Who played the character below?
Emma Thompson is the actress beneath the makeup, fake tooth, and fake nose seen above in a still from the 2005 film Nanny McPhee. In it, Thompson played the character Nanny McPhee. With a bit of magic and some discipline, the nanny managed to get seven unruly kids to behave.
Who played Mrs. Doubtfire?
Robin Wiliams played the role of Mrs. Doubtfire in the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire. After a rough divorce, a down-and-out actor decides to dress as a female housekeeper (Mrs. Doubtfire) so he can spend more quality time with his kids. It was fantastically popular at the time and stands up to this day.
Who played the Genie below?
In Guy Ritchie’s 2019 live-action film Aladdin – a remake of the 1992 animated film – the character of Genie was played by actor Will Smith. To bring the Genie to life, Smith had to put on a sizable amount of blue makeup. That was mixed with the cutting-edge technologies of CGI and motion capture.
Who played the Poison Ivy character below?
In the superhero movie Batman & Robin (1997), actress Uma Thurman played the ecoterrorist and femme fatale, Dr. Pamela Isley. Also known as Poison Ivy because of her deadly kiss, aloe-based blood, and chlorophyll skin, Thurman had to have jagged green eyebrows attached alongside a bright red wig to play the character.
Who played the Joker below?
When Tim Burton directed Batman in 1989, Jack Nicholson decided to take on the role of Joker, or Jack Napier in a former life. For Nicholson to play the infamous supervillain, he had to have a boatload of acrylic makeup applied to his face alongside light prosthetics that wouldn’t affect Nicholson’s facial expression.
Who played Beetlejuice?
Michal Keaton went all out to play the title character in the 1988 film Beetlejuice. As you can see from the still, he donned wild green hair, white painted skin, and black eye makeup to portray the obnoxious “bio-exorcist” Beetlejuice on his journey to rid a house of its new occupants.
Who played Voldemort below?
In the 2005 film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the English actor Ralph Fiennes was tasked with playing Lord Voldemort. Also known as “The Dark Lord”, "You-Know-Who", and "He Who Must Not Be Named", the archenemy of Harry was admirably played by Fiennes, who gave the character terrifying mood swings.
Who played the Mr. Freeze character below?
Actor and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger played the character of Dr. Victor Fries in Joel Schumacher’s 1997 film Batman & Robin. Due to a terrible accident, Dr. Fries – also known as Mr. Freeze – had to live in a special frozen suit. To get this look, Schwarzenegger underwent six hours of prosthetics, makeup, and costume work.
Who played The Mask character below?
Comedian and actor Jim Carrey played The Mask in the 1994 comedy film of the same name. In real life, The Mask is Stanley Ipkiss, a nice banker who gets taken advantage of too often. When Stanley puts on the mask, however, he becomes a mischievous superhero who can do good. It was a major box office success.
Who played Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad?
2016’s Suicide Squad saw a hit team of superheroes coming together to perform top secret black ops missions. Margot Robbie took on the role of Harley Quinn, a former psychiatrist with a fun, crazy, and dark personality. The blonde actress dyed her hair red, white, and blue, powdered her skin, and added some signature tattoos.
Who played Drax the Destroyer?
Actor (and former wrestler) Dave Bautista played the role of Drax the Destroyer in the 2014 superhero flick Guardians of the Galaxy. Although he was already in good enough physical shape to play the muscular warrior, Bautista still needed to undergo four hours of makeup to get the correct muddy-gray hue and scarification patterns of Drax.
Who played the pirate below?
The actress Glenn Close managed to snag a cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg’s 1991 film Hook. Believe it or not, but that’s Close under the makeup and facial hair. Close said that she was visiting her friend Robin Williams (who played Peter Pan) one day when Spielberg stopped by and asked if she wanted to play a pirate.
Who played the Penguin below?
In Tim Burton’s 1992 film Batman Returns, Danny DeVito endured 3 to 4 hours of makeup a day to play the character of Oswald Cobblepot – better known as The Penguin. This witty and psychopathic character grew up at the zoo, was raised by penguins (as you can see from above), and is all about revenge.
