- Known For
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- September 25, 1965
- Place of Birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Tony Gardner
Tony Gardner is an American makeup designer, special effects designer and puppeteer. He has designed and created effects for many feature films, including the films Zombieland, 127 Hours, Smokin' Aces, Hairspray, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, The Addams Family, Seed of Chucky, Shallow Hal and There's Something About Mary. Gardner helped create the signature helmets for Daft Punk, as well as an animatronic robot for their "Technologic" music video. He wrote and directed Daft Punk's music video for the song "The Prime Time of Your Life" and associate produced and populated a world full of robots for the duo's feature-length directorial debut, Daft Punk's Electroma. Beyond the film-making arena, Gardner's special effects company Alterian, Inc. has also designed and created the popular GEICO Cavemen characters as well as the current iteration of Smokey Bear.
Filmography
movieThe Rivals of Amziah King
2026 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieJackass: Best and Last
2026 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieDear Santa
2024 · Makeup Designer
movieDoc of Chucky
2024 · Self
movieHocus Pocus 2
2022 · Makeup Effects
movieLiving with Chucky
2022 · Self, Associate Producer
movieJackass 4.5
2022 · Self (archive footage), Makeup Effects Designer
movieStudio 666
2022 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieJackass Forever
2022 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects Designer
tvChucky
2021 · Associate Producer
movieOld
2021 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieBad Hair
2021 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieFreaky
2020 · Makeup Effects Designer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieSextuplets
2019 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieHell Fest
2018 · Costume Design
movieThe Dollhouse
2017 · Self
movieCult of Chucky
2017 · Animatronics Supervisor, Associate Producer
movieWoodshock
2017 · Makeup Effects
movieThe Bad Batch
2017 · Makeup Effects Designer, Co-Producer
movieMedieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
2015 · Self
movieScouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015 · Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
movieDaft Punk Unchained
2015 · Self
movieClown
2014 · Makeup Effects
movieJackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
2014 · Self, Makeup Effects Designer
movieJackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2013 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects Designer
movieThe Watch
2012 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieJack and Jill
2011 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieMore Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
2011 · Himself
movieJackass 3.5
2011 · Makeup Effects Designer
movie127 Hours
2010 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieJackass 3D
2010 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieThe Killer Inside Me
2010 · Prosthetic Designer
movieBitch Slap
2009 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieAngels & Demons
2009 · Prosthetic Makeup Artist
movieWhat We Take from Each Other
2008 · Special Effects Coordinator
movieBen 10: Race Against Time
2008 · Special Effects Makeup Artist, Prop Designer
movieJackass 2.5
2007 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieHairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
2007 · Self
movieHairspray
2007 · Makeup Effects
movieJackass Number Two
2006 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieCheaper by the Dozen 2
2005 · Makeup Designer
movieSeed of Chucky
2004 · Tony Gardner, Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieMindhunters
2004 · Makeup Effects
movieMaking It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You
2004 · Self
movieJackass: The Movie
2002 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieShallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
2002 · Self
movieBeing 'Shallow Hal'
2001 · Self
movieShallow Hal
2001 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieScary Movie 2
2001 · Makeup Designer
movieMe, Myself & Irene
2000 · Makeup Effects Designer
movie28 Days
2000 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieStir of Echoes
1999 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieGo
1999 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieThere's Something About Mary
1998 · Animatronics Designer
movieBean
1997 · Makeup Effects
movieBatman & Robin
1997 · Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
movieLifeform
1996 · Producer
movieAce Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995 · Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
movieTank Girl
1995 · Costume Design
movieBorn to Be Wild
1995 · Associate Producer
movieIt's Pat: The Movie
1994 · Costume Design
movieGhost in the Machine
1993 · Makeup Effects Designer
movieFull Eclipse
1993 · Costume Design, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
movieFreaked
1993 · Makeup Designer
movieArmy of Darkness
1992 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieThe Babe
1992 · Special Props
movieMobsters
1991 · Makeup Effects
moviePsycho IV: The Beginning
1990 · Makeup Effects, Makeup Artist
movieDarkman
1990 · Burn Ward Nurse / Lizard Man (uncredited), Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieRockula
1990 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieNightbreed
1990 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieDark Angel
1990 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieTale of Two Sisters
1989 · Makeup Effects
movieThe Blob
1988 · Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
movieOut of the Dark
1988 · Special Effects Makeup Artist
movieThe Lost Boys
1987 · Special Effects
movieMichael Jackson's Thriller
1983 · Zombie Crawling Out of Grave (uncredited), Makeup Effects
movieDiggin’ Up "Bones"
— · Self