Tony Gardner

Costume & Make-Up

Tony Gardner

Born 1965-09-25 · 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.

Acting credits

Seed of Chucky poster
5.5

This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhem!

Seed of Chucky

2004

Curse of Chucky poster
6.0

After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to the mounting bloodshed and chaos.

Curse of Chucky

2013

Darkman poster
6.4

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.

Darkman

1990

Michael Jackson's Thriller poster
8.3

A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers, and became the first inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.

Michael Jackson's Thriller

1983

Jackass 4.5 poster
6.4

Through outrageous, never-before-seen footage, witness the making of the Jackass crew's last go at wild stunts.

Jackass 4.5

2022

Doc of Chucky poster
7.8

The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, David Kirschner, and dozens more.

Doc of Chucky

2024

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 poster
6.0

Bad Grandpa .5 gives you a whole new perspective on the world of Irving Zisman with bonus scenes and pranks also featuring Spike Jonze as "Gloria" and Catherine Keener as Irving's wife "Ellie", plus a look at the evolution of Johnny Knoxville's naughty alter-ego, the makeup effects, and a behind-the-scenes peek at the idiocy it takes to make a hidden camera movie in public.

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5

2014

Daft Punk Unchained poster
7.2

Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have always resisted compromise and the established codes of show business. They have remained determined to maintain control of every link in the chain of their creative process. In the era of globalisation and social networks, they rarely speak in public and neither do they show their faces on TV. This documentary explores this unprecedented cultural revolution revealing a duo of artists on a permanent quest for creativity, independence and freedom.

Daft Punk Unchained

2015

Living with Chucky poster
6.6

A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experiences working on the ongoing franchise and what it means to be a part of the, "Chucky" family.

Living with Chucky

2022

Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You poster
2.0

We find notes from the Farrellys, Damon, Kinnear, Thomas, Wessler and special make-up designer Tony Gardner. The latter participant dominates the show as he lets us know about the design of the conjoined rig, the various challenges and its execution. We also learn about general issues and the way the actors related to each other.

Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You

2004

Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" poster
7.6

An in-depth, feature length documentary on the surprisingly tumultuous creation of cult classic Army of Darkness.

Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"

2015

Diggin’ Up "Bones" poster
NR

Produced for the "Bones" Special Edition DVD.

Diggin’ Up "Bones"

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead poster
7.4

Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

2011

Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up poster
6.3

This short documentary provides discussion of how the fat suits and other make-up effects were done for the film as well as considerations of exactly the look. There's also some test footage of the make-up effects and interviews with Paltrow, Black, the Farrellys, Paltrow and Paltrow's body double, Ivy.

Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up

2002

Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad poster
NR

A look at the transformation of John Travolta into Edna Turnblad. Produced for the “Hairspray” DVD.

Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad

2007

The Dollhouse poster
7.0

Kyra Gardner's loving tribute to growing up in the world of the psycho killer doll, Chucky.

The Dollhouse

2017

Being 'Shallow Hal' poster
8.0

The HBO special is hosted by star Brooke Burns, who spends more time talking to people on the street about what it means to be shallow than discussing the film itself.

Being 'Shallow Hal'

2001

Behind the camera