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Here ’s a guide to the many actors who ’ve played Jason Voorhees throughout theFriday The 13thfranchise . Jason was never supposed to be the aspect of a enfranchisement since in the original picture show he died days before after drowning in Crystal Lake . The heartbreak of his death drove his female parent Pamela insane , and she begin murdering pack counselors in revenge . Pamela end the first movie minus a head , so a new slayer was needed for the sequel .
That ’s when Jason was resurrected as a murderous grownup forFriday The 13th Part 2 , who pull through his drowning and pass years in the woods waiting for Pamela to find him . He witnessed her death at the closing of the original and has spent the entire series cut up up anybody who crossed his itinerary . AlongsideHalloween’sMichael Myers orA Nightmare On Elm Street’sFreddy Krueger , Jason Voorhees is one of the most dear of the LXXX horror baddie . woefully , the enfranchisement has been on grip for years due to a messy rights return that may not be resolved for some time to come .
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Here ’s a guide to every actor who ’s play Jason Voorhees throughout theFriday The 13thseries .
Ari Lehman - Friday The 13th
Ari Lehmann played untested Jason in the originalFriday The 13th . Jason ’s drowning is briefly viewed via flashback but Lehman ’s prominent mo is the film ’s memorable jar conclusion , where Alice dreams of Jason ’s rotting body grab her from her boat .
Warrington Gillette / Steve Daskewisz - Friday The 13th Part 2
Warrington Gillette and stuntman Steve Daskewisz shared the role of Jason inFriday The 13 Part 2 , which feature the character wearing a hammock on his head or else of the iconic field hockey mask . Gilette played Jason unmasked while Daskewisz played most of his other scenes .
Richard Brooker - Friday The thirteenth Part III
British stuntman Richard Brooker playedJason VoorheesinFriday The 13th Part III , where he finally get his hockey masquerade party from luckless victim Shelly . Despite accept position shortly after the events ofPart II , Brooker ’s Jason wear little resemblance to the previous picture show .
Ted White - Friday The 13th : The Final Chapter
Stuntman Ted White took over for 1984’sFriday The 13th : The Final Chapter , which was intended as the ending of the serial . White has admitted to being loth to take the role and move uncredited , but despite this , his variant is view one of the near .
Tom Morga - Friday The 13th : A New start
The broken cost , high return ofThe Final Chapterconvinced Paramount to continue the serial publication , result inFriday The 13th : A New Beginning . Jason is " dead " in this one and copycat baddie Roy Burns does the slashing , though Jason appears in the word form of Tommy Jarvis ' incubus and visual sense play by Tom Morga ( Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides ) .
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C.J. Graham - Friday The 13th Part VI : Jason Lives
Friday The thirteenth Part VI : Jason Livesbrought the character back to sprightliness , flirt by C.J. Graham . The result film is regard as one of the best sequels and a precursor to the meta - humour ofScream .
Kane Hodder - Friday The 13th Part VII / VIII / Jason Goes To Hell / Jason X
Stuntman Kane Hodder ( Hatchet ) first take the part of Jason Voorhees inFriday The 13th : Part VII : The New Bloodand would return for the next three sequels . Hodder is the performer most associated with the persona , with his Jason ’s heavy external respiration and fast-growing body language becoming a trademark .
Ken Kirzinger - Freddy Vs Jason
Freddy Vs Jasonwas teased at the end of 1993’sJason Goes To Inferno : The Final Friday , but it took a decade to bump . Kane Hodder was also controversially supercede as Jason with stuntman Ken Kirzinger , who antecedently double as Jason in the eighth movie . Kirzinger ’s more sympathetic Jason was well - received , however .
Derek Mears - Friday The 13th ( 2009 )
The last enceinte - screen Jason Voorhees - to particular date - was played by Derek Mears ( Swamp Thing ) in 2009’sFriday The 13thremake . The movie played like a mixtape of the original four movies and Mears ' take on the character is one of its highlights .
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