Doug Jones

Doug Jones

Known for
Acting
Born
May 24, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
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.

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Filmography

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Don't Open the Door

Don't Open the Door

Movie · as The Man

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The Weeping poster

The Weeping

Movie · as Sheriff Earl

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Horrified

Horrified

Movie

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Get Me Doug Jones poster

Get Me Doug Jones

Movie · as Himself

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Invader

Invader

Movie

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Organism 46-B The Unseen poster

Organism 46-B The Unseen

Movie · as Commander Volkov

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House of Holloway

House of Holloway

Movie · as Sheriff Alan

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Together poster

Together

Movie · as Matthew Davis

2026
Operation Taco Gary's poster

Operation Taco Gary's

Movie · as Elder

2026
The Remedy poster

The Remedy

Movie · as Leif Johansen

2026
Demonetize poster

Demonetize

Movie · as Hunter Zollinger

2026
The Strawberry poster

The Strawberry

Movie · as Dr. Johnson

2026
Another poster

Another

Movie · as Dr. Roberts

2026
Pretty Boys poster

Pretty Boys

Movie · as Bob Silver

2026
Remain Calm poster

Remain Calm

Movie · as Government Agent

2025
If It Bleeds poster

If It Bleeds

Movie · as Dr. Charles

2025
The Demon Detective poster

The Demon Detective

Movie · as Uzgaroth

2025
All Is Merry & Bright poster

All Is Merry & Bright

Movie · as Doug the Deliveryman

2024
Down Below poster

Down Below

Movie · as Lester

2024
Space Command Redemption poster

Space Command Redemption

Movie · as Dor Neven

2024
The Angel poster

The Angel

Movie · as The Angel

2024
Disfigura poster

Disfigura

Movie · as Host

2024
The D-Con Chamber poster

The D-Con Chamber

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror poster

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Movie · as Count Orlok

2023
Wisdom From the Apocalypse poster

Wisdom From the Apocalypse

Movie

2023
Star Trek: very Short Treks poster

Star Trek: very Short Treks

TV · as Saru (voice) · 2 eps

2022
Hocus Pocus 2 poster

Hocus Pocus 2

Movie · as Billy Butcherson

2022
Spooky+ poster

Spooky+

Movie · as Himself

2022
Svengoolie Uncrypted poster

Svengoolie Uncrypted

Movie · as Self

2022
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters poster

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

Movie · as Self

2022
Untitled Improv Project poster

Untitled Improv Project

TV · as Monologist · 1 ep

2021
Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks poster

Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks

Movie · as The Sycophant

2020
The 100 Candles Game poster

The 100 Candles Game

Movie · as Demon (segment: The Visitant)

2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover poster

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

Movie · as Billy Butcherson

2019
The Circuit poster

The Circuit

Movie

2019
Beneath the Leaves poster

Beneath the Leaves

Movie · as James Whitley

2019
31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest

31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest

Movie · as Self

2019
The Ready Room poster

The Ready Room

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2019
What We Do in the Shadows poster

What We Do in the Shadows

TV · as Baron Afanas · 15 eps

2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America poster

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

Movie · as Self

2018
Hell's Kitty poster

Hell's Kitty

Movie · as Father Damien

2018
5th Passenger poster

5th Passenger

Movie · as Langdon

2018
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash poster

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

Movie · as Self

2018
Automata poster

Automata

TV · as Carl Swangee (voice) · 6 eps

2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror poster

Eli Roth's History of Horror

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2018
Star Trek: Short Treks poster

Star Trek: Short Treks

TV · as Saru · 1 ep

2017
The Bye Bye Man poster

The Bye Bye Man

Movie · as The Bye Bye Man

2017
The Shape of Water poster

The Shape of Water

Movie · as Amphibian Man

2017
The Terror of Hallow's Eve poster

The Terror of Hallow's Eve

Movie · as Scarecrow

2017
The Danger Element poster

The Danger Element

Movie · as Doctor Elymas

2017
The Boogeys poster

The Boogeys

Movie · as Sycophant

2017
My Friend Max poster

My Friend Max

Movie · as Max Mastin

2017
Island in the Sun poster

Island in the Sun

Movie · as Ranger

2017
Nazareth poster

Nazareth

Movie · as President Glade

2017
DuckTales poster

DuckTales

TV · as Wereduck / Demonic Clown (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Star Trek: Discovery poster

