Actors that you did not recognize right away in films

[Tol]

Steve Carell in Foxcatcher

Didn't recognize Michael Biehn in Mandalorian season 2 at first, because it's been awhile.

Harold Ramis in Year One. RIP.

(Post GoT realization) Stephen Dillane aka Stannis the Mannis as Merlin in King Arthur 2004.

Joel Edgerton in Exodus: Gods and Kings

Chris Pine in Smokin' Aces

And if I'm being honest, Nicholas Hoult in Mad Max: Fury Road

 

[revoltub]

Took me several minutes to recognize Cameron Diaz in being John Malchovich.

 

[Escabar]

Already mentioned Gary Oldman in Hannibal.

 

[pv3Hpv3p]

Christopher Meloni in Harold & Kumar

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Donnie wahlberg in the sixth sense.

 

[ThinkGreen]

Billy Bob Thorton in Tombstone comes to mind.

 

[djacobox372]

Benicio del Toro looks like a different person in Sin City... if not for his voice, I wouldn't have known it was him.

 

[Holic]

Frank Langella as skeletor still blows my goddamned mind

 

[Tone C]

Definitely Tom Cruise in tropic thunder. Took at least two scenes for me to recognize him at first. Then I couldn’t not see it.

Lol , there was something I thought was familiar about him , when we got to the end of the film I said he reminded me of someone and my wife looked at me like I'd just admitted to liking sex with hedgehogs and went.." That was Tom Cruise..."

 

[Satsui Ryu]

Watching the movie Zodiac I was pretty surprised when I realized one of the cops was Elias Koteas who played Casey Jones in the TNMT movie. And keeping with TNMT, not a movie, but my mind was fucking blown when I found out Uncle Phil was the voice of shredder in the TNMT cartoon.

 

[FyrFytr998]

The Rock as the main voice of this movie.....doesn’t sound anything like him.

 

[dracul]

just found out the CSI ginger guy is the same guy from rambo first blood... the police officer who was trying them to take it easy

 

[sleepwalk]

Did not recognize Lost/Taken's Maggie Grace when I first saw her on Fear the Walking Dead.

 

[DaleBoca]

How would you not recognize them when you know you’re going to go watch one of their movies?

 

[Protegejoe296]

Before I saw the credits, I didn't recognize Danny DeVito in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. I was used to seeing him older and having less hair. I knew the voice was familiar, but couldn't place it until the credits.

 

[Brother Numsi]

Donnie wahlberg in the sixth sense.

This

 

[John Mabrey]

just found out the CSI ginger guy is the same guy from rambo first blood... the police officer who was trying them to take it easy

Ah yea I saw that again recently, it was caruso

 

[John Mabrey]

Did not recognize Lost/Taken's Maggie Grace when I first saw her on Fear the Walking Dead.

Ugh what is with that haircut

 

[GSP_37]

The bad ass cowboy in Paramount's Yellowstone who has sexual relations with super hot naked Kelly Reilly, who is also the drug lord in 2 Fast 2 Furious.

 

[sleepwalk]

just found out the CSI ginger guy is the same guy from rambo first blood... the police officer who was trying them to take it easy

Ah yea I saw that again recently, it was caruso

You mean the parking lot attendant who let Danny Devito steal Beetroot McKinley's car in Twins?