Last Updated on 15 October 2026

The following list is a compilation of the 50 best roles that Doug Jones played. Doug Jones is an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist best known for portraying non-human creatures using heavy makeup and visual effects.

I found 15 different ranked lists online of “best Doug Jones roles of all time,” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 15 lists that were averaged. Below is the ranked list with links to IMDb.

  1. Pale Man - Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
  2. Fauno - Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
  3. Amphibian Man - The Shape of Water (2017)
  4. Abe Sapien - Hellboy (2004)
  5. Abe Sapien - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
  6. Saru - Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
  7. Billy Butcherson - Hocus Pocus (1993)
  8. The Lead Gentleman - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999)
  9. Angel of Death - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
  10. Silver Surfer - Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
  11. Edith's Mother - Crimson Peak (2015)
  12. Billy Butcherson - Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
  13. Ghoul Marcus - Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
  14. Walter Lambert - Absentia (2011)
  15. Thin Clown - Batman Returns (1992)
  16. Baron Afanas - What We Do in the Shadows (2019-2024)
  17. La Gueule - Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
  18. Lady Sharpe - Crimson Peak (2015)
  19. Ancient #1 - The Strain (2014-2016)
  20. Pencilhead - Mystery Men (1999)
  21. Chamberlain - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
  22. Long John - Mimic (1997)
  23. Roger North - John Dies at the End (2012)
  24. Ice Cream Man - Legion (2010)
  25. Joey - Men in Black II (2002)
  26. Abe Sapien - Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)
  27. Cesare - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005)
  28. Thin Infected Man - Quarantine (2008)
  29. Augustus Margary - Adaptation. (2002)
  30. Adrian - Cruel Will (2014)
  31. Grady Edlund - Fear Itself (2008)
  32. Peter Barrett - The Wager (2007)
  33. Yee - Warriors of Virtue (1997)
  34. Hero Alien - The Watch (2012)
  35. Joseph - Raze (2013)
  36. Karl Ruprecht Kroenen - Hellboy (2004)
  37. Jerry Arthur - My Name Is Jerry (2009)
  38. Dr. Lincoln - Love in the Time of Monsters (2014)
  39. Dor Neven - Space Command Redemption (2024)
  40. The Bye Bye Man - The Bye Bye Man (2017)
  41. Father Damien - Hell's Kitty (2018)
  42. The Man From the Pool - We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew (2016)
  43. Dead Iraqi Soldier - Three Kings (1999)
  44. Vick - The Midnight Man (2016)
  45. Abe Sapien - Hellboy: Blood and Iron (2007)
  46. Langdon - 5th Passenger (2017)
  47. Count Orlok - Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (2023)
  48. Jake Simmons (Deathbolt) - Arrow (2015)
  49. Scarecrow - The Terror of Hallow's Eve (2017)
  50. The Trickster - The Terror of Hallow's Eve (2017)

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