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Mar 6, 2020 · Blumhouse has already verified returning actors from the 1978 film. They include Kyle Richards (Lindsey), Charles Cyphers (Leigh Brackett) and Nancy Stephens (Marion). With Anthony Michael Hall, who is stepping into the role of Tommy, it appears that they are going the extra mile to honor the original classic.
- Dick Warlock & Adam Gunn
- George P. Wilbur, Tom Morga, & Erik Preston
- Don Shanks
- George P. Wilbur & A. Michael Lerner
- Chris Durand
- Brad Loree
- Tyler Mane & Daeg Faerch
- Tyler Mane & Chase Wright Vanek
- James Jude Courtney, Nick Castle & Airon Armstrong
Halloween II
In preparing to shoot Halloween II, John Carpenter and Debra Hill knew that due to the amount of action that Michael would be a part of, a professional stunt actor would be the best choice for the role of Michael Myers. Dick Warlock, who also served as the stunt coordinator on Escape from New Yorkand as Kurt Russell’s personal stuntman for over 25 years, was chosen for the role. For flashbacks in which Michael Myers appears again as a young boy, he was portrayed by 14-year-old Adam Gunn.
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
After the disappointing box office of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (which did not feature Michael Myers) and a long hiatus fraught with difficulties in how to resurrect the slasher killer, he finally came back to terrify audiences once again in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. George P. Wilbur and Tom Morga shared the role of Michael in the fourth film. Morga plays Michael in the opening ambulance sequence, the gas station scene when he’s wrapped in gauze, the dinner scene with...
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
In Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Michael returns to hunt down Jamie Lloyd once more. In this film, Michael Myers is played by Don Shanks, who was also known at the time for having played one of the Santas in the Silent Night, Deadly Night movies. Shanks has a double role in Halloween 5, playing both Michael Myers and the mysterious Man in Black who attacks the police station and breaks Michael out of his cell. It should also be noted that George P. Wilbur is credited for stunts p...
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
The sixth installment of the Halloween movie series, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, sees George P. Wilbur return to the franchise as Michael Myers, playing The Shape through most of the film. However, because of test audience disapproval, Halloween 6was rushed back into production. Large portions of the film were re-shot with A. Michael Lerner replacing George P. Wilbur as Michael because the studio wanted the villain to appear less bulky. This change results in the continuity error o...
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Halloween H20 takes place 20 years after the original attacks on Haddonfield’s teenagers, ignoring the events of Halloweens 4, 5, and 6, and serving as a direct sequel to the first two films. Michael Myers is played by Chris Durand as he comes to find Laurie Strode and her son John at a boarding school where she serves as the dean. This brought the Halloween franchise back to its roots and allowed fans to cheer on Laurie once again as she battled The Shape. Other than Halloween H2O, Durand ha...
Halloween: Resurrection
Halloween: Resurrection follows Michael Myers as he finally kills off Laurie Strode, then returns to Haddonfield to find that his derelict childhood home is used for a live internet horror show. In this film, Michael Myers is played exclusively by Brad Loree, though Busta Rhymes and cameraman Charlie, played by Brad Sihvon, both don a Michael mask at certain points in the film. Like most of the Michael Myers actors, Loree was mostly a stuntman in movies, with work in Jennifer's Body, Cabin in...
Rob Zombie’s Halloween
Rob Zombie’s reimagining of the original Halloween brought more human elements to Michael Myers, exploring his backstory and also ramping up the psychopath element. Because of this, a lot more screen time is devoted to the young Michael Myers, played by Daeg Faerch. For the monstrous adult Michael Myers, Tyler Mane, also known for playing Rufus "RJ" Firefly, Jr. in Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects, took the role. A retired professional wrestler, Mane brought the size and strength to the role...
Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
In Rob Zombie’s Halloween II, Tyler Mane returned to his role as the adult Michael Myers, chasing after Laurie Strode and killing swaths of teens in his wake, while the young Michael Myers was played by Chase Wright Vanek. Daeg Faerch had originally signed on to reprise his role as the young Michael Myers actor in this film but was recast due to having grown quite a bit taller since the first movie. Faech was 12 when he played Michael Myers in Halloween while Vanek was 13 when he took on the...
Halloween
In the Blumhouse revival of Halloween, Nick Castle returned to his role as Michael Myers 40 years after he originated the role. Actor and stuntman James Jude Courtney supported him. While it was originally announced by the production company that the role would primarily belong to Nick Castle, with Courtney being there to supplement, it was revealed after the movie’s release that most of the screen time shows Courtney behind the Michael Myers mask. Castle appears as Myers in the window scene...
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- Nick Castle. Having appeared in the original 1978 Halloween movie as Michael Myers, Castle made a return as the character in the 2018 version of the film as well as in 2021's Halloween Kills and 2022's Halloween Ends.
- Tony Moran. The actor was in the original Halloween film from 1978, playing an unmasked Myers.
- Dick Warlock. Warlock appeared in 1981's Halloween II. He has also worked as a stuntman in Firestarter, Innerspace and Escape From New York. His last film credit was Spider-Man in 2002.
- George P. Wilbur. The stuntman appeared in 1988's Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and 1995's Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. His credits also include Escape from New York, The Perfect Storm, Star Trek II and Die Hard.
Airon Armstrong portrays a younger version of Michael Myers in the 1978 Halloween night flashbacks. Christian Michael Pates portrays Michael Myers as a 6-year-old child, as seen in Karen's imagination. He was previously played by Will Sandin in the 1978 original film. Charles Cyphers as Leigh Brackett, Haddonfield's former sheriff who lost his ...
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Nov 13, 2021 · One sequence that seems to unite most opinions on Halloween Kills is the 1978 flashback sequence revealing how Michael Myers was arrested after getting shot six times by Dr. Loomis. Director David Gordon Green's recreation of John Carpenter's original Halloween look and atmosphere is incredibly well done and very convincing. The flashback also ...
Oct 29, 2021 · Will Sandin, 52, Los Angeles. Sandin plays a 6-year-old Michael Myers in a flashback scene in the original, 1978 version of Halloween. We filmed Halloween in March and I was just about to turn 8 ...
