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Bolaji Badejo, Andrew Crawford, and Percy Edwards are some of the actors who brought the Xenomorph to life in the Alien movies. Various methods like puppetry, costumes, CGI, and voice acting were used to create different types of Xenomorph in the franchise. Actors like Roy Scammell, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Joan La Barbara contributed to defining the iconic creature in the Alien movies.

The Xenomorph is one of the most iconic monsters in movie history, and here is every actor who has played one in the Alien movies. The Alien franchise has become one of the most well-known horror series of all time, with each entry in Ridley Scott's beloved horror franchise bringing back the Xenomorph for more extraterrestrial carnage. There have been all kinds of different types of Xenomorph throughout the mainline Alien movies, and since they are often covered in special effects, the actors behind these fascinating...

Presented by Fathom Events, The Jim Henson Company, and Universal Pictures as a two-night event, the recently restored The Dark Crystal (1982) will mesmerize audiences in theaters on February 25th and 28th. Keep reading for more awesome news on the beloved film from the minds of Jim Henson and Frank Oz:

Press Release: Denver – December 12, 2017 – Thirty-five years after it first stunned audiences and critics with its unprecedented visions and mythic storytelling, Jim Henson’s 1982 epic fantasy-adventure “The Dark Crystal,” co-directed by Henson and Frank Oz, will return to big screens nationwide in a special two-night presentation from Fathom Events, The Jim Henson Company and Universal Pictures.

Newly restored in 4K (at select theaters), “The Dark Crystal” is a visually spectacular tale of a young hero who must find a legendary relic in order restore harmony to the universe. A watershed in fantasy filmmaking produced by Gary Kurtz (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back...

For most people, just coming up with a cast of characters as wonderfully lovable as the Muppets - to say nothing of helping spearhead a pair of television classics as durable as The Muppet Show and Sesame Street - would be enough to justify an early and lucrative retirement. For Jim Henson, however, those feats only scratched the surface of his ambition, and by the early ’80s, the man who helped turn puppets from a sideshow trick into an art form was ready to try his hand at slightly more grown-up fare. The results were 1982’s The Dark Crystal and 1986’s Labyrinth, a pair of PG-rated fantasy films that connected the dots between The Muppet Movie and The Lord of the Rings. Neither film made much of an impression at the box office, but they’ve both acquired cult status over the years - and now they’ve both been...