10 Actors Who Made Sure They Weren't Seen In TV Shows

10. Donald Glover - Atlanta

Small-screen transformations don't get much more drastic than Donald Glover's, er, "makeover" to play Michael Jackson-esque recluse Teddy Perkins in Atlanta's eponymously-titled second season episode.

Glover wore extensive makeup and prosthetics to play the part in "whiteface," received no formal credit for the role, and even went to the extreme of staying in makeup and in character for the duration of shooting.

As a result, fellow cast members Derrick Haywood and Lakeith Stanfield didn't know he was playing the part.

Hilariously, Glover even created a backstory for "Teddy" which he fed to a blissfully ignorant Stanfield. Episode director Hiro Murai was however aware of the ruse, and described staring into Glover's disguised face as "uncanny and unsettling."

At once an ingenious subversion of historical Hollywood racism and a genuinely creepy character in his own right, Glover's decision to disappear into Teddy beyond all recognition was an absolute masterstroke.