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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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Highest rated movies

100% 50% The Aggression Scale
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89% 77% I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore Watchlist
77% 51% Zathura
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59% 41% Hatchet III
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26% 47% Friday the 13th Watchlist
17% 53% Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
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12% 40% The Hills Have Eyes 2
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70% Compound Fracture
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18% Hellbinders
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17% Lost Time
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Filmography

Movies

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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
59% 41% Hatchet III Hawes (Character) - 2013
17% 53% Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Edward (Character) $55.7M 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
26% 47% Friday the 13th Jason Voorhees (Character) $65.0M 2009
12% 40% The Hills Have Eyes 2 Chameleon (Character) $20.8M 2007
77% 51% Zathura Lead Zorgon (Character) $28.0M 2005

TV

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60% 78% 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
75% 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% 73% Sleepy Hollow Unknown (Guest Star) 2013-2016
89% 90% Grimm Krampus (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Halloween Wars Judge 2013
87% 90% 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