![]() He plays BOTH Pan (the faun creature) and The Pale Man. In the film he wants to be remembered for, Doug portrays 2 characters in the Oscar winning film PAN’S LABYRINTH (in the native tongue of Spanish “El Laberinto del Fauno”). He’s also the life and soul of ABE SAPIEN in HELLBOY and HELLBOY II THE GOLDEN ARMY (based on the popular Dark Horse comic book, returning to his role of ABE SAPIEN as well a taking on 2 other roles, that of THE CHAMBERLAIN and THE ANGEL OF DEATH for director Guillermo del Toro.)! Saru in CBS’ “Star Trek Discovery (perhaps one of the best “Trek” series to hit airways)! He can also be seen in the Academy Award winning film “The Shape of Water” in which Doug teams up again to bring an original story to life by director Guillermo del Toro!įans will long remember Doug for his work as THE SILVER SURFER in FANTASTIC FOUR RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER. Some say he is this generations “Boris Karloff”!ĭoug’s career spans numerous years in television and on film, currently Doug can be seen as Lt. Jason Isaacs as Captain Lorca, Doug Jones as science officer Saru, Anthony Rapp as fellow science officer Stamets, Terry Serpico as Starfleet admiral Anderson, Maulik Pancholy as chief medical officer Nambue, Sam Vartholomeos as junior Starfleet officer Connor, Mary Wiseman as Cadet Tilly, James Frain as Sarek, astrophysicist and father of Spock, Chris Obi as Klingon leader T’Kuvma, Mary Chieffo as L’Rell, a Klingon commander, Shazad Latif as Lieutenant Tyler, Rekha Sharma as Commander Landry, Kenneth Mitchell as Kol, Clare McConnell as Dennas, Damon Runyan as Ujilli, and Rainn Wilson as Harry Mudd.Doug Jones is perhaps one of the most brilliant actors of our time. The series also stars Michelle Yeoh as Captain Philippa Georgiou. You can bet they'll be showing off new footage from the series and revealing more details about the story and the characters.ĭiscovery stars Sonequa Martin-Green ( The Walking Dead) as a brilliant Starfleet First Officer - the first human educated on Vulcan - who’s forced to make an impossibly difficult decision which impacts the entire Federation. Jones and the rest of the Discovery cast will be attending the Star Trek: Discovery Comic-Con panel, which will take place Saturday, July 22 at 2:30 p.m. ![]() I have no doubt that Jones is going to own the role! Sounds like a cool character that fans can look forward to getting to know better over the course of the series. Saru is all of those things and then some.” On Falling Skies, I played an alien species who came to Earth to help the humans fight back the bad aliens who’d taken over, and I was intelligent, well-spoken, had a lot of answers and science-y smart. Hey! Every Star Trek series needs one! He also compares his Star Trek character to the alien character he played on Falling Skies: “ said Saru is the Spock of the series, he’s the Data of the series - and those are beloved characters that I always connect with whenever I would watch the past incarnations of Star Trek. Saru is the Spock and Data of the series. Jones offers his thoughts on the character he plays and says that Lt. That's actually kind of a cool backstory for the character. Such prey species tend to have a cowardly reputation in the Federation, but Saru should not be underestimated. As part of the latter group, Saru has evolved with heightened survival instincts. The report goes on to offer us a little background on the character and where he comes from: On Saru’s planet, there’s a dominant predator species that constantly imperils another weaker species called Kelpiens. We managed to get a little tease of the character in the trailer that was released and according to showrunner Aaron Harberts, he has the power of sensing death! That's got to be one of the most depressing powers ever! “What we can tell you that adds the context to that clip where he says he can sense the coming of death is that he comes from a planet where he’s a ‘prey species.’ He’s the first of his kind to make it to Starfleet.” He's described as being the "Spock" of the series. Saru and he is the Starfleet Science Officer. What we have known is that Jones plays a character named Lt. ![]() ![]() Until now, we really didn't know much about who he's playing, but thanks to EW, we have some intriguing new information to share with you. As a fan of Doug Jones, one of the things I'm looking forward to most about Star Trek: Discovery is seeing him play this new alien character.
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