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Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 27 14:54

Oooh, i love this list. Also, Christian Bale when he lost 60+ lbs for his role in 'The Machinist'. And Heath Ledger as The Joker.

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 27 15:11

Looking sharp!

Jon Voight as Howard Cosell in Ali.

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 27 17:31

Thanks guys for your suggestions! :)

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 27 17:46

Gary Oldman as Mason Verger.

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 27 17:48

gr8888888 wrk done!!!

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 27 19:25

palmas pra essa lista!

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 28 4:23

Great list! And I also have two suggestions. Martin Landau in Ed Wood and Christopher Lloyd in The Addams Family!

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 28 6:46

Thanks a lot everybody!

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 28 13:25

How about Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands?

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 28 13:48

Added :)

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 29 20:28

Great suggestion, Voxy! BTW, I think I never saw this movie... :(

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 30 6:35

Jeff Bridges in Iron Man! All he did was shave his head!

- Eddie Murphy as the White Jewish Guy from the Barber Shop in Coming to America was quite remarkable.
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar Bug in MIB aswell as Tony Shaloub as Jeebs.
- Michael Rooker as Grant in Slither.
- Ian McDiarmid as the Emperor in Star Wars (VI to be most precise).

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 30 6:56

Also, Kenneth Branaugh as Arliss Loveless in WW West.

Posted: 4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 30 13:15

Thanks a lot, Kryptic Centurion!

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 3 17:21

Dustin Hoffman as a woman!
Heath Ledger as Joker!

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 12 18:44

Hey coroner, is it OK if I suggest characters already on the list???

Anyway:
Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder
Benecio del Toro as the Wolf Man
Ron Perlman as Hellboy
Doug Jones as Abe Sapien
I suppose you could check in the other abnormal mutants from Marvel aswell: Mystique, Nightcrawler etc.

Seeing as guys who shave their heads can make the list:
Rodrigo Santaro as King Xerxes in 300

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 5:56

Great list!!!
I really thought Vincent Price in the 1954 House of Wax deserved to be there too though...

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 7:27

Added :) Thanks, guys!

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 11:55

Dude! Great list.

Gotta request Dustin Hoffman as 'Hook' from the movie of the same name. Didn't even know if was him for a Long time after I saw it as a kid.

peace

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 13:11

Gary Oldman as "Gordon" in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 13:53

I know it's not a movie, but what about Ron Perlman in the Beauty and the Beast series?

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 15:17

Please add Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan in the upcoming Watchmen movie.

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 15:22

What about John Leguizamo as The Clown/Violator from Spawn?

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 15:22

What about John Leguizamo as The Clown/Violator from Spawn?

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 15:26

Commissioner Gordon? What a crock. 79% of men who grow moustaches can't be identified from their clean shaven selves. Christ.

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 15:27

I would like to nominate Kelsey Grammar as the Beast from X-Men. I knew his name but had no face to put with it when I saw that movie, and for some reason was convinced he was african-american. If that isnt unrecognizable, I dont know what is.

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 13 23:45

You really need to add Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire - awesome transformation very creepy

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 14 18:35

WOW....thanks for all the suggestions! I'm sorry, but there are some limits: 1) no TV movies/series, 2) only 1 character per each actor, 3) preferably, famous actors. Thanks :)

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 14 21:35

How about Peter Sellers in ... well anything he ever did.
Dr Strangelove ... in early days

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 14 21:40

John Lithgow in Life According to Garp =Roberta Muldoon

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 15 6:23

The old man in the curious case of benjamain button was CG, not makeup.

you might as well add actors who are the voices of cartoons..

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 15 8:03

Are you sure, bgm? From IMDb: "Brad Pitt stated it took 5 hours each day to complete the make-up required for the role" and (according to other websites) Greg Cannom was the age makeups creator and applicator. I think they only used cgi effects for the younger Button, for the "body assembling" and so on. Also, there are a couple of featurettes about the makeup process available on the web...

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 15 10:10

Great list!!!

I'd recommend Doug Jones... he did two roles with crazy costumes, so take your pick

As the Fauno in El Laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) or,
As Abe Sabien in Hellboy/Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

or, a third option (one I don't personally like compared to the other two...) is as Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 15 11:09

Here's one that always gets me. Glenn Close has a cameo in the movie Hook. She is the pirate that gets put in the "Boo Box".

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 15 13:29

scoobots, I didn't add Doug Jones before because (except for a couple of movies) he always wear a heavy make-up in every movie and nobody knows his "real" face :) Incidentally, always great make-ups and performances!

