Tony Gardner
Known for: Costume & Make-Up
Born: September 25, 1965
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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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Filmography
78 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
6.5
The Rivals of Amziah King
2026
7.5
Jackass: Best and Last
2026
6.2
Dear Santa
2024
7.8
Doc of Chucky
2024
7.1
Hocus Pocus 2
2022
6.6
Living with Chucky
2022
6.4
Jackass 4.5
2022
5.8
Studio 666
2022
6.8
Jackass Forever
2022
7.8
Chucky
2021
6.3
Old
2021
5.6
Bad Hair
2021
6.5
Freaky
2020
6.2
Sextuplets
2019
5.7
Hell Fest
2018
7.0
The Dollhouse
2017
5.9
Cult of Chucky
2017
4.4
Woodshock
2017
5.3
The Bad Batch
2017
7.6
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
2015
6.6
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
7.2
Daft Punk Unchained
2015
5.8
Clown
2014
6.0
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5
2014
6.2
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2013
6.0
Curse of Chucky
2013
5.6
The Watch
2012
4.4
Jack and Jill
2011
7.4
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
2011
6.4
Jackass 3.5
2011
7.1
127 Hours
2010
6.6
Jackass 3D
2010
5.8
The Killer Inside Me
2010
4.8
Bitch Slap
2009
6.7
Angels & Demons
2009
NR
What We Take from Each Other
2008
5.9
Ben 10: Race Against Time
2008
6.1
Jackass 2.5
2007
NR
Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad
2007
6.7
Hairspray
2007
6.6
Jackass Number Two
2006
6.2
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005
5.5
Seed of Chucky
2004
6.5
Mindhunters
2004
2.0
Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You
2004
6.3
Jackass: The Movie
2002
6.3
Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up
2002
8.0
Being 'Shallow Hal'
2001
6.2
Shallow Hal
2001
5.8
Scary Movie 2
2001
6.6
Me, Myself & Irene
2000
6.2
28 Days
2000
6.7
Stir of Echoes
1999
7.0
Go
1999
6.6
There's Something About Mary
1998
6.5
Bean
1997
4.4
Batman & Robin
1997
5.4
Lifeform
1996
6.3
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995
5.5
Tank Girl
1995
5.3
Born to Be Wild
1995
3.1
It's Pat: The Movie
1994
4.7
Ghost in the Machine
1993
5.1
Full Eclipse
1993
6.2
Freaked
1993
7.3
Army of Darkness
1992
5.7
The Babe
1992
6.3
Mobsters
1991
5.7
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
6.4
Darkman
1990
4.9
Rockula
1990
6.4
Nightbreed
1990
6.2
Dark Angel
1990
3.7
Tale of Two Sisters
1989
6.9
The Blob
1988
5.6
Out of the Dark
1988
7.1
The Lost Boys
1987
8.3
Michael Jackson's Thriller
1983
NR
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
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