31 Celebrities Who've Transformed More Than Optimus Prime
![31 Celebrities Who've Transformed More Than Optimus Prime](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/2/873142_320x180.jpg)
Our appearances go through pretty radical changes over the course of our lives-- Maybe we put on or lose some weight, get a much more flattering new haircut, or just realize the clothes we've been wearing for the last handful of years have gone woefully out of style. Even celebrities, people who are usually notable for being hot, can go from ugly (or at least less hot) ducklings into beautiful swans over the course of a couple of years.
Below is a big list of famous people who used to look, well, a little different-- but like Optimus Prime going from a cool truck into a cooler giant robot guy that hangs out with Shia LeBeouf and Megan Fox-- they've transformed into the people that we're familiar with today. Though shedding some pounds and getting a haircut is maybe a little less radical of a change than how complicated those Transformers toys could get. Did anyone else have trouble with those? Just me?
Patrick Stewart
![CRACKED.COM PATRICK STEWART won all the awesome points by being a starship captain and a superhero mentor-but you never saw him in full Victorian coolness in the BBC period drama North and South.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/1/873141.jpg)
Charles Chaplin
![CRACKED.COM For someone who got famous playing a bum, CHARLES CHAPLIN has a very high likelihood of being your great-grandpa without you knowing it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/4/0/873140.jpg)
Vincent Price
![CRACKED.COM VINCENT PRICE has gone down in history as a master of horror, but in his youth he was likelier to cause, um, other sensations.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/7/873137.jpg)
Michael Jackson
![MICHAEL JACKSON did a photoshoot dressed as Charles Chaplin while he was visiting London in 1979. It's not clear how the world didn't collapse into a singularity of sheer star power. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/9/873139.jpg)
Giancarlo Esposito
![IN THE EARLY '90s, GIANCARLO ESPOSITO LOOKED LIKE HE'D RATHER HANG OUT IN CLOUD CITY... Gian Espo THAN WORRY ABOUT A CHICKEN AND METH EMPIRE. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/8/873138.jpg)
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Sean Connery
![IS THIS STRAPPING SAILOR A YOUNG DAVE FRANCO? NOPE, THAT SEAMAN IS NONE OTHER THAN SEAN CONNERY! (ASK YOUR MOM) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/4/873134.jpg)
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Adam Driver
![BEFORE ADAM DRIVER COMMANDED THE FIRST ORDER AS KYLO REN... НЕ WAS JUST A GOOFY KID IN THE MARINES. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/6/873136.jpg)
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Bob Ross
![THIS YOUNG AIRMAN WAS THE GUY WHO SCREAMS AT YOU FOR BEING LATE TO WORK НЕ WAS ALSO THE FAMOUSLY SOFT SPOKEN PAINTER BOB ROSS. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/5/873135.jpg)
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Bruce Lee
![Did you know that BRUCE LEE was a dancing champion, as well as a martial arts one? Не won the Hong Kong Cha Cha Championship in his teens, shortly before moving to San Francisco. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/3/873133.jpg)
Judi Dench
![CRACKED.COM Dame JUDI DENCH was always a queen, and sometimes she even plays queens, like in this 1957 production of Hamlet.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/1/873131.jpg)
Slash
![It is rumored that SLASH senses the world through the superhuman vibrations of his guitar, but this photo from 1982 shows that he does have eyes. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/2/873132.jpg)
Morgan Freeman
![CRACKED.COM At one point in time, perhaps sick and tired of playing serious, wise characters, MORGAN FREEMAN walked into a photo booth and put his goof on. We have to assume that photo booths are to Freeman what phone booths are to Superman.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/3/0/873130.jpg)
Joseph Stalin
![YOUNG JOSEPH STALIN LOOKED LIKE THE KIND OF GUY WHO'D HAVE A VERY METICULOUS RANKING OF LOCAL CRAFT BEERS... OLD MAN JOSPEH STALIN LOOKED LIKE A GRUMPY GRANDPA WHO DABBLED IN ATROCITIES. (AND PROBABLY DRANK NATTY ICE) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/2/9/873129.jpg)
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Alex Jones
![ALEX JONES IS KNOWN FOR BEING A POPULAR CONSPIRACY THEORIST... BUT BEFORE INFOWARS AND FAKE DIET SUPPLEMENTS, НЕ DEVOTED MOST OF HIS TIME TO GETTING RIPPED. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/2/8/873128.jpg)
