Tom Woodruff Jr.
Actor · Special Effects Key Makeup Artist · Special Effects Makeup Artist · Director
Born Jan 21, 1959 · Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
Active 1984–present · Awards: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
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…
Filmography
Wellwood (2025) — Executive ProducerIt (2017) — Makeup Effects DesignerGodzilla vs. Kong (2021) — Creature DesignPrey (2022) — Predator Puppeteer (ADI) · Makeup Effects DesignerJumanji (1995) — Lion / Crocodile (uncredited)It Chapter Two (2019) — Makeup DesignerMaze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) — Makeup DesignerPanic Room (2002) — Makeup Effects · Special Effects Makeup ArtistSan Andreas (2015) — Makeup EffectsTremors (1990) — Graboids (uncredited) · Creature DesignAlien³ (1992) — Lead Alien (uncredited)Smile (2022) — Makeup Designer · Special Effects Makeup ArtistTales from the Crypt (1989) — Utility MonsterDeath Becomes Her (1992) — Visual EffectsAlien Resurrection (1997) — Lead AlienThe X-Files (1998) — Creature #1Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) — Special Effects Makeup ArtistSorry to Bother You (2018) — Equisapien (uncredited)AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) — GridThe Santa Clause (1994) — Special Effects Key Makeup Artist · Animatronics Designer · Special Effects Makeup ArtistAlpha Dog (2006) — Special Effects Makeup ArtistStar Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) — Special Effects Makeup ArtistEvolution (2001) — Lead Primate Creature (uncredited)Hollow Man (2000) — Isabelle the Gorilla