Douglas Tait (born December 17, 1978) is an American

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, and independent

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. Tait has played characters in several films, including

Freddy vs. Jason ''Freddy vs. Jason'' is a 2003 American slasher film directed by Ronny Yu and written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. It is a Crossover (fiction), crossover between the A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise), ''A ...

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, Zathura: A Space Adventure,

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Annabelle Comes Home ''Annabelle Comes Home'' is a 2019 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Gary Dauberman, in his directorial debut, from a story by Dauberman and James Wan, who also served as producer with Peter Safran. It serves as a seque ...

, and

Hellboy Hellboy is a fictional superhero created by writer-artist Mike Mignola. The character first appeared in ''San Diego Comic-Con Comics'' #2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various eponymous miniseries, one-shots and intercompany crossovers ...

Early life

Tait was born in

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. He attended

Bishop Alemany High School Bishop Alemany High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in the San Fernando Valley community of Mission Hills in Los Angeles, California. It is within the San Fernando Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The school ...

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, where he played on the

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team.

Entertainment career

Early work

Tait said in an interview that he was cast as a teen basketball player in

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because of his high school basketball experience. His first character role came during high school when he was hired to perform as "

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" in the live

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s at

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Character roles

He played the role of

Jason Voorhees Jason Voorhees () is a character (arts), character from the Friday the 13th (franchise), ''Friday the 13th'' series. He first appeared in ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'' (1980) as the young son of camp-cook-turned-killer Pamel ...

in the final scene of Freddy vs. Jason. He was one of three individuals to play the role of a "Zorgon" in

Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in films such as ''Rudy (film), Rudy'' (1993), ''PCU (film), PCU'' (1994), ''Swingers (1996 film), Swingers'' (1996), ''Very ...

's '' Zathura: A Space Adventure''. He played the role of "Abominog" in ''

The Knights of Badassdom ''Knights of Badassdom'' is a 2013 American comedy horror film, directed by Joe Lynch, written by Kevin Dreyfuss and Matt Wall. It stars Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn, Summer Glau, and Peter Dinklage. Plot In a forest, a group of friends are partic ...

'' and a "Frost Giant" in ''

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''. He appeared as "Head Sleestak" in ''

'' He also played "Long Face Bar Alien" in

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's ''

''. Makeup artist

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who, along with

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and

Joel Harlow Joel Harlow (born February 2, 1968) is an American make-up artist. He works steadily in many high-profile films. Harlow won an Academy Award for his work in the successful film '' Star Trek'' (2009), subsequently receiving another two nomination ...

, won the 2009

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for best makeup for their work in ''Star Trek'' noted that the work Burman did on Tait's character, Long Face Bar Alien, was especially complex. In 2009, Tait was a member of the stunt

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for the 2008 film ''

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'' that was nominated for a

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in the category of " Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture". In 2014, Tait played Verlox in the

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series The Quest. In 2015-2016, Tait played The Pathologist in the

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

series

Teen Wolf ''Teen Wolf'' is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is changed ...

. In 2017, Tait played Skull Zerstörer on the

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series

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. In 2018, Tait played Charon IV in Unfriended: Dark Web. In 2019, Tait played the fairy

Gruagach A brownie or broonie (Scots language, Scots), also known as a or (Scottish Gaelic), is a household deity, household spirit or Hobgoblin from Scottish folklore that is said to come out at night while the owners of the house are asleep and per ...

for the Hellboy reboot. In the same year, he also played the Werewolf In Annabelle Comes Home. In 2019-2022, Tait played Malivore on the CW series

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. In 2021, Tait directed the feature film Angel Baby. In the same year, Tait was the Michael Myers Stunt Double in Halloween Kills. He also plays the

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in the famous "

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" Beef Jerky commercials from 2015-Present day.

Starring/Supporting notable roles

*The Quest (TV Series) - Verlox 2014 *Teen Wolf (TV Series) - The Pathologist 2015-2016 *Havenhurst (Movie) - Jed 2016 *Grimm (TV Series) - Skull Zerstörer 2017 *Unfriended: Dark Web (Movie) - Charon IV 2018 *Hellboy (Movie) - Gruagach 2019 *Annabelle Comes Home (Movie) - Werewolf 2019 *Star Trek Picard (TV series) - Tellarite 2020 *The Girl In The Woods (TV Series) - The Brute 2021 *Legacies (TV Series) - Malivore 2019-2022 *Halloween Kills (Movie) - The Shape Stunt Double 2021

Independent film work

Tait was

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, along with Isabel Cueva, of ''"In The Name of Freedom"'', a 16-minute

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

that appeared at the 14th Annual

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in 2010. It was an Official Selection of the

New York International Latino Film Festival The New York International Latino Film Festival is a major Hispanic film festival located in New York City. The festival features over sixty films, shorts, and documentaries over the course of six days, along with other events focused on Latino cult ...

, won in the category of "Best Drama Short" at the 2010 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival, and won the "Best Fiction Short" category at the 2010

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Film and Video Competition. He both produced and starred alongside

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and

Tony Todd Tony Todd (born December 4, 1954) is an American actor who made his debut as Sgt. Warren in the film ''Platoon'' (1986), and portrayed Kurn in the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1990–1991) and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Ni ...

in the

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''One by One: Death's Door'' which, as re-titled ''Jack The Reaper'', was picked up for

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by American World Pictures. Tait also starred in the 2008 independent film, ''The Season'', which was screened at the 2011 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. The film was also screened at the 2008

Melbourne Underground Film Festival The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) is an Austalian independent film festival featuring mostly genre, controversial, transgressive and avant garde material. History The Melbourne Underground Film Festival was formed out of disagreeme ...

Screamfest Horror Film Festival Screamfest Horror Film Festival is a horror film festival founded by film producers Rachel Belofsky and Ross Martin in August 2001. It runs over ten days during the month of October and is hosted at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, Ca ...

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and

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, among others. In 2015, he starred in the Fetish horror film, ''"The Fiancée."'' and in the supernatural thriller, ''"Good Family Times."''

Starring/Supporting notable roles

*Journey To The Forbidden Valley (Movie) - The Yeren 2017 *Wild Boar (Movie) - The Hunter 2019 *Attack Of The Unknown (Movie) - Maddox 2020 *Malibu Horror Story (Movie) - 2021

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tait, Douglas Living people American male film actors American male television actors American stunt performers Male actors from California 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 1978 births Bishop Alemany High School alumni