Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#75
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Jason Statham represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 29 years in, and Jason is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Jason Statham appears in 55 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Jason. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is the clearest case: a film rated 8.1 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, screen presence. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for action, comedy, crime. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with David Leitch, Timo Tjahjanto, Ric Roman Waugh and others, Jason Statham helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) as Bacon · Snatch (2000) as Turkish · Shelter (2026) as Mason
Career snapshot
Ranked #75 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
55
1998–2027
Career length
29 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.1
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Average Nutevio score
6.2
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.1
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Most frequent director
Guy Ritchie
5 films together
Longest collaboration
5×
With Guy Ritchie
Most common genre
Action
41 titles
Average runtime
1h 43m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.4
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
1990s
8.1 average MV
The 1990s are where the work and the material meet. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
1990s
8.1
Across 1 catalogue film in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
1990s
8.1
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Most productive era
2000s
20 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | — | 6.57 films | 5.81 film | 7.61 film |
| Action | — | 6.312 films | 6.518 films | 5.011 films |
| Thriller | — | 6.512 films | 6.415 films | 5.59 films |
| Comedy | 8.11 film | 6.73 films | 6.82 films | 3.32 films |
| Crime | 8.11 film | 6.614 films | 6.510 films | 6.27 films |
| Romance | — | 6.01 film | — | — |
| Horror | — | 5.21 film | 6.51 film | 6.41 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio · Highest rated performance
1998Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Bacon. 8.1 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Career peak
2000Snatch
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2027The Beekeeper 2
The current state of the argument, as Adam Clay.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
55 of 55 films
as Turkish
Directed by Guy Ritchie
as Mason
Directed by Ric Roman Waugh
as H
Directed by Guy Ritchie
as Adam Clay
Directed by David Ayer
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Turkish
Snatch (2000)
Performance score8.4
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Turkish gives Jason Statham a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Mason
Shelter (2026)
Performance score8.2
Shelter asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Mason is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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H
Wrath of Man (2021)
Performance score8.1
Wrath of Man asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. H is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Bacon
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Performance score8.1
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Bacon is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Turkish
Start here. Snatch is the clearest statement of what Jason Statham does — accessible, 103 minutes, and rated 7.9 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Jason at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Same director as Snatch, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Wrath of Man (2021)
Same director as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
The Beekeeper (2024)
Keeps the crime register of Wrath of Man but asks for a colder reading of it.
Shelter (2026)
Keeps the action register of The Beekeeper but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Guy Ritchie
Director
5 films together
Notably Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Simon West
Director
3 films together
Notably The Mechanic
Louis Leterrier
Director
3 films together
Notably Fast X
Brian Taylor
Director
2 films together
Notably Crank
F. Gary Gray
Director
2 films together
Notably The Fate of the Furious
Justin Lin
Director
2 films together
Notably F9
David Ayer
Director
2 films together
Notably The Beekeeper
David Leitch
Director
2 films together
Notably Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
John Carpenter
Director
1 film together
Notably Ghosts of Mars
James Wong
Director
1 film together
Notably The One
David R. Ellis
Director
1 film together
Notably Cellular
Michael Mann
Director
1 film together
Notably Collateral
Shawn Levy
Director
1 film together
Notably The Pink Panther
Philip G. Atwell
Director
1 film together
Notably War
Uwe Boll
Director
1 film together
Notably In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Roger Donaldson
Director
1 film together
Notably The Bank Job
Paul W. S. Anderson
Director
1 film together
Notably Death Race
Sylvester Stallone
Director
1 film together
Notably The Expendables
Elliott Lester
Director
1 film together
Notably Blitz
Kelly Asbury
Director
1 film together
Notably Gnomeo & Juliet
Boaz Yakin
Director
1 film together
Notably Safe
Steven Knight
Director
1 film together
Notably Hummingbird
Taylor Hackford
Director
1 film together
Notably Parker
Gary Fleder
Director
1 film together
Notably Homefront
Patrick Hughes
Director
1 film together
Notably The Expendables 3
Paul Feig
Director
1 film together
Notably Spy
James Wan
Director
1 film together
Notably Furious 7
Dennis Gansel
Director
1 film together
Notably Mechanic: Resurrection
Jon Turteltaub
Director
1 film together
Notably The Meg
Thom Zimny
Director
1 film together
Notably Sly
Ben Wheatley
Director
1 film together
Notably Meg 2: The Trench
Ric Roman Waugh
Director
1 film together
Notably Shelter
Timo Tjahjanto
Director
1 film together
Notably The Beekeeper 2
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Guy Ritchie
Director
5 films together · 7.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 5 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsLouis Leterrier
Director
3 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Fast XSimon West
Director
3 films together · 6.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The MechanicDavid Ayer
Director
2 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The BeekeeperJustin Lin
Director
2 films together · 6.9 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
F9F. Gary Gray
Director
2 films together · 6.9 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Fate of the FuriousBrian Taylor
Director
2 films together · 6.4 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
CrankDavid Leitch
Director
2 films together · 3.4 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & ShawRic Roman Waugh
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ShelterMichael Mann
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
CollateralThom Zimny
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SlyJames Wan
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Furious 7Gary Fleder
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HomefrontRoger Donaldson
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Bank JobPaul Feig
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SpyJon Turteltaub
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The MegBoaz Yakin
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SafeBen Wheatley
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Meg 2: The TrenchPhilip G. Atwell
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
WarDavid R. Ellis
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
CellularSylvester Stallone
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The ExpendablesPaul W. S. Anderson
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Death RacePatrick Hughes
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Expendables 3Steven Knight
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HummingbirdElliott Lester
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BlitzDennis Gansel
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mechanic: ResurrectionTaylor Hackford
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ParkerJames Wong
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The OneKelly Asbury
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Gnomeo & JulietShawn Levy
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Pink PantherJohn Carpenter
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Ghosts of MarsUwe Boll
Director
1 film together · 4.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege TaleTimo Tjahjanto
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Beekeeper 2Six degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
as Bacon
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
London
as Bateman
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
as Bacon
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Collateral
as Airport Man
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Snatch
as Turkish
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Jason Statham has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
29 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Action Legend
Awarded
41 catalogue titles in action, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
as Bacon
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Shelter
as Mason
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
London
as Bateman
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Pink Panther
as Yves Gluant (uncredited)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Shelter
as Mason
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
as Orson Fortune
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Wrath of Man
as H
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
The Meg
as Jonas Taylor
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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