Acting credits
53
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Tom Woodruff Jr.
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.1
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Movies: 66Series: 7Crew credits: 26
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: 6.45
Wikidata: Q12059144
Other jobs
Creature Design (4)Makeup Effects (4)Special Effects Makeup Artist (4)Makeup Designer (3)Makeup Effects 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..
5.7
Wellwood
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
6.7
Smile
Makeup Designer
2022 Movie
7.7
Prey
as Predator Puppeteer (ADI)
2022 Movie
6.7
In Search of Tomorrow
as Himself
2022 Movie
7.5
Godzilla vs. Kong
Creature Design
2021 Movie
7.0
Tremors: Making Perfection
as Himself
2020 Movie
7.7
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
2020 Movie
6.7
The Mortuary Collection
as Burke
2020 Movie
5.4
Guest House
as John
2020 Movie
6.8
It Chapter Two
Makeup Designer
2019 Movie
7.6
In Search of Darkness
as Self
2019 Movie
6.8
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
as Self
2019 Movie
7.7
Wolfman's Got Nards
as Self
2018 Movie
6.8
Sorry to Bother You
as Equisapien (uncredited)
2018 Movie
7.2
It
Makeup Effects Designer
2017 Movie
5.2
Long Live the King
as himself
2016 Movie
7.2
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
as Self
2015 Movie
6.7
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Makeup Designer
2015 Movie
4.6
Harbinger Down
Producer
2015 Movie
5.4
Fire City: End of Days
Director
2015 Movie
6.2
San Andreas
Makeup Effects
2015 Movie
Leviathan: Monster Melting Pot
as Himself
2014 Movie
6.0
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2013 Movie
8.0
Men in Suits
as Self
2012 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tom Woodruff Jr..
7.2
The Movies That Made Us
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
5.7
Room 104
as Elmer • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.7
Zoo
as Gorilla Suit Performer • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.3
Harry's Law
as Gorilla • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Kirby (segment "Kirby") • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Stevie the Gorilla • 1 eps
1994 Series
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Utility Monster • 1 eps
1989 Series