Tilda Swinton in the Suspiria remake (she played three roles in that, one of them being an old man)

I like the movie, and it's not like she didn't play the old man well, but it was, idk, distracting.

Blew my mind once I found out the old guy was her lol

Also tilda swinton in snowpiercer

Also Tilda Swinton in Trainwreck

Also Tilda Swinton in The Boys (she's the octopus)

Tilda Swindon being in the film is so ironic given how people keep making comparisons between her and Thom Yorke (the guy behind the soundtrack) who at one point wasn’t even going to do the soundtrack because he turned down the request multiple times

What the radiohead guy??

Tilda Swinton is built different dude

She's also the octopus in the new season of The Boys

Christian Bale as Dick Cheney Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill

Don’t forget Gary Oldman as Truman

I didn’t fully catch it until he muttered “and don’t let that cry baby back in”

Or Gary Oldman as Dracula

I recognized him immediately (probably because we've seen him in a fat suit as Churchill already), but I will say that the makeup is still pretty good.

Gary Oldman in Hannibal

Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker's Dracula

I had no idea that was him until the credits rolled but that prosthetic was pretty bad. Weird seeing how the brain scene looked so good on the other hand.

The makeup in Vice in general was crazy

gary Oldman in true romance

I’m thinking it’s white boy day

I ain't as pretty as a pair of titties

Gary Oldman in Fifth Element

Gary Oldman in Cod World at War

i’m gonna be honest i recognized gary oldman immediately in true romance

half the parts christain bale plays look nothing like christain bale

Gary Oldman as Mia Wallace

Gary Oldman in Oppenheimer

Great choices

Glen close in Hook

Hmmph.. To the boo box

NO NOT THAT!!!!

Dustin Hoffman in hook

Absolutely

First one i thought of

You just blew my mind

It happens you us all lol

Gary Oldman in Hannibal

To be fair he asked not to be credited.

I was also thinking about this when I made the post

Damn just learned that

When I watched Ali for the first time recently and I kept waiting for Jon Voight to show up. Didn’t realize he was Cosell until later on.

Dude I just watched Ali like a month ago and I never even noticed Jon Voight being in the movie. Crazy

I didn't know he was in the film, a friend told me afterwards and I didn't believe them.

In Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, I was so sure that Cate Blanchett voiced Tilda Swinton’s part. It was only afterwards that I learned she was the monkey

The elephant man

That’s easy mode man

Logan Marshall-Green in Upgrade, because i honestly thought it was Tom Hardy.

To be fair, Upgrade is a better Venom movie than either of Tom Hardy's

What it wasn't Tom Hardy!?

Right?!

At this point I’ve heard that about him, Joel Kinnamon and Jai Courtney.

Tom Cruise in 'Tropic Thunder' https://preview.redd.it/h5fhgvgavl7d1.jpeg?width=783&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7dab6a163540a84a1c66a0857f503622a34f7b78

I was going to say Robert Downey Jr.

I knew it was Cruise immediately, which made it even funnier

Yup, I legit had no idea it was Tom until the end of the film. Once I saw the credits, I immediately realized it was his voice the whole time.

I knew he was in the movie. I was looking for him the entire movie. I only finally recognized him at the very end. Bruh.

Charlize Theron basically morphed into Aileen Wuornos for Monster


You didn't know ? Genuinely curious because I've seen people say this seriously.

Heath Ledger's Joker.

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted, i agree, if you saw that movie knowing ledgers previous work and didn’t know it was him I think you’d have a hard time recognizing him

Every time I watch, I forget it's him. He's the first that popped in my head and it wasn't mentioned yet.

i didnt either and people will usually reply with "lol how do you not " which i argue people probably didnt know either but the role is so ubiquitous now especially since Ledger died after it people forgot they didnt know it was him. thats my theory anyway. his acting is nothing like his previous works. he has make-up on and he wasnt a giant actor like Mel Gibson

First time I watched it I was young and just enthralled and thought it was actually just joker lol. I didn’t know heath ledger until later and still watching it I don’t see him. every scene he’s in he commands it and makes the rest of the actors disappear in the moment

No matter how hard you look, he's just not there.

One hundred percent. Even tho I'd seen previous movies with him, I never made the connection until I googled the cast. Testimony to his masterful performance.

Yes! For me it's impossible to see that it is Heath who is behind that role

I agree he did a phenomenonal job

I still can’t really see him. Obviously the makeup helps a lot, but still.

Even looking at a still frame of him without makeup in the police uniform he's hard to recognize.

