Best Creature Performers

Just look at this guy's resume. Wow.

Terry is really the best at what he does! Not only are his work ethics top notch, but his transformations into characters are truly amazing. He has done so much more than this mentioned here. Look him up on IMDB to see his incredible resume. It speaks for itself. Which is why he is number 1!

I have had the fortune of working with Terry on Rise of the Apes and he not only an amazing person, but an amazing talent and teacher as well. He can play anything!

Nobody plays a beastie like Brian plays a beastie!! His creations are truly memorable and make you root for the bad guy!

Wink was incredible in Hellboy 2! and the werewolves totally believable in underworld a fantastic performer!

Brian has a way of making his creatures seem as if they have always just naturally existed. He is able to make the suspension of judgment concerning the implausibility a non issue!

Doug Jones is one of the most talented actors of our time, using his body movements to further create more intriguing and beautiful creatures, and he does it flawlessly.

Doug Jones is fantastic at emoting through heavy prosthetics. One of my favourite actors. His best character is definitely the Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth " such a horrifying, demonic being, yet so magnificent in his movements and his hunger...

Wonderful character actor. He doesn't have to speak a word in order to convey a character perfectly. Doug should be number one, for his quality of acting as well as his character. Only someone with as much good in his heart as Doug has can do such great work.

Derek Mears uses his large frame and stunt training to bring to life some of the most iconic characters in the horror genre. He dons the infamous Predator outfit in the Robert Rodriguez film Predators. He took over the role of Jason Voorhees in the Michael Bay re-envisioning of Friday the 13th. Derek appeared in The Hills Have Eyes 2, and he played a Zorgon in Jon Favreau's Zathura. Derek also plays a character in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides film.

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Andy Serkis isn't like the others on this list since he does not don pounds of make-up and prosthetics in his creature performances. Andy, is the top CGI performer in the world. What does that mean? He does the performances and then the computer artist CG in a character on top of his performance. What notable characters has he done you ask? Well, he played King Kong in the Peter Jackson remake of King Kong. Also, he was amazing as Gollum in the blockbuster Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he will be reprising in the upcoming film The Hobbit.

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You've barely scratched the surface... He has many more credits and has nearly died during filming on 3 different occasions.

Tom Woodruff Jr. is not only a talented creature performer and puppeteer, but he is also co-owner and an Fx designer at Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. He got his start playing Gilman in The Monster Squad. He played Pumpkinhead in the 1998 Horror of the same name. Tom has played an Alien in 4 of the Alien and Alien Vs. Predator films. He is also featured in Wyrd's upcoming documentary Men in Suits.

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Kane Hodder is a stuntman who is best known for playing Jason Voorhees in four Friday the 13th films. He got his start as a creature performer in the 80's horror hit House 2 as a gorilla. Most recently he plays the deformed killer Victor Crowley in Adam Green's Hatchet 1 and 2 films. Kane is the most famous for playing killers on the big screen.

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Kurt Carley got his start in 1998 performing the creature movements in Godzilla. He played a Sleestak in the 2009 Land Of The Lost film, and has been a Werewolf in all three Underworld films. Kurt played Tartutic in M. Night Shyamalan's Lady In The Water, and is featured in Wyrd's upcoming documentary Men In Suits.

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Tom Morga a stuntman for over 23 years, has appeared as three horror icons. He was stunt double for Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Leatherface. He has also appeared as the stunt double for the Klingon General Martok on Star Trek DS9. He is most notable for being the stunt double of Leonord Nimoy's Spock in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

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