In the Steve Martin–starring Pink Panther reboot, Jason Statham has an uncredited cameo as a French soccer coach named “Yves Gluant.” See, the joke is that he’s Jason Statham, whose image is very working-class English, except here he’s playing … a French dude. It’s all very complex.

With A Working Man hitting theaters, there’s no better time to look at the filmography of Jason Statham, the definitive action star of our time. Few gun-toting and fist-throwing leading men have ever possessed the level of charisma and range Statham wields,

Crank ranks among Jason Statham's most iconic films, as Neveldine and Taylor take the one-man army subgenre to completely unhinged extremes. Statham's charisma and performance are a huge part of the movie's appeal, with its deranged plot delivering non-stop thrills for both his poisoned assassin, Chev Chelios, and the audience alike.