Daryl Karolat is a Canadian actor and former professional wrestler, better known by the name Tyler Mane. He is known for playing Sabretooth in X-Men, Ajax in Troy and Michael Myers in the remake of Halloween and its sequel, Halloween II.
Renae Geerlings (m. 2007), Jean Goertz (m. 1988–2003)
Nicknames
Daryl Karolat , Big Sky , Nitron , The Skywalker , Sky High Walker , Darryl Karolet , Skywalker Nitron , Nitro , Gully Gaspar
Movies
Halloween, Halloween II, X-Men, Compound Fracture, Troy, 247°F, Joe Dirt, Gunless, Devil May Call, Black Mask 2: City of Masks, How to Make a Monster, Hercules
TV Shows
WCW Saturday Night, Hercules
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Trademark
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Towering height
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Fact
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At 6'8, he is the tallest actor to play Michael Myers.
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Watched all of the Halloween films but Halloween 3, to prepare for his role as Michael Myers.
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Trained for his audition for a role in the movie re-make "Rollerball (2002)" (which also starred fellow X-Men alumnus Rebecca Romijn in the San Fernando Valley roller rink Moonlight Rollerway for a week, but did not succeed in landing a role.
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Watched the 1990's X-Men cartoon and looked back at Sabertooth for inspiration. Purchased dozens of Sabertooth Comics to prepare for his role in the movie X-Men.
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While wrestling in WCW as Big Sky in the early-1990s, he teamed regularly with Vinnie Vegas (Kevin Nash) right before Nash's WWF tenure as "Diesel".