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Rob Bottin

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Hide HideMake-Up Department (26 titles)
2002 Mr. Deeds (special makeup effects artist)
 
2000 Charlie's Angels (special makeup effects)
 
1999 Fight Club (special makeup effects supervisor)
 
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (demon makeup effects, lounge lizards design)
 
1996 Mission: Impossible (special makeup effects)
 
1995 Se7en (special makeup effects)
 
1992 Basic Instinct (special makeup effects designer and creator)
 
1991 Bugsy (special makeup effects)
 
1990 Total Recall (special makeup effects design and creation)
 
1988 The Great Outdoors (special makeup effects artist)
 
1987 RoboCop (special makeup effects)
 
1987 Innerspace (special makeup effects designer and creator)
 
1987 The Witches of Eastwick (special makeup effects designer and creator)
 
1985 Legend (special makeup effects creator)
 
1985 Explorers (special makeup effects)
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (special makeup effects artist - segment 3, special makeup effects designer - segment 3)
 
1982 The Thing (special makeup effects creator and designer)
 
1981 The Howling (special makeup effects creator)
 
1980 Tanya's Island (makeup artist)
 
1980 Airplane! (makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1980 Maniac (makeup effects - uncredited)
 
1980 The Fog (special makeup)
 
1979 Mistress of the Apes (makeup assistant)
 
1978 Piranha (special makeup)
 
1977 Star Wars (assistant makeup artist - uncredited)
 
1976 King Kong (makeup effects - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (8 titles)
1998 Deep Rising (creature design)
 
1997 Mimic (creature design)
 
1994 RoboCop (TV series) (designer: RoboCop - 2 episodes)
– Public Enemies (1994) (designer: RoboCop)
– What Money Can't Buy (1994) (designer: RoboCop)
 
1993 RoboCop 3 (creator: RoboCop)
 
1990 RoboCop 2 (creator: RoboCop)
 
1987 RoboCop (robocop creator, robocop designer)
 
1980 Humanoids from the Deep (humanoids creator & designer)
 
1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School (giant mouse creator)
 
Show ShowSpecial Effects (8 titles)
2002 Serving Sara (special animatronic cow and bull effects)
 
1998 Deep Rising (special makeup effects designer and creator: Rob Bottin Studio)
 
1993 RoboCop 3 (special effects)
 
1986 Amazing Stories (TV series) (special effects - 1 episode)
– The Greibble (1986) (special effects)
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (monster effects - segment 3)
 
1980 Tanya's Island (special effects)
 
1980 The Fog (effects: Blake)
 
1978 Manbeast! Myth or Monster? (documentary) (special effects)
 
Show ShowVisual Effects (4 titles)
1997 The Devil's Advocate (visual effects consultant)
 
1992 Basic Instinct (special visual effects)
 
1990 Total Recall (character visual effects)
 
1985 Silver Bullet (visual effects)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1980 Humanoids from the Deep
Humanoid (uncredited)
 
1980 The Fog
Blake
 
1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School
Giant White Mouse/Mrs. Mouse (uncredited)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (1 title)
1992 Toys (special character effects: Alsatia)
 
Show ShowCostume and Wardrobe Department (1 title)
1990 RoboCop 2 (costume designer: RoboCop costume)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1981 The Howling (associate producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2003 Unleashing the Beast: Making 'The Howling' (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
2008 Starz Inside: Fantastic Flesh (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (video documentary)
Himself
 
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Special Achievement Award
 
1990 The Making of 'Total Recall' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1981 Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'The Howling' (TV documentary short)
Interviewee: Special Effects
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2001 Imagining 'Total Recall' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
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Height:

6' 5" (1.96 m)
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I like weird things. I've tried to gravitate toward the incredibly strange. See more »

Trivia:

His eye popping, de-pressurized effect for Total Recall was the original screenplay concept of Palmer (David Clennon's) transformation in The Thing. See more »

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Ro Bot See more »