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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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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

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 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")
1988 The Newlydeads as Tim
1991 Carnal Crimes as Lang
2016 Ouija: Origin of Evil as Marcus
2009 My Name Is Jerry as Jerry Arthur
2016 Gehenna: Where Death Lives as Creepy Old Man
1997 Mimic as Long John
2000 Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman as Dave
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
1997 Galgameth as Big Galgy
1997 Warriors of Virtue as Yee
1998 Denial as Ghost
1998 Bug Buster as Mother Bug
1999 Mystery Men as Eraserhead
1999 Three Kings as Dead Iraqi Soldier
2000 The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as FBI Agent - Carrot
2000 The Darkling as Shadow Master
2003 Stuck on You as Space Alien #2
2005 Doom as Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp
2006 The Benchwarmers as Number 7 Robot
2006 Lady in the Water as Tartutic #4
2007 The Wager as Peter Barrett
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 as Uzgaroth
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
2026 Another as Dr. Roberts
2026 Pretty Boys as Bob Silver
2007 The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning as Patron
Soon Together as Matthew Davis
2008 Skin and Bones as Grady Edlund
2007 Family Bonds: The Making of 'Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer' as Self
2019 31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest as Self
1991 Hook as Eyepatch Vendor (uncredited)
2026 Remain Calm as Government Agent

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

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