#1 Rami Malek As Freddie Mercury In “Bohemian Rhapsody”
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#2 Eddie Redmayne And Felicity Jones As Stephen Hawking With His Wife Jane Wilde In “The Theory Of Everything”
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#3 Daniel Day-Lewis As Abraham Lincoln In “Lincoln”
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#4 Morgan Freeman As Nelson Mandela In “Invictus”
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#5 Jamie Foxx As Ray Charles In “Ray”
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#6 Philip Seymour Hoffman As Truman Capote In “Capote”
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#7 Evan Peters As Jeffrey Dahmer In “Dahmer”
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#8 Joaquin Phoenix As Johnny Cash In “Walk The Line”
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#9 Salma Hayek As Frida In “Frida”
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#10 André 3000 As Jimi Hendrix In “Jimi: All Is By My Side”
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#11 Helen Mirren As Queen Elizabeth II In “The Queen”
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#12 Cate Blanchett As Queen Elizabeth I In “Elizabeth”
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#13 Robert Downey Jr. As Charlie Chaplin In “Chaplin”
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#14 Angela Bassett As Tina Turner In “What’s Love Got To Do With It”
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#15 Adrien Brody As Salvador Dalí In “Midnight In Paris”
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#16 Cate Blanchett As Bob Dylan In “I’m Not There”
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#17 Bruno Ganz As Adolf Hitler In “Downfall”
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#18 Tom Hanks As Captain Chesley Sullenberger In “Sully”
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#19 Jason Scott Lee As Bruce Lee In “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”
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#20 Stephen Fry As Oscar Wilde In “Wilde”
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title: “20 Actors Who Played Historical People In Movies And Their Real Life Counterparts” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-13” author: “Edna Hazan”
#1 Rami Malek As Freddie Mercury In “Bohemian Rhapsody”
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#2 Eddie Redmayne And Felicity Jones As Stephen Hawking With His Wife Jane Wilde In “The Theory Of Everything”
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#3 Daniel Day-Lewis As Abraham Lincoln In “Lincoln”
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#4 Morgan Freeman As Nelson Mandela In “Invictus”
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#5 Jamie Foxx As Ray Charles In “Ray”
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#6 Philip Seymour Hoffman As Truman Capote In “Capote”
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#7 Evan Peters As Jeffrey Dahmer In “Dahmer”
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#8 Joaquin Phoenix As Johnny Cash In “Walk The Line”
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#9 Salma Hayek As Frida In “Frida”
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#10 André 3000 As Jimi Hendrix In “Jimi: All Is By My Side”
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#11 Helen Mirren As Queen Elizabeth II In “The Queen”
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#12 Cate Blanchett As Queen Elizabeth I In “Elizabeth”
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#13 Robert Downey Jr. As Charlie Chaplin In “Chaplin”
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#14 Angela Bassett As Tina Turner In “What’s Love Got To Do With It”
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#15 Adrien Brody As Salvador Dalí In “Midnight In Paris”
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#16 Cate Blanchett As Bob Dylan In “I’m Not There”
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#17 Bruno Ganz As Adolf Hitler In “Downfall”
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#18 Tom Hanks As Captain Chesley Sullenberger In “Sully”
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#19 Jason Scott Lee As Bruce Lee In “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”
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#20 Stephen Fry As Oscar Wilde In “Wilde”
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