Richard Brooker
| Richard Brooker | |
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 Richard Brooker as a clean cut Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th Part 3. |
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| Born | 1954 (age 57–58) Munster, Germany |
| Occupation | Stuntman, trapeeze artist, actor, director, producer, businessman. |
Richard Brooker (born 1954) is an English stuntman, perhaps best known for his role in Friday the 13th Part III as Jason Voorhees.
[edit] Career
Brooker, a former trapeze artist from England, started his career in acting in a casting magazine, "Dramalogue". He begam his career in the third Friday the 13th film, and later appeared in small film roles in Deathstalker, Deep Sea Conspiracy, and the television series Trapper John, M.D.. Brooker later became a director, for such notable series' such as Bill Nye the Science Guy, and worked as producer on several sports programs, such as Fox Sports, polo, and horse shows. He currently has shifted gears from filmmaker and actor to businessman, creating his own website design company, Production Access Network. This is similar to "scream queen" Heather Langenkamp, of A Nightmare on Elm Street fame, who is a full-time business woman and a part-time actress.
[edit] Friday the 13th: Part III
From "Dramalogue", he was selected to be the third psychotic, deformed, machete-wielding serial killer Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th Part III (with Ari Lehman in Friday the 13th and Steve Dash in Friday the 13th Part 2) as director Steve Miner wanted a bigger man for the role (standing at 6' 3"). Notably, he is the first actor to don the now iconic hockey mask as Jason, which would later become the series trademark. He did all his own stunts and wore blue jeans and a sweatshirt for the duration of filming. Brooker also wore white foam padding under his sweatshirt throughout filming to give him a more stocky appearance, since Brooker was slim and toned in real life due to his former career as a trapeze performer. Despite being no longer a stuntman and actor, Brooker still attends horror film conventions, does interviews, and continues to meet fans.
| Preceded by Ari Leighman (1980-1984) Warrington Gillette (1981-1984) |
Actors portraying Jason Voorhees 1982-1984 |
Succeeded by Ted White |
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