Doug Jones ( actor ) - wikipedia Doug Jones ( actor ) Doug Jones Jones at Judson University, October 2015 ( 1960 - 05 - 24 ) May 24, 1960 ( age 57 ) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Nationality American Occupation Actor Years active 1985 -- present Spouse ( s ) Laurie Jones ( m. 1984 ) Website www.thedougjonesexperience.com Doug Jones ( born May 24, 1960 ) is an 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 is perhaps best known for his collaborations 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 Pan 's Labyrinth, Crimson Peak and The Asset 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 Toro 's The Strain. He is currently a series regular in Star Trek : Discovery, as Lt. Saru. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 3.3 Web series 3.4 Video games 4 References 5 External links Personal life Jones was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the youngest of four brothers, and attended Bishop Chatard High School. He graduated from Ball State University, 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. Career Jones has worked as a contortionist, saying, `` You 'd be surprised how many times that comes into play in commercials. They 'll 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 Disney Halloween film Hocus Pocus, or the lead spy Morlock in the 2002 remake of the 1960 film 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, AntiKaiser Productions ' Three Lives, Phil Donlon 's A Series of Small Things, and as Cesare in David Fisher 's 2005 remake of the 1920 silent classic 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 that 's a part of it when you 're doing a costumed character. '' Jones at the June 2008 Big Apple Convention in Manhattan In 2005, he renewed his association with Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, starring as the Faun in del Toro 's multiple - Academy Award - winning Spanish - language fantasy / horror project Pan 's Labyrinth. 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, 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 2006, 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 75 - minute animated films. In February 2007, Jones ' likeness was used for Nvidia 's `` Human Head '' tech demo. In June 2007, Jones appeared in Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer as the Silver Surfer ( though Laurence Fishburne provided the character 's voice ). 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 2009, 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 héroïque ), 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 Pan 's 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. As in Pan 's Labyrinth, Jones performed his lines phonetically, this time speaking in French ; his voice was redubbed by Éric 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 creature 's lines. The film was released in France on January 20, 2010. In January 2010, 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 2011. Jones plays Dr. Henry Vataber in the web series Universal Dead. In late June 2010, it was announced that Universal Dead will be made into a feature film. Jones appeared in the independent film The Candy Shop, a `` modern fairy tale '' shedding light upon child sex trafficking created by the Georgia 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 2014 film adaptation of the popular Marble Hornets YouTube series. Jones was cast as Lt. Saru in Star Trek : Discovery in November 2016. