Jason Statham made his screen debut in the 1998 British black comedy crime film, ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ directed by Guy Ritchie. The film was praised by critics and performed well at the box office, grossing over $28.1 million on a budget of $1.35 million. Following his debut, he went on to star in films like ‘Snatch’ (2000), ‘Turn It Up’ (2000), ‘Ghosts of Mars’ (2001), ‘The One’ (2001), and ‘Mean Machine’ (2001). In 2002, he starred as ‘Frank Martin’ in the Corey Yuen and Louis Leterrier-directed action-thriller film ‘The Transporter.’ The film received mixed reviews from critics but managed to gross over $43.9 million on a $20.5 million budget. The following year, he portrayed ‘Handsome Rob’ in the American heist action film ‘The Italian Job’ directed by F. Gary Gray. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $176.1 million on a budget of $60 million. He was next seen in films such as ‘Cellular’ (2004), ‘Transporter 2’ (2005), ‘Revolver’ (2005), ‘Crank’ (2006), ‘War’ (2007), ‘The Bank Job’ (2008), ‘Death Race’ (2008), ‘Transporter 3’ (2008), ‘Crank: High Voltage’ (2009), and ‘13’ (2010). In 2010, he played the role of ‘Lee Christmas’ in the American action film ‘The Expendables’ directed by Sylvester Stallone. The film, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, was a box office success and grossed over $274.5 million on a budget of $80–82 million.
He went on to star in films like ‘The Mechanic’ (2011), ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’ (2011), ‘Blitz’ (2011), ‘Safe’ (2012), and ‘The Expendables 2’ (2012). He portrayed ‘Parker’ in the 2013 Taylor Hackford-directed American action thriller film ‘Parker.’ The film opened to a mixed reception and received a 41% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That same year, he also made a cameo appearance as ‘Deckard Shaw’ in the American action film ‘Fast & Furious 6’ directed by Justin Lin. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and was a major commercial success, grossing over $788.7 million on a budget of $160–260 million. He next starred in films such as ‘The Expendables 3’ (2014), ‘Furious 7’ (2015), ‘Spy’ (2015), ‘Mechanic: Resurrection’ (2016), ‘The Fate of the Furious’ (2017), ‘The Meg’ (2018), ‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw’ (2019), and ‘Wrath of Man’ (2021). Statham was last seen in the 2021 American sci-fi action film ‘F9’ directed by Justin Lin. The film received mixed reviews from critics but grossed over $726.2 million on a budget of $200 million. He is all set to appear in the upcoming American spy action comedy film ‘Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre.’