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 15 14:55

Aw alright, I guess I can't blame you there...my hunt continues to find one then =P

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 15 22:04

where is sloth from the goonies

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 15 22:19

Christian Slater in "He was a Quite Man"

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 16 8:14

Gary Oldman as Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in the Fifth Element

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 16 12:18

Dick Van Dyke as Mr. Dawes-Senior in "Mary Poppins"
Robert Downey Junior in "Fur"

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 16 12:52

Meryl Streep as a rabbi in Angels in America, no doubt! [Link removed - login to see]

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 16 15:10

i have one...
dave grohl from the foo fighters as the devil in the tenacious d movie
or ben stiller in this same movie also unrecognizable

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 16 15:30

Is this just movies or are we including TV shows too? Mick Fleetwood's role in Star Trek: The Next Generation

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Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 16 19:00

Thanks a lot, everybody! But please: no TV shows (too many candidates) just movies, and only professional, well-known, actors, if possible. By the way, Meryl Streep make-up work is really great! Thanks again.

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 16 23:17

Mark Hamill played Max Reed in The Guyver 1991, i dont have a link to an image but after he transforms he's narly, if u cant get an image i still suggest its not bad for a B movie ish movie lol.

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 17 0:22

They missed Robert Picardo [Link removed - login to see] on the list when he played the part of Meg Mucklebones from the movie Legend. [Link removed - login to see]

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 17 8:29

1) Sorry, persnoody: I couldn't find an image of him :(
2) Added, porpoise hork :)

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 17 14:11

How about Benicio Del Toro and Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 17 19:35

Rosalinda Celentano as Satan in Passion of the Christ

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 17 21:28

Thanks for adding the Glenn Close one! I was pleasantly surprised!

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 20 23:25

great list!!
got a couple additions...

john rhys-davies as gimli in lord of the rings

also, jack black as the fatties in the faux opening previews in tropic thunder

keep up the good work!

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 21 4:50

What about Jim Carrey in The Mask? Is that make up?

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 21 6:40

!!!!!Dustin Hoffman - "Tootsie" !!!!!
Such a classic!

Great list! :)

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 21 15:16

There are some people who i don't think should be on the list. Besides that it kind of just a list of good movies. It's funny... in that movie hairspray, Travolta looks like a fusion of Al and Peggy Bundy.

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 22 2:44

How about Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in "Some Like It Hot" and David Bowie in "The Prestige"?

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 22 3:41

Some people are really blind it seems.

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 22 4:24

Bill Nighy in Pirates of the caribbean

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 22 9:34

Suggestion: David Bowie in The Hunger.

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 23 18:36

How about Johnny Depp in blow (when he grows old)?

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 23 19:16

A suggestion: Geoffrey Rush as Peter Sellers.

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 24 0:19

I kind of hate him but Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers in Sling Blade and also Christian Bale as Fallon in The Prestige

Posted: 4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 24 0:21

Honestly I was shocked not to see one transformation on here. But I will let it go. I joined just to give you this one.
Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 24 13:22

Tom Hanks when he gets stranded in Cast Away... and I can't believe I'm suggesting this too but, Frank Langella as Skeletor in Masters of the Universe.

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 24 17:22

How about Edward Norton in Kingdom of Heaven

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 24 17:22

How about Edward Norton in Kingdom of Heaven

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 24 18:21

Linda Blair as Regan in The Exorcist?

Or Andy Serkis as Gollum in the Lord of the Rings? (or maybe that doesn't count because his character was animated)

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 25 14:51

you answered yourself :)

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 25 15:05

already on the list ("The Machinist", more shocking!)

BTW, thanks everybody!

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 25 16:23

Emma Thompson in the Harry Potter movies would work too. I didnt know it was her until i saw the credits

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 25 16:30

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Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 25 17:22

Wow, nearly half a million views! Getting some nice exposure on Stumbleupon. Way to go coroner. :-)

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 25 17:33

Its a shame that most of them don't get the idea of the list.

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 25 22:17

I apologize, I didn't notice that Tim Curry was already on there. Hadn't recognized the picture of him without the makeup. Heh.

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 25 22:30

ok i only joined so i could add pretty much anyone in Dick Tracy older movie tons of makeup to make interesting looking characters...most of which i didnt recognize

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 26 23:45

is two face from the dark knight on the list?

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 27 13:38

I love it!

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Jan 29 19:44

Marion Cotillard
La vie en Rose
Edith Piaf
Didier Lavergne e Jan Archibald
http://www.listal.com/viewimage/492702

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Feb 1 6:37

Awesome list, thank you for the effort that it took to create it.
One thing that stands out, at least to me, is the award for best makeup. The ones that didn't win one are often better than the ones that did. Makes me wonder what could have bested them at the time. I had seen Hannibal several times and am surprised to learn (only now) that Gary Oldman played Mason. I mean talk about a complete transformation and becoming unrecognizable.

