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Tony Gardner

Costume & Make-Up Born Sep 25, 1965 Cleveland, Ohio, USA 16 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Michael Jackson's Thriller

as Zombie Crawling Out of Grave (uncredited)
Film

Seed of Chucky

as Tony Gardner

Full filmography

  • Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983) as Zombie Crawling Out of Grave (uncredited)
  • Seed of Chucky (2004) as Tony Gardner
  • Darkman (1990) as Burn Ward Nurse / Lizard Man (uncredited)
  • Jackass 4.5 (2022) as Self (archive footage)
  • Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 (2014) as Self
  • Living with Chucky (2022) as Self
  • Doc of Chucky (2024) as Self
  • Daft Punk Unchained (2015) as Self
  • Being 'Shallow Hal' (2001) as Self
  • Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up (2002) as Self
  • More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011) as Himself
  • Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" (2015) as Self
  • Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You (2004) as Self
  • The Dollhouse (2017) as Self
  • Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad (2007) as Self
  • Diggin’ Up "Bones" as Self