©Universal FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER, Doug Jones, 2007. HELLBOY, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, 2004, (c) Columbia HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY, (aka HELLBOY 2), Doug Jones, 2008. TM & Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER, Doug Jones, 2007. FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Doug Jones, 2007. ©Universal FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER, Chris Evans, Doug Jones, 2007. ph: Lewis Jacobs/©Screen Gems HELLBOY, Doug Jones, 2004, (c) Columbia HELLBOY, Doug Jones, Ron Perlman, 2004, (c) Columbia HELLBOY, (foreground), Rupert Evans, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, Ron Perlman, 2004, (c) Columbia HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY, (aka HELLBOY 2), front, from left: Selma Blair, Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, 2008. Gainsbourg Photos Doug Jones Falling Skies, Doug Jones,, ©TNT LEGION, Doug Jones, 2010. A dramatic comedy about a 40-year-old door-to-door salesman experiencing a mid-life crisis, the film won a handful of festival awards. Caligari." Jones got the chance to play a rare speaking role in the independent film "My Name Is Jerry," which was produced at his alma mater. He portrayed an emaciated 19th century orchid hunter in "Adaptation" and the bizarre, menacing sleepwalker in the remake of "The Cabinet of Dr. Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water" and played the Silver Surfer in "4: Rise of the Silver Surfer." Jones sometimes plays roles that require no prosthetics, but are no less visually strange. He often works with Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, having played the part of Abe Sapien in the "Hellboy" film series, and the title role of Fauno / Pale Man in "Pan's Labyrinth." He has also appeared in M. Since then Jones has been flooded with work, usually in horror, sci-fi and comic-book superhero films. He moved out to Los Angeles in 1985, landed a job as the giant moon-faced "Mac Tonight" character in a McDonald's ad campaign, and the rest is history. Jones got into mime while attending Ball State University, where he also played the school mascot. His training as a mime and his wispy, easily contorted physique make him well suited for the task. No one is better at standing out in a film or TV cast without even being truly seen than this man of many talents.Doug Jones is one of the top actors in a very small Hollywood niche of professionals that specialize in performing in heavy make-up and costumes. He also gave a brief but memorable performance in John Dies at the End from 2012 and he was truly something to freak about when he played a demonic ice cream man in 2010. For instance, he was really creepy as the victim of a mysterious creature’s kidnapping in one of Mike Flanagan’s best (and most underrated) movies, Absentia, from 2011. I could also talk forever about all the great performances that Doug Jones has given outside of his collaborations with Guillermo del Toro and without all the makeup, too. Only Jones could make the otherwise irreverent love story between a half-man, half-fish and a non-speaking custodian (Sally Hawkins) at the center of The Shape of Water such a moving experience. However, what makes The Amphibian Man stand out from the actor’s other famous aquatic creature and all of his characters, in my opinion, is his ability to say so much while saying nothing at all and while wearing a deeply uncomfortable, but stunning, outfit. Then again, I suppose we could say that the Abe Sapien movie did happen after all, considering the glaring similarities between Doug Jones’ Hellboy character and his role in Guillermo del Toro’s beatiful Best Picture Oscar winner from 2017. (Image credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures) 1.
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