Posted: 4 years, 3 months ago at Feb 19 22:06

Goldie Hawn
Death becomes her

Posted: 4 years, 2 months ago at Mar 3 2:21

Great list!

I'd suggest Doug Bradley as Pinhead in the Hellraiser- saga. http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2005/gallery/transformation/051121/ajolie.jpg

Posted: 4 years, 2 months ago at Mar 15 2:04

My favorites are those that portray humans, since you'd expect them to be more recognizable. It's sure that someone portraying the Beast (in Beauty and the Beast) will look different.

Posted: 4 years, 1 month ago at Mar 25 15:14

Thanks for the list.

What about Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There?

Posted: 4 years, 1 month ago at Apr 6 1:57

Fantastic List...

If you're still taking more suggestions:

Guy Pearce in Factory Girl as Andy Warhol
James Caan in Dick Tracy as Spaldoni
Kevin Pollack in The Whole Ten Yards as Laslo (the father of the character he played in the first film)

Posted: 4 years, 1 month ago at Apr 14 9:04

How about Cameron Diaz in Being John Malkovich

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/13839/20_2007/123241__being_l.jpg

Posted: 4 years ago at May 20 22:04

How about Jim Carrey in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events?

Posted: 4 years ago at May 20 22:07

Christina Ricci in Penelope ^^

Posted: 3 years, 10 months ago at Jun 28 18:04

Wesley Snipes as Noxeema Jackson
Patrick Swayze as Vida Boheme
John Leguizamo as Chi-Chi Rodriguez

all from To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar

Posted: 3 years, 10 months ago at Jul 4 13:51

Great list and the scariest character on here has to be John Travolta as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray! I would have also added Peter Coyote as Ike Epstein in Resurrecting the Champ.

Posted: 3 years, 10 months ago at Jul 18 19:54

Helena Bonham-Carter in Planet of the Apes; but then again, all the apes from Planet of the Apes...
And well there's always tons of others in Sci-Fi films. Like in Star Wars (The Emperor)
Klaus Kinski in Herzog's "Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht" Oh wait, *famous* actors.
Why only one character per actor?

Posted: 3 years, 10 months ago at Jul 21 17:43

Meryl Streep & Emma Thompson in Angels in America SERIOUSLY

Posted: 3 years, 10 months ago at Jul 21 17:43

Meryl Streep & Emma Thompson in Angels in America SERIOUSLY

Posted: 3 years, 9 months ago at Jul 30 12:19

Very nice list, but I think Charlize Theron in Monster must be here too! =]

Posted: 3 years, 9 months ago at Aug 19 19:25

Kevin Smith - Southland Tales

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/images/post-smithsouthland.jpg

Posted: 3 years, 6 months ago at Nov 14 21:45

http://www.bf2brasil.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57388

Posted: 3 years, 5 months ago at Nov 28 14:26

I don't know if it's been suggested yet or not, but Dave Grohl as Satan in Tenacious D: Pick of Destiny

Posted: 3 years, 4 months ago at Dec 27 20:37

Glenn Close was great in her role Gutless

Posted: 3 years, 4 months ago at Dec 30 18:03

Great list! :D

Posted: 3 years, 4 months ago at Jan 8 0:09

The Witch in Big Fish
A really Great List

Posted: 3 years, 3 months ago at Feb 1 23:02

What about Joel Grey as Chiun? From the movie Remo Williams.

http://www.asianweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/10_joelgreyleft.jpg
Fred Ward is also in the pictore.

Posted: 3 years, 3 months ago at Feb 18 7:20

amazing list

Posted: 3 years, 3 months ago at Feb 20 12:33

That list is DIGUSTING (in a good way)!!! I have a suggestion: Billy Crudup as Dr Manhattan
http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/lb/watchmen_premiere_030309/billy_crudup_2315015.jpg
http://storiesthatreallymattered.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/459124-dr_manhattan_pic_super.jpg

Posted: 3 years, 2 months ago at Feb 23 13:02

Andy Serkis while playing Gollum. Maybe a little bit too much CGI, but come on! His portrayal of that character was epic.

Posted: 3 years, 2 months ago at Feb 23 13:02

Andy Serkis while playing Gollum. Maybe a little bit too much CGI, but come on! His portrayal of that character was epic.

Posted: 3 years, 2 months ago at Feb 25 3:18

This list is awesome. 53. Christopher Meloni in Harold & Kumar. OMFG! I had no idea!

Posted: 3 years, 1 month ago at Apr 6 12:34

Awesome ,,Ground Breaking List Buddy,,


YOU ROCK!!!!

