kevin peter hall was the actor that played the predator.
who is the actor that plays the predator?
kevin peter hall
the predator design is credited to special effects artist stan winston. while flying to japan with "aliens" director james cameron, winston, who had been hired to design the predator, was doing concept art on the flight. cameron saw what he was drawing and said, "i always wanted to see something with mandibles." winston then included them in his designs. stan winston's studio created all of the physical effects for "predator" and "predator 2", creating the body suit for actor kevin peter hall and the mechanical facial effects. the studio was hired after attempts to create a convincing monster (including jean-claude van damme wearing a much different body suit) had failed. arnold schwarzenegger recommended winston after his experience working on "the terminator".
predator (fictional species)
the four predators in the film are portrayed by derek mears, carey jones, and brian steele. the predators are identified in the film's credits as the "classic predator", "tracker predator", "falconer predator", and "berserker predator". mears plays the classic predator, designed to resemble the creature in the original film. steele plays the berserker and falconer predators, two of the larger predators hunting the humans. the berserker predator is identified by an alien mandible attached to its helmet and faces off against royce in the film's climax, while the falconer predator controls a flying reconnaissance drone and is killed by hanzo. jones plays the tracker predator, identified by a pair of tusks attached to its helmet, which controls the quadrupedal hunting animals and is killed by nikolai. jones also doubled for steele in some scenes as the berserker and falconer predators.
predators (film)