Who played the character below?
In the 2007 version of Hairspray – a remake of the earlier 1988 John Waters film of the same name – John Travolta played the role of Edna Turnblad. In keeping with the earlier film and Broadway adaptations, Travolta underwent a lot of makeup and prosthetics to play the character in drag.
Who played the red character below?
In Joss Whedon’s 2015 superhero film Avengers: Age of Ultron, the actor Paul Bettany played the character Vision. As you can see from the film still, this android character is almost entirely red. To get the correct look, Bettany had to undergo nearly two hours of makeup and prosthetics work.
Who played Aileen Wuornos in Monster?
The 2003 film Monster follows the troubled life of serial killer Aileen Wuornos. To get into character, Charlize Theron had to undergo quite a bit of makeup. Her glowing skin had to be dampened and made more splotchy, and her hair had to look disheveled to really portray Wuornos’s tough life.
Who played in Hellboy below?
In Guillermo del Toro’s 2004 film Hellboy, the title character role is played by actor Ron Pearlman (who has collaborated with del Toro on a variety of films). A well-meaning but tragically born demon (he was conjured from Hell by Nazi occultists), Hellboy tries his best to keep the world safe.
Who played the X-Men role below?
Mystique, the blue character pictured above, has been played by two main actresses in the X-Men series of films: Rebecca Romjin and Jennifer Lawrence. However, the Mystique in the film still seen above was played by Jennifer Lawrence. She played her in 2011’s X-Men: First Class, 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse, and 2019’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix.
Who played the Marvel character below?
In the 2014 superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy, the alien character of Gamora was played by actress Zoe Saldana. As you can see from the film still above, Saldana had to put on loads of green makeup to accurately portray the orphan alien girl on a quest to redeem her own past injustices.
Who played General Custer below?
Bill Hader played General Armstrong Custer in the 2009 film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. To play the American Civil War General, the dark-haired and clean-shaven Bill Hader had to put on a triangular goatee, mustache, long blonde hair, and the civil war army gear. It disguised him well.
Who played Ari below?
In 2001, Tim Burton was tasked with directing the sixth installment of the Planet of the Apes series – unsurprisingly called Planet of the Apes. Burton asked Helena Bonham Carter to play the role of rebellious ape Ari (pictured above) who decided to help the humans because she didn’t like how they were being treated.
Who played the cursed pirate below?
In 2006, the second installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series came out. Named Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, it introduced audiences to the character of Bootstrap Bill Turner. This cursed pirate, played by Stellan Skarsgård, was Will Turner’s estranged father who had been trapped aboard the Flying Dutchman ship.
Who played the alien character below?
The actor Idris Elba played Captain Balthazar Edison – also known as Krall – in Justin Lin’s 2016 space opera Star Trek Beyond. Elba endured hours of makeup to get the mutated blue alien look just right so that he could convincingly play Krall, a captain who used to command the USS Franklin.
Who played Ig Perrish in Horns?
In the 2013 horror comedy film Horns, Daniel Radcliff plays the character of Ig Perrish, a man falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend. He wakes up one day with horns and paranormal powers and uses those to find the real killer. To transform into an elf-life creature, Radcliff had to have prosthetic horns and plenty of makeup.
Who played the Son of the Mask character below?
Although you might be familiar with Jim Carrey’s famous portrayal of The Mask in the 1994 film, the still pictured above is from the sequel made 11 years later. In Son of the Mask, actor Jamie Kennedy played the role of The Mask. Unfortunately, the film was critically panned and lost a considerable sum at the box office.
Who played the character below?
In Bryan Singer’s 2000 film X-Men (the first of many iterations), the actor Tyler Mane played the character Sabretooth. As you can see from the film still above, it took a lot of hair extensions, fake teeth, and bushy eyebrows to get the right look for this mutant mercenary who carried out the dirty deeds of Magneto.
