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 f...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Angel
2024
as The Angel
Two plural wives receive a mysterious visitation amidst the blood red stone of Southern Utah.

Operation Taco Gary's
2024
as Elder
Two brothers embark on a cross country road trip that quickly devolves when they become involved in a global conspiracy.

Down Below
2024
as Lester
On the 20th anniversary of the gruesome Christmas Eve murders at St. Agnes church, a demonic preacher returns to haunt that same town's residents.

Space Command Redemption
2024
as Dor Neven
When a rogue android commandeers a spaceship, it's up to a renegade captain and his crew to prevent the robot from accomplishing a mysterious mission.

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
2023
as Count Orlok
The original 1922 "Nosferatu" is regarded as one of the most important films ever made, and a cornerstone of the vampire genre. Now, over one hundred ...

Svengoolie Uncrypted
2022
as Self
After 43 years in his warm and cozy dungeon, master horror host Svengoolie leaves on an epic journey filled with celebrity encounters, long lost archi...

Hocus Pocus 2
2022
as Billy Butcherson
29 years since the Black Flame Candle was last lit, the 17th-century Sanderson sisters are resurrected, and they are looking for revenge. Now it's up ...

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
2022
as Self
As one of the most successful independent comic book creators, Mignola has inspired generations of writers and artists. This feature-length documentar...

Battle in Space: The Armada Attacks
2021
as The Sycophant
In 2420, after aliens and powerful space wizards enslaved human villages, a group of rebels organize a counter attack against their alien overlords by...

Spooky+
2021
as Himself
"Anthological Film consisting of ten spooky stories spanning the horror, sci-fi and fantasy genres, intended for young audiences, and hosted by legend...

The 100 Candles Game
2020
as Demon (segment: The Visitant)
A group of friends must confront their fears in a terrifying game. They must sit by the other players in a circle made of a hundred candles, take one ...

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
as Billy Butcherson
Follow Elvira as she searches for the Sanderson Sisters, interviewing various figures who claim to have encountered or been influenced by them, includ...

Star Trek: Discovery - Such Sweet Sorrow
2019
as Saru
When the USS Discovery's crucial mission does not go according to plan, Burnham realizes what must ultimately be done. The crew prepares for the battl...

The Circuit
2019
The bold crew of the hit Sci-Fi TV series "Star Crew" are in for an adventure that will push them to their limits while they fight to find the heroes ...

Beneath The Leaves
2019
as James Whitley
Four small-town boys are kidnapped by James Whitley, a warm-eyed psychopath. His grotesque pursuit to reunite orphaned children with their deceased bi...

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018
as Self
Join us for a night of celebration, packed with celebrity guests and Hocus Pocus throwbacks, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

5th Passenger
2018
as Langdon
Set in the aftermath of an oppressive class war, a pregnant officer aboard an escape pod must struggle to survive with her remaining crew when a myste...

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018
as Self
When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968, he left a legacy of profound change, yet there was still much unfinished wor...

Hell's Kitty
2018
as Father Damien
Nick, a Hollywood screenwriter, discovers his cat has become murderously possessed, and will stop at nothing to rid him of any women in his life. As h...

The Shape of Water
2017
as Amphibian Man
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphi...

The Terror of Hallow's Eve
2017
as Scarecrow
After a fifteen-year-old is brutally beaten up by High School bullies, his wish for revenge unknowingly unleashes the Terror of Halloween.

The Danger Element
2017
as Doctor Elymas
Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Batman in this action-packed martial arts adventure.

The Boogeys
2017
as Sycophant
Set in a near future where Earth has been turned into a planetary ghetto by an alien species (informally called the 'Boogeys'), our story follows Jack...

My Friend Max
2017
as Max Mastin
After the loss of her father, young Thea has lived a secluded life without any friends, except for one. Her imaginary friend, Max, is a cause for conc...

The Bye Bye Man
2017
as The Bye Bye Man
When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to p...

