Mark Garbarino Mark Garbarino ( born 1960 ) is an Emmy Award - nominated makeup and prosthetic artist who applied alien makeup and prosthetics on , and . He also worked on and is currently a makeup and makeup effects artist on the next " Trek " film , simply titled . He has not been credited for any " Star Trek " project released thus far . Hailing from Wayne , Pennsylvania , Garbarino graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor ' s Degree in Fine Arts . In 1983 , he moved to New York where he took jobs as a performance artist , sculptor and costumer . In 1987 , he moved to Los Angeles , California , where he began his career in special effects makeup . One of his early film jobs was applying alien makeup effects for the popular 1988 science fiction thriller " Alien Nation " , whose cast included Earl Boen , Roger Aaron Brown , Jeff Kober , Tom Morga , Brian Thompson and Keone Young . He was also an effects technician on two " Nightmare on Elm Street " films ( " The Dream Master " and " The Dream Child " ) and two 1989 science fiction films set underwater – " Leviathan " ( starring Peter Weller and Meg Foster ) and " The Abyss " . Garbarino ' s subsequent work included designing puppets for " Gremlins 2 : The New Batch " ( starring John Glover and Robert Picardo ) , " Super Mario Bros . " , and " Hot Shots , Part Deux " . He was also part of the miniature set crew for the 1990 science fiction / action film " Total Recall " ( featuring Marc Alaimo , Roy Brocksmith , Ronny Cox , Mel Johnson , Jr . , Frank Kopyc , and the voice of Robert Picardo ) . He later became the makeup effects supervisor on the popular science fiction series " Babylon 5 " , starring Andreas Katsulas and Bill Mumy . He served the same occupation on four of the " Babylon 5 " TV movies , including 1998 ' s " In the Beginning " , which earned Garbarino and his team an Emmy Award nomination . During this time , he continued to work on the effects team for such films as " Starship Troopers " ( starring Clancy Brown and Dina Meyer ) and " Virus " ( directed by John Bruno ) . Since 1999 , Garbarino has done makeup effects for such films as " Mission : Impossible II " , " Nutty Professor II : The Klumps " , " Pearl Harbor " , " A . I . Artificial Intelligence " , " Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl " , " Barbershop 2 " , " Collateral " , " Constantine " , " The Day After Tomorrow " , " Serenity " , " Rent " , " Fun With Dick & Jane " , " Snakes on a Plane " , " Dreamgirls " , " 300 " and " Ocean ' s Thirteen " . He has also worked on several Chinese / Hong Kong features , including Jet Li ' s " Fearless " . In 2002 , he was nominated for a Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award for his prosthetic work used to transform actor into in ' s biographic drama , " Ali " . This film also featured Brad Greenquist , Albert Hall , Bruce McGill and Wade Williams , along with stars LeVar Burton and Michael Dorn . In addition to " Star Trek " and " Babylon 5 " , other television shows on which Garbarino has worked include " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " , " Charmed " , " 7th Heaven " , " Carnivàle " , " Dexter " and " Ugly Betty " . He also worked on the 2002 TV movie " Gleason " , which starred Terry Farrell and Saul Rubinek . In 2003 , he received his second Emmy nomination for an episode of the HBO series " Six Feet Under " .