Name
Doug Jones
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-05-24 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Biography
Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960) is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist. He is best known for performing in character roles, often portraying non-human creatures, usually via heavy make-up and visual effects. He has most notably collaborated with acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, appearing in the films Mimic (1997), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Crimson Peak (2015), and The Shape of Water (2017).
Jones has also had roles in other films, including Hocus Pocus (1993) and its sequel (2022), Tank Girl (1995), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Absentia (2011), Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), and The Bye Bye Man (2017). He has appeared in the science fiction series Falling Skies (2013-15) and del Toro's horror series The Strain (2014-16). From 2017 to 2024, he portrayed Saru in the science fiction series Star Trek: Discovery. From 2019 to 2023, he portrayed Baron Afanas in the vampire comedy show What We Do in the Shadows, appearing both with and without creature makeup.
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- 2006 Pan's Labyrinth as Fauno / Pale Man
- 2002 Men in Black II as Joey
- 2004 Hellboy as Abraham 'Abe' Sapien
- 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer
- 1993 Hocus Pocus as Billy Butcherson
- 2009 Super Capers as Special Agent Smith #1
- 2009 Angel of Death as Dr. Rankin
- 2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death
- 2010 Legion as Ice Cream Man
- 2010 Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life as La gueule
- 2010 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Zero / Razer (voice)
- 2007 Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron as Abe Sapien (voice)
- 2019 The Circuit
- 2022 Hocus Pocus 2 as Billy Butcherson
- 2005 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as Cesare
- 2022 Spooky+ as Himself
- 2014 Absentia: A Retrospective as Self
- 1990 Night Angel as Ken
- 2006 Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms as Abe Sapien (voice)
- 2010 Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer as Dr. Dallas
- 2012 The Watch as Hero Alien
- 2021 Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks as The Sycophant
- 2008 Operation Filmmaker as Self
- 2011 Absentia as Walter Lambert
- 2010 The Candy Shop as The Candy Shop Owner
- 2013 John Dies at the End as Roger North
- 2004 Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation as Self
- 2009 The Butterfly Circus as Otto
- 2008 Hellboy: In Service of the Demon as Self
- 2026 Operation Taco Gary's as Elder
- 2012 Spirit Hunters as Randolph
- 2012 Men in Suits as Self
- 2020 The 100 Candles Game as Demon (segment: The Visitant)
- 2013 Dust of War as Jebediah Strumm
- 2012 Rock Jocks as Smoking Jesus
- 2013 Innocent Blood as Carl Grierr
- 2013 Raze as Joseph
- 2014 Love in the Time of Monsters as Dr. Lincoln
- 2013 First Impressions
- 2015 Lights Out as Howie the Janitor
- 2022 Svengoolie Uncrypted as Self
- 2024 Down Below as Lester
- 2000 Stalled as Len
- 2015 The Legacy of Avril Kyte as Dr. Stewart
- 2016 The Man in the Silo as Charlie (voice)
- 2002 Adaptation. as Augustus Margary
- 1993 Magic Kid as Clown in Office
- 2010 Sudden Death! as Jonathan Wright
- 2015 Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story as The Operator
- 2025 If It Bleeds as Dr. Charles
- 2014 The Visitant as The Demon
- 2015 Crimson Peak as Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
- 2008 Quarantine as Thin Infected Man
- 2017 The Bye Bye Man as The Bye Bye Man
- Soon Don't Open the Door as The Man
- 2024 Space Command Redemption as Dor Neven
- 2015 The Ultimate Legacy as Hawthorne
- 2016 The Midnight Man as Vick
- 2023 Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror as Count Orlok
- 2010 Carnies as Ratcatcher
- 2016 We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew as The Man from the Pool
- 2017 The Shape of Water as Amphibian Man
- 2016 Patient Seven as Demon (segment: "The Visitant")
- 1991 Carnal Crimes as Lang
- 1988 The Newlydeads as Tim
- 2016 Ouija: Origin of Evil as Marcus
- 2009 My Name Is Jerry as Jerry Arthur
- 2016 Gehenna: Where Death Lives as Creepy Old Man
- 2000 Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman as Dave
- 1997 Mimic as Long John
- 2016 Long Live the King as himself
- 1995 Tank Girl as Additional Ripper
