Doug Jones
- Acting
- May 24, 1960 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Remain Calm · Government Agent
- Another · Dr. Roberts
- The Remedy · Leif Johansen
- Demonetize · Hunter Zollinger
- The Strawberry · Dr. Johnson
- Pretty Boys · Bob Silver
- Operation Taco Gary's · Elder
- All Is Merry & Bright · Doug the Deliveryman
- If It Bleeds · Dr. Charles
- The Demon Detective · Uzgaroth
- The Angel · The Angel
- Disfigura · Host
- Down Below · Lester
- The D-Con Chamber · Self
- Space Command Redemption · Dor Neven
- Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror · Count Orlok
- Star Trek: very Short Treks · Saru (Voice)
- Wisdom From the Apocalypse
- Untitled Improv Project · Monologist
- Spooky+ · Self
- Svengoolie Uncrypted · Self
- Hocus Pocus 2 · Billy Butcherson
- Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters · Self
- Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks · The Sycophant
- The 100 Candles Game · Demon (segment: The Visitant)
- In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover · Billy Butcherson
- 31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest · Self
- What We Do in the Shadows · Baron Afanas
- The Circuit
- Beneath the Leaves · James Whitley
- The Ready Room · Self
- Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash · Self
- Eli Roth's History of Horror · Self
- Star Trek: Short Treks · Saru
- Automata · Carl Swangee (Voice)
- 5th Passenger · Langdon
- Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America · Self
- Hell's Kitty · Father Damien
- The Shape of Water · Amphibian Man
- Star Trek: Discovery · Saru
- After Trek
- The Terror of Hallow's Eve · Scarecrow
- DuckTales · Wereduck / Demonic Clown (Voice)
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- The Danger Element · Doctor Elymas
- The Boogeys · Sycophant
- Nazareth · President Glade
- My Friend Max · Max Mastin
- The Bye Bye Man · The Bye Bye Man
- Island in the Sun · Ranger
- Kiss the Devil in the Dark · Terrance
- Ouija: Origin of Evil · Marcus
- Patient Seven · Demon (segment: "The Visitant")
- Gehenna: Where Death Lives · Creepy Old Man
- Long Live the King · Self
- We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew · The Man from the Pool
- No Touching · Kripke
- The Midnight Man · Vick
- Crimson Phantoms
- The Man in the Silo · Charlie (Voice)
- The Ultimate Legacy · Hawthorne
- Crimson Peak · Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
- Lights Out · Howie the Janitor
- The Legacy of Avril Kyte · Dr. Stewart
- Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story · The Operator
- The Visitant · The Demon
- The Flash · Jake Simmons / Deathbolt
- Z Nation · Scully
- The Strain · The Ancient
- Absentia: A Retrospective · Self
- Chaisson: Quest for Oriud · Sieck (Voice)
- Love in the Time of Monsters · Dr. Lincoln
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Cruel Will · Adrian
- Innocent Blood · Carl Grierr
- Dust of War · Jebediah Strumm
- First Impressions
- Raze · Joseph
- John Dies at the End · Roger North
- Men in Suits · Self