Doug Jones
Acting • Born 1960-05-24
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.
Filmography
163 credits
Pan's Labyrinth
Movie • 2006
Fauno / Pale Man
Men in Black II
Movie • 2002
Joey
Hellboy
Movie • 2004
Abraham 'Abe' Sapien
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Movie • 2007
Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer
Hocus Pocus
Movie • 1993
Billy Butcherson
Super Capers
Movie • 2009
Special Agent Smith #1
Angel of Death
Movie • 2009
Dr. Rankin
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Movie • 2008
Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death
Legion
Movie • 2010
Ice Cream Man
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
Movie • 2010
La gueule
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Movie • 2010
Zero / Razer (voice)
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Movie • 2007
Abe Sapien (voice)
The Circuit
Movie • 2019
Hocus Pocus 2
Movie • 2022
Billy Butcherson
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Movie • 2005
Cesare
Spooky+
Movie • 2022
Himself
Absentia: A Retrospective
Movie • 2014
Self
Night Angel
Movie • 1990
Ken
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Movie • 2006
Abe Sapien (voice)
Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
Movie • 2010
Dr. Dallas
The Watch
Movie • 2012
Hero Alien
Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks
Movie • 2021
The Sycophant
Operation Filmmaker
Movie • 2008
Self
Absentia
Movie • 2011
Walter Lambert
The Candy Shop
Movie • 2010
The Candy Shop Owner
John Dies at the End
Movie • 2013
Roger North
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Movie • 2004
Self
The Butterfly Circus
Movie • 2009
Otto
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Movie • 2008
Self
Operation Taco Gary's
Movie • 2026
Elder
Spirit Hunters
Movie • 2012
Randolph
Men in Suits
Movie • 2012
Self
The 100 Candles Game
Movie • 2020
Demon (segment: The Visitant)
Dust of War
Movie • 2013
Jebediah Strumm
Rock Jocks
Movie • 2012
Smoking Jesus
Innocent Blood
Movie • 2013
Carl Grierr
Raze
Movie • 2013
Joseph
Love in the Time of Monsters
Movie • 2014
Dr. Lincoln
First Impressions
Movie • 2013
Lights Out
Movie • 2015
Howie the Janitor
Svengoolie Uncrypted
Movie • 2022
Self
Down Below
Movie • 2024
Lester
Stalled
Movie • 2000
Len
The Legacy of Avril Kyte
Movie • 2015
Dr. Stewart
Adaptation.
Movie • 2002
Augustus Margary
The Man in the Silo
Movie • 2016
Charlie (voice)
Magic Kid
Movie • 1993
Clown in Office
Sudden Death!
Movie • 2010
Jonathan Wright
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story
Movie • 2015
The Operator
If It Bleeds
Movie • 2025
Dr. Charles
The Visitant
Movie • 2014
The Demon
Crimson Peak
Movie • 2015
Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
Quarantine
Movie • 2008
Thin Infected Man
The Bye Bye Man
Movie • 2017
The Bye Bye Man
Don't Open the Door
Movie
The Man
Space Command Redemption
Movie • 2024
Dor Neven
The Ultimate Legacy
Movie • 2015
Hawthorne
The Midnight Man
Movie • 2016
Vick
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
Movie • 2023
Count Orlok
Carnies
Movie • 2010
Ratcatcher
We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew
Movie • 2016
The Man from the Pool
The Shape of Water
Movie • 2017
Amphibian Man
Patient Seven
Movie • 2016
Demon (segment: "The Visitant")
The Newlydeads
Movie • 1988
Tim
Carnal Crimes
Movie • 1991
Lang
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Movie • 2016
Marcus
My Name Is Jerry
Movie • 2009
Jerry Arthur
Gehenna: Where Death Lives
Movie • 2016
Creepy Old Man
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
Movie • 2000
Dave
Mimic
Movie • 1997
Long John
Long Live the King
Movie • 2016
himself
Tank Girl
Movie • 1995
Additional Ripper
Monkeybone
Movie • 2001
Yeti
Cruel Will
Movie • 2013
Adrian
The Time Machine
Movie • 2002
Spy Morlock
The Terror of Hallow's Eve
