Javier Botet López (born 30 July 1977) is a Spanish actor. Often cast in creature roles, he portrayed Tristana Medeiros in the REC franchise (2007–2009), the title character in Mama (2013), Set in The Mummy (2017), Slender Man in the 2018 film of the same name, and Dracula in The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023). His appearances in horror films also include Crimson Peak (2015), The Conjuring 2 (2016), It (2017) and its 2019 sequel, Insidious: The Last Key (2018), and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019).
Career[]
Botet's unique physical traits coupled with an interest in the performing arts led to his first film role in 2005, in Brian Yuzna's The Vampire's Stage. Two years later he played the role of Tristana Medeiros in Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza's 2007 film REC.
Horror Filmography[]
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Beneath Still Waters | Humanoid |
| 2007 | REC | Niña Medeiros |
| 2009 | REC 2 | |
| 2013 | Mama | Mama |
| Witching & Bitching | Luismi | |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak | Enola / Margaret / Pamela |
| 2016 | The Other Side of the Door | Myrtu |
| The Conjuring 2 | The Crooked Man | |
| Don't Knock Twice | Ginger Special | |
| 2017 | The Mummy | Set |
| Alien: Covenant | Movement Artist (Motion Capture) | |
| It | Hobo | |
| 2018 | Insidious: The Last Key | KeyFace |
| Slender Man | Slender Man | |
| Mara | Mara | |
| 2019 | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | The Toeless Corpse |
| Polaroid | Entity | |
| It: Chapter Two | Hobo / The Witch | |
| 2020 | 32 Malasana Street | Anciana Clara / Esteban Larrañaga |
| His House | The Apeth | |
| Don't Listen | Cliente Librería | |
| 2023 | The Last Voyage of the Demeter | Dracula |
| The Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth | Sack Man |