7 Actors Who Masterfully Played Famous People In Movies
Being an actor is to convince the audience that the characters you portray are as real as the audience. But what’s more challenging is to play a real-life character who is known to almost everyone around the world. In order to provide flawless depictions of these famous figures, actors put in a lot of work. From getting the particular character's lifestyle, costumes, and body language, everything is studied carefully because even the smallest detail may cost big at the box office.
But how many actors can portray well the famous people in movies? We’ve compiled a list of the most accurate real-life portrayals ever shown on screen. Let's compare some of them with their real-life counterparts and see if these actors played enough perfectly or not:
In 1982, the movie "Gandhi" was released to honor Mahatma Gandhi. And actor Ben Kingsley played perfectly the role of Gandhi in this movie. And for which he subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
The film earned high reviews and it topped multiple top ten film lists of 2007, including The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Salon, and The Boston Globe. Cate Blanchett's performance earned her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
The film earned $150 million worldwide and garnered good reviews from reviewers, with many hailing Gary Oldman's performances. The film earned Oldman the Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
In 2002, "Frida" directed by Julie Taymor depicted the professional and private life of this talented artist. The movie received much praise from critics and was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two for Best Makeup and Best Original Score. The success of the movie is thanks to the efforts of the filmmakers and the main actress Salma Hayek.
The film became the highest-grossing musical biographical film of all time and the sixth highest-grossing movie of 2018. Though the film garnered mixed reviews overall, many praised Rami Malek's performance. He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film.
But how many actors can portray well the famous people in movies? We’ve compiled a list of the most accurate real-life portrayals ever shown on screen. Let's compare some of them with their real-life counterparts and see if these actors played enough perfectly or not:
#1 Ben Kingsley As Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi In "Gandhi" (1982)
In 1982, the movie "Gandhi" was released to honor Mahatma Gandhi. And actor Ben Kingsley played perfectly the role of Gandhi in this movie. And for which he subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
#2 Cate Blanchett As Bob Dylan In "I'm Not There" (2007)
The film earned high reviews and it topped multiple top ten film lists of 2007, including The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Salon, and The Boston Globe. Cate Blanchett's performance earned her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
#3 Eddie Redmayne As Stephen Hawking In "The Theory Of Everything" (2014)
#4 Gary Oldman As Winston Churchill In "Darkest Hour" (2017)
The film earned $150 million worldwide and garnered good reviews from reviewers, with many hailing Gary Oldman's performances. The film earned Oldman the Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
#5 Salma Hayek As Frida Kahlo In "Frida" (2002)
In 2002, "Frida" directed by Julie Taymor depicted the professional and private life of this talented artist. The movie received much praise from critics and was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two for Best Makeup and Best Original Score. The success of the movie is thanks to the efforts of the filmmakers and the main actress Salma Hayek.
#6 Andre 3000 As Jimi Hendrix In "Jimi: All Is By My Side" (2013)
#7 Rami Malek As Freddie Mercury In "Bohemian Rhapsody" (2018)
The film became the highest-grossing musical biographical film of all time and the sixth highest-grossing movie of 2018. Though the film garnered mixed reviews overall, many praised Rami Malek's performance. He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film.
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