Kiss the Devil in the Dark
2016
as Terrance
Marcus, a powerful sorcerer who is desperate to save his dying wife, makes a deal with the demon Dagon to save her soul. Dagon, however, has more in m...

Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
as Marcus
In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evi...

Patient Seven
2016
as Demon (segment: "The Visitant")
Dr. Marcus, a renowned psychiatrist, has selected 6 severe mentally ill and dangerous patients from the Spring Valley Mental Hospital to interview as ...

Gehenna: Where Death Lives
2016
as Creepy Old Man
A group visits Saipan to search for locations for their company's newest resort. As they find what they think is the perfect spot, they discover a hid...

Long Live the King
2016
as himself
A feature documentary about the enduring appeal of the character King Kong, and how he has inspired so many of the great filmmakers and artists since ...

We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew
2016
as The Man from the Pool
A Man and a Woman wander through a hostile wilderness in a far-away world. One day, they stumble upon a mysterious set of Structures, which will compl...

No Touching
2016
as Kripke
In a shady haunted house attraction where the performers are assaulting female patrons in order to make a name for themselves, the tables are turned w...

The Midnight Man
2016
as Vick
When Grady, an assassin with a genetic disorder that renders him unable to feel pain, is sent on a high-stakes assignment, his world is turned upside-...

Crimson Phantoms
2016
A behind the scenes look at the costume design of the ghosts of Crimson Peak.

The Man in the Silo
2016
as Charlie (voice)
Racial family conflict results in a horrific car accident that leaves Marcus Wells a successful African American executive, proud husband and father--...

The Ultimate Legacy
2015
as Hawthorne
A self-absorbed young man is challenged to grow a conscience and change his ways in order to receive an inheritance.

Crimson Peak
2015
as Edith's Mother / Lady Sharpe
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Tr...

Lights Out
2015
as Howie the Janitor
A couple dealing with some major relationship issues are trapped in an elevator with a perfect, or not so perfect, stranger.
The Legacy of Avril Kyte
2015
as Dr. Stewart
After a self-imposed absence, Avril Kyte returns to the small North Pacific fishing town she grew up in to discover her entire world is about to chang...

Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story
2015
as The Operator
A small town news team discovers a box of videotapes wherein a faceless figure, dressed in a dark suit, haunts and torments a family...slowly driving ...

The Visitant
2014
as The Demon
A mother protects her children from a demon inside their home.

Absentia: A Retrospective
2014
as Self
Documentary film on the making of Mike Flanagan's Absentia. Interviews with cast and crew and behind-the-scenes.

Chaisson: Quest for Oriud
2014
as Sieck (voice)
Magic is outlawed. The land is dying. Only a fugitive princess may hold the key for restoring life to her world.

Love in the Time of Monsters
2014
as Dr. Lincoln
Two sisters travel to a cheesy tourist trap where they battle toxic monsters dressed in bigfoot costumes in order to save the ones they love.

Cruel Will
2013
as Adrian
Tragedy strikes married couple Paul and Lily, when Lily's father dies. Lily has her father cremated, brings the urn home and now Paul has to come to t...

Innocent Blood
2013
as Carl Grierr
Sun W. Kim and D.J. Holloway, behind several award winning short films, makes their feature film debut with Innocent Blood. The suspense thriller tell...

Dust of War
2013
as Jebediah Strumm
In a post-apocalyptic American Frontier, a soldier fends off a brutal warmonger to rescue a girl fated as the savior of humanity.
First Impressions
2013
What happens when your day job gets in the way of your new relationship?

Raze
2013
as Joseph
After Sabrina is abducted, she finds herself in an underground lair, forced to do battle with other innocent women for the amusement of unseen spectat...

John Dies at the End
2013
as Roger North
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.

Men in Suits
2012
as Self
Godzilla… Predator… Robby the Robot… The Gill Man… These are some of the most iconic characters in cinema, but many people still don't know about the ...

