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Hack! (2007)
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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
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Grind (2003)
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Daredevil (2003)
Jason X (2001)
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Watchers Reborn (1998)
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)
The Protector (1998)
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Father Hood (1993)
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
No Place to Hide (1993)
Best of the Best 2 (1993)
House IV (1992)
The Rapture (1991)
Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
9 1/2 Ninjas! (1991)
Best of the Best (1989)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Trained to Kill (1988)
Prison (1988)
House II: The Second Story (1987)
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Kane Warren Hodder (born April 8, 1955) is an American actor and stuntman. Standing 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), he is best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in four films from the Friday the 13th film series (parts VII through X). He is the only actor to reprise the role of Jason. He is also known for his role as Victor Crowley in Hatchet.
Hodder is the only actor to portray Jason Voorhees more than once, in a total of four movies. He has also portrayed horror icons Leatherface in the stunts of the 1990 film Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, and a glove hinted to be Freddy Krueger’s pulling Jason’s mask to hell in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. He also appeared in an episode of The Arsenio Hall Show to promote Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, in costume as Jason.
Although he offered to reprise his role as Jason Voorhees in the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason, director Ronny Yu replaced Hodder with 6’5½” Canadian stunt man Ken Kirzinger. The switch created controversy among fans of the series and has been credited to several rumors, including Kirzinger’s location in Canada, and his height compared to Robert Englund, the actor who portrayed Freddy Krueger (Hodder is taller than Englund). Though Hodder still expresses resentment over not being chosen, he is still good friends with Kirzinger.
Hodder stars in the slasher film Hatchet as main character Victor Crowley, a physically deformed young boy who comes back from the dead to kill the people who invade the swamp in which he lives. He will portray the same character in Hatchet 2.
In 2008, Hodder completed filming on B.T.K., in which he played serial killer Dennis Rader. He is currently starring in the FEARnet series Fear Clinic, alongside fellow horror movie legends Lisa Wilcox, Robert Englund, and Danielle Harris.
Hodder was born in Auburn, California. He has a wife named Norra with two sons, Jace and Reed. Reed played a part in his father’s film Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield, with Hodder playing the title role.
Hodder is an avid poker player and often plays celebrity tournaments on hollywoodpoker.com. He has the word “Kill!” tattooed on the back of his bottom lip. He spends time working with children in burn centers, and despite the roles he often plays, Hodder has often been described as a very friendly man who loves to meet his fans.
A good portion of Hodder’s body was severely burned in a 1980s stunt mishap; his arms and hands took the worst of it, and he normally wears gloves to hide the scars on his hands as a result.
One story that Hodder often tells takes place after he completed one night of filming Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988). He was walking back to his dressing room, which was about a quarter of a mile away. Still dressed as Jason, he cut through the woods on a path to his dressing room. As he was walking, he crossed paths with a man. The man asked Hodder if he was in the new Friday the 13th film. Hodder, thinking that was a stupid question, did not respond, considering that he was standing in front of him dressed entirely as Jason. The man asked again. Hodder lunged and grunted at the man. The man took off running and tripping. The next day, director John Buechler told Hodder the local sheriff was going to stop by to discuss the incident with Hodder, but the sheriff never showed up.
Hodder has also been known to frequently object to some of Jason’s acts in the films he starred in, most notably a scene in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, in which Jason was scripted to kick a dog, to which he insisted that Jason was not evil enough to hurt animals. He also objected to the ending of Jason Takes Manhattan, where Jason regresses to a child after exposure to toxic waste.
For a long time, Hodder claimed his favorite scene in his films was the “sleeping bag against a tree” scene from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. He now considers the one where he rips a woman’s face in half from Hatchet (2006) to be his favorite.
Trivia
He played Jason Voorhees from 1988′s Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) to Jason X (2001).
Says he’s been told he was the largest baby ever born in Auburn, California (11 pounds, nine ounces).
At the time of its release, he said Jason X (2001) was his favorite Friday the 13th in which he played Jason. In the years that followed, he changed his mind and stated that Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) is his favorite, though he stills says that “Jason X” is the best written and best-made film in the series.
A good portion of his body was burned badly in a stunt mishap during the 1980s. His arms and hands were the worst burned, and as a result he usually wears gloves to cover the scars.
One funny story that he likes to tell is that during the filming of Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), his dressing room was a quarter of a mile down this dirt road. One night filming ended at at 2 a.m. and he was still in the Jason costume, and he decided to walk through the woods on a path to his dressing room. As he was walking someone approached him and asked if he was with the movie. He didn’t reply, because he thought it was a pretty stupid question to ask, as he was standing there in full Jason costume. The man asked again, Kane took a little lunge for the guy and grunted. The guy took off, tripping and running. The next day director John Carl Buechler told Kane that the local sheriff was supposed to stop by, but he never showed.
