
Doug Jones
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Pan's Labyrinth
2006

Men in Black II
2002

Hellboy
2004

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007

Hocus Pocus
1993

Super Capers
2009

Angel of Death
2009

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008

Legion
2010

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
2010

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
2007

The Circuit
2019

Hocus Pocus 2
2022

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2005

Spooky+
2022

Absentia: A Retrospective
2014

Night Angel
1990

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
2006

Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
2010

The Watch
2012

Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks
2021

Operation Filmmaker
2008

Absentia
2011

The Candy Shop
2010

John Dies at the End
2013

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
2004

The Butterfly Circus
2009

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
2008

Operation Taco Gary's
2026

Spirit Hunters
2012

Men in Suits
2012

The 100 Candles Game
2020

Dust of War
2013

Rock Jocks
2012

Innocent Blood
2013

Raze
2013

Love in the Time of Monsters
2014

First Impressions
2013

Lights Out
2015

Svengoolie Uncrypted
2022

Down Below
2024

Stalled
2000

The Legacy of Avril Kyte
2015

Adaptation.
2002

The Man in the Silo
2016

Magic Kid
1993

Sudden Death!
2010

Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story
2015

If It Bleeds
2025

The Visitant
2014

Crimson Peak
2015

Quarantine
2008

The Bye Bye Man
2017

Don't Open the Door
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Space Command Redemption
2024

The Ultimate Legacy
2015

The Midnight Man
2016

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
2023

Carnies
2010

We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew
2016

The Shape of Water
2017

Patient Seven
2016

The Newlydeads
1988

Carnal Crimes
1991

Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016

My Name Is Jerry
2009

Gehenna: Where Death Lives
2016

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

Mimic
1997

Long Live the King
2016

Tank Girl
1995

Monkeybone
2001

Cruel Will
2013

The Time Machine
2002

The Terror of Hallow's Eve
2017

The Danger Element
2017

No Touching
2016

The Boogeys
2017

Batman Returns
1992

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000

The Darkling
2000

Denial
1998

Mystery Men
1999

Stuck on You
2003

Doom
2005

Lady in the Water
2006

Galgameth
1997

The Wager
2007

The Benchwarmers
2006

Warriors of Virtue
1997

Three Kings
1999

Bug Buster
1998

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies
1994

Hell's Kitty
2018

5th Passenger
2018

Pan and the Fairies
2007

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018

Beneath the Leaves
2019

Crimson Phantoms
2016

Steven Spielberg's Movie
2001

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

Kiss the Devil in the Dark
2016

Chaisson: Quest for Oriud
2014

My Friend Max
2017

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
2022

Wisdom From the Apocalypse
2023

The Angel
2024

The Remedy
2025

The Weeping
—

Island in the Sun
2017

Horrified
—

Demonetize
—

Nazareth
—

The Demon Detective
2025

Get Me Doug Jones
—

Invader
—

Organism 46-B The Unseen
—

The Strawberry
2026

All Is Merry & Bright
2025

Disfigura
2024

House of Holloway
—

Another
—

Pretty Boys
2026

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
2007

Batman: Dying Is Easy
2021

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

The Ready Room
2019

Automata
2018

DuckTales
2017

Fear Itself
2008

Kenan & Kel
1996

Angel of Death
2009

Dragon Age: Redemption
2011

Falling Skies
2011

Arrow
2012

Tales from the Crypt
1989

Teen Wolf
2011

The Outer Limits
1995

The Outer Limits
1995

The Outer Limits
1995

Star Trek: Discovery
2017

Bone Chillers
1996

Unhappily Ever After
1995

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Flash
2014

Sons of Anarchy
2008

The Strain
2014

Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018

What We Do in the Shadows
2019

Star Trek: Short Treks
2018

Sockbaby
2004

The Weird Al Show
1997

Face Off
2011

Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997

Criminal Minds
2005

Z Nation
2014

Star Trek: very Short Treks
2023

Criminal Minds
2005

The Guild
2007

The D-Con Chamber
2024

The Guardian
2001

Party of Five
1994

After Trek
2017