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  • - Wench! Trollup! You buck-toothed, mop-riding, firefly from Hell!

  • (screams)

  • - I've waited centuries to say that. - Say what you want, just don't breathe on me.

  • This is Doug Jones, an actor who, with his tall, wiry build and

  • flexible, double-jointed limbs, has made a career out of playing odd characters

  • and creatures in heavy prosthetics and makeup.

  • He's perhaps best known for playing characters like The Fawn and The Pale Man

  • in 'Pan's Labyrinth', Abe Sapien in 'Hellboy',

  • and Billy Butcherson in 'Hocus Pocus'.

  • And, more recently, he plays Amphibian Man in Guillermo Del Toro's new film 'The Shape of Water'.

  • Doug got his start in a troupe of mimes at his college of Ball State University.

  • His experience as a mime as well as a contortionist would come in handy

  • time and time again throughout his career.

  • Then, after moving to California, one of his first major jobs was playing

  • Mac Tonight in a campaign of McDonald's commercials.

  • (singing) - It's Mac Tonight! Come on make it Mac Tonight!

  • Doug's first film role was in the 1988 horror film "The Newlydeads'.

  • - Why don't we take the boat out on the lake tomorrow? - Oh--oh, I don't--that boat belongs to the lodgekeeper...

  • A role like this were you actually see Doug's human face and body is an exception to the rule.

  • He would go on to play lots of characters that rendered him virtually unregozniable

  • with job offers flooding in thanks to word-of-mouth.

  • He eventually got a reputation for being not only someone who had a gift for giving life to these

  • strange creature-like roles, but also someone who is easy to work with and doesn't complain

  • about the long hours it takes to apply all the prosthetics and makeup involved.

  • After a small role in 'Batman Returns' as "Thin Clown"...

  • - Great speech, Oswald!

  • - Ungh!

  • ...and Billy Butcherson in 'Hocus Pocus',

  • Doug worked on the 1997 sci-fi horror film 'Mimic', which is where he met Guillermo Del Toro,

  • who would cast him again as Abe Sapien in 'Hellboy'.

  • In the first film, the voice of Abe Sapien was voiced by David Hyde Pierce,

  • but when 'Hellboy II' rolled around, Doug Jones did it himself.

  • After providing the body for the Silver Surfer in the 'Fantastic 4' sequel,

  • Doug was thrilled to play the title role of Jerry in the indie film 'My Name Is Jerry'.

  • - Hi, my name is Jerry. I'm with Milton-Hill Publishing, I'm here to te--

  • Doug played a normal guy, and he was the lead in the movie.

  • Besides playing Amphibian Man in 'The Shape of Water',

  • Doug plays Saru in "Star Trek: Discovery".

  • So whether he's a friend, a monster, or whatever this thing is,

  • Doug Jones managed to steal the show every time even if you don't know it's him.

  • www.NoSmallPartsShow.com

- Wench! Trollup! You buck-toothed, mop-riding, firefly from Hell!

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