10 Actors You Didn't Know Played TWO Characters On TV Shows

10. Donald Glover - Atlanta

Donald Glover serves as not only the creator of FX's hit show Atlanta but also the star, playing downtrodden protagonist Earnest Marks across the series' two seasons to date.

But Glover also played a secret second character in the show's legendary season two episode "Teddy Perkins" - the creepy title character, in fact.

The episode sees Darius (Lakeith Stanfield) visiting Perkins to pick up a valuable piano, and in addition to being depicted as a deeply eccentric recluse, Perkins also touts peculiar, uncanny facial features not unlike those of a late-period Michael Jackson.

As it turns out, Perkins is actually played by Glover himself underneath a mountain of extremely convincing "whiteface" makeup.

Yet between the incredible physical transformation and his affected voice, many fans had no idea it was Glover at all, and even actor Derrick Haywood, who played Teddy's brother in the episode, didn't have a clue he was working opposite Glover.

To further sell the trickery, Glover wasn't credited for the part, with Perkins instead billed as played by "himself." Brilliant.