Christopher Tucker

For the actor, see Chris Tucker.

Christopher Tucker is a British make-up designer for theatre and film. He specializes in the creation of prosthetic make-up for horror films. Among his notable works is the make-up effects for The Elephant Man, The Company of Wolves and the stage musical The Phantom of the Opera.

Career

Christopher Tucker's earliest credited work is the make-up for the 1970 film of Julius Caesar, starring Charlton Heston.

In 1980, Tucker was hired to create the prosthetics that would transform John Hurt into the hideously deformed Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's film The Elephant Man. According to his website,

"The head had 15 different sections, some of them overlapping never done before [sic], made in foam and silicone rubber. It took seven hours to apply."

In 1983, he transformed Terry Jones into the fantastically obese Mr Creosote in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.

In 1984, he developed original forms of werewolf transformation in The Company of Wolves, in which a man is seen to tear his own skin off, revealing a wolf beneath, and in which a wolf emerges from another man's throat.

In 1986, he created the prosthetics for Michael Crawford in the musical adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

His most recent credited work is prosthetics designer for Amitabh Bachchan's character in the 2005 Indian film Black.

Awards

Tucker won the BAFTA and Academy Awards for best make-up for 1983's Quest for Fire.

References

• Official website

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