Rolf John Keppler

Rolf John Keppler is a makeup effects artist for film and television who worked on , , and the first season of . He shared an Emmy Award nomination in for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Series for the episode , shared with Michael Westmore, his father Werner Keppler, and Gerald Quist.
== Career ==
=== MacGyver and Paramount films ===
Keppler worked under makeup supervisor Michael Westmore on during that show's second season (1986-87) before they both moved on to The Next Generation. Westmore and Keppler were nominated for an Emmy Award in 1987 for their work on the MacGyver episode "Friends", which was directed by Cliff Bole and guest-starred , Robin Curtis, Teri Hatcher, and Bruce McGill.
In addition to Star Trek V, Keppler worked on Paramount Pictures' (1988, featuring Madge Sinclair and makeup effects by Margaret Prentice), (1988, featuring John Glover, Carol Kane, Wendie Malick, Michael J. Pollard, and Alfre Woodard, with makeup by Thomas R. Burman and Bari Burman and set decoration by Linda DeScenna), and (1988, starring Ricardo Montalban and featuring Raye Birk, Tiny Ron, and Nicholas Worth, with art direction by Donald B. Woodruff).
=== 1990s television work and ER ===
During the 1989-1990 television season, Keppler was key makeup artist on CBS' , which starred Timothy Carhart and Clyde Kusatsu. He then became co-makeup department head on . He later worked on (1992), CBS' (1992-1993), and NBC's (1994). 
From 1994 through 2001, Keppler was the makeup effects co-department head on NBC's . In 2001, he became the show's makeup department head and held that position until the series ended in 2008. Among the many performers he worked with on the show were Star Trek alumni Michelle C. Bonilla, Scott Grimes, Lily Mariye, and Cress Williams.
=== 1990s film work ===
In 1990, Keppler worked (with Doug Drexler, Anthony Fredrickson, Kevin Haney, Gilbert A. Mosko, Ve Neill, Craig Reardon, Mark Shostrom, and Greg Cannom) and Class of 1999 (working with Barney Burman, Rob Burman, Dana Quashnick, and Rick Stratton). The former featured numerous Star Trek alumni in the cast (Ed O'Ross, Seymour Cassel, John Schuck, Paul Sorvino, Robert Costanzo, Tony Epper, Hamilton Camp, Ed McCready, Colm Meaney, Bert Remsen, Michael J. Pollard, Ian Wolfe) and had art direction by Harold Michelson, while Class of 1999 co-starred Malcolm McDowell and Patrick Kilpatrick. 
In 1994, Keppler worked on (1995, starring Lori Petty and Malcolm McDowell, with Ann Cusack, Reg E. Cathey, Iggy Pop, Ann Magnuson, Doug Jones, Jeff Kober and Charles Lucia). This film's makeup designer was Mike Smithson, and Keppler again worked with Smithson on the 1996 remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau, with Smithson as makeup supervisor. Barry Koper and Alan Tuskes were also makeup effects artists on this film, which featured actor Ron Perlman in the cast. Keppler himself was the makeup supervisor on (1997, featuring Bruce Gray and Matt Winston).
=== Recent film work ===
During a break in production on ER, Keppler did some prosthetic lab work on (2005, on which makeup artists Mark Garbarino and Dave Snyder did makeup effects). Immediately after production on ER ended, Keppler was brought in as a makeup artist on (2009, with actor Michael Welch, and hair stylists Laura Connolly and Elizabeth Rabe). 
Keppler was a special makeup effects artist on (2009), again working under the supervision of Mike Smithson. This film's cast included Anton Yelchin. Further film credits include (2010), which is produced by Akiva Goldsman, (2011), (2011, with guest star Billy Burke), (2012, with Billy Burke).
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