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Toby Sells

Make-Up Department | Special Effects | Actor

Began making monster mask and crude make ups at the age of ten. Briefly worked in Los Angeles for Make up Effects artist Mark Shostrom. He is now based in Atlanta Georgia, running his own FX House "Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop LLC" Was Recently a featured guest on the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs. See full bio »

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in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Filmography

Hide HideMake-Up Department (66 titles)
2014/II Ten (makeup artist) (post-production)
 
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Atlanta life casting for Optic Nerve Studios, additional dental prosthetics: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop) (post-production)
 
2013 We're the Millers (special makeup effects artist - uncredited) (post-production)
 
2013 Plus One (special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop) (post-production)
 
2013 Bad Country (special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop) (post-production)
 
2013 The Internship (special makeup effects artist) (completed)
 
2013 Blue Ruin (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop) (completed)
 
The Vampire Diaries (TV series) (special makeup effects artist - 9 episodes, 2010-2011) (dental prosthetics: Toby Sells Creature Makeup FX Shop - 1 episode, 2013) (special makeup effects artist: KNB EFX Group - 1 episode, 2010)
– The Originals (2013) (dental prosthetics: Toby Sells Creature Makeup FX Shop)
– The Hybrid (2011) (special makeup effects artist)
– As I Lay Dying (2011) (special makeup effects artist)
– The Sun Also Rises (2011) (special makeup effects artist)
– The House Guest (2011) (special makeup effects artist)
See all 11 episodes »
 
2013 Zombieland (TV movie) (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2013 The Mansion (special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make Up FX Shop)
 
2013 The Following (TV series) (special makeup effects artist: KNB EFX Group, Inc)
 
2012 A Zombie Invasion (special makeup effects artist)
 
The Walking Dead (TV series) (special effects makeup artist: KNB EFX Group - 6 episodes, 2011) (special makeup effects artist - 4 episodes, 2010) (special makeup effects artist: KNB EFX Group, Inc - 3 episodes, 2012) (special effects makeup crew - 2 episodes, 2012) (special effects makeup artist - 1 episode, 2012) (special effects makeup team - 1 episode, 2011)
– Walk with Me (2012) (special effects makeup artist, special makeup effects artist: KNB EFX Group, Inc - uncredited)
– Sick (2012) (special makeup effects artist: KNB EFX Group, Inc - uncredited)
– Seed (2012) (special makeup effects artist: KNB EFX Group, Inc - uncredited)
– Beside the Dying Fire (2012) (special effects makeup crew)
– Triggerfinger (2012) (special effects makeup crew)
See all 16 episodes »
 
2012/I Flight (special makeup effects artist)
 
2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green (special makeup effects artist: KNB EFX Group, Inc)
 
Teen Wolf (TV series) (special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc - 12 episodes, 2012) (special makeup effects artist - 1 episode, 2011)
– Master Plan (2012) (special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc)
– Battlefield (2012) (special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc)
– Party Guessed (2012) (special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc)
– Raving (2012) (special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc)
– Restraint (2012) (special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc)
See all 13 episodes »
 
2012 Lawless (makeup artist)
 
2012 Wanderlust (special makeup effects artist)
 
2011 Rites of Spring (special makeup effects artist: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2011 Hall Pass (special makeup effects artist)
 
2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (special makeup effects artist)
 
2011 Quarantine 2: Terminal (key special effects makeup artist: Almost Human Inc.)
 
2011 Laugh. (short) (special makeup effects artist: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2011 Criminal Behavior (TV movie) (key special fx makeup artist, special makeup effects designer: for Toby Sells Creature Make Up FX Shop)
 
2011 Survivor Type (short) (makeup fx designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop, special makeup effects artist)
 
2010 Life as We Know It (special makeup effects artist)
 
2010 The Glades (TV series) (special makeup effects artist - 1 episode)
– Exposed (2010) (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
2010 Pushin' Up Daisies (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2010 The Crazies (special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc.)
 
2010 Collapse (special makeup effects artist: for Toby Sells Creature Make Up FX Shop, special makeup effects designer: for Toby Sells Creature Make Up FX Shop)
 
2010 Goodbye to Muffy (video short) (special makeup effects designer: for Toby Sells Creature Make Up FX Shop)
 
2009 My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (TV movie) (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2009 Zombieland (special makeup effects artist)
 
2009 I Can Do Bad All by Myself (special makeup effects assistant)
 
2009/I Hunger (special makeup effects artist: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2009/I Savage (special makeup effects designer: Crearure Creator)
 
