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.

Filmography

• 2026Jackass: Best and Last — Makeup Effects Designer
• 2026Robot Dracula — Tony
• 2026The Rivals of Amziah King — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2024Dear Santa — Makeup Designer
• 2022Hocus Pocus 2 — Makeup Effects
• 2022Jackass 4.5 — Self (archive footage), Makeup Effects Designer
• 2022Jackass Forever — Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects Designer
• 2022Living with Chucky — Self, Associate Producer
• 2022Studio 666 — Makeup Effects Designer
• 2021Bad Hair — Makeup Effects Designer
• Chucky — Associate Producer
• 2021Old — Makeup Effects Designer
• 2020Freaky — Makeup Effects Designer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2019Sextuplets — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2018Hell Fest — Costume Design
• 2017Cult of Chucky — Animatronics Supervisor, Associate Producer
• 2017The Bad Batch — Makeup Effects Designer, Co-Producer
• 2017Woodshock — Makeup Effects
• 2015Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse — Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
• 2014Clown — Makeup Effects
• 2014Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 — Self, Makeup Effects Designer
• 2013Curse of Chucky — Puppeteer
• 2013Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa — Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects Designer
• 2012The Watch — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2011Jack and Jill — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2011Jackass 3.5 — Makeup Effects Designer
• 2010127 Hours — Makeup Effects Designer
• 2010Jackass 3D — Makeup Effects Designer
• 2010The Killer Inside Me — Prosthetic Designer
• 2009Angels & Demons — Prosthetic Makeup Artist
• 2009Bitch Slap — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2008Ben 10: Race Against Time — Special Effects Makeup Artist, Prop Designer
• 2008What We Take from Each Other — Special Effects Coordinator
• 2007Hairspray — Makeup Effects
• 2007Jackass 2.5 — Makeup Effects Designer
• 2006Jackass Number Two — Makeup Effects Designer
• 2005Cheaper by the Dozen 2 — Makeup Designer
• 2004Mindhunters — Makeup Effects
• 2004Seed of Chucky — Tony Gardner, Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2003Stuck on You — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2002Jackass: The Movie — Makeup Effects Designer
• 2001Scary Movie 2 — Makeup Designer
• 2001Shallow Hal — Makeup Effects Designer
• 200028 Days — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 2000Me, Myself & Irene — Makeup Effects Designer
• 1999Go — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 1999Stir of Echoes — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 1998There's Something About Mary — Animatronics Designer
• 1997Batman & Robin — Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
• 1997Bean — Makeup Effects
• 1996Lifeform — Producer
• 1995Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls — Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
• 1995Born to Be Wild — Associate Producer
• 1995Tank Girl — Costume Design
• 1994It's Pat: The Movie — Costume Design
• 1993Freaked — Makeup Designer
• 1993Full Eclipse — Costume Design, Special Effects Key Makeup Artist
• 1993Ghost in the Machine — Makeup Effects Designer
• 1992Army of Darkness — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 1992The Babe — Special Props
• 1991Mobsters — Makeup Effects
• 1990Dark Angel — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 1990Darkman — Burn Ward Nurse / Lizard Man (uncredited), Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 1990Nightbreed — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 1990Psycho IV: The Beginning — Makeup Effects, Makeup Artist
• 1990Rockula — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 1989Tale of Two Sisters — Makeup Effects
• 1988Out of the Dark — Special Effects Makeup Artist
• 1988The Blob — Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects
• 1987The Lost Boys — Special Effects
• 1983Michael Jackson's Thriller — Zombie Crawling Out of Grave (uncredited), Makeup Effects

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2024Doc of Chucky — Self
• 2017The Dollhouse — Self
• 2015Daft Punk Unchained — Self
• 2015Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" — Self
• 2011More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead — Himself
• 2007Hairspray: Transforming Travolta to Turnblad — Self
• 2004Making It Stick: The Makeup Effects of Stuck on You — Self
• 2002Shallow Hal: Seeing Through the Make-up — Self
• 2001Being 'Shallow Hal' — Self
• Diggin’ Up "Bones" — Self