Chev Chelios is a fictional character and the protagonist of the film Crank and its sequel, Crank: High Voltage. He is portrayed by Jason Statham.

Biography

Chev Chelios was born in London and lived with his mother, Karen Chelios. As a child, he was very violent towards other people and committed crimes including stealing a car, robbing a store and getting into fights in school; he was also addicted to video games. He never met his father. As a child, he appeared on The Luke Cunard Show, a fictional British talk show, because of his violent tendencies. During the show's interview, the interactions between Chelios and Cunard hint that the host might indeed be Chelios' biological father. In his adult life Chelios moved to Los Angeles, California, and became a professional contract killer (hitman) for the West Coast Crime Syndicate.