Tony Gardner

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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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2026
The Rivals of Amziah King
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
2026
Jackass: Best and Last
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
2026
Robot Dracula
Movie Tony
2024
Dear Santa
Movie Makeup Designer
2024
Doc of Chucky
Movie Self
2022
Hocus Pocus 2
Movie Makeup Effects
2022
Living with Chucky
Movie Self
2022
Jackass 4.5
Movie Self (archive footage)
2022
Studio 666
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
2022
Jackass Forever
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
2021
Chucky
TV show Associate Producer
2021
Old
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
2021
Bad Hair
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
2020
Freaky
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
2019
Sextuplets
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
2018
Hell Fest
Movie Costume Design

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2017
The Dollhouse
Movie Self
2017
Cult of Chucky
Movie Animatronics Supervisor
2017
Woodshock
Movie Makeup Effects
2017
The Bad Batch
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
2015
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
Movie Self
2015
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Movie Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
2015
Daft Punk Unchained
Movie Self
2014
Clown
Movie Makeup Effects
2014
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
Movie Self
2013
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
2013
Curse of Chucky
Movie Puppeteer
2012
The Watch
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
2011
Jack and Jill
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
2011
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Movie Himself
2011
Jackass 3.5
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
2010
127 Hours
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
2010
Jackass 3D
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
2010
The Killer Inside Me
Movie Prosthetic Designer
2009
Bitch Slap
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
2009
Angels & Demons
Movie Prosthetic Makeup Artist
2008
What We Take from Each Other
Movie Special Effects Coordinator
2008
Ben 10: Race Against Time
Movie Special Effects Makeup Artist
2007
Jackass 2.5
Movie Makeup Effects Designer
2007
Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
Movie Self