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Derek Mears - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Derek Mears is an American actor, stuntman and producer. He was born in 1972 in Bakersfield, California. In his hometown, the artist participated in Comedy Sports improvisational comedy performances. Graduated from high school in 1990. He first appeared in films in 1993.
The most famous roles of Derek Mears have been played in the films Friday the 13th (Jason Vorhees) and Ax 3 (Haves). For the most part, he plays in thrillers, action films and science fiction films. The artist played many small roles as an actor and took part in various films as a stuntman. His cameo roles have taken place in the following movies and TV series: The Hills Have Eyes (part 2), Ambulance, Men in Black (part 2), S.I.T., Nash Bridges, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, My name is Earl, Predators of 2010 and others. He also performed stunts in films such as several parts of Pirates of the Caribbean (The Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as well as in the TV series Angel and Bones. In the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, he reincarnated as a zombie extremely convincingly, having retired from stunt work. In addition, he is often involved in film scoring.
Derek Mears is one of the tallest film actors, so in 2013 he was cast as an adult Cyclops in Percy Jackson: Sea of ??Monsters. For the same reason, he played the troll, the henchman of the witch Muriel in the film Witch Hunters. Due to his role as negative characters, he was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. The nomination brought him the role of Vorhees, but, unfortunately, Derek Mears lost that time to Heath Ledger, who played the Joker in the movie The Dark Knight. The actor acted as a producer in 2003, when the short film Too Much!
Throughout his career, Mears has taken a very responsible approach to preparing and mastering the role. For example, when he was supposed to play the role of a serial killer, the artist further researched information about the development of children. The last film with Derek Mears was directed by Christian Sesma in 2014 and is called Lost Time.
Derek Mears has blue eyes, naturally dark hair, fair skin and medium lips. The shape of the face is rectangular, the forehead is high. Derek Mears does not change hair color, giving preference to natural. The actor has a small, straight nose and a pointed chin. Derek Mears occasionally drops his mustache and beard. The actor's height is 196 cm, he has tattoos.
