Thomas E . Surprenant Thomas " Thom " E . Surprenant is a special makeup effects and makeup artist who worked on several episodes of , and and on the feature films and . In , Surprenant was interviewed for the television special " Entertainment Tonight Salutes Star Trek " . His work on " Deep Space Nine " earned him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series in for the episode which he shared with Michael Westmore , Camille Calvet , Dean Jones , Dean Gates , Karen Iverson , Scott Wheeler , Michael Key , David Quashnick , Karen Westerfield , and Gilbert A . Mosko . He received another Emmy Award nomination in the same category in for his work on the episode which he shared with Michael Westmore , Camille Calvet , Karen Iverson , Dean Jones , Mark Bussan , Gilbert A . Mosko , Scott Wheeler , Ellis Burman , Jr . , David Quashnick , R . Stephen Weber , Brad Look , and Kevin Haney . Hailing from Burbank , California , Surprenant has been working in the entertainment industry for more than twenty years . He also worked as head makeup instructor at the Last Looks Makeup Academy and as instructor at the M . G . Westmore Academy of Cosmetic Arts . His work was featured on covers of magazines such as " Fangoria " and " Rue Morgue " and featured in " Men ' s Health " and " Inside Motorcross " . Throughout his career he worked with actors such as and David Duchovny ( both 1993 on " Kalifornia " ) , Hilary Swank , Grace Jones , James Duval ( 2001 in " Donnie Darko " ) , Ellen DeGeneres , Concetta Tomei ( 1999 - 2002 on " Providence " ) , and F . Murray Abraham and founded the company Thomas Surprenant Creations which is providing film , television and print projects with makeup products . These products were used on the fantasy film " The Scorpion King " ( 2002 , starring The Rock ) , the science fiction sequel " Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines " ( 2003 , starring Kristanna Loken ) , and the " Lord of the Rings " trilogy ( 2001 - 2003 , starring John Rhys - Davies ) among other projects . Surprenant worked in the makeup department of television series such as " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " , " Silk Stalkings " , " Space Rangers " ( 1993 , starring Cary - Hiroyuki Tagawa , Marjorie Monaghan , and Clint Howard ) , " The Visitor " , " Strong Medicine " , " House M . D . " , and " The O . C . " . His film credits include the horror thriller " Cheerleader Camp " ( 1988 ) , the horror film " Puppetmaster " ( 1989 ) , the action film " The Perfect Weapon " ( 1991 ) , the horror comedy " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " ( 1992 , with Dean Gates ) , the comic adaptations " Batman Returns " ( 1992 ) and " Batman Forever " ( 1995 ) , the science fiction comedy " Coneheads " ( 1993 ) , the drama " Showgirls " ( 1995 ) , the fantasy sequel " The Crow : City of Angels " ( 1996 ) , the horror sequel " Halloween H20 : 20 Years Later " ( 1998 , with James MacKinnon and Tania McComas ) , as makeup supervisor on the horror film " The Dead Hate the Living ! " ( 2000 ) , the action comedy " Charlie ' s Angels " ( 2000 ) , the fantasy film " How the Grinch Stole Christmas " ( 2000 ) , the science fiction film " Artificial Intelligence : A . I . " ( 2001 ) , the fantasy adventure " Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl " ( 2003 ) , and the superhero sequel " X - Men : The Last Stand " ( 2006 , with Patrick Stewart , Famke Janssen and Kelsey Grammer ) . More recent projects include the short films " Cub " ( 2009 ) , " Rationed " ( 2009 ) , " Love & Vengeance " ( 2010 ) , " The Sierra " ( 2010 ) , and " License to Reproduce " ( 2011 ) .