Peter Swords King
Personal Info
Know For
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-01-01 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
UK
Also known As
Peter 'Swords' King
Peter "Swords" King
Peter King
Peter Swords-King
Peter Swords King
Biography
Peter King (born 1955), also known as Peter Swords King, is a British Oscar-winning makeup artist who won the 2003 Academy Awards for Best Makeup for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. He shared the award with filmmaker Richard Taylor. He was nominated again at the 2012 Academy Awards for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Besides bringing movie characters to life by way of make-up and hairstyling, King, for the 13 dwarves in the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, had to work on 1,000 drawings before finalising down to a single image. "We make the prosthetics, wigs, beards and then do a show-and-tell for each character in t...
Acting
1998
as Cecil's Friend 2
Production
1998
as Makeup Artist
1999
as Makeup Designer
1998
as Makeup Designer
1998
as Hairstylist
1998
as Makeup Artist
1982
as Hairstylist
1982
as Wig Designer
2010
as Makeup Artist
2012
as Makeup Designer
2012
as Hair Designer
2016
as Hair Designer
2014
as Makeup Designer
2005
as Hair Designer
2014
as Hair Designer
2005
as Makeup Designer
1995
as Makeup Artist
2002
as Makeup Designer
2017
as Hair Designer
2017
as Makeup Designer
2017
as Hair Designer
2017
as Makeup Designer
2000
as Makeup Designer
2000
as Hair Designer
2002
as Makeup & Hair
2001
as Makeup Designer
2001
as Hair Designer
1997
as Wigmaker
2010
as Hair Designer
1996
as Makeup Artist
2013
as Makeup & Hair
2009
as Makeup & Hair
2003
as Makeup & Hair
1998
as Makeup Designer
1998
as Hair Designer
2004
as Makeup Designer
2004
as Hair Designer
2020
as Hair Designer
2020
as Makeup Designer
2014
as Hair Designer
2014
as Makeup Designer
2007
as Makeup Designer
2007
as Hair Designer
2005
as Makeup Artist
1997
as Makeup Artist
1997
as Hairstylist
2007
as Makeup & Hair
2025
as Hair Designer
2004
as Makeup Artist
2007
as Hair Designer
2007
as Makeup Designer
2026
as Makeup Designer
2026
as Hair Designer
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