Rick Stratton is an American make-up and special effects artist. He won an Primetime Emmy Award in 1999 for his work on The X-Files and in 1990 for his work on Alien Nation. Stratton has been nominated a total of eight times.[1] His other work includes Pirates of the Caribbean, , Beetlejuice, Jarhead, War of the Worlds and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.[2]