Posted: 3 years, 1 month ago at Apr 13 15:14

Jude Law as Sleuth )

Posted: 3 years ago at May 2 19:26

Just watched Crank High Voltage last night and there's two I have to mention:

Clifton Collins Jr. - http://www.zap2it.com/media/photo/2009-04/46262909.jpg

but more importantly

David Carradine - http://www.zap2it.com/media/photo/2009-04/46262891.jpg

I had no idea until the credits and had to go back and look at him again.

Posted: 3 years ago at May 10 14:30

Hey I know Benecio Del toro is already on the list, but in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' he was definitely hard to recognize and without all the 'movie make-up'

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at May 31 15:42

Excellent list you've put together here. I wouldn't of guessed some of them if you hadn't revealed the actor/actress with it!

Posted: 2 years, 11 months ago at Jun 5 20:01

WOW!!!

Posted: 2 years, 9 months ago at Aug 24 19:43

one of the coolest list ever!

Posted: 2 years, 9 months ago at Aug 25 15:15

Great!
You could add Prof. Trelawny from Harry Potter to Emma Thompson and Doug Jones for the Pan and the Childeating pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth :)

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 5 8:20

Jean-Claude Van Damme in The Quest: http://www.listal.com/viewimage/1059543 ;)

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 13 3:18

I remember seeing the cover of The Hours and thinking "Wait. That ain't Nicole Kidman?" And it's really hard to tell too when you see the movie.

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 14 5:03

Amazing list! Maybe you could add Garrett Hedlund here. He's pretty much unrecognizable in Death Sentence (2007).

Here:
http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/af356/mad_stone/gh2.png

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 14 19:03

Gerard Butler in Dracula 2000.

Posted: 2 years, 8 months ago at Sep 23 14:57

Great list!

Cate Blanchett played a man in some film that I'm forgetting the name of at the moment... You should add that, it was an amazingly believable transformation.

Posted: 2 years, 7 months ago at Oct 8 2:56

Great list ! I would get crazy with all those suggestions... One piece of advice though, maybe you could put a bigger picture ?

Posted: 2 years, 7 months ago at Oct 17 11:53

nice list sir.

Posted: 2 years, 5 months ago at Dec 13 8:57

Joliet, it was as a young Bob Dylan. great suggestion. :)

Posted: 2 years, 5 months ago at Dec 15 19:48

Robert deNiro was also the creature from Frankenstein

Posted: 2 years, 4 months ago at Dec 30 3:20

Excellent list!

How about skeleton Barbossa and Captain Jack Sparrow or Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean? :) Or Gollum? Would they fit?

Posted: 2 years, 4 months ago at Jan 1 10:42

wow, a very very very good list ;-) love it...

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Feb 24 15:02

how about Tim Curry as Pennywise (It)
http://compucentro.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tim-curry-eso.jpg

Posted: 2 years, 2 months ago at Mar 6 10:18

Awesome list :D but i think it needs Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland

Posted: 1 year, 10 months ago at Jul 15 19:57

Fantastic List..
The only one I wouldn't agree with is Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands, but that's just an opinion..

One that should definitely be in here is Gary Oldman as Drexl in True Romance.

Posted: 1 year, 9 months ago at Aug 3 13:03

Gary Oldman as Old Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)? http://everybookandcranny.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dracoldman2.jpg

Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Sep 10 23:37

I don't know if you take suggestions but you could add Joseph Gordon-Levitt for his play in the GI Joe movie
http://www.listal.com/viewimage/1512428

Posted: 1 year, 8 months ago at Sep 22 17:44

I watched Death Becomes Her on tv this week & it made me think of this list (reiterating the Goldie Hawn suggestion from jonyota above!) - another would be Ted Danson in 3 Men and a Little Lady he is revealed in the movie as the priest.
That's if you're still taking suggestions :)

Posted: 1 year, 6 months ago at Nov 16 15:09

How about Jim Carrey in The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Posted: 1 year, 2 months ago at Mar 15 4:08

Excellent

Posted: 1 year ago at May 22 16:37

What about Eric Bana in Star Trek ?? :D

Posted: 9 months ago at Aug 19 20:03

Jared Leto: Mr Nobody.

Posted: 8 months, 2 weeks ago at Sep 5 21:49

Love this!
Also, Tim Curry as IT would fit nicely on this list :)

Posted: 5 months, 2 weeks ago at Dec 6 8:48

AMAZING List! It's so complete and perfect I'm having trouble trying to make a suggestion!

Posted: 5 months, 2 weeks ago at Dec 6 16:13

Amazing how most of my favorites on this list were done by Rick Baker and Dick Smith!