Person
Christopher Allen Nelson
Costume & Make-Up · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Academy Award winner and 2 time Emmy winner Christopher Allen Nelson moved to Los Angeles at the age of 15. He has established himself as one of the top Special FX Make-up Artists and designers in the industry, after having worked for Rick Baker, Steve Johnson, KNB, Stan Winston, and many more.
Known for
Criminal Minds
Unsub
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Officer D.A. Michaels
Michael
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Cold Case
Lester Hughes (1979)
The Amazing Spider-Man
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Weeds
Mattias
One Battle After Another
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Scarpetta
Makeup Effects Designer
Thor: Love and Thunder
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Thor: The Dark World
Makeup Artist
Filmography
- 2026MichaelSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2026ScarpettaMakeup Effects Designer
- 2025One Battle After AnotherSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2025Honey Don't!Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 2024Drive-Away DollsProsthetic Makeup Artist
- 2022Halloween EndsMakeup Effects Designer
- 2022Thor: Love and ThunderSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2022UmmaMakeup Effects Designer
- 2021Halloween KillsMakeup Effects Designer
- 2021Fear Street: 1666Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 2021Fear Street: 1978Makeup Effects Designer
- 2021Fear Street: 1994Makeup Effects Designer
- 2020The Tax CollectorMakeup Effects Designer
- 2018HalloweenOfficer Francis
- 2016Suicide SquadMakeup Supervisor
- 2014Inherent ViceGlenn Charlock
- 2014HoneymoonSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2014Merkin PenalHetfield
- 2013Thor: The Dark WorldMakeup Artist
- 2013The Hangover Part IIISpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2012Hero of the DayWriter
- 2012The Walking Dead: Cold StorageHarris
- 2012The Amazing Spider-ManSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2012God Bless AmericaTrooper
- 2011ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2Max
- 2011Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairTommy Plympton
- 2010DevilSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2009The StepfatherSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2008Vacancy 2: The First CutSheriff
- 2008Raising the BarTommy
- 200830 Days of Night: Dust to DustJacob
- 2008StilettoBuzzcut
- 2007The RageLarry
- 2007Rise: Blood HunterOfficer
- 2006The Dead GirlMurray
- 2006The TripperGus / Reagan
- 2006HostelDutch Police Officer
- 2005SerenityKey Makeup Artist
- 2005Criminal MindsUnsub
- 2005WeedsMattias
- 2005Land of the DeadVeteran Soldier
- 2005Dominion: Prequel to The ExorcistSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2005ConstantineSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2004The HillzKid
- 2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2Tommy Plympton
- 2004Employee of the MonthSqueegy Man
- 2003Kill Bill: Vol. 1Special Effects Makeup Artist
- 2003Cold CaseLester Hughes (1979)
- 2002Ghost ShipSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2001Red Desert Nights: Making Ghosts of MarsSelf
- 2001Ghosts of MarsDemon Miner (uncredited)
- 2001EvolutionSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationOfficer D.A. Michaels
- 2000Bull
- 2000X-MenSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1999MagnoliaSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1999VirusSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1996Bad MoonSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1996Bordello of BloodMakeup Effects Designer
- 1996The DentistSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1995Dead ManSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1993Return of the Living Dead IIISpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- 1993Warlock: The ArmageddonSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
- —Killing ChuckRanger
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