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Robin Williams, Mrs Doubtfire

Final score:

248points

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Phoebe Bean 4 years ago

Wonderful actor and sorely missed!

123points

Eddie Murphy, Coming To America

Final score:

247points

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desert29rat 4 years ago

That's an amazing transformation.

50points

The life of a Hollywood movie makeup artist is difficult and involved, even if it’s exciting and purposeful. But makeup artists aren’t one homogenous group of professionals.

You have 4 main movie makeup artist roles. Starting with key makeup artists who design the makeup looks worn by the lead actors. In other words, they take care of the famous actors.

They also come up with the more complicated and intricate makeup designs and oversee other employees to make sure that there’s visual continuity and consistency in how the makeup looks throughout shooting the entire movie.

Richard Brake, Game Of Thrones

Final score:

223points

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Kaisu 4 years ago

I can't even imagine how long this must've taken!

44points

Charlize Theron, Monster

Final score:

218points

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varwenea 4 years ago

She was unrecognizable. What a transformation.

64points

Tee Witt 3 years ago

Yet in the first picture she is fully made-up, so how can you tell?

0points

Pamela Pampe 4 years ago

The makeup is great but she also gained some weight for the role. So it's not all SFX

16points

Tara 4 years ago

She scared me. I still have nightmares.

7points

Bill 4 years ago

Don't go pick up strange hookers off the side 6the road

1point

NWB 4 years ago

she was bloody amazing in that film

4points

Christy Smith 4 years ago

It doesn't make it known on the pics but she had to pack on quiet a bit of weight too.

3points

Donna Reynolds 4 years ago

From hot to not.

2points

Irene Walton 4 years ago

excellent movie

1point

Charlotte Peet 2 years ago

Unrealistic. The weight gain wouldn't have caused the shape of her nose to change. .... It's blatantly obvious she's had plenty of surgery since monster including rhinoplasty.... She's a firecracker but even more so since having things surgically altered unlike most non movie stars who can't afford surgery to appear perfect x

0points

Charlotte Peet 2 years ago

She's had her nose corrected since monster so the so claimed before foto is absolutely not before. There's no physical way of making her nose smaller without a surgical rhinoplasty.... Completely unrealistic. The weight gain wouldn't completely change the shape of her nose. Only the size very maybe the width...

0points

Nadine Francis 4 years ago

She looked just like Aileen Wornos!

0points

Tee Witt 3 years ago

Wasn't AW skinny?

0points

Kat Khatib 4 years ago

It was amazing just how much she looked like the actual serial killer, Eileen W.!

0points

Donald Holder 4 years ago

Wow, from beauty to beast in ten not so easy steps.

0points

Mo Leshone 4 years ago

What an actress. So beautiful to the monster that aileen warnock's was

0points

Brenda Owens 4 years ago

That was one of the best I’ve ever seen. Great work.

0points

CincyReds 4 years ago

She did an amazing job in that movie!

0points

Mercedes Olsen 4 years ago

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0points

Thea beeaa 4 years ago

Love this movie 🥰

0points

Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago

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Doug Jones, Crimson Peak

Final score:

218points

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Amanda Avey 4 years ago

that's freakin terrifying....

71points

Then there are your run-of-the-mill makeup artists who are responsible for making non-lead and supporting actors look good. They’re under orders to turn the key makeup artists’ visions into reality.

Of course, not much would be done without makeup assistants who help organize makeup kits, do other small but necessary tasks, and lend a hand to the artists with whatever they might need. They’re the unsung heroes of every movie.

Lastly, there are special effects makeup artists who probably have some of the coolest jobs in the movie industry. They create special makeup effects, such as prosthetics and the like.

Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Final score:

212points

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desert29rat 4 years ago

Amazing transformation and a great movie.

36points

Richard Armitage, The Hobbit

Final score:

208points

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Mimi M 4 years ago (edited)

If you mouse over it shows the actor and the movie.

12points

Danny DeVito, Batman Returns

Final score:

204points

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desert29rat 4 years ago

He was a great Penguin.

64points

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Karen Gillan, Avengers

Final score:

196points

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Shireen 4 years ago (edited)

I'll never forget the video of her taking her wig off a Comic Con and no one had any idea why she was bald! 😂

58points

#11

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator

Final score:

186points

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Shireen 4 years ago

Stan Winston's team are still some of the best special effects makeup artists!

35points

#12

Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 2

Final score:

186points

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Tee 4 years ago

Captain Deadpool...naw just Deadpool!

