Michael Westmore

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Michael George Westmore (born March 22, 1938) is an Academy Award nominated American make-up artist best known for his work in various Star Trek productions. In 1975, he worked on the three-part television horror film Trilogy of Terror starring Karen Black.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Westmore is the son of Monte Westmore, father of McKenzie Westmore and brother of Marvin Westmore, also a make-up artist. Westmore won an Academy Award in Makeup for the 1985 Cher film Mask, and has been nominated three other times, for 2010 (1984), The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) and Star Trek: First Contact (1996). He has won nine Emmy Awards, and was nominated for at least one Emmy every year from 1984 to 2005 (as well as from 1976 to 1978). Westmore has also won or been nominated for various other awards for makeup.

Westmore is currently doing make up for Kamal Haasan for his ten roles in Dasavathaaram. He is a 1961 graduate of the University of California-Santa Barbara and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.