Matthew W. Mungle | |
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| Born | (1956-10-26)October 26, 1956 (age 69) Atoka, Oklahoma, USA |
| Occupation | Makeup Artist |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Matthew W. Mungle (born October 26, 1956) is an Americanmake-up artist. He has been nominated five times for theAcademy Award for Best Makeup, winning (as part of a three-person team) in 1992 forBram Stoker's Dracula. He has also received 26Emmy nominations, winning 6.[1] His television work includesTracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales,Tracey Ullman's State of the Union,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,The Big Bang Theory,Salem,NCIS,Conan, andJimmy Kimmel Live!.
Mungle's other film work includesNorbit,Epic Movie,Disaster Movie,Psycho (1998),The Butler,Superhero Movie,Frida,Vampires Suck,Sky High,The Tempest,The Midnight Meat Train,Date Movie,Monster House, andThe Polar Express.
Mungle has also donespecial effects makeup for commercials forFedEx,Frito-Lay,Universal Parks and Resorts,McDonald's,KFC,Best Buy,Lunchables, andSprint Corporation.
Mungle has also worked on theDisney Dream Portrait Series photograph featuring,Jack Black,Jason Segel, andWill Ferrell as The Hitchhiking Ghosts from theDisney attraction,The Haunted Mansion, in 2012.
Mungle is a native ofAtoka, Oklahoma, and graduated from Atoka High School in 1975.[2] He studied for two and a half years atOklahoma State University before moving to Hollywood in 1977. He studied under make-up artist Joe Blasco, then became an instructor at Blasco's school and worked in low-budget horror films[1] before his career moved into larger projects beginning withEdward Scissorhands in 1990.[3] In addition toDracula, he has also received Oscar nominations for his work onSchindler's List (1993),Ghosts of Mississippi (1996),Albert Nobbs (2011), andHillbilly Elegy (2020). Mungle created old-age makeups for the principal cast for the final episode of HBO'sSix Feet Under. InAlbert Nobbs, he used make-up and prosthetics for actressesGlenn Close andJanet McTeer's portrayals of women pretending to be men.[4] Mungle also creates the masks of theFlying Monkeys andDoctor Dillamond, andFiyero'sscarecrow form for the Broadway musical,Wicked. Mungle previously owned a makeup studio in NorthHollywood. Mungle currently owns a makeup studio inTexas.