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Derek Mears
Highest Rated: 100% The Aggression Scale (2012)
Lowest Rated: 12% The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
Birthday: Apr 29, 1972
Birthplace: Bakersfield, California, USA
Tall, bald and imposing, American actor Derek Mears has crafted a career out of portraying bad guys in film and on television, often under heavy makeup. A native of Southern California, he headed to Hollywood and started winning minor roles, as well as stuntman gigs. After a few years of TV work, Mears began playing aliens and other odd creatures in films such as "Men in Black II" (2002). In 2007, he portrayed one of the violent mutants in "The Hills Have Eyes 2," and he subsequently got his big break when he was called upon to don the hockey mask of iconic serial killer Jason Voorhees in the 2009 reboot of "Friday the 13th." Though he wasn't able to immediately follow the movie up with other roles of that caliber, Mears went on to significant parts in other major productions, including the fantastical "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" (2013), solidifying his name as a go-to guy with an entertainingly ominous presence.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lion-Girl | Kaisei Kishi (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | #FromJennifer | Butch Valentine (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 89% | 77% | I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore | Donkey Dick (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Lost Time | Mr. Elliot (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Compound Fracture | William (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 57% | 41% | Hatchet III | Hawes (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 16% | 53% | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Edward (Character) | $55.7M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hatchet III: Trailer | Hawes (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 100% | 50% | The Aggression Scale | Chissolm (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Arena | Brutus Jackson (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | Hellbinders | Legion (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 25% | 47% | Friday the 13th | Jason Voorhees (Character) | $65.0M | 2009 |
| 12% | 40% | The Hills Have Eyes 2 | Chameleon (Character) | $20.8M | 2007 |
| 76% | 51% | Zathura | Lead Zorgon (Character) | $28.0M | 2005 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60% | 79% | The Guardians of Justice | Awesome Man (Character) | 2022 |
| 92% | 73% | Swamp Thing | Swamp Thing (Character) | 2019 |
| 95% | 91% | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Captain (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 77% | 89% | The Orville | Bruidian Ambassador (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 61% | 87% | Midnight, Texas | Colconnar (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 94% | 83% | Twin Peaks: The Return | Renzo (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 74% | 74% | Sleepy Hollow | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013-2016 |
| 89% | 90% | Grimm | Krampus (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 87% | 91% | Sons of Anarchy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Skinhead 1 (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 88% | 83% | The Tick | Comrade No. 2 (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Malcolm & Eddie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |