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Born April 8, 1955 in Auburn, California, USA Birth Name Kane Warren Hodder Nickname Cement Head Height 6' 3" (1.91 m)

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Wears gloves at signing events, so he does not "leave fingerprints." In actuality, the gloves are worn to cover burn marks from a stunt mishap in the 1980s.



Towering height and muscular physique



Wearing a custom charm of the Insane Clown Posse's "hatchetman" logo holding a machete instead of a hatchet, a reference to his role as Jason Voorhees



Often plays killers in films



Heavy scarring on his neck (the result of a stunt mishap)



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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 late 1970s. He suffered third degree burns over 50% of his body.





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.





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 Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990).

Has the word "Kill!" tatooed on the back of his bottom lip.





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. The street he lives on has 13 houses. He has appeared in four of the Friday the 13th movies. He wears a size thirteen shoe. And many other things.



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).



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).

Currently Kane plays the lead role of Victor Crowley in Adam Green's Hatchet series. He is also writing his official biography called, Kill! The True Story of the World's Most Prolific, Cinematic Killer, with author Michael Aloisi. [October 2010]



He is of Norwegian (from his maternal grandfather), English, German, and Swedish descent. His surname originates in England.



Has his own paranormal group known as 'The Hollywood Ghost Hunters'.





Was born in Auburn, California, where Phenomenon (1996) (who played Jason in one of the Friday the 13th movies) was filmed.

Kane Hodder appeared in Wonder Woman, Season 3, Ep. 14 "Spaced Out" as an extra in 1979.



Personal Quotes (5)



[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 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 scare you.



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