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Kane Warren Hodder (born 8 April 1955; age 69) is a stunt performer and stunt actor who received no credit for his work on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seventh season episode "What You Leave Behind", where he performed stunts as a Jem'Hadar soldier.
Hodder was born in Auburn, California. He is mostly known for portraying the character of Jason Voorhees in four Friday the 13th films (1988-2001, with Craig Thomas, Warren Munson, Peter Mark Richman, Leslie Jordan, James Gleason, Steven Culp, Michael Buchman Silver, and Peter Mensah). As of 2007, he is reportedly developing another Friday the 13th film with New Line Entertainment.
His first stunt work and acting role was on the film Lone Wolf McQuade (1983; with Robert Beltran). He also portrayed Ed Gein in the film Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007, with Michael Berryman).
Other Star Trek connections[]
- City Limits (1985, with Kim Cattrall and Alan Marcus)
- Avenging Force (1986, with Marc Alaimo and Alan Marcus)
- Prison (1988, with Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr. and Hal Landon, Jr.)
- Best of the Best (1989, with Louise Fletcher)
- 9 1/2 Ninjas! (1991, with Tiny Lister and Don Stark)
- Alligator II: The Mutation (1991, with Brock Peters)
- Best of the Best II (1993; with Meg Foster)
- Father Hood (1993, with Brian Bonsall and Bob Gunton)
- Rubdown (1993, starring Michelle Phillips)
- Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994, starring Andrew Robinson)
- Project: Metalbeast (1995, with Musetta Vander)
- The Big Fall (1996, with Titus Welliver)
- Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1996, with Christopher McDonald and Mark Rolston)
- Wishmaster (1997, with Tony Todd)
- The Protector (1998, with Ron Perlman and Clint Howard)
- Watchers Reborn (1998, with Stephen Macht)
- Geppetto (2000, with Brent Spiner and René Auberjonois)
- Jason X (2001, with Peter Mensah)
- Daredevil (2003, with Leland Orser, Erick Avari, and Mark Margolis)
- The Devil's Rejects (2005, with Sid Haig and Michael Berryman)
- Hatchet (2006, with Richard Riehle and Tony Todd)
- Room 6 (2006, with John Billingsley)
- Born (2007, with Denise Crosby and Azalea Davila)