On May 24, 1960, Doug Jones, an American actor, contortionist, and mime artist, was born.
He specializes in playing monsters that aren’t human, usually with the aid of detailed makeup and special effects.
He most notably collaborated with acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro on the motion pictures Mimic (1997), Hellboy (2004), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Crimson Peak (2015), and The Shape of Water (2017).
Doug Jones parents: Meet Josephine Jones, Robert Jones
Robert and Josephine Jones are Doug Jones’ parents.
Jones, the youngest of four brothers, attended Bishop Chatard High School and was born in Indianapolis.
At Ball State University, where he received his degree, he exploited his previous work as a mime to assume the position of Charlie Cardinal, the school mascot.
Jones’s career as a commercial actor in the 1980s television and movie industries began with “Tonight’s Mac.
You’d be astonished at how regularly that occurs in advertising, he said, a contortionist.
