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Actors that played some unrecognizable roles (60 Photos)

January 25, 2013 | In: Art, Celebrity, Interesting, Movies

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Some roles are more familiar than others but almost all of these characters look astonishingly different from the people who played them.

: John Leguizamo in
Spawn

: Tim Curry in
It

: CCH Pounder in
Avatar

: Matthew G. Taylor in Resident Evil: Apocalypse

: Kelsey Grammer in
X-Men: The Last Stand

: Jack Nicholson in
Batman

: Jim Carrey in
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

: Doug Jones in
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

: Roberto Campanella in
Silent Hill

: Jim Carrey in
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

: Doug Jones in Pan’s Labyrinth

: Doug Jones in Pan’s Labyrinth

: Boris Karloff in
Frankenstein

: Wes Studi in
Avatar

: Ryan Reynolds in
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

: Christopher Walken in
Sleepy Hollow

: John Travolta in
Hairspray

: Danny DeVito in
Batman Returns

: Eddie Murphy in
Nutty Professor

: Martin Lawrence in
Big Momma’s House

: Jackie Earle Haley in
Watchmen

: Robert De Niro in
Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein

: Nick Stahl in
Sin City

: Alan Cumming in
X2: X-Men United

: Sam Neil in
Event Horizon

: Mike Myers in
The Cat in the Hat

: Robin Williams in
Mrs. Doubtfire

: Laz Alonso in Avatar

: Andy Serkis in
The Lord of the Rings

: Andrew Divoff in
Wishmaster

: Brandon Lee in
The Crow

: Ray Park in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

: Scott Heindl in
I,robot

: Maiwenn in
The Fifth Element

: Doug Bradley in
Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker

: Ralph Fiennes in Harry Potter

: Benicio del Toro in
The Wolfman

: Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker’s Dracula

: Gary Oldman in Hannibal

: Hugo Weaving in The First Avenger: Captain America

: Doug Jones in
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

: Jonathan Breck in
Jeepers Creepers

: Derek Mears in
Friday the 13th

: Andrew Bryniarski in
Texas Chainsaw Massacre

: Warwick Davis in Leprechaun

: Warwick Davis in Harry Potter

: Kevin Peter Hall in
Predator

: Kevin Peter Hall in
Harry and the Hendersons

: Doug Jones in
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

: Doug Jones in
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

: Mickey Rourke in
Sin City

: Michael Chiklis in
Fantastic Four

: James McAvoy in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

: Brad Pitt in
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

: Peter Mayhew in
Star Wars: Episode IV-VI

: Michael Jai White in
Spawn

: Tim Curry in
Legend

: Stellan Skarsgård in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

: Tom Cruise in
Tropic Thunder

: Michael Keaton in
BeetleJuice

Category: Art, Celebrity, Interesting, Movies

Guest

How many people looked up Kevin Peter Hall to see how tall he was?
#47

YaSee

The Predator was originally going to be JCVD.

tiff

so which is him out of makeup? #51
ChefPeekie

How the hell can you forget Ron Pelman as Hellboy???
Sean

over half of these people are major characters and most of those are the lead role, who wouldn't know who they were.
mac

#2 Very interesting i never knew Tim Curry was IT. Still creeps the Fuc# out.
Beau

#57 is still the most dramatic, IMO.
Oaken

I'm pretty sure the Ryan Reynolds one is a mistake. He played Wade Wilson not Weapon XI. Weapon XI was played by Scott Adkins.

IrishInNJ

You're referring to the blurry fight scenes. Adkins was the stunt/fight double. When we see close ups it is Reynolds in the make up.
darkohanzo

I was wondering the same thing and read every comment to see if anyone had put that on here. Glad someone else caught that

kahn23

#35 You used a picture from Hellraiser Revelations, the ninth movie in the series and the only Hellraiser movie to not feature Doug Bradley. Lol, better get some solid fact checkers. That doesn't even look nearly like the original pinhead.
enricosalve

Jermaine Clement as Boris in MIB 3!
Adam

Oh come on. Robin Williams was Mrs. Doubtfire? No fucking way. And I refuse to believe that Brad pitt played an older version of himself in The Bucket List! Most of these completely blew my mind!
Dave

Robert Picardo as Meg (the Troll) in Legend
matt

So, if you voice a CGI character you make this list? Hmmm
DrGarnicus

#44–he was also Butterfinger in Hudson Hawk.
drbman

#27 the best bar none
CD3

#15 reynolds actually didnt play deadpool.

Truth

Yes he did, that's him. Scott Adkins did the fight scenes.

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Marc

#4 Everyday is upper-body day.
Livin' Legend

I kind of wish they had alternately mirrored the pictures of Doug Jones to make him look like he's dancing.
Warren

Seriously? you picked #59 Tom Cruise, who looks exactly like fat Tom Cruise, and left out Robert Downie Jr. Not a good list, you left out Christopher Reeves as superman.
http://twitter.com/LosSaysSwag @LosSaysSwag

In short: Doug Jones is a master of disguise
Steve

#15 is not Ryan Reynolds

Truth

Yes it is him. Scott Adkins did the fight scenes.

korey2384

Things that I've learned today: #1 Doug Jones is an absolute BEAST… There is no #2
SteveB

Apparently, CGI, masks, and a lot of make-up make actors unrecognizable… WHO KNEW!
BlackStarrLine

Don't know if this was mentioned, but Care Blanchett (sp?) as Bob Dylan in 'I'm not There'.

BlackStarrLine

Cate Blanchett*

brucebonsai

How 'bout Edward Norton as King Baldwin in "Kingdom of Heaven"? I had no idea it was him.

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