It's always fun to see biopics use casting, hair, and makeup to re-create historical figures and other real people. MGM / courtesy Everett Collection
But sometimes, for all a makeup artist's efforts, an actor really doesn't look like the person they're trying to play. Erin Simkin / Hulu / Courtesy Everett Collection, Mitchell Gerber/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images
Other times, they look basically identical. Here are 17 actors who looked JUST like the famous people they were portraying. 1. Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock: Suzanne Tenner/Fox Searchlight Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
The real Alfred Hitchcock: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
The two side by side: Bettmann Archive / Getty Images / Fox Searchlight / Courtesy Everett Collection
2. Geoffrey Rush as Peter Sellers in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers: HBO
The real Peter Sellers: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
The two side by side: HBO / United Artists
3. Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy: Samuel Goldwyn Films/Courtesy Everett Collection
The real Sid Vicious: Richard E. Aaron / Redferns via Getty Images
The two side by side: Daily Express / Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Samuel Goldwyn/ Everett Collection
4. Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush in Vice: Matt Kennedy / Annapurna Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection
The real George W. Bush: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images
The two side by side: Doug Mills / Pool /AFP via Getty Images / Matt Kennedy / Annapurna Pictures / Everett Collection
5. Christian Bale as Dick Cheney in Vice: Makeup designer Greg Cannom used a combination of makeup, prosthetics, and wigs that took hours to apply for this transformation.
Matt Kennedy / Annapurna Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection The real Dick Cheney: William Thomas Cain / Getty Images
Them side by side: Matt Kennedy / Annapurna Pictures / Everett Collection / Gary Dunkin / MCT / Tribune News Service via Getty Images
6. Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour: Makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji, who had helped turn Jim Carrey into the Grinch, left retirement to work on Darkest Hour.
Focus Features /Courtesy Everett Collection The real Winston Churchill: Central Press/Hulton Archive / Getty Images
Here they are side by side: Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection / Keystone / Getty Images
7. Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman in Man on the Moon: Universal Pictures/ Courtesy: Everett Collection
The real Andy Kaufman: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
The two side by side: Universal Pictures/ Courtesy: Everett Collection / American Broadcasting Companies via Getty Images
8. Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody: 20th Century Fox
The real Freddie Mercury: Michael Putland / Getty Images
The two side by side: Paul Natkin / Getty Images / Alex Bailey / 20th Century Fox./ Everett Collection
9. Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story: Byron Cohen / FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection
The real Johnnie Cochran: Lee Celano / WireImage via Getty Images
The two side by side: Hal Garb / AFP via Getty Images / Prashant Gupta / FX / Courtesy Everett Collection
10. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray: Universal / courtesy Everett Collection
The real Ray Charles: James Kriegsmann/Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
The two side by side: Universal / courtesy Everett Collection / Tony Evans / Getty Images
11. Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in Malcolm X: Warner Bros.
The real Malcolm X: Express Newspapers / Getty Images
The two side by side: Robert Elfstrom / Villon Films / Gety Images / Warner Bros / Everett Collection
12. Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in The Doors: Tristar Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
The real Jim Morrison: Andrew Maclear/Hulton Archive / Getty Images
The two side by side: Tri-Star Pictures / Everett Collection / Chris Walter / WireImage via Getty Images
13. Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela in Invictus: Warner Bros. Pictures
The real Nelson Mandela: Trevor Samson / Getty Images
The two side by side: Warner Bros. / courtesy Everett Collection / Hamish Blair/Liaison via Getty Images
14. Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name: Netflix / courtesy Everett Collection
The real Rudy Ray Moore: Ethan Miller / Getty Images
The two side by side: Francois Duhamel / Netflix /Courtesy Everett Collection / Getty Images
15. Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden on The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story: Ray Mickshaw / FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection
The real Christopher Darden: Pool / Getty Images
Here's a side by side: Ray Mickshaw / FX / Courtesy: Everett Collection / POO/AFP via Getty Images
16. Paul Walter Hauser as Shawn Eckardt in I, Tonya: A24 / courtesy Everett Collection
The real Shawn Eckardt: CHRIS WILKINS/AFP via Getty Images
The two side by side: Frank Masi/30West / courtesy Everett Collection / CHRIS WILKINS/AFP via Getty Images
17. And finally, Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse in Fosse/Verdon: FX /Courtesy Everett Collection
Here's the real Bob Fosse: Evening Standard / Getty Images
Here's a side by side: Michael Parmalee / FX / Courtesy Everett Collection / John Downing/Daily Express/Hulton Archive / Getty Images
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