Men, have you ever grown a beard and discovered a ‘’new you’’? Or do you know someone who has transformed into an entirely different person as a result of a minor change in their look?
Any of us can admit that even slight physical changes can have a huge impact on how we look. Aside from showing up fashionable and cool, growing a beard has a number of advantages, like protecting you from harmful UV rays and keeping you warm during the winter day. Although a beard might make you appear cooler, not everyone looks great with a beard. This change in your face may make you look a bit older than you really are.
In this post, we're excited to introduce 10 world-famous men who grew beards and transformed into wholly different people. Which one of these celebs surprised you the most?
#1 Colin Firth
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Colin Andrew Firth is a British actor who has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In the 2011 Queen Elizabeth II Birthday Honours, Firth was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his contributions to drama. In the same year, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and named to Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most important people.
#2 Chris Pine
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Chris Pine is an American actor who is well-known for his roles in Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek Beyond, Unstoppable, Into the Woods, and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Chris Pine also made appearances on the comedy series Angie Tribeca and the comedy series Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later in 2017.
#3 Jack Black
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Thomas Jacob Black is an actor, comedian, musician, and songwriter from the United States. In addition to his involvement in the Jumanji franchise, Black has appeared in the films High Fidelity (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), Orange County (2002), School of Rock (2003), Envy (2004), The Holiday (2006), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bernie (2011), and The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018). For his roles in School of Rock and Bernie, he received Golden Globe nominations, and in 2018, he was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
#4 Jared Leto
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Jared Joseph Leto is an actor, musician, and vocalist from the United States. He won multiple awards throughout his three-decade career, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award, for his method acting in a range of roles. As a member of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, he is also known for his musicianship and unique stage style.
#5 Jeff Bridges
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Jeffrey Leon Bridges is an actor from the United States. Known for his versatility, he has won numerous awards throughout the course of his seven-decade career, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Bridges "may be the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived," according to critic Pauline Kael.
#6 Justin Theroux
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Justin Paul Theroux is an actor and filmmaker from the United States. He rose to fame after collaborating with director David Lynch on the films Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2006). He also starred in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), American Psycho (2000), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Strangers with Candy (2005), Wanderlust (2012), The Girl on the Train (2016), The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), On the Basis of Sex (2018), and Lady and the Tramp (2019).
#7 Mark Ruffalo
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Mark Alan Ruffalo is an actor from the United States. He began acting in the early 1990s and bacame famous after appearing in Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1998) and the drama film You Can Count On Me (2000). Ruffalo has been nominated for at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award over his career, making him one of only a few artists to have been nominated for all four prizes.
#8 Robert Downey Jr.
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Robert John Downey Jr. is an actor and producer from the United States. His early career was marked by critical and popular success, followed by a period of substance misuse and legal issues, and then a comeback of commercial success later in his career. Downey was elected one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2008, and Forbes labeled him Hollywood's highest-paid actor from 2013 to 2015.
#9Samuel L. Jackson
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Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American actor who was born on December 21, 1948. He is one of the most well-known performers of his generation, and the films in which he has acted have made over $27 billion globally, making him the highest-grossing actor of all time (excluding cameo appearances and voice roles).
#10 Steve Carell
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Steven John Carell is an actor and comedian from the United States. Carell starred as Michael Scott in NBC's version of Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais' British comedy The Office (2005–2011; 2013), in which he also served as an occasional producer, writer, and director. Carell has won numerous awards for his work in film and television, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for The Office.