Who played Nebula below?
Beneath all that blue armor is the actress Karen Gillan. In the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame, Gillan played the anti-hero Nebula (pictured above) who finally gets a sense of closure as she works together with the other Avengers to put an end to Thanos’ destructive actions. It was a wild success at the box office.
Who played the character Mystique below?
If you remember from the earlier version of Mystique, there were two actresses who played the role: Jennifer Lawrence and Rebecca Romjin. The film photo above, taken from an earlier installment in the X-Men series, shows Rebecca Romjin in her role as Mystique. The blue makeup took quite a while to apply.
Who played the blue character below?
The 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy had an enormous cast of superhero characters that required makeup and CGI to get right. One of those characters was Yondu Udonta, a bandit with blue skin and a mohawk played by actor Michael Rooker. All that blue makeup took four hours to apply.
Who played the character below?
The actor Oscar Isaac took on the role of villain in Bryan Singer’s 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse. is the actor under all of the blue makeup and armor. To play the ancient and powerful mutant villain En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse, Isaac had to wear lots of makeup, prosthetics, and a special (and heavy) suit during filming.
Who played Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour?
In the 2017 drama Darkest Hour, actor Gary Oldman played the UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill. To really get into the role, Oldman had to endure around 200 hours of makeup and quite a bit of silicone rubber to put on some extra weight. On top of that, he reportedly used up $20,000 worth of Cuban cigars to portray the always-smoking Churchill.
Who played the Beast character below?
In the 2011 superhero film X-Men: First Class, the actor Nicholas Hoult portrayed the genius scientist known as Hank/Beast. To get the right look, Hoult had to sit through four hours of blue makeup on top of wearing special contact lenses, a mask, a muscle suit, and some fake teeth.
Who played the dwarf character below?
Actor Graham McTavish underwent quite the makeover to play the dwarf character Dwalin in Peter Jackson’s 2012 film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. That makeover consisted of a well-groomed wig, a distinctive mustache, prosthetic attachments, and a furry coat. Once that was on, McTavish as Dwalin could help reclaim Lonely Mountain.
Who played the character below?
The 2020 sci-fi comedy Bill & Ted Face The Music is the third film in the Bill & Ted saga. In this film (just like in the 1991 film Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey), the actor William Sadler plays the role of the Grim Reaper (aka, Death). To do so, he had his entire body coated in makeup.
Who played The Pale Man below?
The notorious Pale Man pictured above was played by actor Doug Jones in the 2006 film Pan’s Labyrinth. Jones, who is famous for playing non-human characters and for working with the director Guillermo del Toro, endured about five hours of makeup to get the character looking right. The English-speaking Jones used that time to brush up on his Spanish dialogue.
Who played the robot below?
In Dean Parisot’s 2020 film Bill & Ted Face the Music, the comedian and actor Anthony Carrigan played the robot character, Dennis Caleb McCoy. As you can see from the picture above, it required a lot of makeup and special suits to create the highly insecure robot sent through time to kill Bill and Ted.
Who plays Davy Jones?
In the 2006 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, the actor Bill Nighy played the character,space opera Davy Jones. To portray Jones, captain of the legendary (and ghostly) Flying Dutchman, Nighy had to strap on a motion detector suit for the majority of filming. The work resulted in an Academy Award.
Who played Hook below?
When director Steven Spielberg reimagined the tale of Peter Pan in his 1991 film Hook, he chose actor Dennis Hoffman to play the vengeful title character. Hoffman gave a stellar performance as Captain James Hook, a pirate bent on destroying the grown-up Peter Pan’s life. It was a box office hit.
Who played the clown below?
In the 1990 two-part miniseries It, actor Tim Curry played the role of Pennywise, the creepy and (sometimes funny) clown from Stephen King’s book It. To do so, he needed to have white paint cover his entire face as he donned a clown costume with a big red nose. It was a huge hit.
Who played the character below?
