Makeup and Special Effects from Movies :

One of my favourite Special Effects from a movie is from Batman: The Dark Knight. There character with the special effects used for the character is on actor Heath Ledger, as the character of The Joker.

 

Using latex and prosthetics to create this look for each scene he appeared before having his face painted to become the joker.

Other Special Effects from movies : Hellboy. The character "Hellboy" played by Ron Perlman where there is prosthetic pieces added and a bald cap to cover over to create the effect of his look.

Another Character from the same film Abe Sapien is a character that using prothetics and special effects to create his character look. Played by Doug Jones.

A different film I picked was the famous Christmas themed film The Grinch. Jim Carey who plays "The Grinch" is transformed by the use of special effects to completely change his appearance to create his character.

Also, a famous television series "The Walking Dead" has hundreds of characters and actors where they have special effects used to create there appearance.