Many actors and actresses play famous historical characters in biopics. However, how good is their resemblance to the originals? Let's see and compare together.
In films, real pictures of the heroes themselves almost never flash, therefore, combining a number of actors and their heroes will be very useful.
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1. James Dean and James Franco in James Dean.
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2. Julia Child and Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia.
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3. Selena Quintanilla Perez and Jennifer Lopez in Selena.
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4. Marian Pearl and Angelina Jolie in the film "Her Heart".
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5. Nelson Mandela and Morgan Freeman in Invictus.
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6. Oscar Schindler and Liam Neeson in Schindler's List.
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7. Truman Capote and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote.
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8. Oscar Wilde and Stephen Fry in Wilde.
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9. Charlie Chaplin and Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin.
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10. Pablo Picasso and Anthony Hopkins in Living with Picasso.
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11. Vincent van Gogh and Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life.
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12. Salvador Dali and Adrien Brody in Midnight in Paris.
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13. Ray Charles and Jamie Foxx in Ray.
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14. Sid Vicious and Gary Oldman in Sid and Nancy.
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15. Jimi Hendrix and Andre 3000 in the movie "Everything is on my side."
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16. Jim Morrison and Val Kilmer in The Doors.
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17. Coco Chanel and Audrey Tautou in the movie Coco Before Chanel.
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18. Mark Zuckerberg and Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network.
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19. Bob Dylan and Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There.
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20. Marilyn Monroe and Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn.
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21. Mahatma Gandhi and Ben Kingsley in Gandhi.
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22. Reese Witherspoon and June Carter in Walk the Line.
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23. Joaquin Phoenix and Johnny Cash in Walk the Line.
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24. Edith Piaf and Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose
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25. Margaret Thatcher and Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady.
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26. Malcolm X and Denzel Washington in Malcolm X.
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27. Frida Kahlo and Salma Hayek in Frida.
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28. Linda Lovelace and Amanda Seyfried in Lovelace.
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29. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and John Lennon in Becoming John Lennon.
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30. Kristen Stewart and Joanne Jett in The Runaways.
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31. Penn Badgley and Jeff Buckley in Hello From Tim Buckley.
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32. Scarlett Johansson and Janet Leigh in Hitchcock.
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33. Alfred Hitchcock and Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock.
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34. Leonardo DiCaprio and Edgar Hoover in J.K. Edgar".
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35. Helen Miren and Elizabeth II in The Queen.
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36. Lindsay Lohan and Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick.
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37. Daniel Day Lewis and Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln.