Frank Martin (Transporter character)
| Frank Martin | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | The Transporter (2002) |
| Last appearance | The Transporter Refueled (2015) |
| Created by |
Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen |
| Portrayed by |
Jason Statham (1–3) Ed Skrein (reboot) Chris Vance (TV series) |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Driver Transporter |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Wheelman Courier Bodyguard Mercenary British Army Special Air Service (formerly) |
| Title | The Transporter |
| Family | Frank Martin Sr. (father) |
| Children | unnamed son (with Zara Knight) |
Frank Martin is the protagonist of the Transporter franchise, created by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. He is portrayed by Jason Statham in the first three films, Ed Skrein in the reboot, and Chris Vance in the television series
He initially serves as a reluctant hero. He is portrayed as a former Special Forces operative who was a team leader of a search and destroy unit. His military background includes operations "in and out of" Lebanon, Syria and Sudan. He retires from this after becoming fatigued and disenchanted with his superior officers. In simple terms, he got tired of seeing his best efforts turned to nothing by the same people paying him to do the job, so he puts his skills to action as a private driver for hire.
His country of origin is unclear -- throughout the franchise, Statham seems to speak with a Cockney accent, mixing his own Estuary English accent with a European and also with perhaps a generic Appalachian American accent, suggesting he could be European, British or American, but who may have spent considerable time in another country. In The Transporter, Frank Martin is shown to have received the Bronze Star. In the television series, it was revealed that he was enlisted in the British Army and later transferred to Special Air Service.
It is also stated in the second season of the television series that Frank lost his father below the age of ten, whereas in the reboot film, The Transporter Refueled, his father, a parental namesake called Frank Martin Sr. is alive and well, revealed to be a former British spy, who retired away from London to renovate his fatherly relationship with his son.
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