Javier Botet

Spanish actor with Marfan syndrome

Javier Botet López (born 30 July 1977) is a Spanish actor, best known as a creature actor using his tall, thin build and long fingers resulting from Marfan syndrome. Although he originally worked in Spain, he has been making regular appearance in Hollywood horror films since 2013.

His roles include 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).

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