General Facts
• Full Name: Jason Michael Statham
• Date of Birth: September 12, 1972
• Place of Birth: London, England, UK
• Nickname: Jay
• Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

Trivia
• Did nearly all of his own stunts in The Transporter (2002), including car chase sequences, scuba diving sequences and fight sequences.

• His break into the entertainment business came when an agent put him on an advertisement for the French Connection clothing company.

• Prior to The Transporter (2002) he already had a background in martial arts which enabled him to perform his own fight sequences.

• Was originally set play Private Cooper in Dog Soldiers (2002), but dropped out to star in Ghosts of Mars (2001).

• Offered the role of Agent 47 in Hitman (2007) after Vin Diesel was dropped from the project. Timothy Olyphant eventually took the role.

• Well trained in Mixed Martial Arts and is an expert in Kickboxing.

• Has appeared in three different films in which his character gets attacked with an axe, The Transporter (2002), Transporter 2 (2005) and War (2007).

• Has appeared twice in two different movies in a scene involving his character talking to himself in an elevator, during what appears to be a hallucination. Once in Revolver (2005/I) and once in Crank (2006).

• Has appeared in two films with Ray Liotta, Revolver (2005/I) and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), both in which he is the protagonist and Liotta is the antagonist.