Acting credits
56
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Tom Woodruff Jr.
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 69Series: 8Crew credits: 28
TMDB ID: 109870
IMDb ID: nm0940430
Known for: Acting
Born: January 21, 1959
Age: 67
Place of birth: Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2025
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q12059144
Other jobs
Special Effects Makeup Artist (5)Creature Design (4)Makeup Effects (4)Makeup Effects Designer (4)Makeup Designer (3)Director (2)Special Effects Key Makeup Artist (2)Executive Producer (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Tom Woodruff Jr..
Executive Producer
Wellwood
2025 • Movie
Makeup Designer
Smile
2022 • Movie
as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
Prey
2022 • Movie
as Himself
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 • Movie
Creature Design
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021 • Movie
as Himself
Tremors: Making Perfection
2020 • Movie
as Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 • Movie
as Burke
The Mortuary Collection
2020 • Movie
as John
Guest House
2020 • Movie
Makeup Designer
It Chapter Two
2019 • Movie
as Self
In Search of Darkness
2019 • Movie
as Self
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019 • Movie
as Self
Wolfman's Got Nards
2018 • Movie
as Equisapien (uncredited)
Sorry to Bother You
2018 • Movie
Makeup Effects Designer
It
2017 • Movie
as himself
Long Live the King
2016 • Movie
as Self
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015 • Movie
Makeup Designer
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015 • Movie
Producer
Harbinger Down
2015 • Movie
Director
Fire City: End of Days
2015 • Movie
Makeup Effects
San Andreas
2015 • Movie
as Himself
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
2014 • Movie
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013 • Movie
as Self
Men in Suits
2012 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tom Woodruff Jr..
as Self • 1 eps
The Movies That Made Us
2019 • Series
as Elmer • 1 eps
Room 104
2017 • Series
as Gorilla Suit Performer • 1 eps
Zoo
2015 • Series
as Gorilla • 1 eps
Harry's Law
2011 • Series
as Kirby (segment "Kirby") • 1 eps
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 • Series
as Stevie the Gorilla • 1 eps
Chicago Hope
1994 • Series
as Utility Monster • 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
1989 • Series
as Herbert • 1 eps
Monsters
1988 • Series