Javier Botet

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).

Javier Botet
Botet at the San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Week in 2020
Born	Javier Botet López (1977-07-30) 30 July 1977 (age 46) Ciudad Real, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present
Height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)

Botet was born in Ciudad Real, the son of Agustín Andrés Botet Rodríguez and María del Carmen Servilia López Nieto.

At age five, he was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. The hyperlaxity of certain body tissues brought about by Botet's condition has given him extremely long and fine fingers along with a tall, thin build, standing at 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) and weighing 123 pounds (56 kg).

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 Beneath Still Waters. Two years later he played the role of Tristana Medeiros in Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza's 2007 film REC.

Theater and television

Botet has appeared in theater roles, including in 2010 as Frankenstein's monster in Teatros del Canal's stage adaptation of Frankenstein, as well as on television, where in 2019 he appeared as a member of an alien species known as the Ba'ul in one episode of Star Trek: Discovery. Also in 2019, Botet appeared as a wight in the Game of Thrones episode The Long Night.

On 7 October 2019 Botet, along with actress Maribel Verdú, received the Màquina del Temps Award (English: Time Machine) at the 2019 Sitges Film Festival. The award is given annually to individuals from the fantasy world film-genre for their excellence in film work.

Botet lives in Madrid.

TV actor