David Leroy Anderson
Sometimes credited as Dave Anderson
Anderson photo & Cinderella Man photo from the IMDb

Special makeup effects artist and designer who entered American film with THE SEPENT AND THE RAINBOW (1988). Other notable (non-nominated) credits include ALIEN NATION and NEVER ON TUESDAY (both also 1988), PET SEMATARY and SHOCKER (both 1989), CADENCE, DEMON WIND, YOUNG GUNS II and MEN AT WORK (all 1990), DEATH BECOMES HER and BEYOND THE LAW (both 1992), LOADED WEAPON 1, HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX and THE THREE MUSKETEERS (all 1993), THE CHASE and TERMINAL VELOCITY (both 1994), VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN, BATMAN FOREVER and WATERWORLD (all 1995), THE ARRIVAL (1996), SPAWN (1997), KRIPPENDORF'S TRIBE, OUT OF SIGHT and JANE AUSTEN'S MAFIA! (all 1998), LIFE (1999), NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS and THE BRIGHTNESS YOU KEEP (both 2000), DRAGONFLY (2002), BRUCE ALMIGHTY (2003), DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004), LORDS OF DOGTOWN (2005), and ASYLUM, DEAD SILENCE and EVAN ALMIGHTY (all 2007).

Since 1990, Anderson has been married to actress Heather Langenkamp. They have two children.

 Best Achievement in Makeup 1996: THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (w. Rick Baker)
 Best Achievement in Makeup 1997: MEN IN BLACK (w. Rick Baker)
 Nominated for Achievement in Makeup 2005: CINDERELLA MAN (w. Lance Anderson)

3 nominations, 2 Awards


Applying Russell Crowe's makeup in Cinderella Man (2005)

The Nutty Professor (1996)

Men in Black (1997)