# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/101 "2010-06-09T18:17:30Z")
> [@Jayrot](#): > > Here are two with a high degree of difficulty: > > Bearded gentleman one ([Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://imgur.com/osZug.jpg)) > > Bearded gentleman two ([http://imgur.com/Iexy2.jpg](http://imgur.com/Iexy2.jpg)) first one looks just like Sting, so unless it’s someone else then (like most of the other pics in this thread)\* it’s not very difficult to identify at all. - this has pretty quickly gone from “pictures of celebrities looking unrecognizable” to “check out this old photo of so and so” ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/102 "2010-06-09T18:30:07Z")
Yes, first pic is Sting. And the second? ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/103 "2010-06-09T18:30:57Z")
> [@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). I wanted to add that it looks as if Bill should be living with a grizzly bear. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/104 "2010-06-09T18:31:49Z")
> [@Jayrot](#): > > Yes, first pic is Sting. And the second? Second bearded fella is what’s-his-name, Melanie Griffith’s husband. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/105 "2010-06-09T18:33:28Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Second bearded fella is what’s-his-name, Melanie Griffith’s husband. Antonio Banderas ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/106 "2010-06-09T20:10:40Z")
here’s [one](http://www.lat34.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/thor.jpg) I always like to use for these sorts of discussions: ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/107 "2010-06-09T20:14:23Z")
THOR!!! Vincent D’Onofrio I love that movie beyond reason, by the way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/108 "2010-06-09T20:15:45Z")
> [@Stormcrow](#): > > here’s [one](http://www.lat34.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/thor.jpg) I always like to use for these sorts of discussions: Vincent Donofrio? ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/109 "2010-06-09T20:22:11Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > THOR!!! > > Vincent D’Onofrio > > I love that movie beyond reason, by the way. 🙂 Nobody gets out of here till they sing the blues. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/110 "2010-06-09T20:25:27Z")
[I have one for you…](http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/4131/twilightzoneseason1discc.png) The person in this image is dressed in a cowboy outfit, but I think it’s within the intent of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/111 "2010-06-09T20:28:11Z")
[Here’s another one that I think would have been tough for me to guess…](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2633288919_3ba4df4618.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/112 "2010-06-09T20:35:08Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > [I have one for you…](http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/4131/twilightzoneseason1discc.png) > > The person in this image is dressed in a cowboy outfit, but I think it’s within the intent of the OP. Looks likeMartin Landau [ETA] AndMarion Morrison? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/113 "2010-06-09T20:39:21Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > Looks likeMartin Landau > [ETA] > > AndMarion Morrison? Yes on both accounts. Clever… using the birthname of #2 instead of the well known stage name. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/114 "2010-06-09T20:41:51Z")
[This](http://images.greencine.com/images/static/godspell011.jpg) should be super easy, but it never ceases to amaze me how he’s changed over the years. How how **different** his characters are these days. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/115 "2010-06-09T20:43:01Z")
The Bearded gentleman two ([http://imgur.com/Iexy2.jpg](http://imgur.com/Iexy2.jpg)) looks like John Malkovich. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/116 "2010-06-09T20:51:08Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > The Bearded gentleman two ([http://imgur.com/Iexy2.jpg](http://imgur.com/Iexy2.jpg)) looks like John Malkovich. Is it Clive Owen? ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/117 "2010-06-09T20:52:14Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > [Here’s another one that I think would have been tough for me to guess…](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2633288919_3ba4df4618.jpg) John Wayne? Oops… **Ximenean** got it. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/118 "2010-06-09T22:17:49Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > The Bearded gentleman two ([http://imgur.com/Iexy2.jpg](http://imgur.com/Iexy2.jpg)) looks like John Malkovich. Tom Hanks? ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/119 "2010-06-09T22:27:08Z")
> [@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? More than that , here is the actual video for his short lived group in the 80s. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zXhSqmfRTfY/hqdefault.jpg "Bitter Heart - Seona Dancing Music Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXhSqmfRTfY) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435/120 "2010-06-09T23:37:36Z")
[Who is this?](http://oldschoolreviews.com/images/filmmakers/chaplin.jpg) [Youngin’](http://www.nabou.com/celebrities/robert_downey_jr/photo_galleries/young_robert_downey/young_robert_downey_14.jpg) [Tougher one](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2009/quiz/madonna/madonna-02-b.jpg) No peekin’ at the url’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-celebrities-looking-unrecognizable/542435.md?page=7)