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Derek Mears
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Derek Mears

Born 1972 · Bakersfield, California, USA · Active 1990–2025

Derek Mears, born in 1972, is an American actor known for his imposing physicality and memorable roles in horror films. He plays the relentless killer in Friday the 13th (2009), bringing a fresh intensity to the iconic character. Mears also appears in Hatchet III (2013), where his performance adds to the film's brutal legacy. With a role in The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007), he solidifies his place in the realm of cult horror, contributing to the genre's enduring appeal.

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The Hills Have Eyes 2

The Hills Have Eyes 2

2007 ★ 5.5
as Chameleon

A captive woman, forced to breed mutant children, is unable to provide healthy offspring after giving birth to a stillborn and is killed by Papa Hades, leader of the inbred mutant clan living at a nuclear testing village in the New Mexico desert, designated as Sector 16. Following the events of the first film, the United States Department of Defense sent a military army to occupy the location and exterminate the remainder of the mutant clan. Colonel Lincoln Redding and a trio of scientists who are working in that area on installing a surveillance system are attacked by the mutants. Later, a group of National Guardsmen in training led by Sergeant Jeffrey "Sarge" Millstone are sent into the desert to resupply the scientists. They arrive to find the base camp abandoned after the mutants' attack. When the soldiers pick up a faint distress call, Sarge organizes a search and rescue mission through the hills. Napoleon and Amber, who stay behind at the camp, find and retrieve one of the missing scientists out of the camp's portable toilet, but he dies before he can warn them. The two are then attacked by the mutants, who destroy their transport and steal their weapons, forcing them to run into the hills to warn the others. The search party is attacked by the mutants; Mickey is pulled into a bolt-hole and killed by Stabber, and Sarge is accidentally shot dead by Spitter's friendly fire just before Napoleon and Amber reunite with the group. Spitter is killed after one of the mutants sabotages his rappelling gear as the others try to lower him down the hill. With their remaining gear stolen, they are forced to try to find another way to escape. The remaining troops soon locate Redding, mortally wounded and unhinged from the mutant's attack. He warns them of the mutants' plans to capture women for breeding and reveals an exit route through the mining caves before committing suicide. After the group kills Stabber, Missy is captured and taken into the mining caves by Chameleon, forcing the other troops to rescue her. Stump leaves the group to escape on his own before being pursued and killed by Letch while attempting to climb down the hill. Separating from Crank and Delmar, Napoleon and Amber cross paths with Chameleon, whom they manage to kill. While escaping Sniffer, they are rescued by a nonviolent mutant named Hansel; Sniffer encounters Crank and Delmar, shoots the latter with one of the group's M4's and is killed by Crank in retaliation. While Hansel leads them to the exit, Delmar dies from his wounds after arriving the mines' doorway. Napoleon joins Amber to save Missy. Crank, who is attempting to unlock the blast door, dies when accidentally triggering an explosion of a crate of dynamites that he attempts to take with him. After killing Letch, Napoleon and Amber locate Missy who was being savagely raped by Papa Hades. After distracting him, they manage to free her, but Hades soon returns and attacks them, triggering a vicious fight until the trio finally subdues and kills the mutant leader with a bayonet. As the survivors prepare to depart the mines, they are watched by an unknown mutant using their surveillance equipment.

