, followed by sci-fi film Ghosts of Mars and Jet Li's The One. Starring roles followed in The Transporter and its sequel, and as Handsome Rob in 2003's The Italian Job with Charlize Theron and Mark Wahlberg. He then starred in Cellular; Collateral; Chaos; and re-teamed with Jet Li in War. Jason recently completed Deathrace and will reprise the role of Chev Chelios in the sequel to Crank next year, as well as the role of Handsome Rob in The Brazilian Job.

Jason's latest film is the bank-heist caper The Bank Job, based on an extraordinary true story. Click here for more on The Bank Job.