Jason Voorhees
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main character of the Friday the 13th series
Key facts
- First appearance
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Created by
- Victor Miller
- Portrayed by
- Ari Lehman Steve Daskewisz Richard Brooker Ted White Tom Morga C. J. Graham Kane Hodder Ken Kirzinger Caleb Guss Derek Mears Callum Vinson Schuyler White
- Classification
- Mass murderer
- Signature weapon
- Machete
- Location
- Camp Crystal Lake, New Jersey
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Given name
- Jason
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Mother
- Pamela Voorhees
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Creator
- Sean S. Cunningham
- Image
- JasonVoorheesMask.jpg
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- media franchise
- Friday the 13th
- present in work
- Friday the 13th
- superhuman feature or ability
- superhuman strength
- enemy
- Freddy Krueger
- Commons category
- Jason Voorhees
- hashtag
- jason_voorhees
- narrative role
- antagonist
- medical condition
- muteness
- date of birth
- 1947-06-13
- name in native language
- Jason Voorhees
- first appearance
- Friday the 13th
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Encyclopedic overview
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Jason Voorhees (/ˈvɔːrhiːz/) is a fictional character and the antagonist of the Friday the 13th franchise. He first appeared in Friday the 13th (1980) as the young son of camp-cook-turned-killer Pamela Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini, Jason was not originally intended to carry the series as the main antagonist. The character has subsequently been represented in various other media, including novels, video games, and comic books.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jason Voorhees” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.