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Filmography

101 credits
2020s 8 credits
2025
Shelby Oaks as Tarion
Movie ★ 5.7
2024
Lion-Girl as Kaisei Kishi
Movie ★ 4.0
2024
Salem's Lot as Hubert Marsten
Movie ★ 6.0
2024
ted as Dral'hul
TV ★ 8.0
2023
Movie ★ 6.2
2022
First Kill as The Shambler
TV ★ 7.7
2022
TV ★ 5.3
2010s 51 credits
2019
Movie ★ 7.3
2019
Movie ★ 7.5
2019
Swamp Thing as Swamp Thing
TV ★ 7.4
2018
SockMonster as SockMonster
Movie ★ 7.5
2018
Movie
2018
Movie ★ 8.0
2018
My Dead Ex as Robber
TV ★ 6.1
2018
Titans as Swamp Thing (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV ★ 7.9
2017
From Jennifer as Butch Valentine
Movie ★ 4.9
2017
Movie ★ 6.6
2017
TV ★ 7.4
2017
The Orville as Bruidian Ambassador
TV ★ 7.6
2016
Movie ★ 6.6
2016
Live by Night as Donnie Gishler
Movie ★ 6.3
2016
DC's Legends of Tomorrow as Swamp Thing (uncredited) (archive footage)
TV ★ 7.3
2015
Movie ★ 7.2
2015
Movie ★ 6.1
2014
Movie ★ 6.6
2014
Lost Time as Mr. Elliot
Movie ★ 3.3
2014
Movie ★ 5.9
2014
The Flash as Sylbert Rundine / Dwarfstar
TV ★ 7.8
2013
Movie ★ 6.1
2013
Gangster Squad as Bridge Goon
Movie ★ 6.4
2013
Movie ★ 5.7
2013
Movie ★ 4.3
2013
Movie ★ 6.0
2013
TV ★ 7.4
2013
Sleepy Hollow as Moloch
TV ★ 7.4
2013
Sleepy Hollow as Head Berserker
TV ★ 7.4
2013
Sleepy Hollow as The Kindred
TV ★ 7.4
2013
Sleepy Hollow as Mr. Stitch
TV ★ 7.4
2013
TV ★ 7.5
2013
RWBY as Corsac Albain (voice)
TV ★ 7.8
2013
Mighty Med as Catastrophe
TV ★ 7.5
2012
Movie ★ 5.6
2012
TV ★ 6.8
2012
TV ★ 6.2
2012
Holliston as Officer Duffy
TV ★ 5.9
2012
Key & Peele as Monster
TV ★ 7.7
2011
Arena as Brutus Jackson
Movie ★ 5.2
2011
Movie ★ 6.6
2011
Halloween Wars as Self - Guest Judge
TV ★ 6.0
2011
Grimm as Krampus
TV ★ 8.3
2011
TV ★ 7.0
2010
Predators as Classic Predator
Movie ★ 6.3
2010
Movie ★ 9.1
2010
MacGruber as Large Henchman
Movie ★ 5.4
2010
TV ★ 7.7
2000s 27 credits
2009
Friday the 13th as Jason Voorhees
Movie ★ 5.8
2009
Hellbinders as Legion
Movie ★ 3.8
2009
Movie
2009
Community as Kickpuncher
TV ★ 8.0
2008
Movie ★ 4.8
2008
Resident Evil: Degeneration as Greg Glenn / G-Curtis (motion capture)
Movie ★ 6.8
2008
Movie ★ 6.0
2008
True Blood as Burly H-Vamp
TV ★ 7.6
2007
Dragon Wars: D-War as Bounty Hunter #3
Movie ★ 4.6
2007
Movie ★ 5.6
2007
Chuck as Lance
TV ★ 7.7
2007
TV ★ 5.5
2007
TV ★ 6.3
2007
TV ★ 7.3
2006
Pro-Life as The Father
Movie ★ 5.5
2005
Cursed as Werewolf
Movie ★ 5.4
2005
Movie ★ 6.4
2005
TV ★ 7.1
2004
TV ★ 7.3
2003
The Haunted Mansion as French Duellist (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.7
2003
Time Belt as Garrett
TV
2002
Men in Black II as Mosh Tendrils
Movie ★ 6.4
2002
Signs as Alien on the Roof (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
2002
Love and a Bullet as The Milkman
Movie ★ 4.7
2002
CSI: Miami as Jason Weller
TV ★ 7.7
2002
The Shield as Crazyhouse
TV ★ 8.2
2001
The Tick as Comrade #2
TV ★ 7.3
1990s 8 credits
1999
Wild Wild West as Metal Head (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.3
1999
The Wonder Cabinet as The Creature
Movie ★ 9.0
1998
V.I.P. as Reno
TV ★ 5.3
1996
Nash Bridges as Tor Thornston
TV ★ 6.6
1995
Movie ★ 4.9
1994
ER as Mugger
TV ★ 7.8
1993
TV ★ 5.9
1990
Twin Peaks as Renzo
TV ★ 8.3
s 2 credits
Movie
Movie
Crew Credits
2000s 4 credits
2008
Semi-Pro Stunts
Movie ★ 5.6
2003
Time Belt Fight Choreographer
TV
s 1 credit
Broken Oaks Producer
Movie