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Rick Baker

Career

Active from 1982 to 2025, with a break from 1983 to 2002, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score77/100
Highest rated
100 Greatest Scary Moments
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 76 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Rick Baker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Melancholy
    3.6, average 4.7
  • Historical
    1.7, average 2.6
  • Politics
    1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    88
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    1 title
    Old Time Radio: Dance With Me
    Old Time Radio: Dance With Me

    as Caretaker

    2020s

    4 titles ยท average score 73
    V/H/S/Halloween
    V/H/S/Halloween (2025)
    GoodWatch score 73

    as Rich (segment "Home Haunt")

    Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas
    Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas (2025)

    as The Caretaker

    Old Time Radio: Your Move
    Old Time Radio: Your Move (2023)

    as The Caretaker

    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020)

    as (archive footage)

    2010s

    7 titles ยท average score 57
    Keep the Gaslight Burning
    Keep the Gaslight Burning (2018)

    as Mr Maxwell

    The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf'
    The Beast Inside: Creating 'Wolf' (2017)

    as Rick Baker

    Maleficent
    Maleficent (2014)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Makeup Artist

    Men in Black 3
    Men in Black 3 (2012)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Brain Alien

    Unchained Reaction
    Unchained Reaction (2012)

    TV show

    TRON: Legacy
    TRON: Legacy (2010)
    GoodWatch score 58

    Makeup Artist

    The Wolfman
    The Wolfman (2010)
    GoodWatch score 45

    as Gypsy Man / First Killed

    2000s

    13 titles ยท average score 50
    Enchanted
    Enchanted (2007)
    GoodWatch score 78

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Norbit
    Norbit (2007)
    GoodWatch score 34

    Makeup Artist

    Click
    Click (2006)
    GoodWatch score 51

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Teddy Scares
    Teddy Scares (2006)

    as Hester Golem (voice)

    Cursed
    Cursed (2005)
    GoodWatch score 36

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Skinned Deep
    Skinned Deep (2004)
    GoodWatch score 39

    Thanks

    100 Greatest Scary Moments
    100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show

    The Ring
    The Ring (2002)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Makeup Effects, Makeup Artist

    Men in Black II
    Men in Black II (2002)
    GoodWatch score 51

    as MIB Passport Control Agent

    Planet of the Apes
    Planet of the Apes (2001)
    GoodWatch score 46

    as Old Ape #2

    How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as Puppeteer

    Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
    Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
    GoodWatch score 38

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    1990s

    20 titles ยท average score 60
    Wild Wild West
    Wild Wild West (1999)
    GoodWatch score 37

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Life
    Life (1999)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    Psycho
    Psycho (1998)
    GoodWatch score 42

    Makeup Artist

    Men in Black
    Men in Black (1997)
    GoodWatch score 78

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    The Frighteners
    The Frighteners (1996)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Makeup Artist

    The Nutty Professor
    The Nutty Professor (1996)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Escape from L.A.
    Escape from L.A. (1996)
    GoodWatch score 52

    Makeup Artist

    Batman Forever
    Batman Forever (1995)
    GoodWatch score 48

    Makeup Artist

    Baby's Day Out
    Baby's Day Out (1994)
    GoodWatch score 45

    Makeup Artist

    Ed Wood
    Ed Wood (1994)
    GoodWatch score 81

    Makeup Designer

    Wolf
    Wolf (1994)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Makeup Artist

    Gremlins 2: The New Batch
    Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
    GoodWatch score 67

    Special Effects, Co-Producer

    1980s

    22 titles ยท average score 57
    Coming to America
    Coming to America (1988)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Makeup Effects, Makeup Artist

    Gorillas in the Mist
    Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
    GoodWatch score 77

    Makeup Artist

    Harry and the Hendersons
    Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
    GoodWatch score 53

    Makeup Artist

    Silver Bullet
    Silver Bullet (1985)
    GoodWatch score 50

    Visual Effects

    Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
    Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
    GoodWatch score 65

    Creature Design, Makeup Artist

    Videodrome
    Videodrome (1983)
    GoodWatch score 72

    Makeup Effects Designer

    Michael Jackson's Thriller
    Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
    GoodWatch score 86

    as Zombie Opening the Crypt (uncredited)

    An American Werewolf in London
    An American Werewolf in London (1981)
    GoodWatch score 72

    Makeup Effects, Makeup Artist

    The Howling
    The Howling (1981)
    GoodWatch score 68

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    The Funhouse
    The Funhouse (1981)
    GoodWatch score 59

    Special Effects Makeup Artist

    The Empire Strikes Back
    The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    GoodWatch score 88

    Makeup Artist

    Altered States
    Altered States (1980)
    GoodWatch score 70

    Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Artist

    1970s

    21 titles ยท average score 54
    The Fury
    The Fury (1978)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Makeup Effects, Makeup Artist

    It Lives Again
    It Lives Again (1978)
    GoodWatch score 45

    Makeup Artist, Makeup Effects

    Star Wars
    Star Wars (1977)
    GoodWatch score 89

    Makeup Artist

    The Incredible Melting Man
    The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
    GoodWatch score 22

    Makeup Artist

    King Kong
    King Kong (1976)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as King Kong

    Squirm
    Squirm (1976)
    GoodWatch score 38

    Makeup Designer

    It's Alive
    It's Alive (1974)
    GoodWatch score 61

    Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Artist

    Flesh Gordon
    Flesh Gordon (1974)
    GoodWatch score 61

    Special Effects

    The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
    The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Makeup Artist

    The Exorcist
    The Exorcist (1973)
    GoodWatch score 80

    Special Effects Assistant

    Black Caesar
    Black Caesar (1973)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Makeup Designer, Makeup Artist

    The Thing with Two Heads
    The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
    GoodWatch score 20

    as Gorilla