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 he was also nominated for the same award for Alien 3. Some of his most notable works include: The Santa Clause, Starship Troopers, Cast Away, It and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Woodruff Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2025Wellwood — Executive Producer
• 2022Prey — Predator Puppeteer (ADI), Makeup Effects Designer
• 2022Smile — Makeup Designer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2021Godzilla vs. Kong — Creature Design
• 2020Guest House — John
• 2020The Mortuary Collection — Burke, Sound
• 2019It Chapter Two — Makeup Designer
• 2018Sorry to Bother You — Equisapien (uncredited)
• 2017It — Makeup Effects Designer
• Room 104 — Elmer
• 2015Fire City: End of Days — Director
• 2015Harbinger Down — Producer
• 2015Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials — Makeup Designer
• 2015San Andreas — Makeup Effects
• Zoo — Gorilla Suit Performer
• 2013Fire City: King of Miseries — Director
• 2013Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2012Astronaut: The Last Push — Control Technician
• Harry's Law — Gorilla
• 2010Skyline — Creature Design
• 2009Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant — Wolfman
• 2009Lonely Street — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2009Old Dogs — Gorilla
• 2009Race to Witch Mountain — Siphon
• 2007Aliens vs Predator: Requiem — Alien
• 2006Alpha Dog — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2005Elektra — Puppeteer / Demon (uncredited)
• 2004AVP: Alien vs. Predator — Grid
• 2003Looney Tunes: Back in Action — The Metaluna Mutant (uncredited)
• 2002Panic Room — Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2002The Santa Clause 2 — Makeup Effects Designer
• 2001Evolution — Lead Primate Creature (uncredited)
• 2000Bedazzled — Biggest Devil
• 2000Hollow Man — Isabelle the Gorilla
• 2000The 6th Day — Makeup Effects
• 1998The X-Files — Creature #1
• 1997Alien Resurrection — Lead Alien
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Kirby (segment "Kirby"), Director
• 1996Michael — Bull (uncredited)
• 1995Jumanji — Lion / Crocodile (uncredited)
• 1995Mortal Kombat — Goro (uncredited)
• Chicago Hope — Stevie the Gorilla
• 1994The Santa Clause — Special Effects Key Makeup Artist, Animatronics Designer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 1992Alien³ — Lead Alien (uncredited)
• 1992Death Becomes Her — Visual Effects
• 1992Stay Tuned — Makeup Effects Designer
• 1990Tremors — Graboids (uncredited), Creature Design
• 1989Leviathan — Lead Creature (uncredited), Creature Design
• Tales from the Crypt — Utility Monster
• 1989Warlock — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Monsters — Herbert
• 1988Pumpkinhead — Pumpkinhead, Makeup Effects
• 1987The Monster Squad — Gillman, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
• 1986The Clan of the Cave Bear — Animatronics Designer
• 1984Star Trek III: The Search for Spock — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• KONG: STEEL IN LOVE — Director
• Kong: Steel in Love — Director

Appearances as themselves (24)

• 2022In Search of Tomorrow — Himself
• 2020In Search of Darkness: Part II — Self
• 2020Tremors: Making Perfection — Himself
• 2019In Search of Darkness — Self
• 2019Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film — Self
• The Movies That Made Us — Self
• 2018Wolfman's Got Nards — Self
• 2016Long Live the King — himself
• 2015Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex — Self
• 2014Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot — Himself
• 2012Men in Suits — Self
• 2011Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class — Self
• 2007Monster Squad Forever! — Self
• 2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection — Self
• 2005The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz — Self
• 2004Shooting 'Panic Room' — Self
• 2003Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' — Self
• 2003Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' — Self
• 2002Starship Troopers: Know Your Foe — Self
• 2002The Alien Saga — Self
• 2000Lions and Monkeys and Pods... Oh My!: The Special Effects of 'Jumanji' — Self
• 2000Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination — Self
• 1998The Making of ‘Tremors’ — Self
• Fleshing Out the Hollow Man — Self