Javier Botet López (born July 30, 1977 in Ciudad Real, Spain) is a Spanish actor who you may have seen before if you're a fan of horror films, even if you don't recognize his face. Think of him as the Spanish Doug Jones; a performer who uses his physical attributes to play monsters under heavy makeup, although in his case, his physical appearance is the result of Marfan syndrome.
He first came to attention in his home country for his role as Niña Medeiros in the [REC] film series, appearing in the first three installments. His debut in the United States was also as a female monster - the title character of Mama. Since then, he's appeared in horror films such as The Conjuring 2, The Mummy, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. He's also portrayed Slender Man in the eponymous film and forms of the titular monster in It and its sequel, reuniting him with Mama director Andrés Muschietti.
Film Roles
- Humanoid in Beneath Still Waters (2005)
- Niña Medeiros in [REC] (2007), REC 2 (2009), and REC 3: Genesis (2012)
- Laughing Prisoner in The Last Circus (2010)
- Mama in Mama (2013)
- Luismi in Witching & Bitching (2013)
- Enola, Margaret, and Pamela in Crimson Peak (2015)
- Myrtu in The Other Side Of The Door (2016)
- Crooked Man in The Conjuring 2 (2016)
- Ginger Special in Don't Knock Twice (2016)
- Set in The Mummy (2017)
- Hobo and the Witch in It (2017) and It: Chapter Two (2019)
- Entity in Polaroid (2017)
- The Xenomorph/Praetomorph in Alien: Covenant (2017)
- KeyFace in Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
- Slender Man in Slender Man (2018)
- Mara in Mara (2018)
- Big Toe Corpse in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
- The Apeth in His House (2020)
- Dracula in The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Television Roles
- Ba'ul in Star Trek: Discovery (2019)
- Wight at Table / Melisandre (true form) in Game of Thrones (2019)