Star Trek: Discovery

TV · as Saru · 65 eps

2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
After Trek poster

After Trek

TV · 5 eps

2016
The Man in the Silo poster

The Man in the Silo

Movie · as Charlie (voice)

2016
The Midnight Man poster

The Midnight Man

Movie · as Vick

2016
We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew poster

We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew

Movie · as The Man from the Pool

2016
Patient Seven poster

Patient Seven

Movie · as Demon (segment: "The Visitant")

2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil poster

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Movie · as Marcus

2016
Gehenna: Where Death Lives poster

Gehenna: Where Death Lives

Movie · as Creepy Old Man

2016
Long Live the King poster

Long Live the King

Movie · as himself

2016
No Touching poster

No Touching

Movie · as Kripke

2016
Crimson Phantoms poster

Crimson Phantoms

Movie

2016
Kiss the Devil in the Dark poster

Kiss the Devil in the Dark

Movie · as Terrance

2016
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula poster

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2015
Lights Out poster

Lights Out

Movie · as Howie the Janitor

2015
The Legacy of Avril Kyte

The Legacy of Avril Kyte

Movie · as Dr. Stewart

2015
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story poster

Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story

Movie · as The Operator

2015
Crimson Peak poster

Crimson Peak

Movie · as Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe

2015
The Ultimate Legacy poster

The Ultimate Legacy

Movie · as Hawthorne

2014
Absentia: A Retrospective poster

Absentia: A Retrospective

Movie · as Self

2014
Love in the Time of Monsters poster

Love in the Time of Monsters

Movie · as Dr. Lincoln

2014
The Visitant poster

The Visitant

Movie · as The Demon

2014
Chaisson: Quest for Oriud poster

Chaisson: Quest for Oriud

Movie · as Sieck (voice)

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Flash poster

The Flash

TV · as Jake Simmons / Deathbolt · 1 ep

2014
The Strain poster

The Strain

TV · as The Ancient · 5 eps

2014
Z Nation poster

Z Nation

TV · as Scully · 1 ep

2013
John Dies at the End poster

John Dies at the End

Movie · as Roger North

2013
Dust of War poster

Dust of War

Movie · as Jebediah Strumm

2013
Innocent Blood poster

Innocent Blood

Movie · as Carl Grierr

2013
Raze poster

Raze

Movie · as Joseph

2013
First Impressions

First Impressions

Movie

2013
Cruel Will poster

Cruel Will

Movie · as Adrian

2012
The Watch poster

The Watch

Movie · as Hero Alien

2012
Spirit Hunters poster

Spirit Hunters

Movie · as Randolph

2012
Men in Suits poster

Men in Suits

Movie · as Self

2012
Rock Jocks poster

Rock Jocks

Movie · as Smoking Jesus

2012
Arrow poster

Arrow

TV · as Jake Simmons · 1 ep

2011
Absentia poster

Absentia

Movie · as Walter Lambert

2011
Dragon Age: Redemption poster

Dragon Age: Redemption

TV · as Saarebas · 6 eps

2011
Falling Skies poster

Falling Skies

TV · as Cochise · 20 eps

2011
Teen Wolf poster

Teen Wolf

TV · as William Barrow · 1 ep

2011
Face Off poster

Face Off

TV · as Guest Judge · 1 ep

2010
Legion poster

Legion

Movie · as Ice Cream Man

2010
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life poster

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

Movie · as La gueule

2010
Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer poster

Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer

Movie · as Dr. Dallas

2010
The Candy Shop

The Candy Shop

Movie · as The Candy Shop Owner

2010
Sudden Death! poster

Sudden Death!

Movie · as Jonathan Wright

2010
Carnies

Carnies

Movie · as Ratcatcher

2009
Super Capers poster

Super Capers

Movie · as Special Agent Smith #1

2009
Angel of Death poster

Angel of Death

Movie · as Dr. Rankin

2009
The Butterfly Circus poster

The Butterfly Circus

Movie · as Otto

2009
My Name Is Jerry poster

My Name Is Jerry

Movie · as Jerry Arthur

2009
Angel of Death poster

Angel of Death

TV · as Dr. Rankin · 10 eps

2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army poster

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Movie · as Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death

