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Actors who looked just like the real person

(I'll let one of you other comic-geeks start up the non-fiction thread)

Name 'em off!

Ben Kingsley as Gandhi


Warren Oates as Dillinger


Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh


Vincent D'onofrio as Orson Welles


Charliz......Nah, at least Charlize is still doable
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Re: Actors who looked just like the real person

Don't think it should count if you get there by makeup or prosthetics.
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Re: Actors who looked just like the real person

Originally Posted by TallGuyMe
Don't think it should count if you get there by makeup or prosthetics.
How else would you get there? Luck?

I think that's pretty much what the OP is asking for: the best combinations of natural features plus prosthetics/makeup work to make an actor resemble the real-life person they're playing, as opposed to just capturing the "spirit" of the person and not really looking like them.

Anyway, the first examples that came to mind are Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (especially the older version), and Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose. I looked for pictures, but that's too much work.
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Re: Actors who looked just like the real person

Was going to post Val/Jim. He nailed it.
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Re: Actors who looked just like the real person

Er, you realize that's not a real Van Gogh, but a painting made to look like Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh?
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I thought the bottom pic was of FREE WILLIE killer whale.
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Al Pacino looked like the real bank robber from DOG DAY AFTERNOON.
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Al Pacino looked like the real bank robber from DOG DAY AFTERNOON.
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James Van Praagh ................................................Jennifer Love Hewitt

on an unrelated note but slightly humorous note, if you go to James Van Praagh's website right now
http://www.vanpraagh.com/
There's an event cancellation notice that says "Due to Unforeseen Circumstances"
Some group of psychics they turned out to be!

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Why the long face?
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Billy the Kid:


Emilio Estevez in YOUNG GUNS:
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Does not qualify as Trigger never played Sarah Jessica Parker in a movie.
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Re: Actors who looked just like the real person

The D'onofrio as Welles is pretty spot on.

Oates as Dillinger was pretty great too.
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Daniel Day-Lewis:


Abe Fuckin' Lincoln:

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Re: Actors who looked just like the real person

Originally Posted by dom56
No because Helen Mirren can't stop looking hot to save her life.

Originally Posted by Mondo Kane
Vincent D'onofrio as Orson Welles
It's a shame Burton had Maurice LaMarche dub over Vincent D'onofrio's lines. It took me out of the movie to suddenly hear the Brain (who is admittedly an imitation of Orson Welles) and I always wanted to hear Vincent D'onofrio's actual performance (which Tim Burton reportedly hated).
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Janel Moloney as Amber Frey

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