15 Facts About Derek Mears

Derek Mears was born on April 29,1972 and is an American actor and stuntman.

Derek Mears graduated from Highland High School in Bakersfield in 1990.

Early on in life Mears had a severe case of the auto-immune disease alopecia, causing him to lose almost all his body hair.

Derek Mears has numerous credits both as a stuntman and as an actor.

Derek Mears had his breakthrough lead role in the 2009 Friday the 13th film.

Derek Mears was recommended to the producers, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form of Platinum Dunes, by make-up and special effects guru Scott Stoddard, who created the new look for Mears' character, Jason Voorhees.

Derek Mears was nominated for an MTV Movie Award in the category for Best Villain for his portrayal of Voorhees, but lost to Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight.

Derek Mears did a lot of research on child development to flesh out the role of Camp Crystal Lake's notorious resident serial killer:.

Derek Mears was already an outcast from society for looking different and being disfigured, and his only connection to love and reality is his mother.

Derek Mears is contracted to return for either another Friday the 13th sequel or another film by Platinum Dunes.

Derek Mears portrayed a Predator in the 2010 science fiction horror film sequel Predators.

Derek Mears appeared in the American sitcom Community in the episode "Romantic Expressionism".

Derek Mears appeared as a zombie, credited as "Master-at-Arms", in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Derek Mears appeared with other horror actor Tyler Mane of Rob Zombie's Halloween in Compound Fracture.

One week later, Derek Mears revealed that Paramount was working with Platinum Dunes to make a new installment "as fast as possible".