Person
Christopher Allen Nelson
Costume & Make-Up · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Academy Award winner and 2 time Emmy winner Christopher Allen Nelson moved to Los Angeles at the age of 15. He has established himself as one of the top Special FX Make-up Artists and designers in the industry, after having worked for Rick Baker, Steve Johnson, KNB, Stan Winston, and many more.
Known for
Criminal Minds
Unsub
Michael
Special Effects Makeup Artist
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Officer D.A. Michaels
Cold Case
Lester Hughes (1979)
Weeds
Mattias
The Amazing Spider-Man
Special Effects Makeup Artist
One Battle After Another
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Scarpetta
Makeup Effects Designer
Constantine
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Filmography
- 2026MichaelSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2026ScarpettaMakeup Effects Designer
- 2025One Battle After AnotherSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2025Honey Don't!Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 2024Drive-Away DollsProsthetic Makeup Artist
- 2022Halloween EndsMakeup Effects Designer
- 2022Thor: Love and ThunderSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2022UmmaMakeup Effects Designer
- 2021Halloween KillsMakeup Effects Designer
- 2021Fear Street: 1666Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 2021Fear Street: 1978Makeup Effects Designer
- 2021Fear Street: 1994Makeup Effects Designer
- 2020The Tax CollectorMakeup Effects Designer
- 2018HalloweenOfficer Francis
- 2016Suicide SquadMakeup Supervisor
- 2014Inherent ViceGlenn Charlock
- 2014HoneymoonSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2014Merkin PenalHetfield
- 2013Thor: The Dark WorldMakeup Artist
- 2013The Hangover Part IIISpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2012Hero of the DayWriter
- 2012The Walking Dead: Cold StorageHarris
- 2012The Amazing Spider-ManSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2012God Bless AmericaTrooper
- 2011ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2Max
- 2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairTommy Plympton
- 2010DevilSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2009The StepfatherSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2008Vacancy 2: The First CutSheriff
- 2008Raising the BarTommy
- 200830 Days of Night: Dust to DustJacob
- 2008StilettoBuzzcut
- 2007The RageLarry
- 2007Rise: Blood HunterOfficer
- 2006The Dead GirlMurray
- 2006The TripperGus / Reagan
- 2006HostelDutch Police Officer
- 2005SerenityKey Makeup Artist
- 2005Criminal MindsUnsub
- 2005WeedsMattias
- 2005Land of the DeadVeteran Soldier
- 2005Dominion: Prequel to The ExorcistSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2005ConstantineSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2004The HillzKid
- 2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2Tommy Plympton
- 2004Employee of the MonthSqueegy Man
- 2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 2003Cold CaseLester Hughes (1979)
- 2002Ghost ShipSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2001Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of MarsSelf
- 2001Ghosts of MarsDemon Miner (uncredited)
- 2001EvolutionSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationOfficer D.A. Michaels
- 2000Bull
- 2000X-MenSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1999MagnoliaSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1999VirusSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1996Bad MoonSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1996Bordello of BloodMakeup Effects Designer
- 1996The DentistSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1995Dead ManSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1993Return of the Living Dead IIISpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1993Warlock: The ArmageddonSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- —Killing ChuckRanger
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