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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.
John Rambo receives a letter from a man named Corbin, who claims he matched Rambo from an online DNA test. It turns out that Rambo had fathered a son with a Ukrainian immigrant during his brief return to the States after the events of "First Blood Part II", although Rambo has no recollection of it. The two have a father-son bonding experience before Corbin returns to his mother's homeland to teach at a university. A few months later, Russia invades Ukraine. Corbin is able to contact his father one last time before the Russians bombard the city and kill scores of civilians, asking Rambo to rescue him. Worried that his son has been killed or captured, Rambo meets with a group of sixteen foreign fighters who came to aid Ukraine. They make their way to Corbin's town, but are wiped out in an ambush at the university, leaving Rambo and three others as the only survivors. When the four men are taken to the university square, it is revealed that Corbin is the leader of the forces that captured the northeastern-most part of the country. He tells Rambo the truth: He is Kazimir Podovsky, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Podovsky, Rambo's nemesis from 1985. Rambo promises to kill Kazimir. The survivors are taken to a prison camp in Siberia to be worked to death. Rambo eventually escapes to Ukraine and kills Kazimir, Vladimir Putin, and Steven Segal. He returns to the States and becomes intrigued when Jehovah's Witnesses show him a Bible promise of a world without war.
