Trivia

He spends time working with children in burn centers.

Jason was supposed to kick the main character's dog near the climax of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989). Kane refused, saying Jason may kill people but he's not bad enough to kick a dog.

A good portion of his body was burned badly in a stunt mishap during the late 1970s. He suffered third degree burns over 50% of his body.

Among his contributions to the Jason Voorhees character, Kane said that Jason should never have to run after his victims, nor would he hurt children and animals.

Despite the roles he often plays (most notably Jason Voorhees), Hodder has often been described as a very friendly man, and loves to meet his fans.

One funny story that he likes to tell is that during the filming of Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), his dressing room was a quarter of a mile down this dirt road. One night filming ended at at 2 a.m. and he was still in the Jason costume, and he decided to walk through the woods on a path to his dressing room. As he was walking someone approached him and asked if he was with the movie. He didn't reply, because he thought it was a pretty stupid question to ask, as he was standing there in full Jason costume. The man asked again, Kane took a little lunge for the guy and grunted. The guy took off, tripping and running. The next day director John Carl Buechler told Kane that the local sheriff was supposed to stop by, but he never showed.

One of his favorite death scenes from his tenure as Jason Voorhees was the scene in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) where he picks up the girl in the sleeping bag and bashes her into the tree, a scene he recreated in Jason X (2001). Ironically, Kane said that he actually had difficulty pulling the original stunt off because the dummy that was in the bag was heavier than he thought it would be, so he had to re-shoot the scene over and over again because no matter how hard he swung the bag the director kept telling him it didn't look right. On the final take, Kane was so fed up with the situation that he threw bag on the ground and kicked in frustration. That was the shot that ended up in the film.

Loves heavy metal music and is good friends with Rob Zombie and Kirk Hammett from Metallica.

Has the word "Kill!" tatooed on the back of his bottom lip.

Aside from being the only actor to reprise the role of Jason Voorhees, he has also been the only actor to play three of the most infamous horror icons in the history of horror films. Besides playing Jason Voorhees in four different films, he also played Freddy Krueger's gloved hand at the end of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) and did the stunts for Leatherface in Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990).

The indie-hardcore band "Kane Hodder" was named after him. The band asked permission from Hodder before naming their band such, which he happily granted.

During his recurring roles as Jason Voorhees, he has often disagreed with directors over things the script originally called for him to do. He's been known to look at the director and say, from behind the mask, "Jason wouldn't do that."

Joel Schumacher wanted him to play as Bane in Batman & Robin (1997).

Says he's been told he was the largest baby ever born in Auburn, California (11 pounds, nine ounces).

He played Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) to Jason X (2001).

At the time of its release, he said Jason X (2001) was his favorite Friday the 13th in which he played Jason. In the years that followed, he changed his mind and stated that Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) is his favorite, though he stills says that "Jason X" is the best written and best-made film in the series.

His all-time favorite film is The Exorcist (1973), other favorites include Red Hill (2010), Seven (1995), Monster (2003) and Shutter Island (2010).

Two sons, named Jace and Reed.

Currently Kane plays the lead role of Victor Crowley in Adam Green's Hatchet series. He is also writing his official biography called, Kill! The True Story of the World's Most Prolific, Cinematic Killer, with author Michael Aloisi. (October 2010)

Has his own paranormal group known as 'The Hollywood Ghost Hunters'.

He is of Norwegian (from his maternal grandfather), English, German, and Swedish descent. His surname originates in England.

Says that 13 is a recurring number in his life. The street he lives on has 13 houses. He has appeared in four of the Friday the 13th movies. He wears a size thirteen shoe. And many other things.

Just two years before he played Jason in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), he worked as a stunt coordinator on House (1985), which was produced by the director of the original Friday the 13th (1980), Sean S. Cunningham.

Is a fan of Detroit-based underground hip hop group Insane Clown Posse.

Was set to play Jason Voorhees' father Elias, in two movies. The first was a scene omitted from the script at the last minute of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), and the second was from David Schow's script for Freddy vs. Jason (2003).

Majored in geography at University of Nevada, Reno.

Kane Hodder appeared in Wonder Woman, Season 3, Ep. 14 "Spaced Out" as an extra in 1979.

Was born in Auburn, California, where Phenomenon (1996) (who played Jason in one of the Friday the 13th movies) was filmed.