Spirit Hunters
2012
as Randolph
A cinematographer and soundman, Morgan and Cricket, head to a remote Idaho ranch to film the pilot episode of “Spirit Seekers,” a new reality TV show ...

Rock Jocks
2012
as Smoking Jesus
Imagine asteroids so large that they can wipe out all life on the planet constantly bombarding the Earth. The only things standing in the way are the ...

The Watch
2012
as Hero Alien
Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their ...

Absentia
2011
as Walter Lambert
Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dea...
The Candy Shop
2010
as The Candy Shop Owner
Jimmy Balcom’s new job selling newspapers is a God-send to a kid working hard to help his family survive during the depression. But then Jimmy figures...
Carnies
2010
as Ratcatcher
Sawdust in the Blood used to be a Carny compliment...not a description of a crime scene. There are a thousand sideshows playing thousands of small tow...

Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
2010
as Dr. Dallas
A small independent news crew investigates a series of unexplained disappearances in a small Midwestern county. They find themselves interviewing a ma...

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010
as Zero / Razer (voice)
Dave, a young photon, who is forced out of the Sun on a journey of discovery. He must get to the Cassini Space Craft and save it from the forces of th...

Sudden Death!
2010
as Jonathan Wright
Los Angeles has been overtaken by a virus known as Sudden Death Syndrome, a disease that causes its victim to die suddenly and has only one symptom......

Legion
2010
as Ice Cream Man
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of stra...

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
2010
as La gueule
A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the...

The Butterfly Circus
2009
as Otto
At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus leads his troupe through the devastated American landscape, lifting the spirit...

Angel of Death
2009
as Dr. Rankin
In the tradition of Grindhouse, Kill Bill and Sin City, award-winning comic book writer Ed Brubaker (Incognito, The Death of Captain America, Daredevi...

Super Capers
2009
as Special Agent Smith #1
Would-be superhero, Ed Gruberman, who possesses no super powers must join a team of misfit heroes-in-training known as The Super Capers. Having only f...
My Name Is Jerry
2009
as Jerry Arthur
As a forty-something door-to-door book salesman, Jerry is used to having doors shut in his face. However, a chance meeting with Jordan, an engaging yo...

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
2008
as Self
The making of Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Quarantine
2008
as Thin Infected Man
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns huma...

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008
as Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death
Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim E...

Operation Filmmaker
2008
as Self
Soon after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, a young and charismatic film student, Muthana Mohmed, stands in the rubble of the city's film school and expla...

Pan and the Fairies
2007
as Self
A documentary look at the makeup, practical, and CG effects in Guillermo del Toro's 'Pan's Labyrinth.'

The Wager
2007
as Peter Barrett
An actor at the pinnacle of his Hollywood career finds himself buckling to temptation after he accepts the lead in a classic tale of good versus evil....

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007
as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer
The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is...

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
2007
as Abe Sapien (voice)
When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot...

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
2007
as Patron
When mischievous teenaged cousins Bo and Luke Duke are arrested, both boys are paroled to the care of their Uncle Jesse in Hazzard, sentenced to a sum...

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
2006
as Abe Sapien (voice)
A folklore professor becomes unwittingly possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning. But when The Bureau of Paranormal Research...

Pan's Labyrinth
2006
as Fauno / Pale Man
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth g...

Lady in the Water
2006
as Tartutic #4
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is act...

The Benchwarmers
2006
as Number 7 Robot
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league...

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2005
as Cesare
Remake of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920). Shot entirely on green screen. Some exact shots from the 1920 film were superimposed to properly replic...

Doom
2005
as Dr. Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp
A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a secur...

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
2004
as Self
A comprehensive look at the history of the Hellboy character from his comic book roots through to his movie debut.

Hellboy
2004
as Abraham 'Abe' Sapien
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is takin...

Stuck on You
2003
as Space Alien #2
In Martha's Vineyard, Mass., conjoined twins Walt and Bob Tenor make the best of their handicap by being the fastest grill cooks in town. While outgoi...