33points

#13

Chris Hemsworth, Avengers Endgame

Final score:

186points

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Panda Kicki 4 years ago

Could you do this in reverse on me please? 😀

147points

#14

Gary Oldman, Hannibal

Final score:

184points

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Chyppa Homer 4 years ago

This dude can turn into anybody and he never ages. I call vampire ! In 1994, when he 'played' Dracula, I bet he wasn't even acting. They just filmed what he did on, like, a Wednesday, and that was the movie awesome !

124points

#15

John Rhys-Davies, Lord Of The Rings

Final score:

183points

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Panda Kicki 4 years ago

And he was allergic to the glue, that is dedication!

57points

#16

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Final score:

181points

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Phoebe Bean 4 years ago

Amazing actor and wonderful performance. A tragic loss.

80points

#17

Ron Perlman, Hellboy

Final score:

176points

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ADHORTATOR 4 years ago

The one and only Hellboy

98points

Ian Mckellen, Lord Of The Rings

Final score:

175points

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Lemon 4 years ago

OMG I LOVE GANDALF!!

4points

#19

Tim Curry, Legend

Final score:

173points

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Iván Galarraga 4 years ago

Hey, without the horns Darkness have subwoofers

39points

#20

Bill Skarsgård, It

Final score:

169points

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Panda Kicki 4 years ago

But the rolling eye thing was hos own preformance! I loved that BP post 😂

53points

#21

Michael Keaton, Beetlejuice

Final score:

167points

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desert29rat 4 years ago

Great movie!

45points

#22

Emma Thompson, Nanny Mcphee

Final score:

164points

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desert29rat 4 years ago

Fun movie; "I did knock".

32points

#23

Jacob Tremblay, Wonder

Final score:

159points

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Shireen 4 years ago

Adults being in makeup is one thing but a child is a completely different level...

48points

#24

Roddy Mcdowall, Planet Of The Apes

Final score:

157points

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Shireen 4 years ago

RIP Roddy - John Chambers was a makeup effects master!

34points

#25

Jim Carrey, How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Final score:

156points

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desert29rat 4 years ago

He did make an excellent Grinch.

43points

Tilda Swinton, Grand Budapest Hotel

Final score:

155points

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Aria Whitaker 4 years ago

One of my Favs! Tilda rocks!!

24points

#27

Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything

Final score:

152points

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Sunzilla 4 years ago

Amazing performance by Redmayne.

31points

#28

Josh Brolin, Deadpool 2

Final score:

149points

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FloC 4 years ago

I think that he was much younger on the first picture. Which doesn't make the make-up job less amazing.

17points

#29

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

Final score:

149points

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desert29rat 4 years ago

Too real for me.

41points

#30

Angelina Jolie, Maleficent

Final score:

138points

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Shireen 4 years ago

Very subtle but SO effective!

37points

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Demi Zwaan 4 years ago

I'm most amazed at the ones where you didn't even notice they had any prosthetics on. They look so natural, with very subtle changes that really drive the character home.

28points

Dave P 4 years ago

This shows how talented the men and women of the make-up, wardrobe and physical effects teams on films are. They should get much more recognition than just one little oscar for their whole job. I am amazed and impressed by their talent

18points

Spikey Bunny 4 years ago

Yes!!!!

0points

Drive Bee 4 years ago

I wonder how hot and uncomfortable it is under all of that? It must feel so good to get it all removed at the end of the day.

17points

M.J. 4 years ago

For sure, but must be real fun to wear it and also weird to see yourself like that in the mirror.

8points

Shireen 4 years ago

Back in the 30s - 60s is was extremely uncomfortable, a lot of people had allergic reactions to the makeup and some of them wouldn't be able to eat with the makeup on. These days it's basically harmless. Probably the most uncomfortable part is the actors having their face cast, if they haven't already.

4points

Aunt Messy 4 years ago

Worse, it takes hours to put that makeup on, then the actors work an entire day and spend another couple of hours having it all taken off. It's not an easy job at all.

2points

Karen Klinck 4 years ago

And it takes almost as long to get it off, so it can be reused.

0points

RolandD 4 years ago

I'm also curios how long takes every makeup...

0points

DANNY DIVITO 4 years ago

its acting so whatcha gotta do ya gotta do

-1point

Sunzilla 4 years ago

I just realised there are loads of movies I haven't seen...

4points

Meeow 4 years ago

The CGI makeup is off the hook, Naomi after looking is unbelievable crazy.

1point

Shireen 4 years ago (edited)

This post should include people who started special effects makeup; people like Jack P Pierce and D**k Smith. I could geek out on this stuff all day, the amount of creativity and time that goes into this work is amazing. I would say that from this post Doug Jones, Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Eddie Murphy and Tilda Swindon are the best actors that can perform in makeup.

