30 Actors, Unrecognizable In These Roles
The most recognizable faces in Hollywood get uglied up for the sake of stealthiness.
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Whether it be their humble beginnings, or surprise cameos -- you've probably seen more of your most beloved pop culture icons than you realize. We asked our readers to show us the most mind-blowing and unrecognizable appearances from some of our favorite stars. Winner is below, but first the runners-up ...
![Before Breaking Bad... Before Malcolm in the Middle... Bryan Cranston was Jerryi's dentist. CRAGKEDCONI](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/7/6/199476.jpg?v=1)
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![Vincent D Onofrio Full Metal Jacket Adventures in Babysitting CRACKED COM Men in Black](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/8/3/199283.jpg?v=1)
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![Sean Bean played But most shockingly ALERT) a transvestite (SPOILER called Tracie in he/she doesn't die! The Accused'](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/9/199279.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKED.COM This fierce Klingon Warrior with the Pain Stick was played by ... John Tesh](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/7/199277.jpg?v=1)
![Emmy Award winner James Whitmore played a variety of roles in his life. He is probably best known for playing Brooks Hatlen in The Shawshank Redemptio](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/5/199275.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKED The hitchhiker in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was played by Tabey dagan](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/3/199273.jpg?v=1)
![Tim Curry played Nigel Thornberry for all 5 seasons of The Wild Thornberrys. Smashing, indeed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/2/199272.jpg?v=1)
![Shlubb in 'Sin City' is Ron Freaking Swanson! GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/1/199271.jpg?v=1)
![Everybody knows that Kevin Peter Hall played the Predator. Did you know he's also the helicopter pilot at the end of the movie? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/0/199270.jpg?v=1)
![The blind preacher from Little Nicky was played by Quentin Tarantino CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/7/199267.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKED COM Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys & Needles from Back to the Future](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/6/199266.jpg?v=1)
![Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead, starring Simon Pegg, is both an homage to, and a parody of, the films of George Romero. Romero was a such a fan, t](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/5/199265.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKED.OON Same Guy](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/3/199263.jpg?v=1)
![THIS IS JANINE, SIMON PEGG'S GIRLFRIEND IN HOT FUzZ, WHO BREAKS UP WITH HIM FOR ANOTHER MEMBER OF HER FORENSIC UNIT. OR CATE BLANCHETT, FOR SHORT. CRA](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/2/199262.jpg?v=1)
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![James Stewart as Wylie Burp in his final film 66 0 CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/7/199257.jpg?v=1)
![Did you know Dick Van Dyke had TWO roles in Mary Poppins? Um.... Wot?? As Bert AND the old banker. Fiddlesticks! Thankfully, his old accent was much](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/5/199255.jpg?v=1)
![David Duchovny (The X-Files) may have hosted soft-core adult series Redshoe Diaries but with his character in Twin Peaks he surely could have submitte](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/4/199254.jpg?v=1)
![n the Steven Spielberg movie Hook This poor pirate, whom Captain Sook tortured was played by... actress Glenn Close! CRACKEDCOMT](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/2/199252.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKEDCON Before he was Hellboy, Ron Perlman became accustomed to sitting in al makeup chair for long hours preparing for his role ofvincent on the 1](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/1/199251.jpg?v=1)
![CRACKED.COM CCH Pounder, of WAREHQUSE 18 and LAW & ORDER fame, was also thE oICE of Queen Mo'at in AVATAR](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/0/199250.jpg?v=1)
![Although not famous actors, ex NFL Star Hines Ward and Scott lan of Anthrax, 86 have both played zombies on AMC'S The Walking Dead. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/4/9/199249.jpg?v=1)
![He made what is widely considered to be the greatest movie of all time. His final role was as a planet that ate Transformers. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/4/5/199245.jpg?v=1)
![the Animal III) Boris (MIB Recognise him? No, I didn't elther. Jermaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/4/6/199246.jpg?v=1)
![Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had a large number of guest stars. Including Iggy Pop.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/7/8/199278.jpg?v=1)
![Peter Jackson CRACKEDCON](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/4/4/199244.jpg?v=1)
![This guy drowning in the surf in the music video for Billy Joel's Second Wind? That's Adam Savage, from the MythBusiers as he leoked in 1995. CRACKE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/7/5/199475.jpg?v=1)