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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (40)
All Is Merry & Bright
as Doug the Deliveryman
2025
If It Bleeds
as Dr. Charles
2025
The Demon Detective
2025
The Angel
as The Angel
2024
Operation Taco Gary's
as Elder
2024
Down Below
as Lester
2024
Space Command Redemption
as Dor Neven
2024
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
as Count Orlok
2023
Wisdom From the Apocalypse
2023
Svengoolie Uncrypted
as Self
2022
Hocus Pocus 2
as Billy Butcherson
2022
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
as Self
2022
Batman: Dying is Easy
as Riddler
2021
Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks
as The Sycophant
2021
Spooky+
as Himself
2021
The 100 Candles Game
as Demon (segment: The Visitant)
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Billy Butcherson
2020
Star Trek: Discovery - Such Sweet Sorrow
as Saru
2019
The Circuit
2019
Beneath the Leaves
as James Whitley
2019
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
as Self
2018
5th Passenger
as Langdon
2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
as Self
2018
Hell's Kitty
as Father Damien
2018
The Shape of Water
as Amphibian Man
2017
The Terror of Hallow's Eve
as Scarecrow
2017
The Danger Element
as Doctor Elymas
2017
The Boogeys
as Sycophant
2017
My Friend Max
as Max Mastin
2017
The Bye Bye Man
as The Bye Bye Man
2017
Island in the Sun
as Ranger
2017
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
as Terrance
2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Marcus
2016
Patient Seven
as Demon (segment: "The Visitant")
2016
Gehenna: Where Death Lives
as Creepy Old Man
2016
Long Live the King
as himself
2016
We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew
as The Man from the Pool
2016
No Touching
as Kripke
2016
The Midnight Man
as Vick
2016
Crimson Phantoms
2016
TV Shows (10)
The D-Con Chamber
as Self
2024
Star Trek: very Short Treks
as Saru (voice)
2023
What We Do in the Shadows
as Baron Afanas
2019
The Ready Room
as Self
2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
2018
Star Trek: Short Treks
as Saru
2018
Automata
as Carl Swangee (voice)
2018
Star Trek: Discovery
as Saru
2017
DuckTales
as Wereduck / Demonic Clown (voice)
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017