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Ethan Suplee
![AT OVER 500 LBS, ETHAN SUPLEE WAS OFTEN CAST AS THE FAT GUY IN THE EARLY 2000s... steward wining BUT AFTER AN INCREDIBLE BODY TRANSFORMATION, НЕ LOOKS LIKE НЕ COULD EASILY LIFT 500 LBS. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/2/4/873124.jpg)
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Julie Bowen
![MOST PEOPLE KNOW JULIE BOWEN AS CLAIRE DUNPHY ON MODERN FAMILY... AND IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE SHE WAS ALSO THE LOVE INTEREST IN HAPPY GILMORE NEARLY 25 YEARS AGO. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/2/5/873125.jpg)
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Mark Hamill
![Not many people saw 1989's post- apocalyptic flic Slipstream, but we're fully expecting that MARK HAMILL's bearded, bleached baddie changes that now. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/2/6/873126.jpg)
Stan Lee
![Before Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, or his mustache, STAN LEE spent three years in the U.S. Army. If he ever had to chase any big green guy, that remains classified. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/2/7/873127.jpg)
Peter Dinklage
![GRACKED.COM Was PETER DINKLAGE in a punk band? Well, as a matter of fact he was-but even before that time, he totally rocked the look.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/2/3/873123.jpg)
Phil Collins
![GRAGKED.COM 1976 PHIL COLLINS looks less like a member of one of the greatest British bands than someone who could hook you up with some good shit.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/2/2/873122.jpg)
Ty Burrell
![TY BURRELL IS BEST KNOWN AS AMERICA'S LOVABLY GOOFY DAD, PHIL DUNPHY... WHICH IS SURPRISING BECAUSE НЕ USED TO LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF GUY THAT WOULD BULLY PHIL DUNPHY. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/2/1/873121.jpg)
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Ryan Seacrest
![NOBODY COULD HAVE SEEN THAT THIS ADORABLY CHUNKY YOUNG RYAN SEACREST... WOULD GROW UP TO BE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND HARDWORKING PEOPLE IN SHOW BUSINESS. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/1/9/873119.jpg)
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Danny Devito
![DANNY DEVITO WAS A SUAVE LOOKIN' GUY BACK IN HIS YOUNG JERSEY DAYS... AND НЕ HAS ONLY CONTINUED TO GET BETTER WITH AGE, LIKE A FINE WINE. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/2/0/873120.jpg)
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Drew Carey
![BEFORE НЕ WAS EVERYONE'S SECOND FAVORITE THE PRICE IS RIGHT HOST... ERCY FO NIMALS M DREW CAREY WAS A TOUGH-AS-NAILS MARINE RESERVIST. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/1/8/873118.jpg)
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Prince
![CRACKED.COM Did PRINCE ever not look at his coolest? Roller skating in a Batman getup was probably what he did to wind down after his performances.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/1/6/873116.jpg)
David Attenborough
![Do you know how long DAVID ATTENBOROUGH has been telling you about Nature? We 'll tell you how long-it's been a goddamn long time. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/1/2/873112.jpg)
Matt Damon
![CRACKED.COM Behold the role which launched MATT DAMON's long and prolific acting career- Humpty Dumpty in a high school play.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/1/5/873115.jpg)
Samuel L. Jackson
![CRACKED.COM ANGELA SAMUEL L. JACKSON REE was a fierce civil rights activist in his youth-and he looked exactly how you'd picture Samuel L. Jackson as a fierce civil rights activist.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/1/7/873117.jpg)
Martha Stewart
![IN HER YOUNGER DAYS, MARTHA STEWART HAD A BOOMING MODELING CAREER. THESE DAYS SHE'S THE HEAD OF A BOOMING BUSINESS EMPIRE WORTH OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/1/4/873114.jpg)
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Tom Cruise
![THIS COCKY LITTLE GREASER IS ACTUALLY AWARD WINNING ACTOR TOM CRUISE... BEFORE НЕ HAD HIS MILLION DOLLAR HOLLYWOOD SMILE. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/1/3/873113.jpg)
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Stephen Colbert
![STEPHEN COLBERT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A PRETTY BUTTONED DOWN GUY NOW... BUT WAY WAY BACK IN THE 1980s, НЕ LOOKED LIKE THE KIND OF GUY WHO KNEW HOW TO PARTY. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/1/1/873111.jpg)
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