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Sam Polin

  • Make-Up Department
  • Special Effects
  • Actor
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Sam Polin is known for Army of the Dead (2021), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) and Snakes on a Plane (2006).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Omari Hardwick, Dave Bautista, and Ella Purnell in Army of the Dead (2021)
    Army of the Dead
    5.8
    • Makeup Department(Fractured FX)
    • 2021
    The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    5.5
    • Additional Crew
    • 2008
    Samuel L. Jackson and Nathan Phillips in Snakes on a Plane (2006)
    Snakes on a Plane
    5.5
    • Makeup Department
    • 2006
    Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
    Independence Day: Resurgence
    5.2
    • Additional Crew
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Makeup Department

    • Brighter Days Ahead (2025)
      Brighter Days Ahead
      8.4
      Short
      • special effects makeup fabrication
      • 2025
    • Isan Beomhyun Lee in Saw X (2023)
      Saw X
      6.6
      • fabrication: Fractured FX
      • 2023
    • Sweet Tooth (2021)
      Sweet Tooth
      7.7
      TV Series
      • key artist
      • key artist: Fractured FX
      • 2021–2023
    • Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Omari Hardwick, Dave Bautista, and Ella Purnell in Army of the Dead (2021)
      Army of the Dead
      5.8
      • key artist & technician: Fractured FX
      • 2021
    • Colin Ford in Daybreak (2019)
      Daybreak
      6.7
      TV Series
      • puppeteer: witch head (as Samuel J. Polin)
      • 2019
    • Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
      Insidious: The Last Key
      5.7
      • fabricator: Fractured FX (as Sam J. Polin)
      • 2018
    • Bonnie Aarons and Madison Wolfe in The Conjuring 2 (2016)
      The Conjuring 2
      7.3
      • special makeup effects artist
      • 2016
    • Stefanie Scott in Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
      Insidious: Chapter 3
      6.1
      • fabrication department: Fractured FX
      • 2015
    • Anna Paquin, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, and Rutina Wesley in True Blood (2008)
      True Blood
      7.9
      TV Series
      • makeup effects technician
      • 2008–2014
    • Liv Tyler, Elliot Page, and Rainn Wilson in Super (2010)
      Super
      6.7
      • special makeup effects artist
      • 2010
    • Stan Helsing (2009)
      Stan Helsing
      3.6
      • prosthetic artist: Masters FX, Inc. (as Sam 'Quarter-Gram' Polin)
      • 2009
    • The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
      The Haunting in Connecticut
      5.8
      • lead prosthetic artist: MastersFX, Inc. (as Samuel Polin)
      • 2009
    • Kim Basinger in While She Was Out (2008)
      While She Was Out
      4.8
      • makeup effects artist: Masters FX
      • 2008
    • Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
      Stargate: The Ark of Truth
      7.2
      Video
      • effects makeup artist
      • 2008
    • Leo (2007)
      Leo
      6.2
      Short
      • key sculptor
      • 2007

    Special Effects

    • Okwui Okpokwasili in The Woman in the Yard (2025)
      The Woman in the Yard
      5.0
      • digital sculpture
      • 2025
    • Sweet Tooth (2021)
      Sweet Tooth
      7.7
      TV Series
      • digital artist
      • 2023
    • We Need to Do Something (2021)
      We Need to Do Something
      4.5
      • special effects crew
      • 2021
    • Elizabeth Roberts in Itsy Bitsy (2019)
      Itsy Bitsy
      4.6
      • creature effects crew/puppeteer
      • 2019
    • Jackson A. Dunn in Brightburn (2019)
      Brightburn
      6.1
      • digital designer
      • fabricator
      • 2019
    • Kate Beckinsale in Underworld: Awakening (2012)
      Underworld: Awakening
      6.3
      • effects creator: interior body, MastersFX
      • 2012
    • Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodríguez, Frances Conroy, Rachel Griffiths, Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, and Mathew St. Patrick in Six Feet Under (2001)
      Six Feet Under
      8.7
      TV Series
      • prosthetic effects
      • 2003–2005
    • Monster Man (2003)
      Monster Man
      5.6
      • special effects fabricator
      • 2003

    Actor

    • The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
      The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
      5.3
      • Burlap Station Master - 1993
      • 2013
    • Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Torri Higginson, Rachel Luttrell, Paul McGillion, Jason Momoa, and Mitch Pileggi in Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
      Stargate: Atlantis
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Creature (as Samuel Polin)
      • 2007
    • Rhiannon Leigh Wryn and Chris O'Neil in The Last Mimzy (2007)
      The Last Mimzy
      6.2
      • Armed Cyborg (as Samuel Polin)
      • 2007

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    • Alternative names
      • Sam 'Quarter-Gram' Polin

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