Jason Statham - Actor and former Diver
Jason Statham was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England on 12th
September 1967. He is an English actor and a former diver. He originally
pursued a career in diving and was a member of Britain’s National
Diving Squad for twelve years. He began modeling for the clothing line
French Connection and later starred in Guy Ritchie’s movies Lock Stock
and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. He is also known for his roles in
movies like The Transporter, Death Race, Crank, The Bank Job, War and
more recently in The Expendables and Killer Elite.Jason has worked in
more than 20 films since 1998.
Statham has earned almost all his wealth from acting in films. His films
have grossed a total of more than $1 billion at the box office. His
highest grossing film is The Expendables. He made $450,000 for The
Italian Job in 2003 and made a cool $750,000 for The Transporter. Jason
Statham has also given voice- over to the video games Call of Duty and
Red Faction II.
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Jason Statham has also starred in a hit movie series- Crank. He is said
to have earned around $5 million for his role in Crank. Statham knows
well how to spend his hard-earned money. He has bought himself a 3,355
square-foot house in the Malibu Colony in Malibu, California on an area
of land next to the sea for $10 million. Not satisfied, he also
purchased a 2281 square-foot house, in Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles in
2005 after spending $2.4 million. Jason Statham choice of cars is an
Audi. He owns an Audi S8 along with other cars. His hobbies include
diving, football, kickboxing and mixed martial arts. He is known to be a
fan of Panerai watches. Jason Statham does not make his donations
public. Therefore, he does not feature on the list of celebrity donors.
The son of a lounge singer, Jason had his passion in diving in his early
days.
He shared a relationship with model Kelly Brook for seven years, till
2004. Since April 2010, he has been dating model Rosie
Huntington-Whiteley. His break into the entertainment field came when an
agent put him on an advertisement for the French Connection clothing
company. While working for French Connection(FCUK), British director Guy
Ritchie who took him in his film Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
After that, Jason Statham never looked back. He is currently working on
The Expendables 2 along with Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone.
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