20 Actors Who Looked Exactly Like the People They Were Portraying 》

Let’s say you want to shoot a biopic about a famous historical person, what would be your process of casting the main actor(s)? Do you go just by their looks, or do you take into account their experience and skills? As the director, you’d have to thread carefully between those two options. However, sometimes adding just a touch of makeup can change a person from “Eh, I guess he looks like Freddy Mercury” to “Holy heavens, that’s Freddy!”

In Hollywood, biopics are considered to be the most difficult films to make, while also being the most rewarding, especially when done correctly. The main difficulty of making a successful biopic, aside from casting a perfect actor, is probably telling a coherent and engaging story. Thankfully, all those famous people usually have multiple books written about them, so it makes things easier. Anyway, here are 20 actors who looked exactly like the people they were portraying. I’m telling you, these pairings are uncanny!

Val Kilmer / Jim Morrison