Key working on Robin Curtis' makeup for "Gambit, Part I".
Michael Key (born 1962; age ~63) is a makeup artist who worked on three Star Trek television series and two Star Trek films. His work on Star Trek earned him two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series and three Emmy Award nominations:
- 1993 Emmy Award for the episode "Captive Pursuit", shared with Michael Westmore, Jill Rockow, Karen Westerfield, Gilbert A. Mosko, Dean Jones, Craig Reardon, and Vincent Niebla
- 1994 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Genesis", shared with Michael Westmore, June Westmore, Debbie Zoller, Gilbert A. Mosko, Tina Hoffman, David Quashnick, Mike Smithson, Hank Edds, and Kevin Haney
- 1994 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Rules of Acquisition", shared with Michael Westmore, Camille Calvet, Karen Westerfield, Dean Gates, Dean Jones, Tina Hoffman, David Quashnick, Mike Smithson, Hank Edds, and Gilbert A. Mosko
- 1995 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Faces", shared with Michael Westmore, Greg Nelson, Scott Wheeler, Tina Hoffman, Mark Shostrom, Gilbert A. Mosko, Barry R. Koper, Natalie Wood, and Bill Myer
- 1995 Emmy Award for the episode "Distant Voices", shared with Michael Westmore, Camille Calvet, Dean Jones, Dean Gates, Karen Iverson, David Quashnick, Scott Wheeler, Karen Westerfield, Gilbert A. Mosko, and Thom Surprenant
Key worked as makeup artist on The Young and the Restless, TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes, My Two Dads, Tales from the Crypt, and The Young Riders. He also worked as makeup artist/ special makeup effects artist on the thriller Provoked (1989), the comedy Hey, Mike (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Batman Returns (1992, along with Norma Lee, Ve Neill, Greg Nelson, Kim Santantonio, Yolanda Toussieng, Brad Wilder, Audrey L. Anzures, Greg Cannom, Robert Kato DeStefan, and Nina Kent), the television movie The Marshal (1993), Last Action Hero (1993, with Thomas R. Burman, Jeff Dawn, Bari Burman, Richard Snell, Natalie Wood, Alicia Tripi, and Jake Garber), Coneheads (1993, along with David Abbott, Allan A. Apone, Zoltan Elek, Tina Hoffman, Toby Lamm, Steve LaPorte, Adam Brandy, Dean Gates, Nina Kent, and Rick Stratton), the television series Weird Science, Touched by an Angel, Dark Skies, and Charmed, Down Periscope (1996, with Jim Kail and Cheri Ruff), Eraser (1996, starring Vanessa Williams and along with Jeff Dawn, Dayne Johnson, Jim Kail, Michael Shelton, and Alan Tuskes), Jingle All the Way (1996, with Greg Cannom, Jeff Dawn, Keith VanderLaan, and Crist Ballas), Batman & Robin (1997, with Lee Ann Brittenham, Lisa Collins, Jeff Dawn, Edouard F. Henriques, Dayne Johnson, Jim Kail, James MacKinnon, Ve Neill, Jill Rockow, Rick Stratton, Yolanda Toussieng, Barbara Ronci, and Crist Ballas), The Other Sister (1999), The 13th Warrior (1999), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
Star Trek credits[]
(This list is currently incomplete.)
- Star Trek films
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – makeup artist: Klingon sculptor for Richard Snell Designs, Inc.
- Star Trek Generations – makeup artist
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- "Gambit, Part I" – Makeup Artist: Robin Curtis (Season 7, uncredited)
- "Genesis" (uncredited)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- "Captive Pursuit" (uncredited) (Season 1)
- "Rules of Acquisition" (uncredited) (Season 2)
- "Distant Voices" (uncredited) (Season 3)
- Star Trek: Voyager