2008
Operation Filmmaker poster

Operation Filmmaker

Movie · as Self

2008
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon poster

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

Movie · as Self

2008
Quarantine poster

Quarantine

Movie · as Thin Infected Man

2008
Skin and Bones poster

Skin and Bones

Movie · as Grady Edlund

2008
Fear Itself poster

Fear Itself

TV · as Grady Edlund · 1 ep

2008
Sons of Anarchy poster

Sons of Anarchy

TV · as Officer Crane · 1 ep

2007
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer poster

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Movie · as Silver Surfer

2007
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron poster

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

Movie · as Abe Sapien (voice)

2007
The Wager poster

The Wager

Movie · as Peter Barrett

2007
Pan and the Fairies poster

Pan and the Fairies

Movie · as Self

2007
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning poster

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning

Movie · as Patron

2007
Family Bonds: The Making of 'Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer'

Family Bonds: The Making of 'Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer'

Movie · as Self

2007
The Guild poster

The Guild

TV · as Gerald · 4 eps

2006
Pan's Labyrinth poster

Pan's Labyrinth

Movie · as Fauno / Pale Man

2006
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms poster

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

Movie · as Abe Sapien (voice)

2006
The Benchwarmers poster

The Benchwarmers

Movie · as Number 7 Robot

2006
Lady in the Water poster

Lady in the Water

Movie · as Tartutic #4

2005
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari poster

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Movie · as Cesare

2005
Doom poster

Doom

Movie · as Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Domino Thacker, Fight Club Captain · 1 ep

2004
Hellboy poster

Hellboy

Movie · as Abraham 'Abe' Sapien

2004
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation poster

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

Movie · as Self

2004
Sockbaby poster

Sockbaby

TV · as Doug Jones · 1 ep

2003
Stuck on You poster

Stuck on You

Movie · as Space Alien #2

2002
Men in Black II poster

Men in Black II

Movie · as Joey

2002
Adaptation. poster

Adaptation.

Movie · as Augustus Margary

2002
The Time Machine poster

The Time Machine

Movie · as Spy Morlock

2001
Monkeybone poster

Monkeybone

Movie · as Yeti

2001
Steven Spielberg's Movie

Steven Spielberg's Movie

Movie · as Donald Columbus

2001
The Guardian poster

The Guardian

TV · as Micah Oakey · 1 ep

2000
Stalled poster

Stalled

Movie · as Len

2000
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman poster

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

Movie · as Dave

2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle poster

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Movie · as FBI Agent - Carrot

2000
The Darkling poster

The Darkling

Movie · as Shadow Master

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Grinder · 1 ep

1999
Mystery Men poster

Mystery Men

Movie · as Eraserhead

1999
Three Kings poster

Three Kings

Movie · as Dead Iraqi Soldier

1998
Denial poster

Denial

Movie · as Ghost

1998
Bug Buster poster

Bug Buster

Movie · as Mother Bug

1997
Mimic poster

Mimic

Movie · as Long John

1997
Galgameth poster

Galgameth

Movie · as Big Galgy

1997
Warriors of Virtue poster

Warriors of Virtue

Movie · as Yee

1997
The Weird Al Show poster

The Weird Al Show

TV · as Contortionist #2 · 4 eps

1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

TV · as Gentleman · 1 ep

1996
Kenan & Kel poster

Kenan & Kel

TV · as Head Waiter · 1 ep

1996
Bone Chillers poster

Bone Chillers

TV · as Mummy · 1 ep

1995
Tank Girl poster

Tank Girl

Movie · as Additional Ripper

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Elder Alien, Alien #1, Alien / Alien Doctor · 1 ep

1995
Unhappily Ever After poster

Unhappily Ever After

TV · as Boomer · 1 ep

1994
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies

Movie · as Slapstick Actor

1994
Party of Five poster

Party of Five

TV · as Minister · 1 ep

1993
Hocus Pocus poster

Hocus Pocus

Movie · as Billy Butcherson

1993
Magic Kid poster

Magic Kid

Movie · as Clown in Office

1992
Batman Returns poster

Batman Returns

Movie · as Thin Clown

1991
Carnal Crimes poster

Carnal Crimes

Movie · as Lang

1991
Hook poster

Hook

Movie · as Eyepatch Vendor (uncredited)

1990
Night Angel poster

Night Angel

Movie · as Ken

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Contortionist · 1 ep

1988
The Newlydeads poster

The Newlydeads

Movie · as Tim