Javier Botet (born 30 July 1977; age 47) is a Spanish actor who played an unnamed Ba'ul in the Star Trek: Discovery second season episode "The Sound of Thunder". [1] [2] [3]
Botet was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome at the age of five. Because of his special physical appearance, Botet has been cast as creatures such as Niña and Tristana Medeiros in Rec (2007), Rec 2 (2009), Rec 3: Genesis (2012), and Rec 4: Apocalypse (2014), Mama in Mama (2013), Enola, Margaret and Pamela in Crimson Peak (2015, with Jim Beaver, Leslie Hope, Emily Coutts, Doug Jones, and Bruce Gray), the Crooked Man in The Conjuring 2 (2016, with Robin Atkin Downes), Alien: Covenant (2017), The Mummy (2017, with Sofia Boutella and produced, written and directed by Alex Kurtzman), Hobo in It (2017), and KeyFace in Insidious: The Last Key (2018, with Bruce Davison and Craig Reed).
Since 2005, Botet appeared in a number of Spanish productions as well and also worked as writer, producer and director. Among his later projects are The Crucifixion (2017), Slender Man (2018, with Michael Reilly Burke), Mara (2018), Polaroid (2019), It Chapter Two (2019, with Bill Hader), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), and His House (2019).
External links[]
- JavierBotet.com – official site
- Javier Botet at Wikipedia
- Javier Botet at the Internet Movie Database
- Javier Botet at Instagram