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
The Phantom
for The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera
Suggested by optimistic_writer
The Palais Garnier is a famous Paris opera house, that is believed to have an entity haunting the building, a phantom. Christine Daaé is an up and coming opera singer who fills in for another singer after she falls ill. She is an exceptional success. The Phantom of the Palais Garnier begins to fall in love with Christine, and demands that she be used in Faust, or he will put a curse on the opera house. The initially don't believe him but various terrible things start to happen to the actors, as well as the audience. This eventually leads to Christine being kidnapped by the Phantom, and demands her affection in return, while the Phantom kills anyone in his way.
