Person
Tom Woodruff Jr.
Acting · Born 1959-01-21 · Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Tom Woodruff Jr. (born January 21, 1959) is an American actor, director, producer and special effects supervisor. He won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects for his work on the 1992 dark fantasy film Death Becomes Her; that same year he was also nominated for the same award for Alien 3. Some of his most notable works include: The Santa Clause, Starship Troopers, Cast Away, It and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Woodruff Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Chicago Hope
Stevie the Gorilla
Tales from the Crypt
Utility Monster
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Kirby (segment "Kirby")
Godzilla vs. Kong
Creature Design
Zoo
Gorilla Suit Performer
Prey
Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
San Andreas
Makeup Effects
Alien Resurrection
Lead Alien
Harry's Law
Gorilla
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Alien
Filmography
- 2025WellwoodExecutive Producer
- 2022SmileMakeup Designer
- 2022PreyPredator Puppeteer (ADI)
- 2022In Search of TomorrowHimself
- 2021Godzilla vs. KongCreature Design
- 2020Tremors: Making PerfectionHimself
- 2020In Search of Darkness: Part IISelf
- 2020The Mortuary CollectionBurke
- 2020Guest HouseJohn
- 2019The Movies That Made UsSelf
- 2019It Chapter TwoMakeup Designer
- 2019In Search of DarknessSelf
- 2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed FilmSelf
- 2018Wolfman's Got NardsSelf
- 2018Sorry to Bother YouEquisapien (uncredited)
- 2017ItMakeup Effects Designer
- 2017Room 104Elmer
- 2016Long Live the Kinghimself
- 2015Creature Designers: The Frankenstein ComplexSelf
- 2015Maze Runner: The Scorch TrialsMakeup Designer
- 2015Harbinger DownProducer
- 2015ZooGorilla Suit Performer
- 2015Fire City: End of DaysDirector
- 2015San AndreasMakeup Effects
- 2014Leviathan: Monster Melting PotHimself
- 2013Percy Jackson: Sea of MonstersSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2013Fire City: King of MiseriesDirector
- 2012Men in SuitsSelf
- 2012Astronaut: The Last PushControl Technician
- 2011Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First ClassSelf
- 2011Harry's LawGorilla
- 2010SkylineCreature Design
- 2009Old DogsGorilla
- 2009Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's AssistantWolfman
- 2009Race to Witch MountainSiphon
- 2009Lonely StreetSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2007Aliens vs Predator: RequiemAlien
- 2007Monster Squad Forever!Self
- 2006Alpha DogSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2005The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to OzSelf
- 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years CollectionSelf
- 2005ElektraPuppeteer / Demon (uncredited)
- 2004AVP: Alien vs. PredatorGrid
- 2004Shooting 'Panic Room'Self
- 2003Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'Self
- 2003Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'Self
- 2003Looney Tunes: Back in ActionThe Metaluna Mutant (uncredited)
- 2002The Alien SagaSelf
- 2002The Santa Clause 2Makeup Effects Designer
- 2002Starship Troopers: Know Your FoeSelf
- 2002Panic RoomMakeup Effects
- 2001EvolutionLead Primate Creature (uncredited)
- 2000The 6th DayMakeup Effects
- 2000BedazzledBiggest Devil
- 2000Hollow ManIsabelle the Gorilla
- 2000Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji'Self
- 2000Making Jumanji: The Realm of ImaginationSelf
- 1998The X-FilesCreature #1
- 1998The Making of ‘Tremors’Self
- 1997Alien ResurrectionLead Alien
- 1997Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionKirby (segment "Kirby")
- 1996MichaelBull (uncredited)
- 1995JumanjiLion / Crocodile (uncredited)
- 1995Mortal KombatGoro (uncredited)
- 1994The Santa ClauseSpecial Effects Key Makeup Artist
- 1994Chicago HopeStevie the Gorilla
- 1992Stay TunedMakeup Effects Designer
- 1992Death Becomes HerVisual Effects
- 1992Alien³Lead Alien (uncredited)
- 1990TremorsGraboids (uncredited)
- 1989Tales from the CryptUtility Monster
- 1989WarlockSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1989LeviathanLead Creature (uncredited)
- 1988MonstersHerbert
- 1988PumpkinheadPumpkinhead
- 1987The Monster SquadGillman
- 1984Star Trek III: The Search for SpockSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- —Fleshing Out the Hollow ManSelf
- —Kong: Steel in LoveDirector
- —KONG: STEEL IN LOVEDirector
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