- 2001 Monkeybone as Yeti
- 2013 Cruel Will as Adrian
- 2002 The Time Machine as Spy Morlock
- 2017 The Terror of Hallow's Eve as Scarecrow
- 2017 The Danger Element as Doctor Elymas
- 2016 No Touching as Kripke
- 2017 The Boogeys as Sycophant
- 1992 Batman Returns as Thin Clown
- 1998 Denial as Ghost
- 1997 Galgameth as Big Galgy
- 2007 The Wager as Peter Barrett
- 2006 Lady in the Water as Tartutic #4
- 2003 Stuck on You as Space Alien #2
- 1999 Three Kings as Dead Iraqi Soldier
- 2000 The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as FBI Agent - Carrot
- 2005 Doom as Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp
- 2000 The Darkling as Shadow Master
- 1999 Mystery Men as Eraserhead
- 1997 Warriors of Virtue as Yee
- 1998 Bug Buster as Mother Bug
- 2006 The Benchwarmers as Number 7 Robot
- 2018 Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America as Self
- 1994 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies as Slapstick Actor
- 2018 Hell's Kitty as Father Damien
- 2018 5th Passenger as Langdon
- 2007 Pan and the Fairies as Self
- 2018 Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash as Self
- 2019 Beneath the Leaves as James Whitley
- 2016 Crimson Phantoms
- 2001 Steven Spielberg's Movie as Donald Columbus
- 2020 In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Billy Butcherson
- 2016 Kiss the Devil in the Dark as Terrance
- 2014 Chaisson: Quest for Oriud as Sieck (voice)
- 2017 My Friend Max as Max Mastin
- 2022 Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters as Self
- 2023 Wisdom From the Apocalypse
- 2024 The Angel as The Angel
- 2026 The Remedy as Leif Johansen
- Soon The Weeping as Sheriff Earl
- 2017 Island in the Sun as Ranger
- Soon Horrified
- 2026 Demonetize as Hunter Zollinger
- 2017 Nazareth as President Glade
- 2025 The Demon Detective
- Soon Get Me Doug Jones as Himself
- Soon Invader
- Soon Organism 46-B The Unseen as Commander Volkov
- 2026 The Strawberry as Dr. Johnson
- 2025 All Is Merry & Bright as Doug the Deliveryman
- 2024 Disfigura as Host
- Soon House of Holloway as Sheriff Alan
- Soon Another as Dr. Roberts
- 2026 Pretty Boys as Bob Silver
- 2007 The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning as Patron
- 2021 Batman: Dying Is Easy as Riddler
- Soon Together as Matthew Davis
- 2008 Skin and Bones as Grady Edlund
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Grinder
- 2019 The Ready Room ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2018 Automata ( 6 episodes ) as Carl Swangee (voice)
- 2017 DuckTales ( 1 episode ) as Wereduck / Demonic Clown (voice)
- 2008 Fear Itself ( 1 episode ) as Grady Edlund
- 1996 Kenan & Kel ( 1 episode ) as Head Waiter
- 2009 Angel of Death ( 10 episodes ) as Dr. Rankin
- 2011 Dragon Age: Redemption ( 6 episodes ) as Saarebas
- 2011 Falling Skies ( 20 episodes ) as Cochise
- 2012 Arrow ( 1 episode ) as Jake Simmons
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Contortionist
- 2011 Teen Wolf ( 1 episode ) as William Barrow
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Elder Alien
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Alien #1
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Alien / Alien Doctor
- 2017 Star Trek: Discovery ( 65 episodes ) as Saru
- 1996 Bone Chillers ( 1 episode ) as Mummy
- 1995 Unhappily Ever After ( 1 episode ) as Boomer
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Flash ( 1 episode ) as Jake Simmons / Deathbolt
- 2008 Sons of Anarchy ( 1 episode ) as Officer Crane
- 2014 The Strain ( 5 episodes ) as The Ancient
- 2018 Eli Roth's History of Horror ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2019 What We Do in the Shadows ( 15 episodes ) as Baron Afanas
- 2018 Star Trek: Short Treks ( 1 episode ) as Saru
- 2004 Sockbaby ( 1 episode ) as Doug Jones
- 1997 The Weird Al Show ( 4 episodes ) as Contortionist #2
- 2011 Face Off ( 1 episode ) as Guest Judge
- 2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( 1 episode ) as Gentleman
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Domino Thacker
- 2014 Z Nation ( 1 episode ) as Scully
- 2023 Star Trek: very Short Treks ( 2 episodes ) as Saru (voice)
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Fight Club Captain
- 2007 The Guild ( 4 episodes ) as Gerald
- 2024 The D-Con Chamber ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2001 The Guardian ( 1 episode ) as Micah Oakey
- 1994 Party of Five ( 1 episode ) as Minister
- 2017 After Trek ( 5 episodes )
- 2022 Untitled Improv Project ( 1 episode ) as Monologist