1point

Jos van Hout 4 years ago

When a fantasy character has to be created or when an actor has to play his older self in the same movie, I get it that make-up is really important - and the shown results here are outstanding. But sometimes it seems that better someone else should have been casted. Like Nicole Kidman in Destroyer and Margot Robbie (both in the extended series). Why change someone into another someone? Looks like art for arts sake.

0points

renasamo 4 years ago

Jos van Hout good

0points

3ke 4 years ago

I loved seeing the shots from the older movies. Especially with Tim Curry from Legend. It's 1 of my favorites

0points

未周陸 4 years ago

Seems that Gary Oldman may be the #1 Actor to have SFX Make-UP Applied on A Single Role as to the number of the films he has starred while Eddie Murphy may be the #1 Actor in the Most Roles SFX Make-UP Applied on in multiple films! THIS Opinion, is NOT solely based on this post, though.

0points

Marta Garcia Solis 4 years ago

Asombrada y maravillada por el increíble trabajo de éstos artistas, que pienso así lo consideran la mayoría de los que opinan en ésta publicación, felicidades! a todos ellos de ésta muy humilde servidora.

0points

We'llSee 4 years ago

So amazing to me, so much talent all the way around and some out-right scare me.

0points

Linda Matheny 4 years ago

The people that apply all of the special effects are nothing short of amazing!!!

0points

Pretty Pangolin 4 years ago

This is the kind of post I come to Bored Panda for!

0points

Andrew Wildman 4 years ago

I’m impressed at a lot of these transformations... but how about just hiring actors/actresses who look a lot closer to the character? I get it, studios want a big name on the poster but geez...

0points

Sadie Shapiro 4 years ago

Sure, I'll hire a green Dr. Seuss character, an ape man, and a woman with devil horns...

3points

Matthew Smith 4 years ago

And this is just about the movies, an article for TV shows like Farscape which had many facial and body effects is needed.

-1point

Debra Robinson 4 years ago

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-1point

Mark Johanen 4 years ago

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Liz 4 years ago

It would cost you exactly $0.00 to NOT be transphobic

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Shireen 4 years ago

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Demi Zwaan 4 years ago

I'm most amazed at the ones where you didn't even notice they had any prosthetics on. They look so natural, with very subtle changes that really drive the character home.

28points

Dave P 4 years ago

18points

Spikey Bunny 4 years ago

Yes!!!!

0points

Drive Bee 4 years ago

I wonder how hot and uncomfortable it is under all of that? It must feel so good to get it all removed at the end of the day.

17points

M.J. 4 years ago

For sure, but must be real fun to wear it and also weird to see yourself like that in the mirror.

8points

Shireen 4 years ago

4points

Aunt Messy 4 years ago

Worse, it takes hours to put that makeup on, then the actors work an entire day and spend another couple of hours having it all taken off. It's not an easy job at all.

2points

Karen Klinck 4 years ago

And it takes almost as long to get it off, so it can be reused.

0points

RolandD 4 years ago

I'm also curios how long takes every makeup...

0points

DANNY DIVITO 4 years ago

its acting so whatcha gotta do ya gotta do

-1point

Sunzilla 4 years ago

I just realised there are loads of movies I haven't seen...

4points

Meeow 4 years ago

The CGI makeup is off the hook, Naomi after looking is unbelievable crazy.

1point

Shireen 4 years ago (edited)

1point

Jos van Hout 4 years ago

0points

renasamo 4 years ago

Jos van Hout good

0points

3ke 4 years ago

I loved seeing the shots from the older movies. Especially with Tim Curry from Legend. It's 1 of my favorites

0points

未周陸 4 years ago

0points

Marta Garcia Solis 4 years ago

0points

We'llSee 4 years ago

So amazing to me, so much talent all the way around and some out-right scare me.

0points

Linda Matheny 4 years ago

The people that apply all of the special effects are nothing short of amazing!!!

0points

Pretty Pangolin 4 years ago

This is the kind of post I come to Bored Panda for!

0points

Andrew Wildman 4 years ago

I’m impressed at a lot of these transformations... but how about just hiring actors/actresses who look a lot closer to the character? I get it, studios want a big name on the poster but geez...

0points

Sadie Shapiro 4 years ago

Sure, I'll hire a green Dr. Seuss character, an ape man, and a woman with devil horns...

3points

Matthew Smith 4 years ago

And this is just about the movies, an article for TV shows like Farscape which had many facial and body effects is needed.

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Debra Robinson 4 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

-1point

Mark Johanen 4 years ago

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Liz 4 years ago

It would cost you exactly $0.00 to NOT be transphobic

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