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Alec Gillis

Alec Gillis

Birthday: 1959-08-29 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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. 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Cringe

as    Fitz

2021
Oats Studios: Volume 1

as    Militia #1 / Bill

2021
Witches Midnight

as    Oswald Octav

2021
OATS Studios

as    民兵

2020
Tremors: Making Perfection

as    Himself

2020
Bad President - Kenya

as    William "Billy" Coltran

2020
Bad President: Kenya

as    William “Billy” Coltran

2020
Bad President: Oil Spill

as    William “Billy” Coltran

2017
Cooking with Bill

as    Bill

2017
Rakka

as    Militia #1

2017
Bad President - Oil Spill

as    William 'Billy' Coltran

2017
Bad President - All My Sh*t

as    William 'Billy' Coltran

2012
Astronaut: The Last Push

as    Charlie

2007
Monster Squad Forever!

as    Self

2004
Shooting 'Panic Room'

as    Self

1998