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes The Newlydeads Tim Night Angel Ken 1991 Carnal Crimes Lang Direct - to - video Batman Returns Thin Clown 1993 Hocus Pocus Billy Butcherson Magic Kid Clown in Office Direct - to - video 1995 Tank Girl Additional Ripper The Adventures of Galgameth Big Galgy 1997 Mimic Long John # 2 Warriors of Virtue Yee Voiced by Doug Parker 1998 Bug Buster Mother Bug Denial Ghost Direct - to - video 1999 Mystery Men Pencilhead Three Kings Dead Iraqi Soldier 2000 Stalled Len The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle FBI Agent -- Carrot Jack Frost 2 : Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman Dave Direct - to - video 2001 Steven Spielberg 's Movie Donald Columbus Short film Monkeybone Yeti 2002 Adaptation. Augustus Margary Men in Black II Joey Side Effects Seth Short film The Time Machine Spy Morlock 2003 Stuck on You Space Alien # 2 Three Lives Mysterious Caller / Mortician Short film Hellboy Abe Sapien Voiced by David Hyde Pierce 2005 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Cesare Doom Carmack Imp / Sewer Imp A Series of Small Things The Homeless Man Short film 2006 The Benchwarmers Number 7 Robot Lady in the Water Tartutic # 4 Pan 's Labyrinth The Faun / The Pale Man Voiced by Pablo Adán Hellboy : Sword of Storms Abe Sapien ( voice ) Direct - to - video Nora Breaks Free Yoga Instructor Short film 2007 Carnies Ratcatcher Hellboy : Blood and Iron Abe Sapien ( voice ) Direct - to - video Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer Voiced by Laurence Fishburne The Wager Peter Barrett 2008 Quarantine Thin Infected Man Sockbaby Himself Short film Hellboy II : The Golden Army Abe Sapien / Angel of Death / The Chamberlain The Job Office Manager Short film 2009 My Name is Jerry Jerry Pie & Coffee Homeless Man Short film Super Capers Special Agent Smith # 1 The Butterfly Circus Otto Short film The Cure Samuel Bainer Short film Gainsbourg ( Vie héroïque ) La Gueule Legion Ice Cream Man Cyrus Dr. Arthur Sudden Death ! Jonathan Wright Short film Quantum Quest : A Cassini Space Odyssey Zero / Razer ( voice ) The Candy Shop Candy Shop Owner Short film Absentia Walter Lambert Greyscale Jamison Rock Jocks Smoking Jesus 2011 End of the Road Randolph The Tomorrow Machine Ben Short film 2012 It 's Alive Monster Short film White Room : 20B3 Fyn - Ke'al Short film The Watch Hero Alien Saint Alex Mr. Vanderplook Short film John Dies at the End Robert North 2013 Raze Joseph Hookah Allen Short film First Impressions Suited Man Short film Dust of War Jebediah Strumm Innocent Blood Carl Grierr Cruel Will Adrian 2014 Love in the Time of Monsters Dr. Lincoln Everlast Suited Man Short film 2015 Always Watching : A Marble Hornets Story The Operator Crimson Peak Ghosts of Edith 's Mother / Lady Beatrice Sharpe 2016 Ouija : Origin of Evil Marcus Gehenna : Where Death Lives Creepy Old Man 2017 The Bye Bye Man The Bye Bye Man The Shape of Water The Creature Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 In Living Color Episode : `` # 2.24 '' 1993 Tales from the Crypt Contortionist Episode : `` Food For Thought '' Silk Stalkings Artie Episode : `` Love Never Dies '' 1994 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Slapstick actor Episode : `` Indiana Jones and Hollywood Follies '' Bone Chillers Mummy Episode : `` Mummy Dearest '' 1997 Unhappily Ever After Fake Kramer Episode : `` Sternberg '' The Weird Al Show Contortionist # 2 4 episodes 1998 The Outer Limits Elder Alien / Alien # 1 / Alien / Alien Doctor 3 episodes Kenan & Kel Head Waiter Episode : `` Attack of the Bug Man '' 1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lead Gentleman Episode : `` Hush '' 2000 G vs E Herb Episode : `` Evilator '' The Darkling Shadow Master Television film 2001 Unsolved Mysteries Gordon Page, Jr. Episode : `` # 488 '' 2002 CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Grinder Episode : `` Revenge is Best Served Cold '' 2003 The Guardian Micah Oakley Episode : `` Believe '' Rock Me Baby Auggie the Octopus Episode : `` I Love You, You Do n't Love Me '' Significant Others Waiter Episode : `` A Date, Fate and Jail Bait '' 2005, 2008 Criminal Minds Domino Thacker / Beanie 2 episodes 2007 The Dukes of Hazzard : The Beginning Patron Television film 2008 Fear Itself Grady Edlund Episode : `` Skin & Bones '' Nick Swardson 's Pretend Time Gay Robot 6 episodes 2012 -- 13 The Neighbors Dominique Wilkins 6 episodes 2013 -- 15 Falling Skies Cochise 27 episodes 2013 Comedy Bang ! Bang ! Future Man Episode : `` Gillian Jacobs Wears a Red Dress with Sail Boats '' Sons of Anarchy Corrections Officer Crane Episode : `` The