# Which actor has played the most radically different real life roles?

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**Created:** [July 28, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-has-played-the-most-radically-different-real-life-roles/968692 "2022-07-28T04:32:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-has-played-the-most-radically-different-real-life-roles/968692/21 "2022-07-29T00:44:38Z")

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Malcolm McDowell — ol’ H.G. Wells himself — went from Caligula to Schweitzer.

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