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Peter Swords King
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1955 (70 years)
Peter King (born 1955), also known as Peter Swords King, is a British Oscar-winning makeup artist who won the 2003 Academy Awards for Best Makeup for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. He shared the award with filmmaker Richard Taylor. He was nominated again at the 2012 Academy Awards for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Besides bringing movie characters to life by way of make-up and hairstyling, King, for the 13 dwarves in the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, had to work on 1,000 drawings before finalising down to a single image. "We make the prosthetics, wigs, beards and then do a show-and-tell for each character in the film", was Peter's remark about his work. He is credited for his exemplary work of immortalising characters like King Kong and Marquis de Sade on celluloid.
His other movies include Quills, Thunderbirds Little Voice, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, and The Avengers.
King has also won several BAFTA Awards. He has worked on nearly 40 films since 1982.
King is artistic director at Bath Academy of Media Makeup, a private school for makeup artistry in media and fashion.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter King (make-up artist), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Besides bringing movie characters to life by way of make-up and hairstyling, King, for the 13 dwarves in the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, had to work on 1,000 drawings before finalising down to a single image. "We make the prosthetics, wigs, beards and then do a show-and-tell for each character in the film", was Peter's remark about his work. He is credited for his exemplary work of immortalising characters like King Kong and Marquis de Sade on celluloid.
His other movies include Quills, Thunderbirds Little Voice, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, and The Avengers.
King has also won several BAFTA Awards. He has worked on nearly 40 films since 1982.
King is artistic director at Bath Academy of Media Makeup, a private school for makeup artistry in media and fashion.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter King (make-up artist), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Peter Swords King Filmography
| 1998 | Velvet Goldmine · as Cecil's Friend 2 |
| 2022 | Icons Unearthed (TV Series) · as Self - Makeup And Hair Designer |
| 2018 | The Director and the Jedi · as Self |
| 2013 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2004 | The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2026 | Supergirl · as Makeup Designer |
| 2025 | Superman · as Hair Designer |
| 2020 | The Witches · as Hair Designer |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · as Hair Designer |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales · as Hair Designer |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass · as Hair Designer |
| 2014 | Into the Woods · as Hair Designer |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · as Hair Designer |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug · as Makeup & Hair |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · as Makeup Designer |
| 2010 | Love & Other Drugs · as Makeup Artist |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee Returns · as Hair Designer |
| 2009 | |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass · as Makeup Designer |
| 2007 | Youth Without Youth · as Makeup & Hair |
| 2007 | I'm Not There · as Hair Designer |
| 2005 | King Kong · as Hair Designer |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee · as Makeup Artist |
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea · as Makeup Designer |
| 2004 | Thunderbirds · as Makeup Artist |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · as Makeup & Hair |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers · as Makeup Designer |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Makeup & Hair |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · as Makeup Designer |
| 2000 | Quills · as Makeup Designer |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband · as Makeup Designer |
| 1998 | Little Voice · as Hairstylist |
| 1998 | Talk of Angels · as Makeup Designer |
| 1998 | Velvet Goldmine · as Makeup Designer |
| 1998 | The Avengers · as Makeup Artist |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story · as Makeup Artist |
| 1997 | The Tango Lesson · as Wigmaker |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady · as Makeup Artist |
| 1995 | Innocent Lies · as Makeup Artist |
| 1982 | The Draughtsman's Contract · as Wig Designer |