Tom Woodruff Jr.
- Acting
- January 21, 1959 · Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Tom Woodruff Jr. (born January 21, 1959) is an American actor, director, producer and special effects supervisor. He won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects for his work on the 1992 dark fantasy film Death Becomes Her; that same year he was also nominated for the same award for Alien 3. Some of his most notable works include: The Santa Clause, Starship Troopers, Cast Away, It and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Woodruff Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Wellwood · Executive producer
- Smile · Makeup Designer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Prey · Predator Puppeteer (ADI), Makeup Effects Designer
- In Search of Tomorrow · Self
- Godzilla vs. Kong · Creature Design
- Tremors: Making Perfection · Self
- In Search of Darkness: Part II · Self
- The Mortuary Collection · Burke, Sound
- Guest House · John
- The Movies That Made Us · Self
- It Chapter Two · Makeup Designer
- In Search of Darkness · Self
- Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film · Self
- Wolfman's Got Nards · Self
- Sorry to Bother You · Equisapien (uncredited)
- It · Makeup Effects Designer
- Room 104 · Elmer
- Long Live the King · Self
- Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex · Self
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials · Makeup Designer
- Harbinger Down · Producer
- Zoo · Gorilla Suit Performer
- Fire City: End of Days · Director
- San Andreas · Makeup Effects
- Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot · Self
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Fire City: King of Miseries · Director
- Men in Suits · Self
- Astronaut: The Last Push · Control Technician
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class · Self
- Harry's Law · Gorilla
- Skyline · Creature Design
- Old Dogs · Gorilla
- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant · Wolfman
- Race to Witch Mountain · Siphon
- Lonely Street · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Aliens vs Predator: Requiem · Alien
- Monster Squad Forever! · Self
- Alpha Dog · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz · Self
- Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection · Self
- Elektra · Puppeteer / Demon (uncredited)
- AVP: Alien vs. Predator · Grid
- Shooting 'Panic Room' · Self
- Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' · Self
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' · Self
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action · The Metaluna Mutant (uncredited)
- The Alien Saga · Self
- The Santa Clause 2 · Makeup Effects Designer
- Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe · Self
- Panic Room · Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Evolution · Lead Primate Creature (uncredited)
- The 6th Day · Makeup Effects
- Bedazzled · Biggest Devil
- Hollow Man · Isabelle the Gorilla
- Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji' · Self
- Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination · Self
- The X-Files · Creature #1
- The Making of ‘Tremors’ · Self
- Alien Resurrection · Lead Alien
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction · Kirby (segment "Kirby"), Director
- Michael · Bull (uncredited)
- Jumanji · Lion / Crocodile (uncredited)
- Mortal Kombat · Goro (uncredited)
- The Santa Clause · Special Effects Key Makeup Artist, Animatronics Designer
- Chicago Hope · Stevie the Gorilla
- Stay Tuned · Makeup Effects Designer
- Death Becomes Her · Visual Effects
- Alien³ · Lead Alien (uncredited)
- The Making of 'Alien³' · Self
- Tremors · Graboids (uncredited), Creature Design
- Tales from the Crypt · Utility Monster
- Warlock · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Leviathan · Lead Creature (uncredited), Creature Design
- Monsters · Herbert
- Pumpkinhead · Pumpkinhead, Makeup Effects
- The Monster Squad · Gillman, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
- The Clan of the Cave Bear · Animatronics Designer
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock · Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Fleshing Out the Hollow Man · Self