A Working Man is one of the exciting new action movies coming up in 2025, led by a cast of established action stars (including multiple small-time contributors to the MCU) as well as lesser-known talent. The plot of A Working Man notably takes after Taken, offering a new thriller where a seemingly ordinary civilian turns out to have a dangerous past, and is called upon to use his combat and intelligence skills to save the daughter of his boss.

Directed by David Ayer, previously the director of The Beekeeper, A Working Man marks another collaboration between some of the biggest creatives in the action genre. It also demonstrates the influence of movies like John Wick and Taken but with a new twist. However, if older movies of the same narrative and tone have proven anything, a strong cast is needed for the formula to work — luckily, this is what A Working Man has.

Jason Statham As Levon Cade

Date Of Birth: July 26, 1967

• Active Since: 1993

Actor: Jason Statham is one of the biggest names in the action genre, known for countless gruff action heroes across franchises like The Meg and Fast & Furious. He practiced martial arts in his youth and began his career as a sports model, before being cast in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. While this movie is considered his breakout role, it was quickly followed by other noteworthy тιтles.

Character: Statham plays Levon Cade in A Working Man, a widower who finds a new family at a construction job. However, when his boss’ daughter is kidnapped, he is revealed to be a legendary figure in counterterrorism and goes on a relentless mission to save her.

Michael Peña

Date Of Birth: January 13, 1976

• Active Since: 1996

Actor: Michael Peña grew up in Chicago and got his start in entertainment after winning a role in To Sir, WWth Love II straight out of high school, through an open casting call. He caught another big break when he landed a supporting role in the Best Picture nominee American Hustle in the early 2010s. However, Peña is perhaps best known by the mainstream for playing the fast-talking Luis in the Ant-Man movies and is a delightful addition to any action comedy or drama.

Character: Peña’s character is Levon’s kind boss, who works alongside his wife and daughter. The figure’s kindness to Levon earns him the loyalty of someone he doesn’t know is so dangerous, but who will do anything to get his friend’s daughter home safely.

David Harbour

Date Of Birth: April 10, 1975

• Active Since: 1994

Actor: David Harbour is from White Plains, New York, and began his career as a Shakespearean stage actor. He began to transition to film and TV in the 2000s, with supporting roles in noteworthy тιтles such as Brokeback Mountain and Quantum of Solace. However, he became a true global star after joining the original cast of Stranger Things as Hopper and has since been cast in many other sci-fi and action-adventure roles.

Character: When Levon sets out on his quest to rescue Jenny, he reconnects with an old ally who is a blind sharpshooter, who provides him with the weapons he needs, calling himself a “sommelier” in an amusing scene clearly inspired by John Wick.

A Working Man Supporting Cast

Various Action & Drama Stars Join The Cast Of A Working Man

Arianna Rivas: Arianna Rivas is an up-and-coming star known for projects including The Harvest, Prom Dates, and Blumhouse’s upcoming The Black Phone 2 in 2025. In A Working Man, she plays Jenny, the young woman Levon sets out to rescue.

Jason Flemyng: British actor Jason Flemyng’s career covers a variety of interesting projects, with roles in the acclaimed The Curious Case of Benjamin ʙuттon, as well as Jekyll/Hyde in the disastrous The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie. Most ironically, he appears alongside Jason Statham as Tom in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Emmet J. Scanlan: An actor known for significant supporting roles in crime and thriller projects, Emmet J. Scanlan stars or guest stars in episodes of Peaky Blinders, most of Kin, and the recent hit Netflix mystery Fool Me Once.

Maximilian Osinski: Maximilian Osinski is known for action and thriller-oriented roles, such as Dennis in The Walking ᴅᴇᴀᴅ: World Beyond and Agent Davis in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well Zava in Ted Lᴀsso.

Eve Mauro: Mostly starring in some relatively under-the-radar projects, Eve Mauro has still earned roles in major shows such as It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Bones, Torchwood, and multiple iterations of CSI.

Andrea Vasilou: Best known for playing an unnamed Amazonian warrior in both Wonder Woman and Justice League, Andrea Vasilou has some major upcoming roles in the movies Liberty and The Rogue, as well as her supporting role in A Working Man.

Noemi Gonzalez: Noemi Gonzalez has also claimed a wide variety of mostly smaller roles, but notably recently starred in the short film Lesbophilia with Our Flag Means Death‘s Vico Ortiz and Once Upon A Time‘s Lana Parilla, as well as the holiday TV miniseries Holidazed.

Max Croes: While still relatively unknown, Max Croes has been a part of major recent movies including Rocketman and A Working Man, and has several upcoming projects.

Cokey Falkow: Cokey Falkow is a recent collaborator of Jason Statham, having played the role of a bartender in The Expendables 4. He also appears in Jurᴀssic World Dominion, with his career going back to action movies of the mid-2000s.

Alana Boden: Alana Boden has taken on many TV movies and series roles, including those in I Am Elizabeth Smart, Ride, and Geek Girl. However, A Working Man stands out a Boden’s first major theatrical motion picture.

Isla Gie: Rounding out the cast of A Working Man is Isla Gie as Merry Cade; Gie is following a typical career path for a young actor, playing characters such as both young Eponine and Cosette in a touring production of Les Misérables, child Zelda in The Sandman, and Struan’s daughter in Slow Horses.