Doug Jones
Acting
Born May 24, 1960, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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.
Filmography
- 2026Another — Dr. Roberts
- 2026Demonetize — Hunter Zollinger
- 2026Operation Taco Gary's — Elder
- 2026Pretty Boys — Bob Silver
- 2026The Remedy — Leif Johansen
- 2026The Strawberry — Dr. Johnson
- 2025All Is Merry & Bright — Doug the Deliveryman
- 2025If It Bleeds — Dr. Charles
- 2025The Demon Detective — Uzgaroth
- 2024Disfigura — Host
- 2024Down Below — Lester
- 2024Space Command Redemption — Dor Neven
- 2024The Angel — The Angel
- 2023Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror — Count Orlok
- Star Trek: very Short Treks — Saru (voice)
- 2023Wisdom From the Apocalypse
- 2022Hocus Pocus 2 — Billy Butcherson
- Untitled Improv Project — Monologist
- 2021Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks — The Sycophant
- 2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover — Billy Butcherson
- 2020The 100 Candles Game — Demon (segment: The Visitant)
- 2019Beneath the Leaves — James Whitley
- 2019The Circuit
- What We Do in the Shadows — Baron Afanas
- 20185th Passenger — Langdon
- Automata — Carl Swangee (voice)
- 2018Hell's Kitty — Father Damien
- Star Trek: Short Treks — Saru
- After Trek
- DuckTales — Wereduck / Demonic Clown (voice)
- 2017Island in the Sun — Ranger
- 2017My Friend Max — Max Mastin
- 2017Nazareth — President Glade
- Star Trek: Discovery — Saru
- 2017The Boogeys — Sycophant
- 2017The Bye Bye Man — The Bye Bye Man
- 2017The Danger Element — Doctor Elymas
- 2017The Shape of Water — Amphibian Man
- 2017The Terror of Hallow's Eve — Scarecrow
- 2016Crimson Phantoms
- 2016Gehenna: Where Death Lives — Creepy Old Man
- 2016Kiss the Devil in the Dark — Terrance
- 2016No Touching — Kripke
- 2016Ouija: Origin of Evil — Marcus
- 2016Patient Seven — Demon (segment: "The Visitant")
- 2016The Man in the Silo — Charlie (voice)
- 2016The Midnight Man — Vick
- 2016We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew — The Man from the Pool
- 2015Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story — The Operator
- 2015Crimson Peak — Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
- 2015Lights Out — Howie the Janitor
- 2015The Legacy of Avril Kyte — Dr. Stewart
- 2015The Ultimate Legacy — Hawthorne
- 2014Chaisson: Quest for Oriud — Sieck (voice)
- 2014Love in the Time of Monsters — Dr. Lincoln
- The Flash — Jake Simmons / Deathbolt
- The Strain — The Ancient
- 2014The Visitant — The Demon
- Z Nation — Scully
- 2013Cruel Will — Adrian
- 2013Dust of War — Jebediah Strumm
- 2013First Impressions
- 2013Innocent Blood — Carl Grierr
- 2013John Dies at the End — Roger North
- 2013Raze — Joseph
- Arrow — Jake Simmons
- 2012Rock Jocks — Smoking Jesus
- 2012Spirit Hunters — Randolph
- 2012The Watch — Hero Alien
- 2011Absentia — Walter Lambert
- Dragon Age: Redemption — Saarebas
- Face Off — Guest Judge
- Falling Skies — Cochise
- Teen Wolf — William Barrow
- 2010Carnies — Ratcatcher
- 2010Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer — Dr. Dallas
- 2010Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life — La gueule
- 2010Legion — Ice Cream Man
- 2010Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey — Zero / Razer (voice)
- 2010Sudden Death! — Jonathan Wright
- 2010The Candy Shop — The Candy Shop Owner
- 2009Angel of Death — Dr. Rankin
- Angel of Death — Dr. Rankin
- 2009My Name Is Jerry — Jerry Arthur
- 2009Super Capers — Special Agent Smith #1
- 2009The Butterfly Circus — Otto
- Fear Itself — Grady Edlund
- 2008Hellboy II: The Golden Army — Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death
- 2008Quarantine — Thin Infected Man
- 2008Skin and Bones — Grady Edlund
- Sons of Anarchy — Officer Crane
- 2007Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer — Silver Surfer
- 2007Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron — Abe Sapien (voice)
- 2007The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning — Patron
- The Guild — Gerald
- 2007The Wager — Peter Barrett
- 2006Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms — Abe Sapien (voice)
- 2006Lady in the Water — Tartutic #4
- 2006Pan's Labyrinth — Fauno / Pale Man
- 2006The Benchwarmers — Number 7 Robot
- Criminal Minds — Domino Thacker, Fight Club Captain
- 2005Doom — Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp
- 2005The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari — Cesare
- 2004Hellboy — Abraham 'Abe' Sapien
- Sockbaby — Doug Jones
- 2003Stuck on You — Space Alien #2
- 2002Adaptation. — Augustus Margary
- 2002Men in Black II — Joey
- 2002The Time Machine — Spy Morlock
- 2001Monkeybone — Yeti
- 2001Steven Spielberg's Movie — Donald Columbus
- The Guardian — Micah Oakey
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Grinder
- 2000Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman — Dave
- 2000Stalled — Len
- 2000The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle — FBI Agent - Carrot
- 2000The Darkling — Shadow Master
- 1999Mystery Men — Eraserhead
- 1999Three Kings — Dead Iraqi Soldier
- 1998Bug Buster — Mother Bug
- 1998Denial — Ghost
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Gentleman
- 1997Galgameth — Big Galgy
- 1997Mimic — Long John
- The Weird Al Show — Contortionist #2
- 1997Warriors of Virtue — Yee
- Bone Chillers — Mummy
- Kenan & Kel — Head Waiter
- 1995Tank Girl — Additional Ripper
- The Outer Limits — Elder Alien, Alien #1, Alien / Alien Doctor
- Unhappily Ever After — Boomer
- Party of Five — Minister
- 1994The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies — Slapstick Actor
- 1993Hocus Pocus — Billy Butcherson
- 1993Magic Kid — Clown in Office
- 1992Batman Returns — Thin Clown
- 1991Carnal Crimes — Lang
- 1990Night Angel — Ken
- Tales from the Crypt — Contortionist
- 1988The Newlydeads — Tim
- Don't Open the Door — The Man
- Horrified
- House of Holloway — Sheriff Alan
- Invader
- Organism 46-B The Unseen — Commander Volkov
- The Weeping — Sheriff Earl
- Together — Matthew Davis
Appearances as themselves (20)
- The D-Con Chamber — Self
- 2022Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters — Self
- 2022Spooky+ — Himself
- 2022Svengoolie Uncrypted — Self
- 201931 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest — Self
- The Ready Room — Self
- Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self
- 2018Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash — Self
- 2018Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America — Self
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
- 2016Long Live the King — himself
- 2014Absentia: A Retrospective — Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
- 2012Men in Suits — Self
- 2008Hellboy: In Service of the Demon — Self
- 2008Operation Filmmaker — Self
- 2007Family Bonds: The Making of 'Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer' — Self
- 2007Pan and the Fairies — Self
- 2004Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation — Self
- Get Me Doug Jones — Himself