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'''Mike Smithson''' is an [[Emmy Award]]-winning, [[Academy Award]]-nominated makeup artist who worked in the makeup department of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', although he did not receive on-screen credit for his work on these shows. He also appeared as a [[Klingon]] [[helmsman]] in {{film|5}}, but received no screen credit for this, either.
 
'''Mike Smithson''' is an [[Emmy Award]]-winning, [[Academy Award]]-nominated makeup artist who worked in the makeup department of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', although he did not receive on-screen credit for his work on these shows. He also appeared as a [[Klingon]] [[helmsman]] in {{film|5}}, but received no screen credit for this, either.
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In 1994, Smithson shared two Emmy nominations with makeup supervisor and designer [[Michael Westmore]] and the other makeup artists for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series for the ''TNG'' episode {{e|Genesis}} and the ''DS9'' episode {{e|Rules of Acquisition}}. Ten years later, Smithson would win his third Emmy nomination for makeup work on an episode of ''Gilmore Girls''. Smithson also shared an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Makeup for the 1999 comedy ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'', on which he was one of the makeup designers.
 
In 1994, Smithson shared two Emmy nominations with makeup supervisor and designer [[Michael Westmore]] and the other makeup artists for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series for the ''TNG'' episode {{e|Genesis}} and the ''DS9'' episode {{e|Rules of Acquisition}}. Ten years later, Smithson would win his third Emmy nomination for makeup work on an episode of ''Gilmore Girls''. Smithson also shared an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Makeup for the 1999 comedy ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'', on which he was one of the makeup designers.

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Template:Realworld Mike Smithson is an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated makeup artist who worked in the makeup department of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, although he did not receive on-screen credit for his work on these shows. He also appeared as a Klingon helmsman in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, but received no screen credit for this, either.

According to the Internet Movie Database, Smithson is a make-up artist on 2009's Star Trek. This has yet to be confirmed, however.

In 1994, Smithson shared two Emmy nominations with makeup supervisor and designer Michael Westmore and the other makeup artists for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series for the TNG episode "Genesis" and the DS9 episode "Rules of Acquisition". Ten years later, Smithson would win his third Emmy nomination for makeup work on an episode of Gilmore Girls. Smithson also shared an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Makeup for the 1999 comedy Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, on which he was one of the makeup designers.

Smithson's other makeup credits include the films Tank Girl (1995, starring Lori Petty and Malcolm McDowell), Alien: Resurrection (1997, starring Ron Perlman, Brad Dourif, and Leland Orser; Smithson was also a sculptor on this film), Battlefield Earth (2000, on which he was John Travolta's makeup artist), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001, featuring Erick Avari, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and David Warner), Men in Black II (2002), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Big Fish (2003), Spider-Man 2 (2004), and Norbit (2007), and the TV shows ER, The Andy Dick Show, and Six Feet Under. He also did effects work for films such as Predator (1987), Ghostbusters II (1989), Ghost (1990), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), and Spy Kids (2001).

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