23 Actors Who Nailed Their Biographical Roles
Most actors are chosen for biographical roles because of their close resemblance to the historical figure that’s being portrayed, but there’s so much more to these pictures than that. From the casting director to the makeup team, many people work together to create biopic roles that are as true-to-life as can be.
Many actors love biopic roles because they offer the unique chance to immerse themselves in complex, real-life characters that are (or were) adored (or hated) by millions.
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Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in Ray

Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandella in Invictus

Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan in I’m Not There

Robert Downey Jr. as Charlie Chaplin in Chaplin

Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady

Daniel Day‑Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln

Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in The Doors

Ben Kingsley as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Gandhi

Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo in Frida

Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler in Downfall

Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb as Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen in Sid and Nancy

Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in Malcolm X

Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs In Jobs

Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock

Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix in Jimi: All Is By My Side

Jennifer Lopez as Selena Quintanilla in Selena

Eddie Redmayne And Felicity Jones as Jane And Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything

Hellen Mirren as HM Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen

Sean Penn as Harvey Milk in Milk

Michael Douglas as Liberace In Behind The Candelabra

Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel in Coco Before Chanel

James Franco As James Dean In James Dean

Adrien Brody as Salvador Dali in Midnight in Paris