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Doug Jones
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The youngest of four brothers, Doug Jones was born on May 24, 1960 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up in the city's Northeastside. After attending Bishop Chatard High School, he headed off to Ball State University, where he graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, with a minor in Theatre. He learned mime at school, joining a troupe and doing the whole white-face thing, and has also worked as a contortionist. After a hitch in theater in Indiana, he moved to Los Angeles in 1985, and has not been out of work since - he's acted in over 25 films, many television series (Including the award-winning Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), his episode 'Hush' garnered two Emmy nominations) and over 90 commercials and music videos with the likes of Madonna and Marilyn Manson. Although known mostly for his work under prosthetics, he has also performed as 'himself' in such highly-rated films as Adaptation. (2002) with Nicolas Cage and indie projects such as Phil Donlon's A Series of Small Things (2005). But it is his sensitive and elegant performance as 'Abe Sapien' in Hellboy (2004), which stormed to the top of the U.S. box office in the spring of 2004, that has brought him an even higher profile and much praise from audiences and critics alike. He has been portraying the Kelpien Saru on the show Star Trek: Discovery.
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The youngest of four brothers, Doug Jones was born on May 24, 1960 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up in the city's Northeastside. After attending Bishop Chatard High School, he headed off to Ball State University, where he graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, with a minor in Theatre. He learned mime at school, joining a troupe and doing the whole white-face thing, and has also worked as a contortionist. After a hitch in theater in Indiana, he moved to Los Angeles in 1985, and has not been out of work since - he's acted in over 25 films, many television series (Including the award-winning Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), his episode 'Hush' garnered two Emmy nominations) and over 90 commercials and music videos with the likes of Madonna and Marilyn Manson. Although known mostly for his work under prosthetics, he has also performed as 'himself' in such highly-rated films as Adaptation. (2002) with Nicolas Cage and indie projects such as Phil Donlon's A Series of Small Things (2005). But it is his sensitive and elegant performance as 'Abe Sapien' in Hellboy (2004), which stormed to the top of the U.S. box office in the spring of 2004, that has brought him an even higher profile and much praise from audiences and critics alike. He has been portraying the Kelpien Saru on the show Star Trek: Discovery.
Known For
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Outer Limits
Tales from the Crypt
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Star Trek: Discovery
The Strain
What We Do in the Shadows
The Flash
Sons of Anarchy
Z Nation
DuckTales
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
The Weird Al Show
Eli Roth's History of Horror
The Ready Room
Fear Itself
Teen Wolf
Arrow
Star Trek: Short Treks
Men in Black II
Lady in the Water
The Time Machine
The Benchwarmers
Mimic
Batman Returns
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
The 100 Candles Game
The Watch
Falling Skies
Legion
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies
Doom
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus 2
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
The Shape of Water
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Pan's Labyrinth
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy
Gehenna: Where Death Lives
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