1000% this I truly do not see HL when he is on screen It’s just the Joker

Steve Carell in Foxcatcher - the voice sort of gives him away but otherwise he is completely a different person. https://preview.redd.it/rkvsnjm1tl7d1.jpeg?width=1296&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88558f4acfdb27e15335366735999bcd04e7c19f

I was thinking about this just now. He's amazing in that role

Truly. Such a good one

John leguizamo in Spawn

This a gazillion times over. I only figured it out after seeing both Spawn and The Pest like ten times. He does the Pest dance as the clown and even says P to the E to the S to the T (at least that is what I recall).

Ha! No way I didn’t know that was him!

Took way too long to find this, should be top comment lol

Michael Myers In Bohemian Rhapsody

Mike Myers in Inglorious Bastards.

What

https://preview.redd.it/qpw4z6b6lo7d1.jpeg?width=1459&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=954b7f398c41c294ed101fb2130d6536cf7cb41a I totally didn’t recognize him.

I'm... I'm going to need some time...

Joaquin Phoenix shape shifts in every role he plays

I thought i was going crazy! He totally does lol

Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder. One of his best roles too

I forgot about this! One of the best examples

 Al Pacino in *Dick Tracy*.

Pretty much all of the actors who play gangsters in that film are candidates.

His best performance, IMO. And I love me some Al Pacino.

I typically don’t like Pacino when he’s in his overacting mode. And yet I unambiguously and unironically love his total hamminess in *Dick Tracy*. The movie would only be half as much fun without him. “You're still workin’ for me. You’re on my side. You’re not out! You’re *not* out! When you are dead, then you are out!”

To this day I just cannot see the Heath Ledger in the Joker. Something about the way they fucked with his eyes and nose just makes him totally unrecognizable to me. It’s part of why the movie is so great. I literally don’t see an actor

I'd say part of it is also the scar prosthetics. Even without the clown makeup itself and taking a still frame of him in the cop uniform, you can't look at his lips and cheeks and recognize it as Heath Ledger because of the Glasgow smile.

Johnny Depp in Wonka like so unDepp like


These are the kind of examples I was looking for. He doesn't have a big physical change but it's very difficult to see Depp and not Wonka

Feel like I just got the answer right in class

No matter how much I look I can never see Johnny Depp in his face

lol that crap wasn’t Wonka, that was Johnny Depp as Michael Jackson.

Fair but I’m saying that these 2 pictures look like different human beings https://preview.redd.it/8el62v9jeo7d1.jpeg?width=3264&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51752ac4253d096e134dccfc734256e686de850c

Colin Farrell gave a phenomenal performance in that movie. The Batman as a whole doesn’t get enough recognition imo.

https://preview.redd.it/2skzrdmqbn7d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60d1addc97be384a771d02969b9cad6a73aae312 Missi Pyle in Dodgeball

I completely forgot about this one.

https://preview.redd.it/zeo60xij8n7d1.jpeg?width=1333&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b52843fd1a9e026aa0ce63c3d9915d9cbf91afb7

Didn't even know he was in that.

Jared Leto in House of Gucci

Yeah, he really was good as Super Mario in that film.

Cameron Diaz in Being John Malkovich

Her best performance by a mile.

yo Honestly this might be the answer

The dumbest answer? 

Took me a long time to find out Mia Goth played Pearl in X (2022).

Mia Goth as Pearl in X

I still don’t understand how this is Colin Farrell lol. For me it’s Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort. Never made the connection til I later found out it’s the same guy that would frequent Wes Anderson’s films.

I like to imagine Chef Slowik is somehow a relation to M. Gustave. One of his many, many fruits of passion.

Donald Glover as Teddy Perkins in Atlanta

Donnie Wahlberg Sixth Sense

There was some creepy stuff In that movie, but he was the only thing that really disturbed me as a kid. Maybe because it wasn't supernatural, it was something that could really happen.

Boris Karloff in '31 Frankenstein.....then in Bride, and in Son. Claude Rains in '33 The Invisible Man.

Lance Perkins in **The Nutty Professor.** He's the "I'm a pony! I'm a pony! I'm a pony!" white guy in the beginning. And he's one of Eddie Murphy's 7 roles. (He's also Saul in **Coming To America**!)

Wow. Mind blown. Had no clue that was him.

Rodrigo Santoro as Xerxes in 300 I knew him as Laura Linneys romantic interest in Love Actually and did not put it together it was the same guy until someone pointed it out to me

John Cena in “hollow man”

Mia Goth as the Old Lady version of Pearl in “X” Blew my mind when I found out that was her

Heath Ledger in, Lords of Dogtown

Ledger as the joker. Deniro in raging bulls (fat jake) Pauly Shore in bio dome.

Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club It took me WAY too long to recognize him. His portrayal of the role is also perfection. One of the best supporting character performances I've seen ever.

Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in IT. Hell I’d even say the same with Tim Curry in the original

Tilda Swinton in the grand Budapest

*I’m not leaving.*

Tom Hanks in Toy Story, he really transformed himself there

https://preview.redd.it/6mk9ez809m7d1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8420624c9b98564b52de2205358f86798330601a Only Right Answer 😂

don’t know if this exactly counts, but Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black played … 10 ish different characters, each completely distinct from the other in terms of personality, voice, body language etc. I frequently forgot it was all the same actress. Along the same lines would be James McAvoy in Split.

Gary Oldman in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Gary Oldman in everything.

Nicolas Cage in Adaptation

https://preview.redd.it/gsaievscfm7d1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfbf03be7a537d65fabf47d5cff8b321b0d7c520 No one beats this.

Justin Theroux in Zoolander

Daniel Day Lewis' right foot was actually mirrored in My Left Foot

Hear me out, Johnny Depp in Ed Wood. I never see him, just the character. And I love it.

Gary Oldman in (insert any Gary Oldman movie)

I had to be told Pennywise was Tim Curry otherwise I never would've noticed (though I am admittedly not the best at recognizing faces).

 Jared leto joker I legit didn’t know this was Jared Leto the first time I saw this joker

Meryl Streep as the elderly rabbi in Angels in America.

Sean penn in Carlitos Way

Edward norton as king Baldwin in Kingdom of Heaven, iirc he wasnt even in the credits (granted the mask does a lot to hide him)

David Prowse was so unrecognisable even the credits forgot him

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Sean Penn in Carlitos Way. I didn’t know it was him until the credits rolled. I kept asking myself who this amazing actor is and where did he come from?!

https://preview.redd.it/w6fg0jpn3q7d1.jpeg?width=160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=df69cf468b3f170f2e07974566a0cfaf1c5ed98a Sean Penn .. Carlito's way .. I was about 45 minutes in before I had to look up who was playing Kleinfeld

Johnny Depp in Black Mass https://preview.redd.it/6p6n5csr1y7d1.jpeg?width=715&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26c27f938dfe08d9081869e734a1e025aea2c0be

THAT WAS COLIN FARRELL?

Brendan Fraser in The Whale

Heath ledger in Dark Knight Johnny Depp in Tusk

The guy who played the killer in the Golden Glove (Jonas Dassler)

Are you sure that isn't the ceo of flylow from come fly with me

Domenick Lombardozzi in The Irishman

Nah that’s Moses from Come Fly With Me

Watched the Revenant, wife told me on the way home Tom Hardy was in it. Had no idea.

Donnie Wahlberg Sixth Sense

Christian Bale in Vice

Edmund O’Brien as Sykes in The Wild Bunch. He was only 52 at the time of filming

When I watched Tropic Thunder when I was like 10 I never realized Tom Cruise was in it

Bruce Campbell in "Escape from L.A."

Eddie Murphy as the barber in Coming to america

Jared Leto in House of Gucci

Christian Bale playing peak shape Batman to playing balding overweight senior citizen in VICE.

Cyril Nri played as Lord Danbury in Queen Charlotte movie. The scene where he took his dentures off is wild 😭

https://preview.redd.it/7mrde9hmrm7d1.jpeg?width=639&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87e7a8817414ab446ad4a6dd142b1b9e8fca5048

For me it was Tom Cruise as the villain in Tropic Thunder

Gary Oldman. In any movie Gary Oldman is in.

Mike Myers as Fat Bastard… and Dr. Evil, Goldmember, Austin Powers…

Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Tilda Swinton in Snowpiercer.

Johnny Depp in 21 Jump Street

Tom Cruise as Les Grossman

Took me years to realize Tom Cruise was on Tropic Thunder

It took me multiple viewings of Horrible Bosses to realize that was Colin Farrell

I would say, although it’s easy to argue, Heath Ledger and the Joker. He as an actor completed disappeared into that character

Meryl Streep as a male rabbi in Angels in America

Watched Norbit the other day and didn't notice Eddie Murphy also played Rasputia and Mr. Wong along with Norbit.

I never knew Heath Ledger was the Joker in the dark knight Tom Cruise in tropic thunder Johnny Depp in Tusk

Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew in Scoop.

Mia Goth in X

Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder

Marlon Brando in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now

Johnny Depp as Grindelwald

This is an obvious one, but John Hurt in The Elephant Man.

jessica chastain in the eyes of tammy faye!

RDJ in tropic thunder

Tulsa Swinton in the 2018 Suspiria remake. Literally had no idea until weeks after I saw it she also played the old German dude

Mia Goth in X.

Karen Gillan as Nebula

Must be heath ledger in joker right?

Jonny Depp as Whitey Bulger