Pons Maar

About Pons Maar

Who is it?: Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Special Effects
Birth Day: August 04, 1951
Birth Place:  Pensacola, Florida, United States
Occupation: Actor, puppeteer, artist, voice actor
Years active: 1985–present

Pons Maar Net Worth

Pons Maar was born on August 04, 1951 in  Pensacola, Florida, United States, is Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Special Effects. Pons Maar is originally from Florida where he studied ceramics and visual art. After moving to San Francisco he became a fixture on the local arts scene as a graphic designer and performance artist, and, as a musician, playing in a couple of art/punk bands. At one of his solo performances of 'Natural Enemies' he was seen by Oscar-winning Sound Designer/Editor Walter Murch and cast as the Lead Wheeler in Walter's first directing effort Return to Oz (1985). Pons acted in the film as well as serving as the Performance Coordinator, starting what was to become a pattern of working on both sides of the camera. Following with other non-human roles in _Golden Child(1987)_ and _Masters of the Universe (1988)_ he continued to delve deeper into extreme latex makeup and huge, hot, and heavy creature and fantasy character suits. After the full 65 episode run on the TV show _Dinosaurs(1991)_ and playing the lead character in _Theodore Rex(1995)_. Pons then focused on Coordinating Puppets and Creatures in various feature films and TV productions.Pons served as the Co-Head of the Screen Actor's Guild Puppeteer Committee from 2003-2005. During this time he and co-head, Kevin Carlson, were able to change the puppeteer's status from a caucus to a full committee.Currently (2017) he is a partner in TASTY NAME a boutique video production company based in Alameda, CA.
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💰 Net worth: Under Review

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Biography/Timeline

1980

Maar performed as the voice and body model for The Noid in the popular Domino's Pizza commercials of the 1980s. His first feature film as an actor was Return to Oz (1985), where he also worked behind the scenes as a performance co-ordinator. His work on that film led to roles in other fantasy films, including The Golden Child (1986) and Masters of the Universe (1987). He worked as a performer for the entire 65-episode run of the television series Dinosaurs and co-starred in the film Theodore Rex (1995). Recently, he served for two years as co-head of the Puppeteer committee for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).