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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.
After a couple of year of training his friend's daughter Kate Bishop Clint has done some damage to the criminal underworld as his alter ego Ronin. Now that things have settled Clint has to worry about the villains the Hood after he is hired by Intelligencia to assassinate the Swordsman now that they are done with using him as a decoy. Meanwhile Kate Bishop is looking into a masked vigilante going around wearing the old Ronin costume killing mob bosses and crime lords. The new Ronin eventually gets himself a target on the back when the Hood hires Bullseye to find out who he is. All of these stories come together when Clint, Kate, and Swordsman track the Hood down to where Bullseye and Ronin are fighting. Clint gets in the middle of the fight and they all cut each other pretty well. Meanwhile Swordsman and Kate are fighting the Hood which ends in Swordsman sacrificing himself to save Kate. Clint manages to take down Bullseye and Ronin gets away. He goes over to the alley where him and Kate say their goodbyes to Swordsman as he dies. The movie ends with Hawkeye getting a call from an anonymous number causing him to make Kate the new Hawkeye and leave New York.
