Actors often have to go through a lot to get that special part they've been dreaming of. Even today, with advanced CGI that can truly work wonders, it seems that some things are still better done the old-fashioned way - with makeup and hair artists, costume designers, and other such talented people. Thanks to them we can go back and forth in time, become absorbed by the apparent reality of a fairy tale, or find ourselves in a truly terrifying nightmare.
Bright Side found 18 actors who became truly unrecognizable thanks to state-of-the-art makeup.
Heath Ledger — Joker
The Dark Knight
Brad Pitt — Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Maïwenn Le Besco — Diva Plavalaguna
The Fifth Element
Ralph Fiennes — Lord Voldemort
The Harry Potter films
Gary Oldman — Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Robin Williams — Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire
Jim Carrey — Grinch
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
John Leguizamo — Clown
Spawn
Danny DeVito — Penguin
Batman Returns
Eddie Murphy — Sherman Klump
The Nutty Professor
Bill Nighy — Davy Jones
Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest
Peter Mayhew — Chewbacca
Star Wars
Tim Roth — General Thade
Planet of the Apes
John Travolta — Edna Turnblad
Hairspray
Daveigh Chase — Samara
The Ring
Doug Jones — Abe Sapien
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Helena Bonham Carter — Ari
Planet of the Apes
Robert Downey Jr. — Kirk Lazarus
Tropic Thunder