Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-08-29 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Alec 'Prop' Gillis
Alec Dougal Gillis
Alec Dougal Gillis is an Academy Award-winning American special effects artist and actor who served as part of the creature effects crew on the 1986 film Aliens, the 1992 film Alien3, the 1997 film Alien Resurrection, the 2004 film Alien vs. Predator, the 2007 film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and the 2018 film The Predator. He also appeared in a cameo as an unnamed technician in Alien vs. Predator, although he was not credited for the role. In 1988, Gillis co-founded Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. (ADI) with Tom Woodruff, Jr., and the company has since provided creature effects for Alien3, Alien Resurrection, Alien vs. Predator and Aliens vs. P...
2021
as Oswald Octav
2017
as William 'Billy' Coltran
2017
as William 'Billy' Coltran
2012
as Charlie
2012
as Self
1998
as Self
2014
as Himself
2005
2022
as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
1986
as Alien (uncredited)
1997
as Hero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
2015
2019
2017
as Militia #1
2021
as Militia #1 / Bill
2004
as Self
2009
2004
as Technician (uncredited)
2020
as Himself
2007
as Self
2003
2003
2019
2020
as William "Billy" Coltran
2000
2025
as Fitz
2023
2005
1987
as Special Effects Makeup Artist
1981
as Prosthetics
2020
as Thanks
2013
as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2015
as Writer
2015
as Director
1994
as Animatronics Designer
1994
as Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
1984
as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2002
as Makeup Designer
2002
as Makeup Effects
2000
as Makeup Designer
1998
as Makeup Effects
2000
as Makeup Effects
1995
as Makeup Designer
2025
as Executive Producer
2015
as Makeup Effects
2010
as Creature Design
2002
as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2019
as Director
2019
as Makeup Designer
2002
as Makeup Effects Designer
2017
as Makeup Effects Designer
1990
as Creature Design
2022
as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2015
as Special Effects Makeup Artist
1989
as Creature Design
1992
as Makeup Effects Designer
2025
as Creature Design
2025
as Special Effects Supervisor
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