Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#3105
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Jason Flemyng represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 31 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 Flemyng appears in 39 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, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for action, crime, thriller. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with David Ayer, Dani Girdwood, James Bamford and others, Jason Flemyng 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 Tom · Snatch (2000) as Darren · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) as Thomas Button
Career snapshot
Ranked #3105 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
39
1994–2025
Career length
31 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
6.5
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.1
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Most frequent director
Matthew Vaughn
4 films together
Longest collaboration
4×
With Matthew Vaughn
Most common genre
Drama
18 titles
Average runtime
1h 53m
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
6.6
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
2000s
6.8 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Stardust, The Death and Life of Bobby Z — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
6.8
Across 10 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
6.8
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. Alice in Wonderland, The Red Violin, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Most productive era
2010s
11 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 | 6.45 films | 6.85 films | 6.83 films | 6.55 films |
| Action | 6.52 films | 6.32 films | 6.56 films | 5.56 films |
| Thriller | 7.01 film | 6.45 films | 6.82 films | 6.05 films |
| Comedy | 6.82 films | 7.03 films | 5.51 film | — |
| Crime | 8.11 film | 6.84 films | 6.52 films | 5.72 films |
| Romance | 6.82 films | 7.52 films | 6.02 films | 7.41 film |
| Horror | 6.21 film | 6.32 films | 6.91 film | 4.91 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
1994The Jungle Book
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Wilkins.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
1998Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
8.1 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2025My Fault: London
The current state of the argument, as Travis.
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.
39 of 39 films
as Thomas Button
Directed by David Fincher
as Travis
Directed by Dani Girdwood
as Primus
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
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
Tom
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Performance score8.3
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Tom gives Jason Flemyng a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Thomas Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Performance score7.8
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Thomas Button is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Darren
Snatch (2000)
Performance score7.7
Snatch asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Darren is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Travis
My Fault: London (2025)
Performance score7.5
My Fault: London asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Travis 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 Tom
Start here. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is the clearest statement of what Jason Flemyng does — accessible, 105 minutes, and rated 8.1 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.
Snatch (2000)
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.
Stardust (2007)
A deliberate change of key after Snatch — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Keeps the romance register of Stardust but asks for a colder reading of it.
My Fault: London (2025)
Keeps the romance register of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Matthew Vaughn
Director
4 films together
Notably X-Men: First Class
Stephen Sommers
Director
2 films together
Notably Deep Rising
Guy Ritchie
Director
2 films together
Notably Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Louis Leterrier
Director
2 films together
Notably Transporter 2
Michael Caton-Jones
Director
1 film together
Notably Rob Roy
Bernardo Bertolucci
Director
1 film together
Notably Stealing Beauty
Bob Spiers
Director
1 film together
Notably Spice World
François Girard
Director
1 film together
Notably The Red Violin
Nick Willing
Director
1 film together
Notably Alice in Wonderland
Stephen Herek
Director
1 film together
Notably Rock Star
Albert Hughes
Director
1 film together
Notably From Hell
David Twohy
Director
1 film together
Notably Below
John Herzfeld
Director
1 film together
Notably The Death and Life of Bobby Z
David Fincher
Director
1 film together
Notably The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Joe Wright
Director
1 film together
Notably Hanna
Dexter Fletcher
Director
1 film together
Notably Wild Bill
Mike Newell
Director
1 film together
Notably Great Expectations
Dan Mazer
Director
1 film together
Notably I Give It a Year
Eran Creevy
Director
1 film together
Notably Welcome to the Punch
Brad Anderson
Director
1 film together
Notably Stonehearst Asylum
Nick Murphy
Director
1 film together
Notably FX's A Christmas Carol
Nick Moran
Director
1 film together
Notably Creation Stories
Philip Barantini
Director
1 film together
Notably Boiling Point
Simon Kinberg
Director
1 film together
Notably The 355
Renny Harlin
Director
1 film together
Notably Refuge
James Bamford
Director
1 film together
Notably Utopia
Dani Girdwood
Director
1 film together
Notably My Fault: London
David Ayer
Director
1 film together
Notably A Working Man
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Matthew Vaughn
Director
4 films together · 7.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 4 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
X-Men: First ClassGuy Ritchie
Director
2 films together · 8.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsLouis Leterrier
Director
2 films together · 6.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Transporter 2Stephen Sommers
Director
2 films together · 6.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Deep RisingDavid Fincher
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDani Girdwood
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
My Fault: LondonPhilip Barantini
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Boiling PointNick Murphy
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
FX's A Christmas CarolFrançois Girard
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Red ViolinBrad Anderson
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Stonehearst AsylumDavid Ayer
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Working ManDexter Fletcher
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Wild BillAlbert Hughes
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
From HellStephen Herek
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Rock StarBernardo Bertolucci
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Stealing BeautyMichael Caton-Jones
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Rob RoyJoe Wright
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HannaMike Newell
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Great ExpectationsJohn Herzfeld
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 Death and Life of Bobby ZNick Willing
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Alice in WonderlandSimon Kinberg
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The 355Nick Moran
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Creation StoriesDavid Twohy
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BelowEran Creevy
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Welcome to the PunchJames Bamford
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
UtopiaDan Mazer
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I Give It a YearBob Spiers
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Spice WorldRenny Harlin
Director
1 film together · 4.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
RefugeSix 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 Tom
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Thomas Button
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 Tom
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Kick-Ass
as Lobby Goon
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
as Tom
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 Flemyng 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
31 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.
Drama Legend
Awarded
18 catalogue titles in drama, 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
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as Thomas Button
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Stonehearst Asylum
as Swanwick
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
My Fault: London
as Travis
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Stonehearst Asylum
as Swanwick
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
X-Men: First Class
as Azazel
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
In the Fire of War
as Daniel Morgan
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Spice World
as Brad
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Spice World
as Brad
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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