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- Wench! Trollup! You buck-toothed, mop-riding, firefly from Hell!
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(screams)
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- I've waited centuries to say that. - Say what you want, just don't breathe on me.
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This is Doug Jones, an actor who, with his tall, wiry build and
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flexible, double-jointed limbs, has made a career out of playing odd characters
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and creatures in heavy prosthetics and makeup.
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He's perhaps best known for playing characters like The Fawn and The Pale Man
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in 'Pan's Labyrinth', Abe Sapien in 'Hellboy',
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and Billy Butcherson in 'Hocus Pocus'.
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And, more recently, he plays Amphibian Man in Guillermo Del Toro's new film 'The Shape of Water'.
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Doug got his start in a troupe of mimes at his college of Ball State University.
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His experience as a mime as well as a contortionist would come in handy
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time and time again throughout his career.
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Then, after moving to California, one of his first major jobs was playing
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Mac Tonight in a campaign of McDonald's commercials.
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(singing) - It's Mac Tonight! Come on make it Mac Tonight!
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Doug's first film role was in the 1988 horror film "The Newlydeads'.
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- Why don't we take the boat out on the lake tomorrow? - Oh--oh, I don't--that boat belongs to the lodgekeeper...
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A role like this were you actually see Doug's human face and body is an exception to the rule.
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He would go on to play lots of characters that rendered him virtually unregozniable
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with job offers flooding in thanks to word-of-mouth.
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He eventually got a reputation for being not only someone who had a gift for giving life to these
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strange creature-like roles, but also someone who is easy to work with and doesn't complain
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about the long hours it takes to apply all the prosthetics and makeup involved.
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After a small role in 'Batman Returns' as "Thin Clown"...
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- Great speech, Oswald!
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- Ungh!
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...and Billy Butcherson in 'Hocus Pocus',
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Doug worked on the 1997 sci-fi horror film 'Mimic', which is where he met Guillermo Del Toro,
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who would cast him again as Abe Sapien in 'Hellboy'.
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In the first film, the voice of Abe Sapien was voiced by David Hyde Pierce,
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but when 'Hellboy II' rolled around, Doug Jones did it himself.
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After providing the body for the Silver Surfer in the 'Fantastic 4' sequel,
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Doug was thrilled to play the title role of Jerry in the indie film 'My Name Is Jerry'.
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- Hi, my name is Jerry. I'm with Milton-Hill Publishing, I'm here to te--
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Doug played a normal guy, and he was the lead in the movie.
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Besides playing Amphibian Man in 'The Shape of Water',
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Doug plays Saru in "Star Trek: Discovery".
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So whether he's a friend, a monster, or whatever this thing is,
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Doug Jones managed to steal the show every time even if you don't know it's him.
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