Follow TV Tropes

Following

Context Creator / DougJones

Go To

1[[quoteright:329:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Doug_Jones_6571.jpg]]
2
3Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960 in UsefulNotes/{{Indianapolis}}, Indiana) is an American actor, contortionist, and mime best known for his roles in science fiction, fantasy, and horror as non-human characters that usually require hours worth of makeup being applied to his person, very much like Creator/LonChaney in his day. He has performed in such films and television series as ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'', ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'', ''Film/PansLabyrinth'', and ''Film/FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer''. He frequently plays in Creator/GuillermoDelToro's films. He currently co-stars in ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' as Captain Saru, a HumanoidAlien with a distinctive gait.
4
5He is a big supporter of -- and is involved in many -- independent films and shorts. Special effects-wise, he is to PracticalEffects monsters what Creator/AndySerkis is to [[SerkisFolk motion-captured]] ones.
6
7He's much beloved by fans for his sweet, funny demeanor and giving of hugs to anyone who will take them.
8
9Incidentally, he is not the same person as Alabama's former junior Senator. He's a busy man, but not ''that'' busy.
10
11----
12!!Productions Doug has been a part of:
13
14[[AC: Advertising]]
15* ''UsefulNotes/McDonalds'' commercials as Mac Tonight (one of his earliest roles)
16
17[[AC: Film]]
18* ''Film/NightAngel'' as Ken
19* ''Film/HocusPocus'', as Billy Butcherson
20** ''Film/HocusPocus2'' as Billy Butcherson
21* ''Film/TheTimeMachine2002'' as Spy Morlock
22* ''Film/FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer'' as the Silver Surfer
23* ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}'' as Abe Sapien [-(physical performance only, Creator/DavidHydePierce provides Abe's voice)-]
24** ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'' as Abe Sapien [-(physical and voice)-] and the Angel of Death
25** ''WesternAnimation/HellboySwordOfStorms'' as Abe Sapien [-(voice only)-]
26** ''WesternAnimation/HellboyBloodAndIron'' as Abe Sapien [-(voice only)-]
27* The Butterfly Circus (short), as Otto
28* ''Film/LadyInTheWater'', as one of the Tartutic
29* ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' as the Faun and the Pale Man
30* ''Film/MyNameIsJerry'' as the titular character
31* ''Film/{{Gainsbourg}}'' as La Gueule
32* ''Film/CrimsonPeak'' as various ghosts (specifically, [[CrosscastRole Edith's mother]] and [[spoiler: Thomas and Lucille's mother]])
33* ''Film/AlwaysWatchingAMarbleHornetsStory'' as the [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Operator]]
34* ''Film/TheByeByeMan'' as the titular character
35* ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'' as The Asset/Amphibian Man
36
37[[AC: Television]]
38* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' as the Gentleman
39* ''Series/FallingSkies'' as Cochise the Volm
40* ''Series/TeenWolf'' as Barrow
41* ''Series/FaceOff'' as himself (guest judge and mentor)
42* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' in various alien guest roles
43* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' as Saru
44* ''Series/{{Arrow}}[=/=]Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' as Jake Simmons/Deathbolt
45* ''Series/TheStrain'' as The Ancient
46* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'' as Baron Afanas
47* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' as Wereduck and Demonic Clown
48
49[[AC: Web Series]]
50* ''Research'' as Denny.
51* ''WebVideo/DragonAgeRedemption'' as Saarebas
52* ''Webvideo/TheGuild'' as Gerald
53* ''Webvideo/FalloutNukaBreak'' as Mayor Touch Connors
54
55[[AC: Video Games]]
56* ''VideoGame/HellboyTheScienceOfEvil'' as Abe Sapien
57
58----
59!!This actor's work contains examples of:
60
61* ActorInspiredElement: Prone to making elaborate gestures with emphasis on his hands and fingers, frequently enough that sharp-eyed viewers can identify Doug's characters more easily by their body language than the man under the makeup.
62* PeopleInRubberSuits: When it's not a complex make-up, his roles will require a tight creature costume.
63* SameLanguageDub: Notoriously, in his three most high-profile roles he had his voice dubbed - by David Hyde Pierce in ''{{Film/Hellboy|2004}}'', Creator/LaurenceFishburne in ''Film/FantasticFourRiseOfTheSilverSurfer'', and by the narrator in ''Film/PansLabyrinth''.
64** He learned to speak his lines as the Faun in Spanish phonetically, but he asked to be dubbed in order to give the character the proper accent.
65* TheSilentBob: Has a background in miming and often plays characters who don't ([[TheVoiceless or can't]]) say a word, and expresses reams of dialogue simply by body language.

Top