Legendary comedian Eddie Murphy played Saul, the Jewish barbershop customer pictured above, in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America. Saul wasn’t the only character that Eddie Murphy played in the film – he also played the barbershop owner Clarence, the soul singer Randy Watson, and the Zamunda Prince Akeem Joffer.
Who played the character below?
Michelle Pfeiffer played Selina Kyle, or Catwoman, in Tim Burton’s 1992 film Batman Returns. To get into character, Pfeiffer had to squeeze into a very tight-fitting latex costume that was dabbled with liquid silicone for up to 12 hours a day. Although it was uncomfortable, fans view Pfeiffer’s portrayal of Catwoman as the best one so far.
Who played the Nightcrawler below?
In the sixth installment of the X-Men series, the 2016 film X-Man: Apocalypse, the actor Kodi Smit-McPhee played the character of Kurt Wagner – better known as Nightcrawler. To get into the role of this teleporting mutant, Smit-McPhee had to endure up to four hours of makeup to get the blue skin and scarring right.
Who played Ovid in Cloud Atlas?
In the 2012 sci-fi film Cloud Atlas, Halle Berry played a total of six different characters throughout the nearly three-hour movie. Although some of her roles were easy to recognize, others, such as Ovid in 2144 Neo Seoul, were nearly impossible. No one could identify her beneath all the makeup and prosthetics.
Who Played the Night King in Game of Thrones?
The HBO show Game of Thrones ran for eight (very popular) seasons. The show had dozens of characters, but one of the most feared was that of the Night King. Actor Richard Brake played the role during seasons four and five. Although they both have blue eyes, that’s pretty much the extent of what they share.
Who played Nick Jakoby in Bright?
The 2017 fantasy action film Bright told the story of a police officer and an orc fighting corruption and racism in an alternative Los Angeles. The orc was played by Joel Edgerton. To do so, Edgerton had to put on some extensive makeup – so much so that it left him pretty much unrecognizable to fans.
Who played Pennywise/It in It?
In 2017’s supernatural horror It, Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård (son of Stellan and brother to Gustaf and Valter) played the character of It. Also known as Pennywise The Dancing Clown, this character required Bill to undergo some pretty intense makeup sessions that made his forehead massive and his eyes terrifying.
Who played the Ebony Man below
Actor Tom Vaughan-Lawlor played the supervillain Ebony Maw in both the 2018 film Avengers: Infinity War and the 2019 sequel Avengers: Endgame. Maw, who carried out the dirty deeds of alien warlord Thanos, was brought to life by Vaughan-Lawlor’s voice and motion capture skills. Both movies were huge global successes.
Who played the Homeless Man in Manifesto?
2015’s Manifesto was a paired-down indie film that only took 12 days to film. During those 12 days, Cate Blanchett played a dozen characters ranging from a tatted-up punk to a well-dressed teacher to the homeless man above. It’s amazing what a bit of makeup and fake beard hair can do – the two look nothing alike!
Who is the character below?
Actor Dustin Ceithamer portrayed the creepy Smiling Man pictured above in Josh Boone’s 2020 superhero horror The New Mutants. Although Ceithamer underwent the necessary makeup and costuming to physically portray the terrifying character pictured above, it was the infamous singer Marilyn Manson who provided the voice. Unfortunately, the film didn’t do well at the box office.
Who played the Amphibian Man in Shape of Water?
The Shape of Water was Guillermo del Toro’s 2017 film telling a love story between a mute cleaner and an “Amphibian Man” held in a tank at a secret government lab. Actor Doug Jones played the “Amphibian Man” – enduring an enormous amount of makeup and prosthetics just to get into character.
Who portrayed Winston Churchill in The Crown?
Besides a minimal amount of base and a few liver spots, there were really only three elements to the design: a balding wig, a few extra strands of long eyebrow hair, and a set of plumpers inside Lithgow’s mouth. “What made Ivana’s Churchill makeup so great was how little there was of it,” Lithgow says. “It was important to her (and to me) that it be inconspicuous, lifelike, and not remotely mask-like.”