Actors Who Look Almost Exactly Like Their Character

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Jim Morrison played by Val Kilmer in The Doors
Whoever was in charge of casting the actors for these roles clearly did a great job.

Sarah Palin played by Julianne Moore in Game Change

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Mahatma Gandhi played by Ben Kingsley in Gandhi

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Aileen Wuornos played by Charlize Theron in Monster

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John F Kennedy played by Greg Kinnear in The Kennedys

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Abraham Lincoln played by Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln

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Truman Capote played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote

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James Dean played by James Franco in James Dean

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Marilyn Monroe played by Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn

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Jimi Hendrix played by André Benjamin in Jimi: All Is by My Side

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Catherine Hepburn played by Cate Blanchett in The Aviator

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Charlie Chaplin played by Robert Downey, Jr. in Chaplin

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Margaret Thatcher played by Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady

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Nelson Mandela played by Morgan Freeman in Invictus

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Muhammad Ali played by Will Smith in Ali

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Ray Charles played by Jamie Foxx in Ray

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Sid Vicious played by Gary Oldman in Sid and Nancy

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Walt Disney played by Tom Hanks in Saving Mr. Banks

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James Hunt played by Chris Hemsworth in Rush

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Édith Piaf played by Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose

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Idi Amin played by Forest Whitaker in The Last King Of Scotland

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Princess Diana played by Naomi Watts in Diana

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Harvey Milk played by Sean Penn in Milk

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Malcolm X played by Denzel Washington in Malcolm X

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Queen Elizabeth II played by Helen Mirren in The Queen

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Bob Dylan played by Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There

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Joan Jett played by Kristen Stewart in The Runaways

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