# Pictures of Celebrities looking unrecognizable **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435 "2010-06-08T15:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/41 "2010-06-08T19:26:59Z")
A [young one](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hKXkW1SDntk/RdaJbyaGkNI/AAAAAAAAAcY/4aiXUeWkqN0/s320/bale-christian_1987_empire-of-the-sun.jpg). Another [Young One](http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/27/2774/6JLTD00Z.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/42 "2010-06-08T19:33:41Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Another [Young One](http://imagecache6.allposters.com/LRG/27/2774/6JLTD00Z.jpg). Rik Mayall? ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/43 "2010-06-08T19:38:27Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > A [young one](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hKXkW1SDntk/RdaJbyaGkNI/AAAAAAAAAcY/4aiXUeWkqN0/s320/bale-christian_1987_empire-of-the-sun.jpg). Christian Bale? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/44 "2010-06-08T19:39:37Z")
An [old](http://i.fanpix.net/images/orig/o/9/o9o0li5xjgsffsx.jpg) one. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/45 "2010-06-08T19:42:04Z")
Che was a pretty handsome dude. [Here’s](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Stalin-Lenin-Kalinin-1919.jpg)a couple more handsome dudes. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/46 "2010-06-08T19:45:57Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Rik Mayall? Yes, with a silent “P.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/47 "2010-06-08T19:56:05Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > Christian Bale? Yes. Anyone know who [these guys](http://swampland.com/img/Image/gritz/zzTop.jpg) are? Don’t peek at the url. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19adc/32.png) [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Am_The_Lorax)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/48 "2010-06-08T19:58:31Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Good job! > > I’ll find another good one, but in the meantime, I ran across [this](http://julieluongo.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/bill-hillary-clinton.jpg). Bill & Hill ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/49 "2010-06-08T20:02:01Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Che was a pretty handsome dude. > > [Here’s](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Stalin-Lenin-Kalinin-1919.jpg)a couple more handsome dudes. Oddly, I knew who they were (Lenin, Kalinin and Stalin), but I thought Lenin was Kalinin and vice-versa. I guess Lenin stole the pointy goatee from Kalinin later in life. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/50 "2010-06-08T20:04:43Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Anyone know who [these guys](http://swampland.com/img/Image/gritz/zzTop.jpg) are? Don’t peek at the url. Oops, I peeked. Holy crap! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/51 "2010-06-08T20:13:55Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Oops, I peeked. Holy crap! Shocking, no? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/52 "2010-06-08T20:18:15Z")
During his podcasts **Ricky Gervais** often talks about how different he looked as a young man, but I haven’t been able to pull up an example. Does anyone have a pic of him in his younger years? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/53 "2010-06-08T20:20:51Z")
[How about this handsome guy?](http://s3.hubimg.com/u/85582_f260.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/54 "2010-06-08T20:21:45Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > [How about this handsome guy?](http://s3.hubimg.com/u/85582_f260.jpg) Drew Carey. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/55 "2010-06-08T20:30:32Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Shocking, no? 🙂 Totally. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/56 "2010-06-08T20:57:04Z")
> [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](#): > > During his podcasts **Ricky Gervais** often talks about how different he looked as a young man, but I haven’t been able to pull up an example. Does anyone have a pic of him in his younger years? You mean [this picture](http://cache.thephoenix.com/i/OldBlogs/SlopCulture/seona_dancing.gif)? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/57 "2010-06-08T21:01:07Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Is that Bill & Hillary? Hillary was never a looker, was she? And Bill? He should grow out that beard again and have a beard-off with Al Gore! ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/58 "2010-06-08T21:47:54Z")
Guess [who?](http://i.cdn.turner.com/trutv/thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art4/0413101milpics4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/59 "2010-06-08T21:55:57Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > An [old](http://i.fanpix.net/images/orig/o/9/o9o0li5xjgsffsx.jpg) one. Is that little [Vicki Steubing](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924038/)? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/60 "2010-06-08T22:44:43Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [The two on the left.](http://images.tmcnet.com/tmc/misc/article-images/Image/mybodyguard_promo01.jpg) (both in their late teens) What? No love for Chris Makepeace? I had such a crush on him back in the day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435.md?page=4)