Actor
· Acting
Doug Jones
Born 1960-05-24
📍 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.
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Filmography 157
The Remedy
as Leif Johansen
2026
Demonetize
as Hunter Zollinger
2026
The Strawberry
as Dr. Johnson
2026
Pretty Boys
as Bob Silver
2026
Operation Taco Gary's
as Elder
2026
All Is Merry & Bright
as Doug the Deliveryman
2025
If It Bleeds
as Dr. Charles
2025
The Demon Detective
2025
The Angel
as The Angel
2024
Disfigura
as Host
2024
Down Below
as Lester
2024
The D-Con Chamber
as Self
2024
Space Command Redemption
as Dor Neven
2024
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
as Count Orlok
2023
Star Trek: very Short Treks
as Saru (voice)
2023
Wisdom From the Apocalypse
2023
Spooky+
as Himself
2022
Svengoolie Uncrypted
as Self
2022
Hocus Pocus 2
as Billy Butcherson
2022
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
as Self
2022
Batman: Dying Is Easy
as Riddler
2021
Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks
as The Sycophant
2021
The 100 Candles Game
as Demon (segment: The Visitant)
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Billy Butcherson
2020
What We Do in the Shadows
as Baron Afanas
2019
The Circuit
2019
Beneath the Leaves
as James Whitley
2019
The Ready Room
as Self
2019
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
as Self
2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
2018
Star Trek: Short Treks
as Saru
2018
Automata
as Carl Swangee (voice)
2018
5th Passenger
as Langdon
2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
as Self
2018
Hell's Kitty
as Father Damien
2018
The Shape of Water
as Amphibian Man
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
as Saru
2017
After Trek
2017
The Terror of Hallow's Eve
as Scarecrow
2017
DuckTales
as Wereduck / Demonic Clown (voice)
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017
The Danger Element
as Doctor Elymas
2017
The Boogeys
as Sycophant
2017
My Friend Max
as Max Mastin
2017
The Bye Bye Man
as The Bye Bye Man
2017
Island in the Sun
as Ranger
2017
Kiss the Devil in the Dark
as Terrance
2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Marcus
2016
Patient Seven
as Demon (segment: "The Visitant")
2016
Gehenna: Where Death Lives
as Creepy Old Man
2016
Long Live the King
as himself
2016
We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew
as The Man from the Pool
2016
No Touching
as Kripke
2016
The Midnight Man
as Vick
2016
Crimson Phantoms
2016
The Man in the Silo
as Charlie (voice)
2016
The Ultimate Legacy
as Hawthorne
2015
Crimson Peak
as Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
2015
Lights Out
as Howie the Janitor
2015
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story
as The Operator
2015
The Visitant
as The Demon
2014
The Flash
as Jake Simmons / Deathbolt
2014
Z Nation
as Scully
2014
The Strain
as The Ancient
2014
Absentia: A Retrospective
as Self
2014
Chaisson: Quest for Oriud
as Sieck (voice)
2014
Love in the Time of Monsters
as Dr. Lincoln
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Cruel Will
as Adrian
2013
Innocent Blood
as Carl Grierr
2013
Dust of War
as Jebediah Strumm
2013
Raze
as Joseph
2013
John Dies at the End
as Roger North
2013
Men in Suits
as Self
2012
Spirit Hunters
as Randolph
2012
Arrow
as Jake Simmons
2012
Rock Jocks
as Smoking Jesus
2012
The Watch
as Hero Alien
2012
Dragon Age: Redemption
as Saarebas
2011
Falling Skies
as Cochise
2011
Teen Wolf
as William Barrow
2011
Absentia
as Walter Lambert
2011
Face Off
as Guest Judge
2011
Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
as Dr. Dallas
2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Zero / Razer (voice)
2010
Sudden Death!
as Jonathan Wright
2010
Legion
as Ice Cream Man
2010
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
as La gueule
2010
The Butterfly Circus
as Otto
2009
Angel of Death
as Dr. Rankin
2009
Super Capers
as Special Agent Smith #1
2009
Angel of Death
as Dr. Rankin
2009
My Name Is Jerry
as Jerry Arthur
2009
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
as Self
2008
Quarantine
as Thin Infected Man
2008
Sons of Anarchy
as Officer Crane
2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death
2008
Fear Itself
as Grady Edlund
2008
Operation Filmmaker
as Self
2008
Pan and the Fairies
as Self
2007
The Guild
as Gerald
2007
The Wager
as Peter Barrett
2007
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer
2007
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
as Abe Sapien (voice)
2007
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
as Patron
2007
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
as Abe Sapien (voice)
2006
Pan's Labyrinth
as Fauno / Pale Man
2006
Lady in the Water
as Tartutic #4
2006
The Benchwarmers
as Number 7 Robot
2006
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
as Cesare
2005
Doom
as Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp
2005
Criminal Minds
as Domino Thacker
2005
Criminal Minds
as Fight Club Captain
2005
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
as Self
2004
Hellboy
as Abraham 'Abe' Sapien
2004
Sockbaby
as Doug Jones
2004
Stuck on You
as Space Alien #2
2003
Adaptation.
as Augustus Margary
2002
Men in Black II
as Joey
2002
The Time Machine
as Spy Morlock
2002
The Guardian
as Micah Oakey
2001
Monkeybone
as Yeti
2001
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
as Dave
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Grinder
2000
The Darkling
as Shadow Master
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as FBI Agent - Carrot
2000
Stalled
as Len
2000
Three Kings
as Dead Iraqi Soldier
1999
Mystery Men
as Eraserhead
1999
Denial
as Ghost
1998
Bug Buster
as Mother Bug
1998
The Weird Al Show
as Contortionist #2
1997
Mimic
as Long John
1997
Galgameth
as Big Galgy
1997
Warriors of Virtue
as Yee
1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Gentleman
1997
Bone Chillers
as Mummy
1996
Kenan & Kel
as Head Waiter
1996
Tank Girl
as Additional Ripper
1995
The Outer Limits
as Elder Alien
1995
The Outer Limits
as Alien #1
1995
The Outer Limits
as Alien / Alien Doctor
1995
Unhappily Ever After
as Boomer
1995
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies
as Slapstick Actor
1994
Party of Five
as Minister
1994
Magic Kid
as Clown in Office
1993
Hocus Pocus
as Billy Butcherson
1993
Batman Returns
as Thin Clown
1992
Carnal Crimes
as Lang
1991
Night Angel
as Ken
1990
Tales from the Crypt
as Contortionist
1989
The Newlydeads
as Tim
1988
The Weeping
as Sheriff Earl
Nazareth
as President Glade
Get Me Doug Jones
as Himself
Organism 46-B The Unseen
as Commander Volkov
Together
as Matthew Davis