Tony Gardner

Personal Info

Know For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-09-25 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Tony Gardner

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, ...

Acting

1983

Michael Jackson's Thriller

as Zombie Crawling Out of Grave (uncredited)

2022

Jackass 4.5

as Self (archive footage)

2017

1990

Darkman

as Burn Ward Nurse / Lizard Man (uncredited)

2004

Seed of Chucky

as Tony Gardner

2024

Production

2007

Hairspray

as Makeup Effects

2014

Clown

as Makeup Effects

1992

The Babe

as Special Props

2001

Shallow Hal

as Makeup Effects Designer

2005

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

as Makeup Designer

2022

Studio 666

as Makeup Effects Designer

2004

Mindhunters

as Makeup Effects

2017

Cult of Chucky

as Animatronics Supervisor

1990

Dark Angel

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1990

Darkman

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1995

Tank Girl

as Costume Design

2021

Bad Hair

as Makeup Effects Designer

2020

Freaky

as Makeup Effects Designer

2020

Freaky

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2021

Old

as Makeup Effects Designer

2022

Jackass Forever

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1993

Freaked

as Makeup Designer

2017

Woodshock

as Makeup Effects

2010

The Killer Inside Me

as Prosthetic Designer

1989

Tale of Two Sisters

as Makeup Effects

1988

The Blob

as Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects

1983

2017

The Bad Batch

as Makeup Effects Designer

1988

Out of the Dark

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2022

Hocus Pocus 2

as Makeup Effects

1991

Mobsters

as Makeup Effects

1994

It's Pat

as Costume Design

1995

Born to Be Wild

as Associate Producer

2025

The Rivals of Amziah King

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2001

Scary Movie 2

as Makeup Designer

1998

There's Something About Mary

as Animatronics Designer

2017

The Bad Batch

as Co-Producer

1997

Bean

as Makeup Effects

1997

Batman & Robin

as Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects

2017

Cult of Chucky

as Associate Producer

2022

Living with Chucky

as Associate Producer

2010

127 Hours

as Makeup Effects Designer

2009

Bitch Slap

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2008

Ben 10: Race Against Time

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2008

1987

The Lost Boys

as Special Effects

1990

Psycho IV: The Beginning

as Makeup Effects

1999

Stir of Echoes

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1993

Ghost in the Machine

as Makeup Effects Designer

2000

28 Days

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2008

What We Take from Each Other

as Special Effects Coordinator

2018

Hell Fest

as Costume Design

2000

Me, Myself & Irene

as Makeup Effects Designer

1995

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

as Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects

1999

Go

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

1990

Nightbreed

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2009

Angels & Demons

as Prosthetic Makeup Artist

2015

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

as Special Effects Key Makeup Artist

1990

Psycho IV: The Beginning

as Makeup Artist

1996

Lifeform

as Producer

1992

Army of Darkness

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

2004

Seed of Chucky

as Special Effects Makeup Artist

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