Javier Botet Height, Weight, Age, Girlfriends, Biography, Family, Facts

Javier Botet Quick Info
Height	6 ft 7¼ in
Weight	62 kg
Date of Birth	July 30, 1977
Zodiac Sign	Leo
Hair Color	Dark Brown

Javier Botet is a Spanish actor, theatre artist, writer, voice actor, and producer who has often been cast in creature roles, owing to his physical features due to Marfan syndrome. He has worked on several movies such as Beneath Still Waters, Mama, It, The Other Side of the Door, REC, REC 2, REC 3: Genesis, Mara, Crimson Peak, Witching & Bitching, The Conjuring 2, Don’t Knock Twice, The Mummy, Insidious: The Last Key, His House, Slender Man, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, It Chapter Two, Polaroid, 32 Malasana Street, and Don’t Listen. Moreover, the actor has also appeared in shows like Game of Thrones, Justo antes de Cristo, Star Trek: Discovery, #Luimelia, and El vecino (The Neighbor).

Born Name

Javier Botet López

Nick Name

Javier

Sun Sign

Leo

Born Place

Ciudad Real, Spain

Residence

Madrid, Spain

Nationality

Occupation

Actor, Theatre Artist, Writer, Voice Actor, Producer

Family

Father – Agustín Andrés Botet Rodríguez
Mother – María del Carmen Servilia López Nieto

Manager

Javier Botet has been repped by Resolution, Talent Agency, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Build

Slim

Height

6 ft 7¼ in or 201 cm

Weight

62 kg or 136.5 lbs

Race / Ethnicity

White

Hair Color

Dark Brown

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Due to Marfan syndrome, he has extremely long and fine fingers along with a tall, thin build.
Has often been cast as a ghost, monster, witch, demon, etc.
Wears glasses

Javier Botet Facts

He was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome (a rare multi-systemic genetic disorder that affects the connective tissue) when he was 5 years old.

Javier Botet played Frankenstein’s monster in Teatros del Canal’s stage adaptation of Frankenstein in 2010.

Alongside Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse, and Daniel Kash, Javier co-starred as Mama, a mysterious maternal protector figure, in the 2013 supernatural horror film Mama.

He played Set, the ancient Egyptian god of death, in the 2017 American fantasy action-adventure film The Mummy. It stars Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Sofia Boutella, Jake Johnson, Courtney B. Vance, Marwan Kenzari, and Russell Crowe.

In 2017, Javier Botet was seen as Hobo/The Leper, who is a rotting homeless man that encounters Eddie Kaspbrak under the porch of the house on 29 Neibolt Street, in the American coming-of-age supernatural horror film It. The film became the 5th highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. Javier reprised his role in It Chapter Two in 2019.

He brought to life the titular role in the 2018 American supernatural horror film Slender Man.

In April 2019, Javier Botet appeared as Wight in an episode titled The Long Night of the American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones.

He started playing Tucker in the superhero comedy streaming television series The Neighbor (Spanish: El Vecino) in 2021.

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