Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

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Angelina Jolie - In the movie 'Salt,' the actress played a CIA agent who dresses as a man in a latex mask, nose, and fake ears.

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Angelina Jolie - In 'A Mighty Heart', the actress completely changed her appearance to take on the role of Mariane Pearl, a french journalist with Afro-Cuban roots.

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Gael García Bernal - In 'Bad Education,' the actor played Ángel, a young guy with a complicated past who pretends to be his transgender sister, Zahara, in order to get famous.

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Eddie Redmayne - The British actor played a transgender character called Lili, in 'The Danish Girl.'

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Elle Fanning - In '3 Generations', the actress played a teenager called Ray, who was born a girl but doesn't feel comfortable being female.

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Hillary Swank - The actress played a transgender character in 'Boys Don't Cry,' which won her an Oscar for Best Actress in 2000.

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Robin Williams - In the comedy 'Mrs. Doubtfire,' the talented actor had to play a woman.

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John Travolta - The heart-throb from Grease played a woman in 'Hairspray.'

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Dustin Hoffman - In the movie 'Tootsie,' which received 10 Oscar nominations, Dustin Hoffman played an out-of-work actor who dresses as a woman to get a role in a TV soap.

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Lena Headey - The actress plays Cersei Lannister, one of the most hated characters on 'Game of Thrones,' and has felt uncomfortable about the 'hate' that fans have for her.

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Lisa Kudrow - The actress who played Phoebe from 'Friends' in real life is the total opposite of her character!

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Meryl Streep - The award-winning actress played Miranda Priestly in 'The Devil Wears Prada,' a cut-throat boss who makes her new employee Andy (played by Anne Hathaway) suffer. The role is far from Streep's real self!

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Jack Gleeson - The actor plays the wicked Joffrey Baratheon from 'Game of Thrones,' which is a huge contrast to his sweet nature.

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Juliette Binoche - In 'The 33', the French actress played the Chilean Maria Segovia, who has darker skin. (Photo: CC BY 2.0)

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Johnny Depp - In 'The Lone Ranger' the actor plays an indigenous warrior.

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Joseph Fiennes - In the 'Urban Myths' episode 'Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon,' the British actor played Michael Jackson. This ended up being a very controversial role, receiving criticism even from Fiennes's family. (Photo: CC BY 2.0)

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Jim Sturgess - The movie '21' is based on the real story of Jeffrey Ma, a brilliant Chinese student. The main character was played by the British actor Jim Sturgess.

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Russell Crowe - In 'Noah' the actor from New Zealand played the biblical character who is supposedly from the Middle East. (Photo: CC BY 2.0)

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Christian Bale - Moses from 'Exodus: Gods and Kings,' who was supposedly a Middle Eastern character, was played by the British actor.

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Carey Mulligan - In 'Drive', the British actress played a latino character, Irina.

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Emma Stone - In 'Aloha', the actress played the Chinese-Hawaiian Allison Ng. (Photo: CC BY 2.0)

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Helen Mirren - The actress played Elizabeth II in 'The Queen.' Playing the British monarch, who is still alive today, was one of the actress's greatest challenges.

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Nicole Kidman - In the movie 'The Hours', the actress played Virginia Woolf, the writer who suffered from depression and suicidal tendancies.

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Marion Cotillard - The actress played the petite and delicate singer Edith Piaf, very different from Cotillard's taller frame in 'La Vie en Rose.'

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Gary Oldman - The British actor underwent an incredible transformation to play Winston Churchill in 'Darkest Hour.' This included shaving off his hair and working with an opera singer. (Photo: CC BY 2.0)

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Jared Leto - The actor played a transvestite character with HIV in 'Dallas Buyers Club,' which won him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

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Cate Blanchett - In 'I'm Not There', the actress played Jude Quinn, an actress who portrayed Bob Dylan from 1965–1966. (Photo: CC BY 2.0)

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Linda Hunt - The actress became known for playing the role of a male dwarf photographer in 'The Year of Living Dangerously,' and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

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Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

These actors took on roles which were completely the opposite of their usual characters

Actors who played roles outside their comfort zone

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To break free from typecasting and expand their acting repertoire, many actors have chosen to play roles which are completely the different to their normal characters. These parts could be different in terms of gender, race, or just personality.

See which actors have taken on roles out of their comfort zones!

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