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Doug Jones
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Doug Jones is an American actor, television actor, and film actor who began his professional career in 1987. Born on May 24, 1960, in Indianapolis, Indiana, he is a male citizen of the United States. He attended Ball State University and currently resides in Santa Clarita. Jones speaks English as his native language and has a height of 1.92.
In addition to his acting work, Jones is an author with 23 works, including *Strange Foods*, *Wacky Sports*, *Fantasies of Future Things*, *Since Costa Rica*, and *Disco Inferno!*. He has also been associated with music genres such as classic country and country. His artistic profile includes participation in artistic gymnastics.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 23
Top works
- A demonstration of applying ATS thermal screw technology to the processing of separated construction and other waste materials
- Strange Foods
- Wacky Sports
- Fantasies of Future Things
- Since Costa Rica
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Film & TV
Acting · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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…
Known for
- Operation Taco Gary's — Elder2026
- The Remedy — Leif Johansen2026
- Demonetize — Hunter Zollinger2026
- The Strawberry — Dr. Johnson2026
- Pretty Boys — Bob Silver2026
- If It Bleeds — Dr. Charles2025
- The Demon Detective2025
- All Is Merry & Bright — Doug the Deliveryman2025
- Down Below — Lester2024
- Space Command Redemption — Dor Neven2024
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1960
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 404
- Total plays
- 6,530
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Doug+Jones">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,474x
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 21,284x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,614x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,783x
- Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas
· 2005 · cited 16,645x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1960-05-24 ) May 24, 1960 (age 66) , Indianapolis , Indiana, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Ball State University
- Occupations
- Actor contortionist mime artist
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Spouse
- Laurie Pontoni ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 )
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Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jones
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Indianapolis
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- artistic gymnastics
- Image
- Doug Jones by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Height
- 1.92
- Residence
- Santa Clarita
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1960-05-24
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- described at URL
- mildlyfearsomefilms.com/murder-landing-page/cast.html
- social media followers
- 116117
- Commons category
- Doug Jones (actor)
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Doug Jones
- P8979
- Picassent
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Encyclopedic overview
Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960) is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist. He is best known for 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 2019 to 2024, he portrayed Baron Afanas in vampire comedy show What We Do in the Shadows, appearing both with and without creature makeup.
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