Doug Jones actor Wikipedia. Doug Jones born May 2. American actor and former contortionist known for roles in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres, often wearing heavy makeup to play nonhuman characters. He has collaborated with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, starring in Mimic, as Abe Sapien in Hellboy and Hellboy II The Golden Army, the Faun and the Pale Man in Pans Labyrinth, Crimson Peak, and Amphibious Man in The Shape of Water, respectively. He has appeared in films such as Tank Girl, Hocus Pocus, and The Bye Bye Man. He also portrayed the titular Silver Surfer in the superhero film Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer, as well as appearing in the TV series Falling Skies, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and del Toros The Strain. He is currently a series regular in Star Trek Discovery, as Lt. Commander Saru. Personal lifeeditJones was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the youngest of four brothers, and attended Bishop Chatard High School. He graduated from Ball State University,1 where he parlayed his background as a mime into portraying the school mascot Charlie Cardinal. He describes himself as a dyed in wool Christian from the Midwest, to the point that he was initially apprehensive about his role in Hellboy, as the titular character is a demon. Jones has worked as a contortionist, saying, Youd be surprised how many times that comes into play in commercials. Theyll want somebody to hold a box of Tide funny or something. I once squished into a box for a commercial for relaxed fit jeans. Although known mostly for his work under prosthetic makeup, such as the zombie Billy Butcherson in the Walt Disney Pictures Halloween film Hocus Pocus, or the lead spy Morlock in the 2. Shut It Down. Surfer Dude' title='Surfer Dude' />The Time Machine, he has also performed without prosthetics in such films as Adaptation, Mystery Men, and Batman Returns, and indie projects such as Stefan Haves Stalled, Anti. Kaiser Productions Three Lives, Phil Donlons A Series of Small Things, and as Cesare in David Fishers 2. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. He performed as Abe Sapien in Hellboy, although the voice was performed by an uncredited David Hyde Pierce. Explaining the challenge of working so often in rubber suits and prosthetics, he notes, I have to make that a part of my being and my physicality and again, acting is a full body experience and thats a part of it when youre doing a costumed character. In 2. Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, starring as the Faun in del Toros multiple Academy Award winning Spanish language fantasyhorror project Pans Labyrinth. Surfer, Dude is a 2008 American comedy film starring Matthew McConaughey in the title role directed by S. R. Bindler. Woody Harrelson claims the film is the most non. The blogger in Little Nomad is dead. Please find another blog to haunt. You can still access the photo album, the guestbook or the blog as it was until these will all. He also has a secondary role in the film as the Pale Man, a gruesome creature with a penchant for eating children. Working once more under heavy prosthetics in both roles, he was also required to learn large amounts of dialogue in Spanish,7 though ultimately his voice was dubbed anyway. The year also brought success for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the film receiving three awards at the Screamfest Horror Festival in Los Angeles, including the Audience Choice Award. In 2. 00. 6, Jones appeared in the feature films The Benchwarmers and Lady in the Water, and reprised his role as Abe Sapien by voicing the character in the new Hellboy Animated television project, recording two 7. In February 2. 00. Jones likeness was used for Nvidias Human Head tech demo. In June 2. Jones appeared in Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer as the Silver Surfer though Laurence Fishburne provided the characters voice. A list of popular surfing terms, expressions and slang for the letters N through to Z. Directed by S. R. Bindler. With Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Willie Nelson, Alexie Gilmore. A wave twisting tale of a soul searching surfer experiencing an. He reprised his role as Abe Sapien in Hellboy II The Golden Army, once more under the direction of del Toro, for which he provided both the voice and body performance. He also played two other roles in the film the Angel of Death and the Chamberlain, both under heavy prosthetics. In 2. 00. 9, del Toro announced on BBC Radio that Jones would be playing the monster in his upcoming version of Frankenstein. Jones starred as himself in Sockbaby 4, the fourth installment of the Internet martial arts comedy series Sockbaby. Jones appeared in the French language film Gainsbourg Vie hroque, written and directed by French comic book author Joann Sfar and produced by Universal Europe. Jones played La Gueule The Mug, the grotesque fantasy muse and malicious doppelganger who teases, guides, and accompanies Serge Gainsbourg throughout his life. He worked under prosthetics designed and created by the Academy Award winning Spanish FX shop DDT Efectos Especiales, with whom he had already worked on Pans Labyrinth the FX technicians requested specifically that Jones be given the role of the Mug creature, due to his ability to perform with heavy prosthetics and elaborate special effects. Surfer gets interviewed on the news. As in Pans Labyrinth, Jones performed his lines phonetically, this time speaking in French his voice was redubbed by ric Elmosnino, who also played Gainsbourg. Director Joann Sfar liked Jones speech patterns so much that he asked Elmosnino to mimic it when he performed the creatures lines. The film was released in France on January 2. In January 2. 01. Jones signed a book deal with Medallion Press to model a nonfiction comedic coffee table book called Mime Very Own Book, co written by Adam Mock and Scott Allen Perry, and photographed by Eric Curtis. The book was due for publication in December 2. Jones plays Dr. Henry Vataber in the web series Universal Dead. In late June 2. 01. Universal Dead will be made into a feature film. Surfer Dude' title='Surfer Dude' />Jones appeared in the independent film The Candy Shop, a modern fairy tale shedding light upon child sex trafficking created by the American film studio Whitestone Pictures. Jones appeared as the Operator, a fictional entity based on the Internet myth known as the Slender Man, in Always Watching A Marble Hornets Story a 2. Surfer Dude' title='Surfer Dude' />Marble Hornets. You. Tube series. Jones was cast as Lt. Saru in Star Trek Discovery in November 2. FilmographyeditTelevisioneditWeb serieseditYear. Title. Role. Notes. Madonna Exercise Program. Angel of Death. Dr. Rankin. 10 episodes. Fallout Nuka Break. Mayor Conners. 3 episodes. Dragon Age Redemption. Saarebas. 3 episodes. The Guild. Gerald. Universal Dead. Dr. Vataber. 3 episodes. League of STEAMTheodore Marshall. Episode Dining with the Devil2. Research. 2. 2Denny. The Blockbuster Buster. Himself. Episode Rocky and BullwinkleAdopted. Lloyd Adams. Episode Family Dinner2. Hells Kitty. Father Damien. Murder Narrator Eric. Screen Junkies Movie Fights. Himself. 1 episode. Han Solo A Smugglers Trade A Star Wars Fan Film. Gyorsho. 1 episode. Automata. Carl Swangee voice5 episodes. Video gameseditReferencesedit abBiography. Doug Jones official website. Archived from the original on October 2. Retrieved November 2. Bell, David Christopher November 1. Iconic Costume Actors You Didnt Notice In Non Costumed Roles. Film School Rejects. Charlie Cardinal Interview. The Doug Jones Experience. Reprinted from Ball State Universitys Alumnus Magazine. August 2. 00. 4Moro, Eric. Doug Jones Interview Fish Out Of Water. Retrieved 2. 01. 7 0. Johnson Ott, Ed. Hellboys fish guy gets filleted. Archived August 1. Archive. is Nuvo. April 1. 4, 2. 00. Topel, Fred. Fantastic Four 2 Doug Jones Doug Jones talks sequels, Fantastic Four and Hellboy., Crave Online, June 1. Doug Jones En Espanol at canmag. Eisner, Ken January 1. Labyrinths faun unmasked. Georgia Straight Vancouvers News Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2. 01. 7 0. Whats New. nzone. Freeware Playout Software. Guillermo Del Toro Casts Doug Jones in Frankenstein. June 1. 4, 2. 00.