Doug Jones
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1960-05-24 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Doug Jones
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
Acting
Demonetize
as Hunter Zollinger
If It Bleeds
as Dr. Charles
The Remedy
as Leif Johansen
Don't Open the Door
as The Man
The Weeping
as Sheriff Earl
Nazareth
as President Glade
(2025)
(2024)
Operation Taco Gary's
as Elder
(2024)
The Angel
as The Angel
(2024)
Down Below
as Lester
(2024)
Space Command Redemption
as Dor Neven
(2023)
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
as Count Orlok
(2023)
(2022)
Hocus Pocus 2
as Billy Butcherson
(2022)
(2022)
Svengoolie Uncrypted
as Self
(2021)
Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks
as The Sycophant
(2021)
Spooky+
as Himself
(2020)
The 100 Candles Game
as Demon (segment: The Visitant)
(2020)
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Billy Butcherson
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
Beneath The Leaves
as James Whitley
(2018)
(2018)
5th Passenger
as Langdon
(2018)
Hell's Kitty
as Father Damien
(2018)
(2017)
The Shape of Water
as Amphibian Man
(2017)
The Boogeys
as Sycophant
(2017)
The Bye Bye Man
as The Bye Bye Man
(2017)
The Danger Element
as Doctor Elymas
(2017)
The Terror of Hallow's Eve
as Scarecrow
(2017)
My Friend Max
as Max Mastin
(2017)
Island in the Sun
as Ranger
(2016)
Gehenna: Where Death Lives
as Creepy Old Man
(2016)
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Marcus
(2016)
Patient Seven
as Demon (segment: "The Visitant")
(2016)
The Man in the Silo
as Charlie (voice)
(2016)
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
as Terrance
(2016)
No Touching
as Kripke
(2016)
The Midnight Man
as Vick
(2016)
We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew
as The Man from the Pool
(2016)
(2016)
Long Live the King
as himself
(2015)
Crimson Peak
as Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
(2015)
The Ultimate Legacy
as Hawthorne
(2015)
The Legacy of Avril Kyte
as Dr. Stewart
(2015)
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story
as The Operator
(2015)
Lights Out
as Howie the Janitor
(2014)
Love in the Time of Monsters
as Dr. Lincoln
(2014)
Chaisson: Quest for Oriud
as Sieck (voice)
(2014)
Absentia: A Retrospective
as Self
(2014)
The Visitant
as The Demon
(2013)
Raze
as Joseph
(2013)
Dust of War
as Jebediah Strumm
(2013)
Cruel Will
as Adrian
(2013)
John Dies at the End
as Roger North
(2013)
Innocent Blood
as Carl Grierr
(2013)
(2012)
The Watch
as Hero Alien
(2012)
Rock Jocks
as Smoking Jesus
(2012)
Spirit Hunters
as Randolph
(2012)
Men in Suits
as Self
(2011)
Absentia
as Walter Lambert
(2010)
Legion
as Ice Cream Man
(2010)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Zero / Razer (voice)
(2010)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
as La gueule
(2010)
Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
as Dr. Dallas
(2010)
The Candy Shop
as The Candy Shop Owner
(2010)
Sudden Death!
as Jonathan Wright
(2010)
Carnies
as Ratcatcher
(2009)
The Butterfly Circus
as Otto
(2009)
Super Capers
as Special Agent Smith #1
(2009)
My Name Is Jerry
as Jerry Arthur
(2009)
Angel of Death
as Dr. Rankin
(2008)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death
(2008)
Quarantine
as Thin Infected Man
(2008)
(2008)
Operation Filmmaker
as Self
(2007)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer
(2007)
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
as Patron
(2007)
The Wager
as Peter Barrett
(2007)
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
as Abe Sapien (voice)
(2007)
Pan and the Fairies
as Self
(2006)
Pan's Labyrinth
as Fauno / Pale Man
(2006)
The Benchwarmers
as Number 7 Robot
(2006)
Lady in the Water
as Tartutic #4
(2006)
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
as Abe Sapien (voice)
(2005)
Doom
as Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp
(2005)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
as Cesare
(2004)
Hellboy
as Abraham 'Abe' Sapien
(2004)
(2003)
Stuck on You
as Space Alien #2
(2002)
Men in Black II
as Joey
(2002)
The Time Machine
as Spy Morlock
(2002)
Adaptation.
as Augustus Margary
(2001)
Monkeybone
as Yeti
(2001)
Steven Spielberg's Movie
as Donald Columbus
(2000)
The Darkling
as Shadow Master
(2000)
(2000)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as FBI Agent - Carrot
(2000)
Stalled
as Len
(1999)
Three Kings
as Dead Iraqi Soldier
(1999)
Mystery Men
as Eraserhead
(1998)
Denial
as Ghost
(1998)
Bug Buster
as Mother Bug
(1997)
Mimic
as Long John
(1997)
Warriors of Virtue
as Yee
(1997)
Galgameth
as Big Galgy
(1995)
Tank Girl
as Additional Ripper
(1994)
Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies
as Slapstick Actor
(1993)
Hocus Pocus
as Billy Butcherson
(1993)
Magic Kid
as Clown in Office
(1992)
Batman Returns
as Thin Clown
(1991)
Carnal Crimes
as Lang
(1990)
Night Angel
as Ken
(1988)
The Newlydeads
as Tim