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Ken Kirzinger
Born	November 4, 1959 (1959-11-04) (age 50) Saskatchewan, Canada

Ken Kirzinger (born November 4, 1959) is a Canadian stuntman and actor best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in Freddy vs. Jason (2003) and of Pa in Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007). He will also star as "Mason" Jason Voorhees character spoof in the upcoming horror film parody, Stan Helsing.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Role as Jason Voorhees 1.2 Early career 2 Stunt Scenes 3 Appearances 3.1 TV Shows 3.2 Movies 3.3 Movies for television with stunt performance credits 4 Relationship with Kane Hodder 5 Stunts Canada 6 Personal Quotes 7 Personal life 8 References 9 External links

Career

Role as Jason Voorhees

At 6 ft 5½ in (1.97 m) he is the tallest man to have played the Crystal Lake killer. Freddy vs. Jason director Ronny Yu tried to limit Kirzinger's stunts on the film as much as possible. Stuntman Glenn Ennis was called in to perform a series of stunts, including a stunt showing Jason walking through a field killing teenagers while on fire.

Early career

Long before Kirzinger took over the role of Jason Voorhees from Kane Hodder, he had ties to Friday the 13th. He appeared in 1989's Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan as a New York cook who gets in Jason's way while pursuing Rennie Wickham (Jensen Daggett) and Sean Robertson (Scott Reeves). Jason, played by Kane Hodder, threw Kirzinger over the counter. In addition to his role as the cook, Kirzinger also served as a stunt coordinator for the film.

Stunt Scenes

According to Kirzinger, the hardest thing he went through for performing as Jason in Freddy vs. Jason (2003), was sinking into the lake. They shot the scene in a tank which was highly chlorinated and had debris to make it look like lake water. Director Ronny Yu wanted the close-up of Ken's eye and wanted him to sink into the water keeping his eye open. Then also he can't breathe because it would be visible on film. He was lying on top of the water and had to let himself sink down to the bottom of the tank without breathing keeping his eye open. Kirzinger really held his breath, and the chlorine in the water burned his eyes.

Appearances

He did stunts, and or work in following:

TV Shows

Till Dad Do Us Part Boy Meets Girl Room Mates Sirens Sea Hunt Border Town (Co-Coordinator) Danger Bay (Co-Coordinator) Cadillac Neon Rider (Co-Coordinator) Passing Through Veils Fly by Night (Co-Coordinator) Day Glow Warrior Rescue 911 ~ Radio Rescue Max Gleck Shame The X-Files First 50 Episodes The X-Files

Movies

The Santa Claus 2 Insomnia Cats & Dogs 13 Ghosts Camouflage 13th Warrior Fire Storm Bad Moon The Ayatollahs Widow/Canada Friday the 13th Part VIII "Jason Takes Manhattan" Stay Tuned (Re-shoots White Fang II (Co-Coordinator) Sea Wolf

Movies for television with stunt performance credits

Still Not Quite Human Omen IV: The Awakening My Son Johnny Blindmans Bluff Brotherly Love Going for the Gold Betrayal of Trust General Alarm Sirens The Indestructible Man Perry Mason Force III IT Deadly Intention II Barrington Christmas Comes to Willow Gunssmoke, Return to Dodge Return of the Shaggy Dog Davey Crockett TV Pilot Wiseguy TV Pilot Stranger in my Bed Glory Days TV Pilot Deadly Intentions Season of Fear A Mother's Justice Jumpin Joe I Sill Dream of Jeanie Diagnosis of Murder Love Binds

Relationship with Kane Hodder

Though Kirzinger maintains a friendly relationship with Kane Hodder, the stuntman he replaced as Jason Voorhees, Hodder has expressed his bitterness at not being asked to reprise the role he's played in four previous Friday the 13th films, with Hodder commenting "I guess they wanted Jason to look like a skinny little bitch this time." because of Ronny Yu's choice of a taller Jason Voorhees.

Stunts Canada

Ken Kirzinger is a member of Stunts Canada.¹

Personal Quotes

On who he thought won at the end of "Freddy vs. Jason" - Well, ya know, I always say that I did because ya know, there was just more of me left then him. Ya know, I kicked his ass, I mean, right off his body. Uh, all there was, was a head. But uh, I got a feeling that, that's the battle, not the war

Personal life

His brother Dave Kirzinger played for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League from 1978 to 1986.

References

External links

• Ken Kirzinger at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Kane Hodder

Actors portraying Jason Voorhees 2003

Succeeded by Derek Mears

v • d • e Not Quite Human series Films Not Quite Human (1987) · Not Quite Human II (1989) · Still Not Quite Human (1992) Filming locations Coronado High School (Scottsdale, Arizona)