Background
Mears was born in Bakersfield, California.
Mears was born in Bakersfield, California.
He graduated from Highland High School in Bakersfield in 1990.
He performed improv comedy at ComedySportz in Bakersfield. Mears has numerous credits both as a stuntman and as an actor. He had minor roles in The Tick, Emergency, Alias, Nash Bridges, Men in Black II, The Shield, Computer Society of India: New York, My Name Is Earl, Mr.
& Mrs Smith, Computer Society of India: Miami, Community, and The Hills Have Eyes 2.
His stunt credits include the films Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manitoba"s Chest, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Blades of Glory, and television series such as Angel and Bones. lieutenant should also be noted that Mears, though uncredited, was the first actor to portray the villain species known as the Borg in the second season episode titled "Q, Who?" of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Mears got his breakthrough lead role in the new Friday the 13th film. He 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.
Due to Mears" height at 6 ft 5.5 in (197 m) he is one of the tallest actors who ever portrayed Jason, beside Ken Kirzinger, who stands at a similar height to Mears.
Mears did a lot of research on child development to flesh out the role of Camp Crystal Lake"s notorious resident serial killer:
He is contracted to return for either another Friday the 13th sequel or another film by Platinum Dunes. If Mears reprises his role as Jason, he will be only the second person to portray the character more than once, next to Kane Hodder. He portrayed a Classic Predator in the 2010 science-fiction horror film sequel Predators.
Mears appeared in Ultraforce 2 on the Superego Podcast.
He also appeared in the American sitcom Community in the episode "“Romantic Expressionism". He appeared as a zombie, credited as "Master-at-Arms", in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Mears appeared with other Horror actor Tyler Mane of the Rob Zombie Halloween movie reboot in "Compound Fracture"
On June 5, 2013, it was reported that Warner Brothers relinquished their film rights to the Friday the 13th series back to Paramount as part of a deal that allows Warner Brothers to co-produce Interstellar. One week later, Mears revealed that Paramount is working with Platinum Dunes to make a new installment "as fast as possible".
