Born in Durant, OK; educated at Oklahoma State University. Special makeup effects artist who arrived in Hollywood in 1977. In 1978 he applied and was accepted into Joe Blasco's Make-up Center - the premier academy responsible for training many of the film and television industry's elite make-up artists. Mungle entered American film in 1981 with YEARS OF THE BEAST and JUST BEFORE DAWN. He has since become one of the "go to" people for prosthetic makeup effects, rolling up over 130 film and television credits. Other notable (non-nominated) credits include DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988), EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990), WHAT ABOUT BOB? and BUGSY (both 1991), SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (1992), SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER and MY LIFE and "Citizen Cohn" (TV, Emmy® winner) (all 1993), NATURAL BORN KILLERS (1994), OUTBREAK (1995), PRIMAL FEAR, MULHOLLAND FALLS, MULTIPLICITY and 2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY (all 1996), METRO, "Miss Evers' Boys" (TV), THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, "George Wallace" (TV) and I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (all 1997), FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, DOCTOR DOLITTLE, HOME FRIES, ONE TRUE THING, "Houdini" (TV), AMERICAN HISTORY X, I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and PSYCHO (all 1998), BLAST FROM THE PAST, PAYBACK and DEEP BLUE SEA (all 1999), URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT, PAY IT FORWARD, BEDAZZLED and THIRTEEN DAYS (all 2000), THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE SCORE and SOUL SURVIVORS (all 2001), THE TUXEDO and RED DRAGON (both 2002), MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD and THE MISSING (both 2003), COLLATERAL and MEET THE FOCKERS (both 2004), "Into the West" (2005, TV mini-series), DATE MOVIE, POSEIDON, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, THE OMEN and ROCKY BALBOA (all 2006), SPIDER-MAN 3, KNOCKED UP, IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH and BEOWULF (all 2007), and MEET THE SPARTANS, THE EYE, INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL and SUPERHERO! (all scheduled for 2008). Mungle has also created many of the special makeup effects for such TV series as "The X Files" (2001-02, Emmy® winner), "CSI: Miami"(2002-03), "Six Feet Under" (2005, Emmy® winner), and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2004-07). He says one of his greatest challenges is with the hit Broadway show Wicked, creating the prosthetic face masks for the production's various characters. Balancing his film and TV projects, Matthew continues his work for the show's Broadway, US tour, Japan and Los Angeles productions.  Best Achievement in Makeup 1992: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (w. Greg Cannom & Michèle Burke)  Nominated for Achievement in Makeup 1993: SCHINDLER'S LIST (w. Christina Smith & Judith Alexander Cory)  Nominated for Achievement in Makeup 1996: GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI (w. Deborah La Mia Denaver) 3 nominations, 1 Award