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Barry R. Koper (born 3 November 1954; age 69) is a makeup artist who worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise. He also worked as makeup artist on the video game Star Trek: Borg.

Koper received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series/ Outstanding Makeup for a Series (Prosthetic) for his work on Star Trek, in 1995 for the episode "Faces", shared with Michael Westmore, Greg Nelson, Scott Wheeler, Tina Hoffman, Mark Shostrom, Gilbert A. Mosko, Michael Key, Natalie Wood, and Bill Myer, and in 2003 for the episode "Canamar", shared with Michael Westmore, Suzanne Diaz, Brad Look, Jeff Lewis, Earl Ellis, Michael Burnett, Joe Podnar, Todd McIntosh, Art Anthony, Robert Maverick, Steven E. Anderson, Debbie Zoller, Roxy D'Alonzo, Ruth Haney, and Judith Silverman.

Koper previously won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Drama Series in 1985 for his work on The Young and the Restless, shared with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine makeup artist Mark Landon and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special in 1997 for The Shining, shared with Ve Neill, Jill Rockow, Joe Colwell, and Joel Harlow.

Other projects on which he worked include the horror film The Meateater (1979), Wayne's World (1992, with Thomas R. Burman, Bari Burman, Kathrine Gordon, and Audrey L. Anzures), the daily soap The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-1992), Addams Family Values (1993), The Santa Clause (1994, with Tom Woodruff, Jr.), Murder in the First (1995) The Mangler (1995, with Scott Wheeler), Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996, with Ed French), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996, with Rolf John Keppler, Bill Myer, and Mike Smithson), The Crow: City of Angels (1996, with Candace Neal), Mars Attacks! (1996), Alien Resurrection (1997), Idle Hands (1999, with Audrey L. Anzures, Greg Cannom, Robert Maverick, Keith VanderLaan, and Brian Wade), Three Kings (1999), Hollow Man (2000, with Tom Woodruff, Jr., Brian Wade, and Don Lanning), Scary Movie 2 (2001) Scary Movie 3 (2003), The Santa Clause 2 (2002), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), The Haunted Mansion (2003), and I Am Legend (2007).

More recent projects in the makeup department include the Knight Rider pilot episode (2008, along with Allan A. Apone, Adam Brandy, Tina Hoffman, Brad Look, John Maldonado, Rhonda O'Neal, and Lygia Orta), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Lakeview Terrace (2008, with Allan A. Apone, Lygia Orta, Rhonda O'Neal, and Adam Brandy), Super Capers (2009, with Adam Brandy and Brad Look), and Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009, along with Allan A. Apone, Brad Look, Greg Nelson, and Joy Zapata).

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