An actor is supposed to bring life to the character he/she plays. But sometimes, they dive in so much into the feels to get it right, that we cannot imagine the character is not real! Moreover, these actors play many roles during their careers. So, lately, many people have started pointing out that there are actors who have played different roles and were just completely unrecognizable. Here’s a list of actors who played different TV/movie roles. This just doesn’t include their physical appearance, because that’s the same for many. But, it also includes their range, demeanor, and cultural significance. Also, you can mention in the comments celebs you think nailed their roles and were unbelievable.
1. Tilda Swinton
Tilda played Dianna from Trainwreck and the White Witch from The Chronicle of Narnia.
2. Daveigh Chase
Chase played Samar Morgan from The Ring and Lilo from Lilo & Stich.
3. Donald Glover
Glover played Troy Barnes from Community and Teddy Perkins from Atlanta.
4. Sandra Oh
Sandra played Cristina Yang from Grey’s Anatomy and Vice-Principal Gupta from The Princess Diaries.
5. Linda Cardellini
Linda played Velma Dinkley from Scooby-Doo and Laura Barton from Avengers: Age of Ultron.
6. James McAvoy
James played Professor X from X-Men and Mr. Tumnus from The Chronicles of Narnia.
7. Christian Serratos
Serratos played Selena Quintanilla from Selena: The Series and Angela Weber from Twilight.
8. Zach Tyler Eisen
Zach played Pablo from The Backyardigans and Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
9. Yani Gellman
Gellman played Garrett Reyolds from Pretty Little Liars and Paolo Valisari from The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
10. Johnny Depp
Depp played the iconic Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean and Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
11. Catherine O’Hara
Catherine played Kate McCallister from Home Alone and Moira Rose from Schitt’s Creek.
12. Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita played Maz from the Star Wars series and Red from Us.
13. Julie Walters
Julie played Molly Weasley from the Harry Potter series and Rosie Mulligan from Mamma Mia.
14. John Travolta
John played Danny Zuko from Grease and Edna Turnblad from Hairspray.
15. Bryan Cranston
Bryan played Walter White from Breaking Bad and Hal from Malcolm in the Middle.
16. Idris Elba
Elba played Charles Miner from The Office and Heimdall, Thor’s best friend from Thor.
17. Noel Fisher
Fisher played Mickey Milkovich from Shameless and Vladimir from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2.
18. Eric Dane
Eric played Mark Sloan from Grey’s Anatomy and Cal Jacobs from Euphoria.
