Friday The 13th Movies: 13 Things You Didn't Know

11. Thirteen Different Actors Played Jason

Friday the 13th - Jason Boat

That's right, 13 different actors have played Jason Voorhees in the F13 movie franchise. How apropos is that? Some played Jason as a child, others played him in flashbacks, some were stuntmen, and the rest played him as the killing machine we know and love. Here's the list: Friday the 13th - Ari Lehman as the boy who jumped out of the water at the end Friday the 13th Part II - Steve Daskawisz played the murderous Jason with the sack on his head Friday the 13th Part II - Warrington Gillette played the unmasked Jason near the end of the film Friday the 13th Part III - Englishman Richard Brooker plays Jason, and becomes the first man to wear the iconic hockey mask Friday the 13th Part IV - Jason was played by stuntman Ted White Friday the 13th Part V - Wait, the killer wasn't Jason in this film. Jason wasn't in this movie, was he? Yes he was; in a few flashback scenes where he was played by Tom Morga Friday the 13th Part VI - C. J. Graham reprises his infamous night club impersonation of Jason for this movie Friday the 13th Part VII - This film marks the first appearance of Kane Hodder as Jason, a role he would hold for three more movies in the franchise Friday the 13th Part VIII - Tim Mirkovich plays Jason after he was reverted to a boy by the toxic waste bath Friday the 13th Part XI - Ken Kirzinger stars as Jason for most of the Freddy vs. Jason action Friday the 13th Part XI - Stuntman Glenn Ennis stands in for Ken Kirzinger for some of the more physically difficult portions of Freddy vs. Jason Friday the 13th Part XII - In the reboot for the series, Caleb Guss portrays Jason as a little boy Friday the 13th Part XII - Derek Mears performs the role of Jason through most of the film There is an additional, 14th man to play Jason, but he never made it into a film. Dan Bradley was cast as Jason for Friday the 13th Part VI, but after two days of shooting he was replaced by C. J. Graham.
 
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