2009 Laid to Rest (special makeup effects artist: Atlanta life casting, Almost Human)
 
2009 Madea Goes to Jail (special makeup effects artist: Lone Wolf FX - as Toby A. Sells)
 
2009/I Date with the Dead (short) (special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2009 Satanic Panic (prosthetics designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop, special makeup effects artist: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2009 Grilling Bobby Hicks (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2008 Precious Cargo (short) (special makeup effects artist: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2008/II Bloom (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer: Creature Creator)
 
2008 Meet the Browns (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer)
 
2008 Dance of the Dead (makeup department head, special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2008/II Saint Nick (short) (special makeup effects artist: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2007 Dirty Jobs (TV series) (special makeup effects artist - 1 episode)
– Special Effects Artist (2007) (special makeup effects artist)
 
2007 The Room (short) (special makeup effects artist: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2007 Dead Silence (special makeup effects artist: Lab Work - uncredited)
 
2007 Blood Car (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2007 The Return (short) (special makeup effects artist: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2007 The Signal (special makeup designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop, special makeup effects artist: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2007 Stomp the Yard (special makeup effects artist)
 
2006 Blue Collar TV (TV series) (special makeup effects artist - 1 episode)
– Aliens (2006) (special makeup effects artist)
 
2006 Return of the Jackalope (special makeup effects artist)
 
2005 Dark Remains (special makeup effects artist, special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2005 Hell's End (makeup designer, special makeup effects artist)
 
2004 Stragglers (special makeup effects artist)
 
2003 Ghost of the Needle (special makeup effects artist)
 
2003 Tara (video) (special makeup effects artist: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
2002 Blood Bath (video) (special makeup effects artist)
 
2001 Freez'er (special makeup effects designer: Toby Sells Creature Make up FX Shop)
 
1989 DeepStar Six (special makeup effects artist)
 
1988 Monsters (TV series) (special makeup effects artist - 1 episode)
– Rouse Him Not (1988) (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
1988 Phantasm II (special makeup effects artist - uncredited)
 
1986 Demon Queen (makeup crew)
 
Show ShowSpecial Effects (24 titles)
2013 Blue Ruin (special effects supervisor) (completed)
 
2013 The Mansion (special effects)
 
2011 Rites of Spring (special effects)
 
2011 The Vampire Diaries (TV series) (puppeteer - 1 episode)
– As I Lay Dying (2011) (puppeteer)
 
2011 Laugh. (short) (special effects)
 
2010 Pushin' Up Daisies (special effects, special effects makeup)
 
2009 Zombieland (special effects makeup)
 
2009/I Hunger (special effects)
 
2009/I Savage (special effects)
 
2009/I Date with the Dead (short) (special effects makeup)
 
2009 Satanic Panic (special effects makeup)
 
2009 Grilling Bobby Hicks (special effects makeup)
 
2008 Precious Cargo (short) (special effects makeup)
 
2008 Meet the Browns (special effects makeup, special effects makeup designer)
 
2008 Dance of the Dead (special effects)
 
2008/II Saint Nick (short) (special effects makeup)
 
2007 Dirty Jobs (TV series) (special effects makeup - 1 episode)
– Special Effects Artist (2007) (special effects makeup)
 
2007 The Room (short) (special effects makeup)
 
2007 The Signal (special effects)
 
2007 Stomp the Yard (special effects makeup)
 
2006 Blue Collar TV (TV series) (special effects makeup - 1 episode)
– Aliens (2006) (special effects makeup)
 
2005 Hell's End (special effects)
 
2004 Stragglers (special effects)
 
1989 DeepStar Six (creature guy)
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
2008 Dance of the Dead
Convenience Store Attendant
 
2006 Return of the Jackalope
Obnoxious Redneck Customer
 
2005 Dark Remains
Arresting Police Officer
 
2005 Hell's End
British POW
 
2004 Stragglers
CJ
 
Show ShowArt Department (3 titles)
2011 The Walking Dead (TV series) (custom fabricated props: Toby Sells Creature Makeup FX Shop - 2 episodes)
– Chupacabra (2011) (custom fabricated props: Toby Sells Creature Makeup FX Shop - uncredited)
– Save the Last One (2011) (custom fabricated props: Toby Sells Creature Makeup FX Shop)
 
2010 Goodbye to Muffy (video short) (prop maker)
 
2006 Return of the Jackalope (props)
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
2006 Return of the Jackalope (boom operator)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 Beast of Burden (short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2007-2010 Dirty Jobs (TV series)
Himself
– Dirty Conversations (2010) … Himself
– Special Effects Artist (2007) … Himself
 
2008 The Making of 'Dance of the Dead' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Dark Remnants: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Dark Remains' (video documentary short)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Toby A. Sells | Toby Alan Sells

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Star Sign:

Libra