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Jason Statham (/ˈsteɪθəm/ STAY-thəm; born 26 July 1967) is an English actor and producer. He is known for portraying tough, gritty, or violent characters in various action thriller films and has been credited for leading the resurgence of action films during the 2000s and 2010s. By 2017, his films had grossed over £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion), making him one of the industry's most bankable stars. While working at local market stalls, Statham began practising Chinese martial arts, kickboxing, and karate recreationally in his youth. An avid footballer and diver, he was a member of Britain's national diving team and competed for England in the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Shortly after, he was asked to model for French Connection, Tommy Hilfiger, and Levi's in various advertising campaigns. Statham's history of working at market stalls inspired his casting in the Guy Ritchie crime films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). Both films were commercial hits, and they helped catapult Statham to stardom. He played supporting roles in the American action films Turn It Up (2000), Ghosts of Mars and The One (2001). From 2002 to 2008, he played the title role in the first three films in the Transporter film series (2002–2008), which solidified his status as an action star. In 2003, he appeared in the ensemble heist action film The Italian Job. He went on to play leading roles in the commercially successful films Crank (2006), The Bank Job (2008), The Mechanic (2011), Homefront (2013), Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), The Meg (2018), Wrath of Man (2021), Meg 2: The Trench (2023), and The Beekeeper (2024). Statham has also starred as Lee Christmas in the ensemble action film series The Expendables (2010–2023) and as Deckard Shaw in the Fast & Furious franchise (2013–2023), including the spin-off Hobbs & Shaw (2019), which he co-produced. His voice acting work includes the documentaries Thai Boxing: A Fighting Chance (2002), Truth in 24 (2008) and its 2012 sequel, and the animated film Gnomeo & Juliet (2011). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Statham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The year is 2009 nearly 20 years since eyes were last laid on the legendary helicopter known as Airwolf Stringfellow Hawke [Jan Michael Vincent] has retired and is aging and Dominic Santini [Ernest Borgnine] is dead deceased. When Charles Henry Moffet [David Hemmings] is killed in the 1980s by hawke when he and Santini planned to recover Airwolf and where succesful in doing so, but killed Moffet for revenge for killing Gabrielle, Hawkes love interest. But no one knew that Moffet had a son named William Moffet [Judge Law], Eventually finding out about his father's death and Airwolf itself and would then build an upscaled version of Airwolf. The news would eventually head over to the Firm Cia that William Moffet had an upscaled version of Airwolf, So quickly with the new head of the firm Emily Taylor [Jessica Mcnamee] and her assistant David Cole [Jason Statham], Quickly calling up their top agents who have been friends for years Jason Maguire [Jensen Ackles] and Levoyn Hamilton [Michael B Jordan] eventually learning about Airwolf, where it's at for all these years and so Jason and Levoyn take the controls and became the new pilots of Airwolf and thus Airwolf returns after almost nearly 20 years of being dormant and hidden.
