Doug Jones

Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960) is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist. He is best known for 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.

Cast

Pan's Labyrinth

(Fauno / Pale Man)

Men in Black II

(Joey)

Hellboy

(Abraham 'Abe' Sapien)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

(Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer)

Hocus Pocus

(Billy Butcherson)

Super Capers

(Special Agent Smith #1)

Angel of Death

(Dr. Rankin)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

(Abe Sapien)

Legion

(Ice Cream Man)

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

(La gueule)

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey

(Zero / Razer (voice))

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

(Abe Sapien (voice))

The Circuit

Hocus Pocus 2

(Billy Butcherson)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

(Cesare)

Spooky+

(Himself)

Absentia: A Retrospective

(Self)

Night Angel

(Ken)

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

(Abe Sapien (voice))

Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer

(Dr. Dallas)

The Watch

(Hero Alien)

Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks

(The Sycophant)

Operation Filmmaker

(Himself)

Absentia

(Walter Lambert)

The Candy Shop

(The Candy Shop Owner)

John Dies at the End

(Roger North)

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

(Self)

The Butterfly Circus

(Otto)

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

(Self)

Operation Taco Gary's

(Elder)

Spirit Hunters

(Randolph)

Men in Suits

(Self)

The 100 Candles Game

(Demon (segment: The Visitant))

Dust of War

(Jebediah Strumm)

Rock Jocks

(Smoking Jesus)

Innocent Blood

(Carl Grierr)

Raze

(Joseph)

Love in the Time of Monsters

(Dr. Lincoln)

First Impressions

Lights Out

(Howie the Janitor)

Svengoolie Uncrypted

(Himself)

Down Below

(Lester)

Stalled

(Len)

The Legacy of Avril Kyte

(Dr. Stewart)

The Man in the Silo

(Charlie (voice))

Adaptation.

(Augustus Margary)

Magic Kid

(Clown in Office)

Sudden Death!

(Jonathan Wright)

Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story

(The Operator)

If It Bleeds

(Plastic Surgeon)

The Visitant

(The Demon)

Crimson Peak

(Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe)

Quarantine

(Thin Infected Man)

The Bye Bye Man

(The Bye Bye Man)

Don't Open the Door

(The Man)

Space Command Redemption

(Dor Neven)

The Ultimate Legacy

(Hawthorne)

The Midnight Man

(Vick)

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

(Count Orlock)

Carnies

(Ratcatcher)

We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew

(The Man from the Pool)

The Shape of Water

(Amphibian Man)

Patient Seven

(Demon (segment: "The Visitant"))

The Newlydeads

(Tim)

Carnal Crimes

(Lang)

Ouija: Origin of Evil

(Marcus)

My Name Is Jerry

(Jerry Arthur)

Gehenna: Where Death Lives

(Creepy Old Man)

Mimic

(Long John)

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

(Dave)

Long Live the King

(himself)

Tank Girl

(Additional Ripper)

Monkeybone

(Yeti)

Cruel Will

(Adrian)

The Time Machine

(Spy Morlock)

The Terror of Hallow's Eve

(Scarecrow)

The Danger Element

(Doctor Elymas)

No Touching

(Kripke)

The Boogeys

(Sycophant)

Batman Returns

(Thin Clown)

Galgameth

(Big Galgy)

Warriors of Virtue

(Yee)

Denial

(Ghost)

Bug Buster

(Mother Bug)

Mystery Men

(Pencilhead)

Three Kings

(Dead Iraqi Soldier)

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

(FBI Agent - Carrot)

The Darkling

(Shadow Master)

Stuck on You

(Space Alien #2)

Doom

(Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp)

The Benchwarmers

(Number 7 Robot)

Lady in the Water

(Tartutic #4)

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning

(Patron)

The Wager

(Peter Barrett)

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

(Self)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies

(Slapstick Actor)

Hell's Kitty

(Father Damien)

5th Passenger

(Langdon)

Pan and the Fairies

(Self)

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

(Self)

Beneath The Leaves

(James Whitley)

Crimson Phantoms

Steven Spielberg's Movie

(Donald Columbus)

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

(Billy Butcherson)

Kiss the Devil in the Dark

(Terrance)

Chaisson: Quest for Oriud

(Sieck (voice))

My Friend Max

(Max Mastin)

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

(Self)

Wisdom From the Apocalypse

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(Grinder)

The Ready Room

(Self)

Automata

(Carl Swangee (voice))

DuckTales

(Wereduck / Demonic Clown (voice))

Fear Itself

(Grady Edlund)

Kenan & Kel

(Head Waiter)

Angel of Death

(Dr. Rankin)

Dragon Age: Redemption

(Saarebas)

Falling Skies

(Cochise)

Arrow

(Jake Simmons)

What We Do in the Shadows

(Self)

Tales from the Crypt

(Contortionist)

Teen Wolf

(William Barrow)

The Outer Limits

(Elder Alien)

The Outer Limits

(Alien #1)

The Outer Limits

(Alien / Alien Doctor)

Star Trek: Discovery

(Saru)

Bone Chillers

(Mummy)

Unhappily Ever After

(Boomer)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self)

The Flash

(Jake Simmons / Deathbolt)

Sons of Anarchy

(Officer Crane)

The Strain

(The Ancient)

Eli Roth's History of Horror

(Self)

What We Do in the Shadows

(Baron Afanas)

Star Trek: Short Treks

(Saru)

Sockbaby

(Doug Jones)

The Weird Al Show

(Contortionist #2)

Face Off

(Guest Judge)

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

(Self)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

(Gentleman)

Criminal Minds

(Domino Thacker)

Z Nation

(Scully)

Star Trek: Very Short Treks

(Saru)

Criminal Minds

(Fight Club Captain)

The Guild

(Gerald)