Kane Warren Hodder (born April 8, 1955) is an American actor,
stuntman, and author.Hodder is best known for his portrayal of Jason
Voorhees (five times) in the Friday the 13th franchise, with four
films from the film series: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell:
The Final Friday, Jason X and the video game Friday the 13th: The
Game. He is also known for his role as Victor Crowley in the Hatchet
series. He also played Leatherface during the stunts of Leatherface:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and Freddy Krueger's clawed glove hand
in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday.Hodder was born in Auburn,
California in 1955. Early in his career, during an interview he
offered to show the interviewer and her cameraman a fire stunt, which
went horribly wrong, leaving him with 2nd and 3rd degree burns over
much of his upper body. It was because of these burns he was initially
selected to portray Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street (see
'To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story' section further down this
page), a role that would eventually go to Robert Englund with whom he
formed a lifelong friendship. He was the first actor to portray Jason
Voorhees more than once, in a total of four consecutive movies from
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood to Jason X. He portrayed
horror icon Leatherface through the stunt work of the 1990 film
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and played Freddy
Krueger's clawed glove hand at the ending scene of Jason Goes to Hell:
The Final Friday. He also acted as a police guard in Jason Goes to
Hell. 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.
stuntman, and author.Hodder is best known for his portrayal of Jason
Voorhees (five times) in the Friday the 13th franchise, with four
films from the film series: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell:
The Final Friday, Jason X and the video game Friday the 13th: The
Game. He is also known for his role as Victor Crowley in the Hatchet
series. He also played Leatherface during the stunts of Leatherface:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and Freddy Krueger's clawed glove hand
in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday.Hodder was born in Auburn,
California in 1955. Early in his career, during an interview he
offered to show the interviewer and her cameraman a fire stunt, which
went horribly wrong, leaving him with 2nd and 3rd degree burns over
much of his upper body. It was because of these burns he was initially
selected to portray Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street (see
'To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story' section further down this
page), a role that would eventually go to Robert Englund with whom he
formed a lifelong friendship. He was the first actor to portray Jason
Voorhees more than once, in a total of four consecutive movies from
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood to Jason X. He portrayed
horror icon Leatherface through the stunt work of the 1990 film
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III and played Freddy
Krueger's clawed glove hand at the ending scene of Jason Goes to Hell:
The Final Friday. He also acted as a police guard in Jason Goes to
Hell. 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.
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