Age: 66
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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.
Doug Jones
Silver Surfer
for Silver Surfer in The Marvel Movieverse
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In the late Summer of 2001, a group of studio executives from Fox, New Line, Universal, Lionsgate and Sony met with Marvel Comics Editor-In Chief Joe Quesada, as well as the then-CEO of Marvel Studios and his young assistant Kevin Feige, to discuss a counter against their competitor Warner Brothers' rich library of DC characters, in whom they had seen several decades worth of success on the big screen. The meeting ended with handshakes, celebration, and smiles all around, as now with the right financial backing, resolved rights, and punctual plans in place, Marvel was set to create something special, and the likes of which would go on to completely change the film world forever....
