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Rick Baker

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American special makeup effects artist

United StatesActorsBorn 1950 · age 75
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Richard Alan Baker is an American actor and retired special make-up effects creator. He is mostly known for his creature designs and effects.

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Rick Baker
said · Nov 5, 2012
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It’s not just how they feel about it, but what it feels like to wear.

Rick Baker interview: Men In Black 3, werewolves and Videodrome (November 5, 2012)

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Rick Baker
said · Nov 5, 2012
Own words

I do quite like hairy things. That probably came out of my growing up in front of the television as a kid in the 50s.

Rick Baker interview: Men In Black 3, werewolves and Videodrome (November 5, 2012)

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Filmography 40

Men in Black II2002 · ★ 6.4
Men in Black 32012 · ★ 6.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas2000 · ★ 6.8
Planet of the Apes2001 · ★ 5.8
Michael Jackson's Thriller1983 · ★ 8.3
The Wolfman2010 · ★ 5.9
King Kong1976 · ★ 6.3
Into the Night1985 · ★ 6.5
The Kentucky Fried Movie1977 · ★ 6.2
V/H/S/Halloween2025 · ★ 6.2
The Incredible Shrinking Woman1981 · ★ 5.4
The Thing with Two Heads1972
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex2015
Making Michael Jackson's Thriller1983
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen2018
The Road to 'Dracula'1999
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed2000
She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'1999
The Sci-Fi Boys2006
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film2019
Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'2009
Videodrome: Forging the New Flesh2004
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'1999
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster1999
The Making of Men in Black1997
The Making of Captain EO1986
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors1986
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein1994
Cult of Terror2017
Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'2000
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce2008
Ed Wood: Making Bela2004
The Scanners Way: Creating the Special Effects in 'Scanners'2014
Tales Beyond Madness2019
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection2005
The Perfect Scary Movie2005
The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome1982
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz2005
Monsterland2009
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects1994

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Television 4

Face Off2011
DC Daily2018
Face Off: Game Face2017
Unchained Reaction2012

Awards 9

2011Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
2001Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1998Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1997Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1995Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1988Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1982Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Emmy Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Richard Alan Baker is an American actor and retired special make-up effects creator. He is mostly known for his creature designs and effects. Baker has won the Academy Award for Best Makeup a record seven times from a record eleven nominations, beginning with his win in the first year of the category's existence, for the 1981 horror comedy An American Werewolf in London.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 75
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