Derek Mears (born April 29, 1972) is an American actor, voice actor, and stuntman. He's best known for playing Jason Voorhees in the 2009 reboot of Friday the 13th and Swamp Thing in Swamp Thing (2019).
Films:
- Cursed (2005): Werewolf
- Zathura (2005): Lead Vorgon
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): Davy Jones' Assistant
- Blades of Glory (2007): Josh
- The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007): Chameleon
- Friday the 13th (2009): Jason Voorhees
- Predators (2010): Crucified Predator
- MacGruber (2010): Jeff
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011): Master-at-Arms
- The Aggression Scale (2012): Chissom
- Hatchet III (2013): Hawes
- Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead (2014): Stavarin
Television:
- The Shield (2004): Crazyhouse (1 episode)
- ER (2004): Joseph (1 episode)
- Masters of Horror (2006): The Father (1 episode)
- Community (2010-2011): Kickpuncher
- Twin Peaks (2017): Renzo
- Swamp Thing (2019): Swamp Thing
Web
- Red vs. Blue (2016): Ruben Lozano
- RWBY (2016): Corsac Albain
Tropes associated with this actor's career include:
- Bald of Evil: He has alopecia universalis, meaning he doesn't have any hair on his entire body, and plays mainly villains.
- Evil Is Bigger: He stands at 6'5 and plays a lot of villains who tower over the heroes.
- I Know Karate: He's a trained martial artist who knows Karate, Boxing, Judo, Krav Maga, Taekwondo and Kickboxing.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: Mears is known mostly for monster and killer roles, but has a reputation as an extremely sweet man with a background in improv comedy who related to young Jason Voorhees due to his alopecia. All of the actors in Friday the 13th spoke highly of him as a happy and joyful man to be around.
- Tom Hanks Syndrome: Despite playing villains and his numerous roles in horror films, he actually got his start in comedy and doing improv.
