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My Take
Derek Mears is the kind of working actor I have enormous respect for, the person whose face you might not name but whose presence you absolutely feel. Coming up through stunt work, he brought a physical authenticity to roles like Jason Voorhees in the 2009 Friday the 13th reboot that a purely trained actor often can't fake. Predators, Pirates of the Caribbean, Alita: Battle Angel, he keeps showing up in genre titles where the body has to do the acting. To me that stuntman foundation is exactly why his monsters land so well. He earns his menace honestly.
Overview
Derek Mears (born April 29, 1972) is an American actor and stuntman. Often appearing in horror and science-fiction titles, he came to prominence for portraying Jason Voorhees in the 2009 reboot of Friday the 13th. His film roles also include The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007), Predators (2010), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), and Alita: Battle Angel (2019).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Derek Mears
- Name (Japanese)
- デレク・ミアーズ
- Reading
- でれく・みあーず
- Born
- April 29, 1972 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rat
- Origin
- Bakersfield, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / stunt performer / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Highland High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.