Tony Gardner

Known for Costume & Make-UpBorn 1965-09-25 (age 60)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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Dollhouse

Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"

Doc of Chucky

Michael Jackson's Thriller

Being 'Shallow Hal'

Chucky

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

Hocus Pocus 2

Daft Punk Unchained

127 Hours

Army of Darkness

Jackass Forever

Go

The Lost Boys

Angels & Demons

Living with Chucky

Freaky

Hairspray

The Blob

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Stir of Echoes

Jackass 4.5

Me, Myself & Irene

There's Something About Mary

Old

Mindhunters

Dear Santa

Bean

Sextuplets

Darkman

Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Nightbreed

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Shallow Hal

Mobsters

28 Days

Studio 666

Freaked

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5

Cult of Chucky

Clown

The Killer Inside Me

Bad Hair

Dark Angel

Ben 10: Race Against Time

Hell Fest