Kane Hodder

Kane Hodder
Kane Hodder (left), 2007
Born	Kane Warren Hodder April 8, 1955 (1955-04-08) (age 54) Auburn, California
Years active	1983–present
Spouse(s)	Susan B. Hodder

Kane Warren Hodder (born April 8, 1955)^[1] is an American actor and stuntman. Standing 6 ft 3½ in (191.8 cm),^[2] he is best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in four films from the Friday the 13th film series (parts VII through X).

Biography

Career

Hodder is the only actor to portray Jason 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.

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 amongst fans of the series and has been credited to several rumours, including Kirzinger's location in Canada, and his height compared to Robert Englund, Freddy Krueger's portrayer (although Hodder is still taller than Englund).

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^[3] and will potrayed the same in Hatchet 2.^[4]

In 2008, Hodder completed filming on B.T.K., in which he played serial killer Dennis Rader.

Personal life

Hodder was born in Auburn, California.^[5] He has a wife named Norra with two sons, Billy 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.^[6] He has the word "Kill!" tattooed on the back of his bottom lip. ^[7] He spends time working with children in burn centers,^[8] and despite the roles he often plays, Hodder has often been described as a very friendly man who loves to meet his fans. Hodder is also a Juggalo.^[7] 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 loves to share 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 the actor/stuntman, but never showed.

He 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 bad 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 kill-scene was the "sleeping bag against a tree" from Friday the 13th Part VII (1988). But now, he considers the one where he rips a woman's face in half from Hatchet (2006) to be his favorite.^[9]

Filmography

Stunts

1980s

• Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
• Hardbodies (1984)
• The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
• House (1986)
• Avenging Force (1986)
• The Patriot (1986)
• House II: The Second Story (1987)
• Born To Race (1988)
• Prison (1988)
• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
• Ghost Town (1988)
• Waxwork (1988)
• Time Trackers (1989)
• DeepStar Six (1989)
• The Horror Show (1989)
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

1990s

• Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
• 9½ Ninjas! (1991)
• Out For Justice (1991)
• Dangerous Women (1991)
• Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go To College (1991)
• The Rapture (1991)
• The Last Boy Scout (1991)
• House IV (1992)
• Double Trouble (1992)
• Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
• Live! From Death Row (1992)
• Under Siege (1992)
• Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
• Father Hood (1993)
• Demolition Man (1993)
• Younger & Younger (1993)
• The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994)
• A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
• Just Cause (1995)
• Project: Metalbeast (1995)
• Four Rooms (1995)
• Se7en (1995)
• Fair Game (1995)
• L.A. Heat (1996)
• The Big Fall (1996)
• Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1996)
• The Fan (1996)
• Marshal Law (1996)
• Brittle Glory (1997)
• Spawn (1997)
• Fire Down Below (1997)
• Team Knight Rider (1997)
• Most Wanted (1997)
• The Shooter (1997)
• The Underground (1997)
• The Shadow Men (1998)
• The Protector (1998)
• Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)
• Black Thunder (1998)
• A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• Hitman's Run (1999)

2000s

• Robbers (2000)
• Partners (2000)
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
• Slackers (2002)
• Monster (2003)
• Daredevil (2003)
• The Devil's Rejects (2005)
• Fallen Angels (2006; also Associate Producer)
• Hatchet (2007)
• Hack! (2007)

Acting

1980s

• Lone Wolf McQuade (1983; uncredited)
• Hardbodies (1984)
• City Limits (1985)
• Avenging Force (1986)
• House II: The Second Story (1987)
• Trained to Kill (1988)
• Prison (1988)
• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
• Best of the Best (1989; cameo)

1990s

• Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
• 9½ Ninjas! (1991; uncredited)
• The Rapture (1991; uncredited)
• Under Siege (1992; uncredited)
• Out for Justice (1991; uncredited)
• House IV (1992, uncredited)
• Best of the Best 2 (1993)
• No Place To Hide (1993)
• Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
• Father Hood (1993)
• Rubdown (1993)
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993-94)
• Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994)
• A low down dirty shame (1995; uncredited)
• Project: Metalbeast (1995; as the Metalbeast)
• Steel Frontier (1995)
• Scanner Cop II (1995)
• Fair Game (1995)
• The Big Fall (1996)
• Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1996; uncredited)
• Wishmaster (1997)
• The Shooter (1997)
• The Protector (1998; uncredited)
• Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)
• T.N.T. (1998)
• Watchers Reborn (1998)
• V.I.P. (1998)
• Nash Bridges (TV series) (1998)
• Wildly Available (1999)
• L.A. Heat (1999)

2000s

• Geppetto (2000)
• Jason X (2002)
• Daredevil (2003; uncredited)
• Charmed (2003)
• Dark Wolf (2003)
• Grind (2003; uncredited)
• Monster (2003)
• Alias (2003, 2005)
• The Devil's Rejects (2005; uncredited)
• 2001 Maniacs (2005)
• Fallen Angels (2006)
• Room 6 (2006)
• Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006; uncredited)
• Hatchet (2007)
• Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007)
• Hack! (2007)
• Dead Noon (2007)
• B.T.K. (2008)
• Black Friday (2008)
• Monsterpiece Theatre Volume 1 (2009)
• Hatchet 2 (2009)
• Old Habits Die Hard (2009) (post-production)
• Stingy Jack (2009) (pre-production)
• Monsterpiece Theatre Volume II (2009) (post-production)
• Black Friday 3D (2010) (Pre-production)
• Frozen (2010) (post-production)

References

External links

• Kane Hodder's official website
• Kane Hodder at the Internet Movie Database
• Kane Hodder at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)