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Kane Warren Hodder (Born: April 8, 1955 in Auburn, California, USA) is an American actor and stuntman. Standing 6'3" (approximately 1.92 metres), he is best known for his acting in the Friday the 13th movies (7-10) as the seemingly unkillable mass murderer Jason Voorhees.

Although he offered to reprise the part of Jason Voorhees in the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason, he was rejected by director Ronny Yu and replaced by 6'5 1/2" Canadian stunt man Ken Kirzinger, a move that Kane still resents. The switch caused a lot of arguments among fans of the series and has been credited to Kirzinger's living in Canada where the film was shot as well as being a cost-saving move, plus for his height over Freddy actor Robert Englund (even though Hodder is also considerably taller than Englund).

Kane is the only actor/stunt man to have played Jason Voorhees more than once. He is also generally considered the fan favorite.

In the mid 1980's, Kane was performing a stunt that went awry, leaving him with 2nd degree burns on over 75% of his body. As such, Kane often wears gloves at horror conventions.

He had the pleasure of meeting Robert Hawke from Renegade Milkmen, his lifetime idol and mentor.

He has the word "Kill!" tattooed on the back of his bottom lip.

He is an avid poker player and often plays celebrity tournaments on hollywoodpoker.com.

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, and loves to meet his fans.

Filmography

Stunts

• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
• Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
• Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
• A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
• Slackers (2002)
• Daredevil (2003)
• Monster (2003)
• The Devil's Rejects (2005)

Acting

• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
• Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
• Project Metalbeast (1995)
• Wishmaster (1997) (cameo)
• Jason X (2001)
• Darkwolf (2002)
• Daredevil (2003)
• Monster (2003)
• Grind (2003) (cameo)
• The Devil's Rejects (2005) (Cameo)
• Room 6 (2006)
• Hatchet (2006)
• 2001 Maniacs (2006)

Trivia

• Seattle band Kane Hodder is named after him.
• 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, at 2 AM filming had ended, 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 him if he was with the movie, he didn't reply, because he thought it was a pretty stupid question to ask, here he was standing in full Jason costume. The man asked again, Kane took a little lunge for the guy, and grunted. The guy took off running, tripping and running. The next day director, John Buechler told Kane that the local sheriff was supposed to stop by, but he never showed.[1]
• In the Special Features on the Jason X DVD, Kane Hodder is seen wearing a jersey emblazoned with the 'Hatchetman' logo, which is synonmous with Horror Rap and the underground Juggalo culture.

External links

• Kane Hodder's Official Website

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