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Rick Baker
Sign in to saveAlso known as Richard A. "Rick" Baker, Richard Alan Baker
American special makeup effects artist
Film & TV
Binghamton, New York, USA
Richard A. Baker (born December 8, 1950) is a retired American special make-up effects creator and actor, mostly known for his creature effects and designs. Baker won the Academy Award for Best Makeup a record seven times from a record eleven nominations, beginning when he won the inaugural award for the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London. As a teen, Baker began creating artificial body…
Known for
- Gremlins, an american nightmare! — Himself2026
- V/H/S/Halloween — Rich (segment "Home Haunt")2025
- Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas — The Caretaker2025
- Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist — Self2024
- Old Time Radio: Your Move — The Caretaker2023
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 — Self2020
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault — (archive footage)2020
- The Creeper: Rondo Hatton at Universal — Self2020
- Tales Beyond Madness2019
- Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film — Self2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rick
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Binghamton
- Occupation
- make-up artist
- Educated at
- Academy of Art University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Emmy Award
- Image
- Rick Baker at Saturn Awards (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Rick Baker
- date of birth
- 1950-12-08
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
- social media followers
- 41988
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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