Last week, Redditor banana_rhino compiled two large galleries of biopic actors and their real life counterparts (here & here).
From artists and musicians, to politicians and sports figures, the biopic is a popular film type in Hollywood and can be a defining role for many actors. While the selection below runs the gamut of ‘critical acclaim’, the visual resemblance is quite uncanny.
To see the complete galleries compiled by banana_rhino visit the following Imgur albums: ALBUM 1 | ALBUM 2
via : twistedsifter
1. Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
2. Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
Jennifer Lopez (Selena)
3. James Dean
James Franco (James Dean)
4. Aileen Wuornos
Charlize Theron (Monster)
5. Mark Zuckerberg
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
6. Marilyn Monroe
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
7. Jimi Hendrix
Andre 3000 (All Is By My Side)
8. Jim Morrison
Val Kilmer (The Doors)
9. Eva Perón
Madonna (Evita)
10. Malcolm X
Denzel Washington (Malcolm X)
11. Mohandas K. Gandhi
Sir Ben Kingsley (Gandhi)
12. Elizabeth II
Helen Mirren (The Queen)
13. Howard Hughes
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator)
14. Charlie Chaplin
Robert Downey Jr. (Chaplin)
15. Coco Chanel
Audrey Tautou (Coco Before Chanel)
16. Sid Vicious
Gary Oldman (Sid and Nancy)
17. Ray Charles
Jamie Foxx (Ray)
18. Bob Dylan
Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)
19. George W. Bush
Josh Brolin (W.)
20. Idi Amin
Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
21. Margaret Thatcher
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
22. Billy Beane
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
23. Muhammad Ali
Will Smith (Ali)
24. Aron Ralston
James Franco (127 Hours)
25. Frida Kahlo
Salma Hayek (Frida)
26. Andy Kaufman
Jim Carrey (Man on the Moon)
27. Alfred Hitchcock
Anthony Hopkins (Hitchcock)
28. Bettie Page
Gretchen Mol (The Notorious Bettie Page)
29. Buddy Holly
Gary Busey (The Buddy Holly Story)
30. Johnny Cash
Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line)
31. Sammy Davis Jr.
Don Cheadle (The Rat Pack)
32. Julia Child
Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
33. J. Edgar Hoover
Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)
34. General Geroge S. Patton
George C. Scott (Patton)
35. Harry S. Truman
Gary Sinise (Truman)
36. David Frost
Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon)
37. Pablo Picasso
Anthony Hopkins (Surviving Picasso)
38. Harvey Milk
Sean Penn (Milk)
39. Vincent van Gogh
Kirk Douglas (Lust for Life)
40. Oskar Schindler
Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List)
41. Mariane Pearl
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
42. Truman Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
43. Nelson Mandela
Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
44. Oscar Wilde
Stephen Fry (Wilde)
45. Salvador Dali
Adrien Brody (Midnight in Paris)
46. Lee Harvey Oswald
Gary Oldman (JFK)
47. Ernesto “Che” Guevara
Benicio del Toro (Che)
48. Jerry Lee Lewis
Dennis Quaid (Great Balls of Fire!)
49. Sarah Palin
Julianne Moore (Game Change)
50. Steve Jobs
Ashton Kutcher (Jobs)
via: twistedsifter
