Biography
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.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 2011
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 2001
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1998
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1997
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1995
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- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1988
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1982
- Emmy Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 2008 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 2001 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 2000 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 1999 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1998 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1997 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1995 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1989 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1988 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1985 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1982 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
The Exorcist
Ed Wood
Beauty and the Beast
An American Werewolf in London
Creature Designers - The Frankenstein Complex
Men in Black
Videodrome
Maleficent
Face Off
Unchained Reaction
The Sci-Fi Boys
Gorillas in the Mist
The Frighteners
Coming to America
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Face Off: Game Face
Enchanted
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Ring
Life
Matinee
Altered States
Silver Bullet
The Howling
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Men in Black 3
Tron: Legacy
Monsterland
The Rocketeer
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Into the Night
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Men in Black II
Baby's Day Out
Summer School
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Click
Mighty Joe Young
The Fury
King Kong
V/H/S/Halloween
My Science Project
An American Christmas Carol
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Wolf
Body Bags
Harry and the Hendersons
Bone