30 actors and famous people they played in movies (31 photos)

Casting is an incredibly important part of making a film based on real events. Of course, good acting is important above all, but actors also need to be at least a little like the person they are playing. Because often viewers do not notice minor historical inconsistencies, but they will definitely criticize the actors if they do not resemble their real prototypes. However, this certainly does not apply to the actors on this list - after all, they are the best of the best!





1. Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela in the movie Invictus



2. Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles in the movie "Ray"





3. Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody



4. Robert Downey Jr. as Charlie Chaplin in the film "Chaplin"



5. Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos in Monster



6. Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in the movie Lincoln



7. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones as Stephen Hawking and his wife Jane Wilde in the film “Stephen Hawking Universe”



8. Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde



9. Denzel Washington as Malcolm X in the movie Malcolm X



10. Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in The Doors



11. Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in the film Gandhi



12. Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood



13. Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady



14. Meryl Streep as Julia Child in the movie “Julie and Julia: A Recipe for Happiness”



15. Gary Oldman as Ludwig Van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved



16. Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line



17. Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida



18. Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix in Jimi: Everyone Is By My Side



19. Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen



20. Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote in the film Capote



21. Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer in the TV series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”



22. Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in the movie “42”



23. Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I in the film Elizabeth



24. Angela Bassett as Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It?



25. Adrien Brody as Salvador Dali in the film “Midnight in Paris”



26. Jason Scott Lee as Bruce Lee in the film “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”



27. Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan in I'm Not There



28. Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler in the film “Bunker”



29. Tom Hanks as Captain Chesley Sullenberger in Miracle on the Hudson



30. Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart in the movie Amelia