Almost Unrecognizable

1. Dan Aykroyd

2. Christian Bale

3. Linda Blair

4. David Bowie

5. Kenneth Branagh

6. Jeff Bridges

7. Jim Carrey

8. Lon Chaney

9. Michael Chiklis

10. Glenn Close

11. Tom Cruise

12. Billy Crystal

13. Tim Curry

14. Willem Dafoe

15. Bette Davis

16. Robert De Niro

17. Benicio Del Toro

18. Johnny Depp

19. Danny DeVito

20. Vincent D'Onofrio

21. Robert Downey Jr.

22. Robert Englund

23. Peter Falk

24. Ralph Fiennes

25. Michael J. Fox

26. Jeff Goldblum

27. Louis Gossett Jr.

28. Kelsey Grammer

29. Alec Guinness

30. Daryl Hannah

31. Salma Hayek

32. Dustin Hoffman

33. John Hurt

34. William Hurt

35. Anjelica Huston

36. Boris Karloff

37. Michael Keaton

38. Nicole Kidman

39. Martin Landau

40. Frank Langella

41. Charles Laughton

42. Heath Ledger

43. John Leguizamo

44. Jared Leto

45. Christopher Lloyd

46. Howie Mandel

47. Jean Marais

48. Fredric March

49. John Matuszak

50. Ian McDiarmid

Posted : 11 months, 4 weeks 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 : 11 months, 4 weeks ago at Nov 27 15:11

Looking sharp!

Jon Voight as Howard Cosell in Ali.

Posted : 11 months, 4 weeks ago at Nov 27 17:11

Mike Myers in The Cat in the Hat :)

Posted : 11 months, 4 weeks ago at Nov 27 17:31

Thanks guys for your suggestions! :)

Posted : 11 months, 4 weeks ago at Nov 27 17:40

No problem, man!
Also, Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort.

Posted : 11 months, 4 weeks ago at Nov 27 17:46

Gary Oldman as Mason Verger.

Posted : 11 months, 4 weeks ago at Nov 27 17:48

gr8888888 wrk done!!!

Posted : 11 months, 4 weeks ago at Nov 27 17:55

Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in 'The Hours'
Jared Leto as Mark Chapman in 'Chapter 27'

Posted : 11 months, 4 weeks ago at Nov 27 18:39

Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice.

Posted : 11 months, 4 weeks ago at Nov 27 19:25

palmas pra essa lista!

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks 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 : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 28 6:46

Thanks a lot everybody!

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 28 13:25

How about Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands?

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 28 13:48

Added :)

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 29 20:28

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

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks 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 : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 30 6:56

Also, Kenneth Branaugh as Arliss Loveless in WW West.

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 30 13:15

Thanks a lot, Kryptic Centurion!

Posted : 10 months, 3 weeks ago at Jan 3 17:21

Dustin Hoffman as a woman!
Heath Ledger as Joker!

Posted : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 13 7:27

Added :) Thanks, guys!

Posted : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 13 13:11

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

Posted : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 13 15:17

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

Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 13 15:22

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

Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 13 15:22

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

Posted : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 13 23:45

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

Posted : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 14 21:35

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

Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 14 21:40

John Lithgow in Life According to Garp =Roberta Muldoon

Posted : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 15 22:04

where is sloth from the goonies

Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 15 22:19

Christian Slater in "He was a Quite Man"

Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 16 8:14

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

Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 16 12:18

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

Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 16 12:52

Meryl Streep as a rabbi in Angels in America, no doubt! http://blog.spout.com/wp-content/uploads/meryl-streep-as-jewish.jpg

Posted : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week 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

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Mick_Fleetwood

Posted : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week 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 : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 17 0:22

They missed Robert Picardo http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2065603840/nm0000585 on the list when he played the part of Meg Mucklebones from the movie Legend. http://content9.flixster.com/photo/99/49/42/9949427_tml.jpg

Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 17 8:29

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

Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 17 14:11

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

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 17 19:35

Rosalinda Celentano as Satan in Passion of the Christ

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 17 21:28

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

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 17 22:15

really creative list, i love all of the input from many different users; makes it truly eclectic!

mason verger gives me the creeps every time.

Posted : 10 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 : 10 months ago at Jan 21 4:50

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

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 21 6:40

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

Great list! :)

Posted : 10 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 : 10 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 : 10 months ago at Jan 22 3:41

Some people are really blind it seems.

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 22 4:24

Bill Nighy in Pirates of the caribbean

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 22 9:34

Suggestion: David Bowie in The Hunger.

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 23 18:36

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

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 23 19:16

A suggestion: Geoffrey Rush as Peter Sellers.

Posted : 10 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 : 10 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 : 10 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 : 10 months ago at Jan 24 17:22

How about Edward Norton in Kingdom of Heaven

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 24 17:22

How about Edward Norton in Kingdom of Heaven

Posted : 10 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 : 9 months, 4 weeks ago at Jan 25 14:51

OMG! Lots of good suggestions. I don't know where to start, lol...

Bill Nighy ---> too much CGI.
Jim Carrey ---> too much CGI and already on the list ("Grinch").
Dustin Hoffman ---> classic, but I preferred the "Little Big Man" make-up work.
Tim Curry ---> classic, but already on the list ("Legend", more elaborate makeup)
Edward Norton ---> just a mask
Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon ---> classic but...
Andy Serkis ---> you answered yourself :)

Posted : 9 months, 4 weeks ago at Jan 25 15:05

Also:

Billy Bob Thornton ---> great, but "risky" (it could open the door to more similar suggestions) :)
Christian Bale ---> already on the list ("The Machinist", more shocking!)

BTW, thanks everybody!

Posted : 9 months, 4 weeks 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 : 9 months, 4 weeks ago at Jan 25 16:30

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Posted : 9 months, 4 weeks ago at Jan 25 17:22

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

Posted : 9 months, 4 weeks ago at Jan 25 17:33

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

Posted : 9 months, 4 weeks 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 : 9 months, 4 weeks 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 : 9 months, 3 weeks ago at Jan 26 23:45

is two face from the dark knight on the list?

Posted : 9 months, 3 weeks ago at Jan 27 13:38

I love it!

Posted : 9 months, 3 weeks 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 : 9 months, 3 weeks 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 : 9 months ago at Feb 19 22:06

Goldie Hawn
Death becomes her

Posted : 8 months, 3 weeks 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 : 8 months, 1 week 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 : 8 months ago at Mar 25 15:14

Thanks for the list.

What about Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There?

Posted : 7 months, 2 weeks 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 : 7 months, 1 week 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 : 6 months ago at May 20 22:04

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

Posted : 6 months ago at May 20 22:07

Christina Ricci in Penelope ^^

Posted : 4 months, 3 weeks 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 : 4 months, 2 weeks 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 : 4 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 : 4 months ago at Jul 21 17:43

Meryl Streep & Emma Thompson in Angels in America SERIOUSLY

Posted : 4 months ago at Jul 21 17:43

Meryl Streep & Emma Thompson in Angels in America SERIOUSLY

Posted : 3 months, 3 weeks ago at Jul 30 12:19

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

Posted : 3 months, 1 week ago at Aug 11 22:37

I agree with Cristiane, Charlize Theron deserves to be in this list! :)
And maybe... Rebecca Romijn as Mystique, in X-Men?

Posted : 3 months ago at Aug 19 19:25

Kevin Smith - Southland Tales

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

Posted : 5 days, 21 hours ago at Nov 14 21:45

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