Adaptation.
2002
as Augustus Margary
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting amb...

Men in Black II
2002
as Joey
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB'...

The Time Machine
2002
as Spy Morlock
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two...

Monkeybone
2001
as Yeti
After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out ways...
Steven Spielberg's Movie
2001
as Donald Columbus
A young film director named Milo Jacobson legally changes his name to Steven Spielberg in order to persuade his girlfriend's uncle (a sleazy movie pro...

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
2000
as Dave
The sheriff and his deputies from the first movie decide to take a vacation in the Caribbean. Their holiday will be short-lived, however, as the thawe...

The Darkling
2000
as Shadow Master
When mechanic Jeff Obold meets the wealthy and mysterious Bruno Rubin, he is exposed for the first time to the finer things in life. But Jeff soon dis...

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as FBI Agent - Carrot
Rocky and Bullwinkle have been living off the finances made from the reruns of their cartoon show. Boris and Natasha somehow manage to crossover into ...

Stalled
2000
as Len
Two different worlds collide as a group of young rockers become unwilling guests of the quirky townsfolk of Hereabouts, Alabama, when their van breaks...

Three Kings
1999
as Dead Iraqi Soldier
A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gol...

Mystery Men
1999
as El Cabeza de Lápiz
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superhe...

Denial
1998
as Ghost
Couples split up after a comment at an LA dinner party sets up arguments about how truthful partners are in their relationships.

Bug Buster
1998
as Mother Bug
After the mayor uses a potentially dangerous substance to protect the local plantation, the lakeside town of Mountview, in California, is attacked by ...

Mimic
1997
as Long John
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutan...

Galgameth
1997
as Big Galgy
The kingdom of Donnegold is being subverted from within, and young prince Davin must defend against the traitors with the help of a legendary, metal-e...

Warriors of Virtue
1997
as Yee
A young man, Ryan, suffering from a disability, wishes to join the other kids from his schools football team. During an initiation rite, Ryan is swept...

Tank Girl
1995
as Additional Ripper
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head...

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies
1994
as Slapstick Actor
While working for a Hollywood movie studio, Indy finds that he is no match for the wily megalomaniacal director Erich von Stroheim when the two lock h...

Magic Kid
1993
as Clown in Office
Karate action and laughs never cease when a brother and sister go to California to visit their uncle. They soon discover that he's an alcoholic on the...

Hocus Pocus
1993
as Billy Butcherson
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfou...

Batman Returns
1992
as Thin Clown
Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds hers...

Carnal Crimes
1991
as Lang
Although Elise is young and beautiful, her husband is no longer interested in having vanilla sex with her. This leaves her bored, unsatisfied and with...

Night Angel
1990
as Ken
A legendary she-demon, in the updated guise of a beautiful model, infiltrates the offices of a successful fashion magazine with the aim of corrupting ...

The Newlydeads
1988
as Tim
The owner of a lakeside resort murders a transvestite. Fifteen years later, the drag queen's spirit comes back and starts killing honeymoon couples.

If It Bleeds
N/A
as Dr. Charles
Young and ambitious news reporter Diane Winters and her cameraman Simon uncover a mysterious series of gruesome murders that unfold throughout the cou...
Don't Open the Door
N/A
as The Man
A young man tells his new girlfriend that he loves her for the first time, and then finds himself next in line for a nightmarish curse that's claimed ...

Wisdom From the Apocalypse
N/A
In the apocalyptic wastelands of the distant future, the fragmented remnants of humanity eke out a precarious existence, haunted by tales of the past.

The Remedy
N/A
as Leif Johansen
A troubled young man is the caregiver for both his terminally-ill mother and his mentally-ill sister. When he makes a desperate attempt to save his mo...

The Weeping
N/A
as Sheriff Earl
A group of friends camping in a protected Native American forest accidentally awaken an ancient witch who haunts trespassers.