Acting credits
156
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Doug Jones
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.1
Moderate attention
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Movies: 119Series: 37
TMDB ID: 17005
IMDb ID: nm0427964
Known for: Acting
Born: May 24, 1960
Age: 66
Place of birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2026
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.26
Wikidata: Q461309
Also known as
Νταγκ Τζόουνς • Doug A. Jones • 道格·瓊斯 • داگ جونز
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Doug Jones.
In 2 weeks
as Dr. Roberts
Another
2026 • Movie
as Leif Johansen
The Remedy
2026 • Movie
as Hunter Zollinger
Demonetize
2026 • Movie
as Dr. Johnson
The Strawberry
2026 • Movie
as Bob Silver
Pretty Boys
2026 • Movie
as Elder
Operation Taco Gary's
2026 • Movie
as Doug the Deliveryman
All Is Merry & Bright
2025 • Movie
as Dr. Charles
If It Bleeds
2025 • Movie
The Demon Detective
2025 • Movie
as The Angel
The Angel
2024 • Movie
as Host
Disfigura
2024 • Movie
as Lester
Down Below
2024 • Movie
as Dor Neven
Space Command Redemption
2024 • Movie
as Count Orlok
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
2023 • Movie
Wisdom From the Apocalypse
2023 • Movie
as Himself
Spooky+
2022 • Movie
as Self
Svengoolie Uncrypted
2022 • Movie
as Billy Butcherson
Hocus Pocus 2
2022 • Movie
as Self
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
2022 • Movie
as The Sycophant
Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks
2021 • Movie
as Demon (segment: The Visitant)
The 100 Candles Game
2020 • Movie
as Billy Butcherson
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020 • Movie
The Circuit
2019 • Movie
as James Whitley
Beneath the Leaves
2019 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Doug Jones.
as Self • 1 eps
The D-Con Chamber
2024 • Series
as Saru (voice) • 2 eps
Star Trek: very Short Treks
2023 • Series
as Monologist • 1 eps
Untitled Improv Project
2022 • Series
as Baron Afanas • 15 eps
What We Do in the Shadows
2019 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
The Ready Room
2019 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 • Series
as Saru • 1 eps
Star Trek: Short Treks
2018 • Series
as Carl Swangee (voice) • 6 eps
Automata
2018 • Series
as Saru • 65 eps
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 • Series
5 eps
After Trek
2017 • Series
as Wereduck / Demonic Clown (voice) • 1 eps
DuckTales
2017 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017 • Series
as Jake Simmons / Deathbolt • 1 eps
The Flash
2014 • Series
as Scully • 1 eps
Z Nation
2014 • Series
as The Ancient • 5 eps
The Strain
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Jake Simmons • 1 eps
Arrow
2012 • Series
as Saarebas • 6 eps
Dragon Age: Redemption
2011 • Series
as Cochise • 20 eps
Falling Skies
2011 • Series
as William Barrow • 1 eps
Teen Wolf
2011 • Series
as Guest Judge • 1 eps
Face Off
2011 • Series
as Dr. Rankin • 10 eps
Angel of Death
2009 • Series
as Officer Crane • 1 eps
Sons of Anarchy
2008 • Series
as Grady Edlund • 1 eps
Fear Itself
2008 • Series