Actor
Alec Gillis
Born August 29, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA
16 films
Alec Dougal Gillis is an Academy Award-winning American special effects artist and actor who served as part of the creature effects crew on the 1986 film Aliens, the 1992 film Alien3, the 1997 film Alien Resurrection, the 2004 film Alien vs. Predator, the 2007 film Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and the 2018 film The Predator. He also appeared in a cameo as an unnamed technician in Alien vs. Predator, although he was not credited for the role.
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In 1988, Gillis co-founded Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. (ADI) with Tom Woodruff, Jr., and the company has since provided creature effects for Alien3, Alien Resurrection, Alien vs. Predator and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.
Gillis's work has won an Academy Award for Visual Effects (for Death Becomes Her, although he was not listed on the official nomination) and a BAFTA. For his work on Alien3, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects, a BAFTA and a Saturn Award.
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First watchAstronaut: The Last Push20125.3as CharlieA major role.When a tragic accident cuts short the first manned mission to explore life on the moons of Jupiter, Michael Forrest must make the 3 year journey home to Earth in pure solitudeView filmEssential films
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16 films as actor- TBAHollywood is FineAlec Gillis
- 2026Robot DraculaAlec
- 2025CringeFitz
- 2023Eulogy to Us
- 2022PreyPredator Puppeteer (ADI)
- 2021Oats Studios: Volume 1Militia #1 / Bill
- 2021Witches MidnightOswald Octav
- 2020Bad President - KenyaWilliam "Billy" Coltran
- 2017Bad President - Oil SpillWilliam 'Billy' Coltran
- 2017Bad President - All My Sh*tWilliam 'Billy' Coltran
- 2017RakkaMilitia #1
- 2012Astronaut: The Last PushCharlie
- 2005ElektraPuppeteer
- 2004AVP: Alien vs. PredatorTechnician (uncredited)
- 1997Alien ResurrectionHero Alien Warrior (uncredited)
- 1986AliensAlien (uncredited)