Acting credits
15
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Randall William Cook
Visual Effects
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Movies: 25Series: 1Crew credits: 15
TMDB ID: 1452721
IMDb ID: nm0177241
Known for: Visual Effects
Born: January 1, 1951
Age: 75
Place of birth: USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2025
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q15841720
Also known as
Randy Cook
Other jobs
Visual Effects (4)Animation Supervisor (2)Screenplay (2)Animation (1)Animation Director (1)Creature Design (1)Digital Effects Supervisor (1)Second Unit Director (1)
Biography
Randall William Cook (born 1951) is an American special effects artist most known for The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He worked on Ghostbusters, as designer, sculptor and animator of the 'Terror Dogs'; The Gate, as visual effects designer and director; King Kong as second unit director. He currently works as a consultant and is preparing several personal properties for production. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Randall William Cook.
as Leo McCarey and Hal Roach
United We Fall
2025 • Movie
Screenplay
The Primevals
2023 • Movie
as Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 • Movie
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012 • Movie
as Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008 • Movie
Second Unit Director
King Kong
2005 • Movie
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 • Movie
Animation Director
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 • Movie
Animation Supervisor
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 • Movie
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images
2002 • Movie
as Self
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
2002 • Movie
as Self
Weta Digital
2002 • Movie
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002 • Movie
as Cave Troll (uncredited)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 • Movie
as Vanya the Special Prosecutor
Deathline
1997 • Movie
as Pirate Captain / Mr. Lambert / Voice of the Guardian
Demon in the Bottle
1996 • Movie
as Newsreel Narrator (archive sound)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
1995 • Movie
Visual Effects
Leapin' Leprechauns
1995 • Movie
Digital Effects Supervisor
Dragonworld
1994 • Movie
Animation
Doctor Mordrid
1992 • Movie
Visual Effects Designer
Highway to Hell
1991 • Movie
as Dr. Alan Kessler
I, Madman
1989 • Movie
Visual Effects Supervisor
The Gate
1987 • Movie
Creature Design
Fright Night
1985 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Randall William Cook.
