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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.
Pitch: Kyle McKnight's father Robert dies..., this leaves Kyle distraught. Kyle is a troubled teen, whose somewhat of a social outcast at school but had his small group of friends that support and help him. Robert was like Kyle's best friend, however Kyle never knew anything about his father's job, what he did while he wasn't home. Kyle and friends all join a MMA fighting club at school to train, while Kyle releases his anger while fighting/training. Later at the funeral of Kyle's father, a man named Hank Striker who claims to know Kyle's father shows up. Hank meets with him asking for Kyle's help. He's an old friend of Robert and worked with him in the Special Forces Program: SILVERRIM, which had be infiltrated and obliterated from the inside by a mole in the agency. It is revealed that Kyle has received special training from his father (that Kyle didn't really view as training) to take his place in the agency (along side with his MMA training). Hank Striker is the only surviving Agent of the agency and recruits Kyle to help him solve a conspiracy among SILVERRIM. Kyle agrees to join and suggests that he should recruits ones for the team too. The newly formed team codenamed: BLACKSTONE, soon find out that there is something much bigger at stake, an unknown virus is being planned to be shot in the atmosphere to expose the whole planet. But they soon learn that the man that they thought was dead is behind the whole thing. Kyle's father... But how?... **TWO MAJOR TWISTS**
