# Male celebrities who look funny without facial hair **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917 "2015-02-05T19:32:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/1 "2015-02-05T19:32:57Z")
In another thread it was mentioned that [Sam Elliott](https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AneHQ.gXYbWOcL_4vrfiCVCbvZx4?fr=yfp-t-901-s&toggle=1&fp=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&p=sam%20elliott) looks weird without a big old mustache in his current _Justified_ role. That’s probably a simple matter of taste in the man’s looks, but can we name some other past and present celebrities who just wouldn’t look right without a beard, a 'stache, a goatee, or a five o’clock shadow (a la [Jason Statham](https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0LEV19rw9NUECsAh9dXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGZyA3lmcC10LTkwMS1zBGdwcmlkAzMuRnk5cHJrUnNtTlpRZGw2dWdTY0EEbl9yc2x0AzAEbl9zdWdnAzEwBG9yaWdpbgNzZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tBHBvcwMxBHBxc3RyA2phc29uIARwcXN0cmwDNgRxc3RybAMxMwRxdWVyeQNqYXNvbiBzdGF0aGFtBHRfc3RtcAMxNDIzMTY0NTEy?p=jason+statham&fr2=sa-gp-search&fr=yfp-t-901-s&fp=1))? Start with Gabby Hayes or Al “Fuzzy” St. John if you can’t think of newer ones! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/2 "2015-02-05T19:35:29Z")
Richard Armitage looks way the hell better with a beard than without. He ought to make that a permanent fixture. [With](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02949/armitageportrait_2949754b.jpg) [Without](http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/295/6/8/richard_armitage___hugh_jackman_by_thatnordicguy-d83sl5u.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/3 "2015-02-05T19:40:06Z")
Tom Selleck. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/4 "2015-02-05T19:44:13Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Richard Armitage looks way the hell better with a beard than without. He ought to make that a permanent fixture. > > [Without](http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/295/6/8/richard_armitage___hugh_jackman_by_thatnordicguy-d83sl5u.jpg) Pretty sure that bottom one is a photoshopped picture of him merged with Hugh Jackman. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/5 "2015-02-05T19:54:39Z")
Zach Galifianakis [https://www.google.com/search?q=zach+galifianakis&biw=1366&bih=622&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=DcrTVKulCcLXgwTvl4CgDw&ved=0CAYQ\_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=zach+galifianakis&imgdii=\_&imgrc=m6nPVyYPIKZTVM%253A%3BQIo9\_ZPSSe6mSM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcontent7.flixster.com%252Frtactor%252F42%252F20%252F42205\_pro.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.rottentomatoes.com%252Fcelebrity%252Fzach\_galifianakis%252F%3B280%3B250](https://www.google.com/search?q=zach+galifianakis&biw=1366&bih=622&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=DcrTVKulCcLXgwTvl4CgDw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=zach+galifianakis&imgdii=_&imgrc=m6nPVyYPIKZTVM%253A%3BQIo9_ZPSSe6mSM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcontent7.flixster.com%252Frtactor%252F42%252F20%252F42205_pro.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.rottentomatoes.com%252Fcelebrity%252Fzach_galifianakis%252F%3B280%3B250) [https://www.google.com/search?q=zach+galifianakis&biw=1366&bih=622&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=DcrTVKulCcLXgwTvl4CgDw&ved=0CAYQ\_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=zach+galifianakis+clean+shaven&imgdii=\_&imgrc=a-4MgsoxCEmkFM%253A%3BrwzfbHkaedxxpM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fi.imgur.com%252Fz8VxE.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimgur.com%252Fgallery%252Fz8VxE%3B600%3B399](https://www.google.com/search?q=zach+galifianakis&biw=1366&bih=622&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=DcrTVKulCcLXgwTvl4CgDw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#tbm=isch&q=zach+galifianakis+clean+shaven&imgdii=_&imgrc=a-4MgsoxCEmkFM%253A%3BrwzfbHkaedxxpM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fi.imgur.com%252Fz8VxE.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimgur.com%252Fgallery%252Fz8VxE%3B600%3B399) Couldn’t get my first link to work for some reason so somebody can fix it or google it, but anyway he just seems so somber without the beard but some of it is probably also attributable to his weight loss. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/6 "2015-02-05T19:59:13Z")
Is Abe Lincoln a celebrity? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/7 "2015-02-05T20:03:29Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > Is Abe Lincoln a celebrity? In some quarters! 😃 So is/was Charles Darwin! And don’t ignore JC! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/8 "2015-02-05T20:15:00Z")
Kenny Rogers. I can’t find a picture of him without the beard, but trust me, it was icky. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/9 "2015-02-05T20:16:03Z")
[Burt Reynolds](http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/m2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/10 "2015-02-05T20:46:30Z")
Tim McGraw the clean shaven actor from _The Blind Side_ looks nothing like Tim McGraw the shadow face country singer. Viggo Mortenson has 2 looks: Aragorn and everything else he did. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/11 "2015-02-05T20:56:59Z")
[Ernest Borgnine.](http://www.cinemagraphe.com/_movies/the-vikings-1958/borgnine-as-chief-viking-1958.jpg) With a beard he’s actually kind of ruggedly good-looking. Too bad for him they weren’t in fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/12 "2015-02-05T21:05:45Z")
[Kevin Smith](http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/28/kevin-smith-shaved-beard-photo/). Mostly because he has always worn a beard. He would probably just look normal after a while without one. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/13 "2015-02-05T21:19:08Z")
Richard Schiff, who played speechwriter/advisor Toby on TV’s _ **The West Wing** _, looks a LOT better with his beard. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/14 "2015-02-05T21:20:48Z")
Ringo Starr has always looked less goofy when he has a beard and/or moustache. Paul, by contrast, looked a lot goofier WITH facial hair. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/15 "2015-02-05T22:23:06Z")
Commander Riker, aka Jonathan Frakes, definitely looks better with the beard. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/16 "2015-02-05T22:38:40Z")
Alex Trebek Jeffrey Tambor ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/17 "2015-02-05T22:54:16Z")
[Tony Iommi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Iommi) looked downright alien when he was clean-shaven at [California Jam '74.](http://www.rocknpics.com/rockpix/blacksabbath/BS2157.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/18 "2015-02-05T23:41:05Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Commander Riker, aka Jonathan Frakes, definitely looks better with the beard. Riker needs to take the beard up to the jawline, his face looks fat as is. Kris Kristofferson. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/19 "2015-02-06T00:56:30Z")
Freddy Mercury. If any man desperately needed his mustache, it was that man. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917/20 "2015-02-06T01:19:59Z")
[Frank](http://ryeberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Frank_Zappa_Age222.jpg) [Zappa](http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/ultimateclassicrock.com/files/2013/11/Evening-Standard-Getty-Images.jpg). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-celebrities-who-look-funny-without-facial-hair/711917.md?page=2)