jacob tremblay played the creature in the movie predator.
jacob tremblay played the creature in the movie predator.
who played the creature in the movie predator?
jacob tremblay
predator 2 is a 1990 american science fiction action film written by brothers jim and john thomas, directed by stephen hopkins, and starring danny glover, ruben blades, gary busey, maría conchita alonso, bill paxton, and kevin peter hall. the film is the second installment of the "predator" franchise, serving as a sequel to 1987's "predator", with kevin peter hall reprising the title role of the predator. set ten years after the events of the first film, in los angeles, the film focuses on the predator, a technologically advanced alien hunter, and the efforts of a disgruntled police officer and his allies to defeat the malevolent creature.
predator 2
major alan "dutch" schaefer (arnold schwarzenegger) is the leader of the team and the protagonist of the first movie. dutch is depicted as a highly skilled and experienced special forces operator. schaefer and dillon served together in vietnam during the battle of huế. schaefer is sent on a mission in val verde, under the belief that presidential cabinet members of guatemala were kidnapped by guerrilla forces. after attacking the guerrilla's post, they discover that the men were actually cia agents. it is also known that dutch and his team fought in afghanistan for a time as stated by poncho. after the predator kills all of dutch's team and dillon, and with anna being rescued, he is the only man left in the jungle with the predator. using a knife and vines to fashion primitive weapons and traps including a spear (with the knife as the blade), and a bow with an explosive-tipped arrow made from a 40mm grenade, he covers his body in mud after discovering the predator sees through infrared, essentially making him invisible. though the predator falls victim to a number of dutch's traps, they fail to kill. eventually, the predator catches him and the two fight hand to hand. despite his impressive physique, dutch is no match for the predator, only surviving when he manages to lure it into a trap where it is nearly crushed by a log. the beaten predator then activated a self-destruct device for its suicide and to kill dutch, but dutch escapes the blast radius just before detonation and is rescued by the rescue helicopter that saved anna. dutch is referenced in both "predator 2" and "predators". in the former, keyes mentions that a creature identical to the one they are pursuing stalked and slaughtered dutch's team in the jungle ten years prior, and in the latter, isabelle says the creature they just saw matched the "detailed description" by the only survivor of the 1987 guatemala mission. dutch also appears as one of the playable characters in the "alien vs. predator" arcade game, where he is depicted as receiving cybernetic enhancements.
list of predator (film series) characters