Mad King '' 2014 Teen Wolf William Barrow Episode : `` Galvanize '' 2014 -- 16 The Strain The Ancient / The Master 6 episodes 2015 Arrow Jake Simmons / Deathbolt Episode : `` Broken Arrow '' The Flash Jake Simmons / Deathbolt Episode : `` Rogue Air '' Z Nation Dan Scully Episode : `` Roswell '' The Ultimate Legacy Hawthorne Television film 2017 -- present Star Trek : Discovery Lt. Saru Web series Year Title Role Notes 2009 Angel of Death Dr. Rankin 10 episodes 2011 Fallout : Nuka Break Mayor Conners 3 episodes Dragon Age : Redemption Saarebas 3 episodes The Guild Gerald 2 episodes Universal Dead Dr. Vataber 3 episodes 2012 League of STEAM Theodore Marshall Episode : `` Dining with the Devil '' 2012 -- 13 Research. Denny 8 episodes 2013 The Blockbuster Buster Himself Episode : `` Rocky and Bullwinkle '' Adopted Lloyd Adams Episode : `` Family Dinner '' 2015 Hell 's Kitty Father Damien 2 episodes 2015 Murder ? Narrator / Eric 2 episodes 2016 Screen Junkies Movie Fights Himself 1 episode Han Solo : A Smuggler 's Trade -- A Star Wars Fan Film Gyorsho 1 episode 2017 Automata Carl Swangee ( voice ) 5 episodes Video games Year Title Role 1994 Astronomica : The Quest for the Edge of the Universe Dr. Mayer ( voice ) 2007 Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer Silver Surfer ( voice ) 2008 Hellboy : The Science of Evil Abe Sapien ( voice ) References ^ Jump up to : `` Biography ''. Doug Jones official website. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016. Jump up ^ Bell, David Christopher ( November 14, 2013 ). `` 7 Iconic Costume Actors You Did n't Notice In Non-Costumed Roles ''. Film School Rejects. Jump up ^ `` Charlie Cardinal Interview ''. The Doug Jones Experience. Reprinted from Ball State University 's Alumnus Magazine. August 2004 Jump up ^ Moro, Eric. `` Doug Jones - Interview - Fish Out Of Water ''. thedougjonesexperience.com. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 11. Jump up ^ Johnson - Ott, Ed. `` Hellboy 's fish - guy gets filleted. '' Archived August 12, 2004, at Archive.is Nuvo.net. April 14, 2004 Jump up ^ Topel, Fred. `` Fantastic Four 2 : Doug Jones : Doug Jones talks sequels, Fantastic Four and Hellboy. '', Crave Online, June 15, 2007 Jump up ^ `` Doug Jones En Espanol '' at canmag.com Jump up ^ Eisner, Ken ( January 10, 2007 ). `` Labyrinth 's faun unmasked ''. Georgia Straight Vancouver 's News & Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 11. Jump up ^ Awards page for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at the Internet Movie Database Jump up ^ `` What 's New ''. nzone.com. Jump up ^ `` Guillermo Del Toro Casts Doug Jones in Frankenstein ''. June 14, 2009. Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Sockbaby ''. sockbaby.com. Jump up ^ Hewitt, Chris. `` Doug Jones to star in Gainsbourg Biopic '' Empire magazine ; January 20, 2009 Jump up ^ Information on Gainsbourg : Vie Heroique at Jones ' official site Jump up ^ Doug Jones incarne la Gueule de ' Gainsbourg ', cinemotions.com Jump up ^ Mime Very Own Book Archived February 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. at Medallion Press Jump up ^ Cast page at Universal Dead website Archived July 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Universal Dead full length feature ? '' Archived August 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Indie Intertube ; June 28, 2010 Jump up ^ `` The Candy Shop Film Announcement '' Whitestone Pictures ; July 6, 2010 Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Web Series ' Marble Hornets ' Getting Its Own Movie ''. Spill. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013. Jump up ^ Always Watching : A Marble Hornets Story Official Trailer. YouTube. 31 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` Star Trek Discovery Beams Up Three Cast Members ''. startrek.com. Jump up ^ `` Cast ''. mildlyfearsomefilms.com. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Doug Jones. 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Question: who plays the faun in pan's labyrinth
Answer: Doug Jones