Doug Jones
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Operation Taco Gary's as Elder
- 2023 · Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror as Count Orlok
- 2022 · Hocus Pocus 2 as Billy Butcherson
- 2021 · Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks as The Sycophant
- 2019 · What We Do in the Shadows as Baron Afanas
- 2019 · The Circuit as
- 2019 · The Ready Room as Self
- 2018 · Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash as Self
- 2018 · Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- 2018 · 5th Passenger as Langdon
- 2017 · The Shape of Water as Amphibian Man
- 2017 · Star Trek: Discovery as Saru
- 2017 · DuckTales as Wereduck / Demonic Clown (voice)
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · The Boogeys as Sycophant
- 2016 · Ouija: Origin of Evil as Marcus
- 2015 · The Ultimate Legacy as Hawthorne
- 2015 · Crimson Peak as Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
- 2014 · The Flash as Jake Simmons / Deathbolt
- 2014 · Z Nation as Scully
- 2014 · The Strain as The Ancient
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2012 · Arrow as Jake Simmons
- 2012 · The Watch as Hero Alien
- 2011 · Falling Skies as Cochise
- 2011 · Teen Wolf as William Barrow
- 2010 · Legion as Ice Cream Man
- 2008 · Sons of Anarchy as Officer Crane
- 2008 · Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death
- 2007 · The Guild as Gerald
- 2007 · Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer
- 2006 · Pan's Labyrinth as Fauno / Pale Man
- 2005 · Doom as Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Domino Thacker
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Fight Club Captain
- 2004 · Hellboy as Abraham 'Abe' Sapien
- 2002 · Adaptation. as Augustus Margary
- 2002 · Men in Black II as Joey
- 2002 · The Time Machine as Spy Morlock
- 2001 · The Guardian as Micah Oakey
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Grinder
- 1997 · Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Gentleman
- 1996 · Kenan & Kel as Head Waiter
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Elder Alien
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Alien #1
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Alien / Alien Doctor
- 1995 · Unhappily Ever After as Boomer
- 1993 · Hocus Pocus as Billy Butcherson
- 1992 · Batman Returns as Thin Clown
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Contortionist
- Future · Demonetize as Hunter Zollinger
- 2016 · Patient Seven as Demon (segment: "The Visitant")
- 2016 · Gehenna: Where Death Lives as Creepy Old Man
- 2015 · The Legacy of Avril Kyte as Dr. Stewart
- 2015 · Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story as The Operator
- 2012 · Rock Jocks as Smoking Jesus
- 2011 · Face Off as Guest Judge
- 2010 · Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Zero / Razer (voice)
- 2008 · Quarantine as Thin Infected Man
- 2008 · Fear Itself as Grady Edlund
- 2007 · The Wager as Peter Barrett
- 2007 · The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning as Patron
- 2006 · Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms as Abe Sapien (voice)
- 2006 · Lady in the Water as Tartutic #4
- 2006 · The Benchwarmers as Number 7 Robot
- 2005 · The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as Cesare
- 2004 · Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation as Self
- 2003 · Stuck on You as Space Alien #2
- 2001 · Monkeybone as Yeti
- 1999 · Three Kings as Dead Iraqi Soldier
- 1998 · Denial as Ghost
- 1997 · Mimic as Long John
- 1995 · Tank Girl as Additional Ripper
- 1993 · Magic Kid as Clown in Office
- Future · Nazareth as President Glade
- Future · The Remedy as Leif Johansen
- Future · If It Bleeds as Dr. Charles
- 2025 · The Demon Detective as
- 2024 · The Angel as The Angel
- 2024 · Down Below as Lester
- 2024 · The D-Con Chamber as Self
- 2024 · Space Command Redemption as Dor Neven
- 2023 · Star Trek: very Short Treks as Saru (voice)
- 2023 · Wisdom From the Apocalypse as
- 2022 · Svengoolie Uncrypted as Self
- 2022 · Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters as Self
- 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 · Star Trek: Discovery - Such Sweet Sorrow as Saru
- 2019 · Beneath The Leaves as James Whitley
- 2018 · Star Trek: Short Treks as Saru
- 2018 · Automata as Carl Swangee (voice)
- 2018 · Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America as Self
- 2018 · Hell's Kitty as Father Damien
- 2017 · The Terror of Hallow's Eve as Scarecrow
- 2017 · The Danger Element as Doctor Elymas
- 2017 · My Friend Max as Max Mastin
- 2017 · The Bye Bye Man as The Bye Bye Man
- 2017 · Island in the Sun as Ranger
- 2016 · Kiss the Devil in the Dark as Terrance
- 2016 · Long Live the King as himself
- 2016 · No Touching as Kripke
- 2016 · We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew as The Man from the Pool
- 2016 · The Midnight Man as Vick
- 2016 · Crimson Phantoms as
- 2016 · The Man in the Silo as Charlie (voice)
- 2015 · Lights Out as Howie the Janitor
- 2014 · The Visitant as The Demon
- 2014 · Absentia: A Retrospective as Self
- 2014 · Chaisson: Quest for Oriud as Sieck (voice)
- 2014 · Love in the Time of Monsters as Dr. Lincoln
- 2013 · Cruel Will as Adrian
- 2013 · Innocent Blood as Carl Grierr
- 2013 · Dust of War as Jebediah Strumm
- 2013 · First Impressions as
- 2013 · Raze as Joseph
- 2013 · John Dies at the End as Roger North
- 2012 · Men in Suits as Self
- 2012 · Spirit Hunters as Randolph
- 2011 · Dragon Age: Redemption as Saarebas
- 2011 · Absentia as Walter Lambert
- 2010 · The Candy Shop as The Candy Shop Owner
- 2010 · Carnies as Ratcatcher
- 2010 · Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer as Dr. Dallas
- 2010 · Sudden Death! as Jonathan Wright
- 2010 · Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life as La gueule
- 2009 · The Butterfly Circus as Otto
- 2009 · Angel of Death as Dr. Rankin
- 2009 · Super Capers as Special Agent Smith #1
- Future · Don't Open the Door as The Man
- 2009 · Angel of Death as Dr. Rankin
- 2009 · My Name Is Jerry as Jerry Arthur
- 2008 · Hellboy: In Service of the Demon as Self
- 2008 · Operation Filmmaker as Self
- 2007 · Pan and the Fairies as Self
- 2007 · Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron as Abe Sapien (voice)
- 2004 · Sockbaby as Doug Jones
- 2001 · Steven Spielberg's Movie as Donald Columbus
- 2000 · Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman as Dave
- 2000 · The Darkling as Shadow Master
- 2000 · The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as FBI Agent - Carrot
- 2000 · Stalled as Len
- 1999 · Mystery Men as Eraserhead
- 1998 · Bug Buster as Mother Bug
- 1997 · The Weird Al Show as Contortionist #2
- 1997 · Galgameth as Big Galgy
- 1997 · Warriors of Virtue as Yee
- 1996 · Bone Chillers as Mummy
- 1994 · Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies as Slapstick Actor
- 1991 · Carnal Crimes as Lang
- 1990 · Night Angel as Ken
- 1988 · The Newlydeads as Tim
- Future · Horrified as
- Future · The Weeping as Sheriff Earl