Movie • 2017
Scarecrow
The Danger Element
Movie • 2017
Doctor Elymas
No Touching
Movie • 2016
Kripke
The Boogeys
Movie • 2017
Sycophant
Batman Returns
Movie • 1992
Thin Clown
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Movie • 2000
FBI Agent - Carrot
The Darkling
Movie • 2000
Shadow Master
Denial
Movie • 1998
Ghost
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
Movie • 2007
Patron
Mystery Men
Movie • 1999
Eraserhead
Stuck on You
Movie • 2003
Space Alien #2
Doom
Movie • 2005
Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp
Lady in the Water
Movie • 2006
Tartutic #4
Galgameth
Movie • 1997
Big Galgy
The Wager
Movie • 2007
Peter Barrett
The Benchwarmers
Movie • 2006
Number 7 Robot
Warriors of Virtue
Movie • 1997
Yee
Three Kings
Movie • 1999
Dead Iraqi Soldier
Bug Buster
Movie • 1998
Mother Bug
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Movie • 2018
Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies
Movie • 1994
Slapstick Actor
Hell's Kitty
Movie • 2018
Father Damien
5th Passenger
Movie • 2018
Langdon
Pan and the Fairies
Movie • 2007
Self
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Movie • 2018
Self
Beneath the Leaves
Movie • 2019
James Whitley
Crimson Phantoms
Movie • 2016
Steven Spielberg's Movie
Movie • 2001
Donald Columbus
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Movie • 2020
Billy Butcherson
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
Movie • 2016
Terrance
Chaisson: Quest for Oriud
Movie • 2014
Sieck (voice)
My Friend Max
Movie • 2017
Max Mastin
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Movie • 2022
Self
Wisdom From the Apocalypse
Movie • 2023
The Angel
Movie • 2024
The Angel
The Remedy
Movie • 2025
Leif Johansen
The Weeping
Movie
Sheriff Earl
Island in the Sun
Movie • 2017
Ranger
Horrified
Movie
Demonetize
Movie
Hunter Zollinger
Nazareth
Movie
President Glade
The Demon Detective
Movie • 2025
Get Me Doug Jones
Movie
Himself
Invader
Movie
Organism 46-B The Unseen
Movie
Commander Volkov
The Strawberry
Movie
Dr. Johnson
All Is Merry & Bright
Movie • 2025
Doug the Deliveryman
Disfigura
Movie • 2024
Host
House of Holloway
Movie
Sheriff Alan
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Grinder
The Ready Room
TV • 2019
Self
Automata
TV • 2018
Carl Swangee (voice)
DuckTales
TV • 2017
Wereduck / Demonic Clown (voice)
Fear Itself
TV • 2008
Grady Edlund
Kenan & Kel
TV • 1996
Head Waiter
Angel of Death
TV • 2009
Dr. Rankin
Dragon Age: Redemption
TV • 2011
Saarebas
Falling Skies
TV • 2011
Cochise
Arrow
TV • 2012
Jake Simmons
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Contortionist
Teen Wolf
TV • 2011
William Barrow
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Elder Alien
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Alien #1
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Alien / Alien Doctor
Star Trek: Discovery
TV • 2017
Saru
Bone Chillers
TV • 1996
Mummy
Unhappily Ever After
TV • 1995
Boomer
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Flash
TV • 2014
Jake Simmons / Deathbolt
Sons of Anarchy
TV • 2008
Officer Crane
The Strain
TV • 2014
The Ancient
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
What We Do in the Shadows
TV • 2019
Baron Afanas
Star Trek: Short Treks
TV • 2018
Saru
Sockbaby
TV • 2004
Doug Jones
The Weird Al Show
TV • 1997
Contortionist #2
Face Off
TV • 2011
Guest Judge
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV • 2017
Self
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV • 1997
Gentleman
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Domino Thacker
Z Nation
TV • 2014
Scully
Star Trek: very Short Treks
TV • 2023
Saru (voice)
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Fight Club Captain
The Guild
TV • 2007
Gerald
The D-Con Chamber
TV • 2024
Self
The Guardian
TV • 2001
Micah Oakey
Party of Five
TV • 1994
Minister
After Trek
TV • 2017