# List of attractive actors who became ugly for a role **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455 "2011-01-05T04:15:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/1 "2011-01-05T04:15:56Z")
Males: Jared Leto for Chapter 27 Females: Charlize Theron for Monster I’m sure there are tons more, but what actors/actresses who are known for their good looks intentionally tried to become ugly for a role? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/2 "2011-01-05T04:44:36Z")
[Boris Karloff](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1067030528/nm0000472) was rather handsome, without the neck bolts. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/3 "2011-01-05T04:59:20Z")
Farrah Fawcett was a mess by the end of The Burning Bed, at least according to the promos. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/4 "2011-01-05T06:13:58Z")
Nicole Kidman put on an ugly nose to play Virginia Woolf (and won an Oscar i nthe process). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/5 "2011-01-05T07:29:14Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Females: > > Charlize Theron for Monster You’ve already named the best example. Theron’s transformation was amazing. She was willing to go beyond “Hollywood ugly”. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/6 "2011-01-05T09:28:10Z")
Pat Moran in **Desperate Living** Carol Kane in **The Princess Bride** and **Addams Family Values** Eric Stoltz in **Mask** Mel Gibson in **The Man Without a Face** ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/7 "2011-01-05T09:59:51Z")
Emma Thompson in _Nanny McFee_. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/8 "2011-01-05T14:33:45Z")
Christian Bale in **The Machinist.** ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/9 "2011-01-05T14:39:29Z")
Josh Brolin in Jonah Hex Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight(for some of the movie, anyway) Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/10 "2011-01-05T14:39:45Z")
Angelica Huston in about half of her movies. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/11 "2011-01-05T14:51:17Z")
Vicky Lawrence for Mama’s Family. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/12 "2011-01-05T14:55:39Z")
Cameron Diaz in _Being John Malkovich_ ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/13 "2011-01-05T15:03:06Z")
Sandra Bullock in Babe. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/14 "2011-01-05T15:07:14Z")
Hilary Swank in Seabiscuit. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/15 "2011-01-05T16:58:39Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Christian Bale in **The Machinist.** And **The Fighter**. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/16 "2011-01-05T17:21:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You’ve already named the best example. Theron’s transformation was amazing. She was willing to go beyond “Hollywood ugly”. And yet she insisted that it “not be about the makeup.” And she succeeded at that. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/17 "2011-01-05T17:43:27Z")
Tom Cruise and his fatsuit in Tropic Thunder. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/18 "2011-01-05T17:49:27Z")
[Ana Maria Orozco](http://www.squidoo.com/anamariaorozco)’s rise to fame was explicitly for becoming “ugly.” ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/19 "2011-01-05T17:52:21Z")
Donna Murphy in the Broadway musical “Passion” ---
**Author:** ![mike\_ahndembroak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mike\_ahndembroak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike_ahndembroak)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455/20 "2011-01-05T17:55:32Z")
Javier Bardem in No country for old men [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-attractive-actors-who-became-ugly-for-a-role/566455.md?page=2)