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Doug Jones
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, usua…
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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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2026
Another
Movie Dr. Roberts
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2026
The Remedy
Movie Leif Johansen
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2026
Demonetize
Movie Hunter Zollinger
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2026
The Strawberry
Movie Dr. Johnson
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2026
Pretty Boys
Movie Bob Silver
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2026
Operation Taco Gary's
Movie Elder
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2025
All Is Merry & Bright
Movie Doug the Deliveryman
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2025
If It Bleeds
Movie Dr. Charles
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2025
The Demon Detective
Movie
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2024
The Angel
Movie The Angel
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2024
Disfigura
Movie Host
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2024
Down Below
Movie Lester
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2024
The D-Con Chamber
TV show Self
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2024
Space Command Redemption
Movie Dor Neven
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2023
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
Movie Count Orlok
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2023
Star Trek: very Short Treks
TV show Saru (voice)
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- 2023
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2022
Untitled Improv Project
TV show Monologist
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2022
Spooky+
Movie Himself
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2022
Svengoolie Uncrypted
Movie Self
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2022
Hocus Pocus 2
Movie Billy Butcherson
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2022
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Movie Self
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2021
Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks
Movie The Sycophant
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2020
The 100 Candles Game
Movie Demon (segment: The Visitant)
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2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Movie Billy Butcherson
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2019
What We Do in the Shadows
TV show Baron Afanas
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2019
The Circuit
Movie
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2019
Beneath the Leaves
Movie James Whitley
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2019
The Ready Room
TV show Self
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2018
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Movie Self
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2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV show Self
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2018
Star Trek: Short Treks
TV show Saru
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2018
Automata
TV show Carl Swangee (voice)
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2018
5th Passenger
Movie Langdon
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2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Movie Self
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2018
Hell's Kitty
Movie Father Damien
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2017
The Shape of Water
Movie Amphibian Man
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2017
Star Trek: Discovery
TV show Saru
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2017
After Trek
TV show
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2017
The Terror of Hallow's Eve
Movie Scarecrow
