8 Actors You Didn't Recognise Under Incredible Make-Up

By J.D. Westfall / April 21, 2013

3. Anthony Hopkins In Hitchcock

When creating a new character, one has considerable freedom when determining how that character should look. A bigger challenge? Making a current actor look like a real person, one that many many people are familiar with. This was the challenge facing the makeup crew of Hitchcock, the biopic of the infamous director. While not a perfect likeness, it's very impressive considering this is the canvas they had to work with...

While the crew was rightfully nominated for an Oscar for their work on the film, they did lose out to Les Miserables, which had considerably more characters to work on. Still, for one single person, this was perhaps the best makeup work of the year.