The Meg, The Expendables and various Fast and Furious sequels. However, the 56-year-old took some time to achieve success. He didn’t begin to make a name for himself until appearing in Guy Ritchie’s 1998 crime drama, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in 1998.Before this, in his early 20s, Statham had a fledgling athletics career as a diver.