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Brian Kinney Biography

Birth Name:Brian Kinney

Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession Make up department, Special effects, Actor, Art department

Fast Facts

  • In 2012, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series
  • Earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Iowa
  • Trained as a makeup artist at the Delamar Academy in London
  • Along with being a makeup artist, he decided to train in clown school in 2007
  • Has served as the the Makeup Craft President and Executive Board Member of the Local 706 Make-Up Artists and Hairstylists Guild
  • Is a journeyman in the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Awards

  • 2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic): nominated
  • 2016Festival Prize-Best Make-Up and Hair: nominated
  • 2024Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup: nominated