Tony Gardner
Born: 1965-09-25 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known For: Costume & Make-Up
Biography
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
2026
- The Rivals of Amziah King ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
2024
- Dear Santa ... (Makeup Designer)
- Doc of Chucky as Self
2022
- Hocus Pocus 2 ... (Makeup Effects)
- Jackass Forever ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Jackass 4.5 as Self (archive footage)
- Studio 666 ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Living with Chucky as Self
2021
2020
- Freaky ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
2019
- Sextuplets ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
2018
- Hell Fest ... (Costume Design)
2017
- The Bad Batch ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Cult of Chucky ... (Animatronics Supervisor)
- Woodshock ... (Makeup Effects)
- The Dollhouse as Self
2015
- Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse ... (Special Effects Key Makeup Artist)
- Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" as Self
- Daft Punk Unchained as Self
2014
- Clown ... (Makeup Effects)
- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 as Self
2013
- Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
2012
- The Watch ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
2011
- Jack and Jill ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead as Himself
2010
- 127 Hours ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- The Killer Inside Me ... (Prosthetic Designer)
2009
- Angels & Demons ... (Prosthetic Makeup Artist)
- Bitch Slap ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
2008
- Ben 10: Race Against Time ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- What We Take from Each Other ... (Special Effects Coordinator)
2007
- Hairspray ... (Makeup Effects)
2005
- Cheaper by the Dozen 2 ... (Makeup Designer)
2004
- Seed of Chucky as Tony Gardner
- Mindhunters ... (Makeup Effects)
- Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You as Self
2002
2001
- Scary Movie 2 ... (Makeup Designer)
- Shallow Hal ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Being 'Shallow Hal' as Self
2000
- Me, Myself & Irene ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- 28 Days ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1999
- Go ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Stir of Echoes ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1998
- There's Something About Mary ... (Animatronics Designer)
1997
- Batman & Robin ... (Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects)
- Bean ... (Makeup Effects)
1996
- Lifeform ... (Producer)
1995
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls ... (Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects)
- Tank Girl ... (Costume Design)
- Born to Be Wild ... (Associate Producer)
1994
- It's Pat ... (Costume Design)
1993
- Freaked ... (Makeup Designer)
- Ghost in the Machine ... (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Full Eclipse ... (Costume Design)
1992
- Army of Darkness ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- The Babe ... (Special Props)
1991
- Mobsters ... (Makeup Effects)
1990
- Dark Angel ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Darkman as Burn Ward Nurse / Lizard Man (uncredited)
- Psycho IV: The Beginning ... (Makeup Effects)
- Nightbreed ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
- Rockula ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1989
- Tale of Two Sisters ... (Makeup Effects)
1988
- The Blob ... (Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects)
- Out of the Dark ... (Special Effects Makeup Artist)
1987
- The Lost Boys ... (Special Effects)
1983
- Michael Jackson's Thriller as Zombie Crawling Out of Grave (uncredited)