He spends time working with children in burn centers.
Among his contributions to the Jason Voorhees character, Kane said that Jason should never have to run after his victims, nor would he hurt children and animals.
He objected to the end of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) in which Jason is caught in a wave of toxic waste and reduced to a child, but the director disagreed with him.
Aside from being the only actor to reprise the role of Jason Voorhees, he has also been the only actor to play three of the most infamous horror icons in the history of horror films. Besides playing Jason Voorhees in four different films, he also played Freddy Krueger’s gloved hand at the end of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) and did the stunts for Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 (1990).
Has the word “Kill!” tatooed on the back of his bottom lip.
Offered to reprise his role as Jason Voorhees in Freddy vs. Jason (2003) but was turned down because director Ronny Yu felt he was too short and wanted an actor who would tower over Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) so he could create a David-and-Goliath visual imagery between Jason and Freddy. Also, Yu wanted Jason to have more sympathetic eyes. Ken Kirzinger won the role of Jason Voorhees, but the decision to not have Hodder return disappointed some fans of the genre, while others were quite impressed with Kirzinger’s performance as Jason and felt he surpassed Hodder.
One of his favorite death scenes from his tenure as Jason Voorhees was the scene in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) where he picks up the girl in the sleeping bag and bashes her into the tree, a scene he recreated in Jason X (2001). Ironically, Kane said that he actually had difficulty pulling the original stunt off because the dummy that was in the bag was heavier than he thought it would be, so he had to re-shoot the scene over and over again because no matter how hard he swung the bag the director kept telling him it didn’t look right. On the final take, Kane was so fed up with the situation that he threw bag on the ground and kicked in frustration. That was the shot that ended up in the film.
Despite the roles he often plays (most notably Jason Voorhees), Hodder has often been described as a very friendly man, and loves to meet his fans.
During his recurring roles as Jason Voorhees, he has often disagreed with directors over things the script originally called for him to do. He’s been known to look at the director and say, from behind the mask, “Jason wouldn’t do that.”
Two sons, named Jace and Reed.
Says that 13 is a recurring number in his life. He lives in the 13th house of the 13th street of his neighborhood and has appeared in four of the Friday the 13th movies.
The indie-hardcore band “Kane Hodder” was named after him. The band asked permission from Hodder before naming their band such, which he happily granted.
Jason was supposed to kick the main character’s dog near the climax of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989). Kane refused, saying Jason may kill people but he’s not bad enough to kick a dog.
Was set to play Jason Voorhees’ father Elias, in two movies. The first was a scene omitted from the script at the last minute of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), and the second was from David Schow’s script for Freddy vs. Jason (2003).
Auditioned for the role of Michael Myers in both Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) and Halloween: Resurrection (2002). The producers thought that Hodder was too bulky to portray the thin Myers.
Loves heavy metal music and is good friends with Rob Zombie and Kirk Hammett from Metallica.
Is a fan of Kevin Smith.
Is a fan of the rock bands Godsmack, Metallica, Alice in Chains and Nirvana.
Is a fan of Detroit-based underground hip hop group Insane Clown Posse.
Joel Schumacher wanted him to play as Bane in ‘Batman & Robin’ (1997).
Personal Quotes
[when asked his thoughts on Jason's look in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), in which he did not play Jason] I guess they wanted Jason to look like a skinny little bitch this time.
[commenting on his exclusion from Freddy vs. Jason (2003)] I won’t be unemployed. But I will resent the hell out of the fact that somebody else is wearing that mask.
[when asked about the ending of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)] That was the scene I disliked most, where Jason turns into a little boy at the end of Part VIII. Somehow in Rob Hedden’s mind, I think, it was a valid ending and he knew what he wanted, but I don’t think it was presented so that people could understand it. I hated that whole ending. And I fought it to the bitter end, but I was overruled. That’s why I pushed to ignore that ending when we began Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993).
[when asked about being a stunt double for actors getting paid a fortune) Not only do they get paid millions of dollars, but then they go on talk shows and say they did all their own stunts. That happens all the time. I've seen actors from movies I've worked saying they did all their own stunts. There is no actor who does all their own stunts, period. Don't listen to any of them. They may do a few of them. Not even Jackie Chan. He probably does the most stunts [himself], though.
Attitude is everything when it comes to the character. I’m real natural when it comes to looking scary. If you’re not seriously trying to frighten people, then the fear these movies are intended to generate doesn’t come across. I truly try to scare the shit out of people all the time. Between takes, in the make-up trailer, you never know when I’m going to go “Boo!” That’s the main reason I keep getting asked to play Jason.
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