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While he keeps a house in the UK, Statham spends most of his time in Los Angeles, California.
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In August 2008, Jason was escorted out of the annual Midsummer Night's Dream Party at the Playboy Mansion by security, following his refusal to pose for photographs with models.
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Jason ranked No.40 in AfterElton.com's Hot 100 of 2007. In 2008, he moved down 38 spots to No.78.
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Jason still considers UK to be his home. Whenever he is in Hollywood to shoot a movie, what he misses most about his home country is hanging out with his friends.
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Bank Job was one of Statham's movies that did not require a lot of action scenes. When the short fight scene he had at the end of the movie was included in the film trailer, he got irritated that the movie was promoted as an action film when in fact, it was not.
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In 2008, Statham disproved the rumors going around the Internet that he was approached for a role in the
G.I. Joe movie.
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Jason ranked No.41 in New Woman magazine's list of the world's 100 sexiest men in 2006.
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Jason and his three-time director
Guy Ritchie got obsessed with chess during their filming of the movie
Revolver.
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Jason considers
Edward Norton and
Robert De Niro to be among the best actors in the world. He believes their formal training in acting helped them achieve their stature and ability as actors.
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Jason appeared in TV commercials for Kit Kat chocolate.
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Jason appeared in the music video for Knoc-Turn'al's "Muzik."
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Jason was discovered by a talent agent while he was training at London's Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in the late '90s.
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Like his character Frank Martin in
Transporter 2, Jason drives an Audi. The model however is an Audi S4, while Frank drives an Audi A8(W12).
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Statham is trained in martial arts, particularly kickboxing and Jujitsu.
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Besides his acting career, he lent his voice to several characters in video games (Call Of Duty; Red Faction II).
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Jason's father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands.
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Jason used to play racket sports, tennis and squash. He was also into gymnastics and gymnastics-oriented activities such as the trampoline and high jump.
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Statham was a champion diver before his acting career and was ranked 12th in the World Championship (1992). While most world-class divers start to train at age four or five, Jason began to dive when he was 15. He picked it up and learned the sport quickly.
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Jason is a huge fan of James Bond and hoped to be the next 007.
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Jason previously dated
Kelly Brook. They broke up when
Brook met actor
Billy Zane. They got back together momentarily after
Brook broke up her engagement with
Zane. He also previously dated Australian singer and actress
Sophie Monk.
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Jason's height is 5'11". He has brown hair and hazel eyes.
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Jason used to be a corner con man. He sold stolen jewelry and fake perfume out of a briefcase on the streets.
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Jason, a former professional diver, did nearly all his own stunts in
The Transporter including car chase sequences, scuba diving sequences and fight sequences.