10 Actors Who Are Unrecognisable In Upcoming Movies

10. Bradley Cooper - Maestro

Bradley Cooper is currently shooting his biopic of legendary composer Leonard Bernstein, where Cooper pulls quadruple duty as co-writer, director, producer, and star, playing Bernstein himself through various periods of his life.

Cooper looks relatively recognisable as a young Bernstein - his appearance altered primarily by a prosthetic nose, which has itself already proven controversial - but becomes basically unidentifiable while playing him during his later years.

The makeup job to have Cooper resemble someone roughly two decades his senior is nothing short of astonishing, and makes it damn-near certain that Maestro will at least receive an Oscar nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling in 2024.

Looking at not only Cooper's face but even his hands and arms, an extensive effort has clearly been made to convince audiences that they're looking at a septuagenarian man, and it totally works.

With the Academy's noted love of both radical physical transformations and performances based on real people, Cooper should be considered a strong contender for 2024's Best Actor Oscar already.