Christopher Gilman

Christopher S. Gilman is a special effects creator, specialty costumer and prop master, and occasional actor who appeared as the Knight in Armor in the seventh season episode . He received no credit for his appearance. His company also created and provided the space suits for and several episodes of , the cool suits for William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in , as well as several props and wardrobe details in and several episodes of The Next Generation.
Gilman was born in Manchester, Connecticut. His first steps into the film business were as stuntman in several theme parks such as Old Tucson Movie Studio. After several years, working in different effects labs, he has started a prop rental service in 1986 with his brother, Diligent Dwarves Effects Lab, which has grown up and has become Global Effects, Inc.. His company was involved in several film productions and has also provided the NASA. In 1991 he received alongside Harvey Hubert, Jr. an Academy Award in the category technical achievement for the development of the actor climate system / "cool suit".
Several productions his company was involved in are music videos for Madonna ("Cherish"), Iggy Pop ("Beside You"), and Ice Cube, television series such as Earth 2, , , Seven Days, , The Flash, , and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and feature films such as (1990), (1992), (1995), (1992), (1992), (1995), (1991), Masters of the Universe, (1996), (1994), , (1994), , (1992), (1998), (1998), (2003), (1999), 300, and (2000).
As an actor, always in a heavy costume, Gilman has appeared in films such as The Indian in the Cupboard (1995, alongside Keii Johnston, J.R. Horsting, Michael Papajohn, Erik Stabenau, and Frank Welker), the science fiction film Mars and Beyond (2000, with Sharisse Baker-Bernard, Majel Barrett, and Richard McGonagle), (2003, with Wallace Shawn and Rachael Harris), and (2005, with Corbin Bernsen, Martha Hackett, Cole McKay, Brian Simpson, Ben Bray, and Azalea Davila).
== External links ==
* – official site
* – official company site
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