Best Biopic Looky-Likey?

biscuitfactory · 11/07/13 - 14:55

I Just saw that picture on DS home page of David Bradley playing William Hartnell and I thought it was William Hartnell until I read the caption.
What a brilliant likeness!

Who do you think has got the look spot-on in a biopic?

( even though this is the tv forum,feel free to include movie biopics)

Phoenix04 · 11/07/13 - 15:05

Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, I believe he's played him a few times. Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde was also a good choice

biscuitfactory · 11/07/13 - 15:10

Andy Serkis was a pretty good likeness for Ian Dury,I thought.

Rorschach · 11/07/13 - 15:11

I thought the cast of "The Life of Brian: When Monty Python Took on God" was cast very well.

Particularly Steve Punt as Eric Idle and Charles Edwards as Michael Palin.

21stCenturyBoy · 11/07/13 - 15:12

Maxine Peake as Myra Hindley.

[Deleted User] · 11/07/13 - 15:13

From the trailers it looks like Helena Bonham Carter will make a convincing Liz Taylor and Douglas Booths portrayal of Boy George in Worried About the Boy was very good imo.
I've not seen the film get but Michael Douglas has received a great deal of praise for his role as Liberace.

Of course, it not just about looking exactly like someone, but playing the whole person.

solare · 11/07/13 - 15:13

Dominic West as Fred West.

gboy · 11/07/13 - 15:36

Geoffrey Hutchings as Sid James.

[Deleted User] · 11/07/13 - 15:38

Daniel Rigby was excellent as Eric Morecombe

woot_whoo · 11/07/13 - 15:59

Patrick Troughton as the Duke of Norfolk in Elizabeth R.

Stephen Murray as Francis Walsingham in Elizabeth R.

Bernard Hepton as Thomas Cranmer in Elizabeth R.

Helen Ryan as Queen Alexandra in Edward the Seventh.

Samantha Spiro as Barbara Windsor in Cor, Blimey!

Hilary Swank as Amelia Earheart was such a ringer that the film-makers were able to insert archive reel footage of the real Earheart into the actual film.

But the absolute best was Christina Chambers (on the right) as Jaclyn Smith in The Charlie's Angels Story. (Although I think only me and a cat in Durham ever actually watched this!)

The Wizard · 11/07/13 - 16:49

Phil Davies and Jason Issacs as Wilfred Brambell and Harry H Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe

squeekycheeks · 11/07/13 - 16:53

Andy Murray as Marlon Dingle in Emmerdale

biscuitfactory · 11/07/13 - 17:09

woot_whoo wrote: »

Patrick Troughton as the Duke of Norfolk in Elizabeth R.

Stephen Murray as Francis Walsingham in Elizabeth R.

Bernard Hepton as Thomas Cranmer in Elizabeth R.

Helen Ryan as Queen Alexandra in Edward the Seventh.

Samantha Spiro as Barbara Windsor in Cor, Blimey!

Hilary Swank as Amelia Earheart was such a ringer that the film-makers were able to insert archive reel footage of the real Earheart into the actual film.

But the absolute best was Christina Chambers (on the right) as Jaclyn Smith in The Charlie's Angels Story. (Although I think only me and a cat in Durham ever actually watched this!)[/QUOTE]

Lol!! I think you might be right about you and the cat!
But looking at that picture I would say the woman playing Kate Jackson is an even better look-a-like.
The one playing Farrah,however,is nowt like her.

And the Hilary Swank/ Amelia Earhart is spooky :eek:

Ladyxxmacbeth · 11/07/13 - 17:19

Sean Harris was pretty similar to Ian Brady and I agree with andy serkis bein Ian Dury

kimindex · 11/07/13 - 17:31

Kirk Douglas as Van Gogh in Lust for Life
http://www.clickautographs.com/photos/kirk_douglas_as_vincent.jpg

Robert Downey Jr as Charlie Chaplin
Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison

The Amelia Earheart one is uncanny!

woot_whoo · 11/07/13 - 17:38

biscuitfactory wrote: »

Lol!! I think you might be right about you and the cat!
But looking at that picture I would say the woman playing Kate Jackson is an even better look-a-like.
The one playing Farrah,however,is nowt like her.

And the Hilary Swank/ Amelia Earhart is spooky :eek:

Yeah, the Farrah Fawcett lookalike was the least convincing. In that picture, the woman playing Kate Jackson is a dead ringer, but she looked a bit less like her in the film (although she had the distinctive voice absolutely perfect). Christina Chambers had the voice and look of Jaclyn Smith down to such a tee I can recall wondering, at some points, if they'd somehow sneaked the original in, though! :eek:

Bagov · 11/07/13 - 17:51

Chris Hemsworth looks a superb match for James "the Shunt" Hunt in the upcoming movie "Rush".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Gulftastic · 11/07/13 - 17:58

kimindex wrote: »

Robert Downey Jr as Charlie Chaplin

Another one who was so good that they were able to slot footage of the real Chaplin into the film without it being jarring.

biscuitfactory · 11/07/13 - 18:04

Bagov wrote: »

Chris Hemsworth looks a superb match for James "the Shunt" Hunt in the upcoming movie "Rush".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979320/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Yeah,that's a pretty good likeness

mel_drew · 11/07/13 - 18:10

Oliver Lansley was very good as Kenny Everett.

And a nod to Andy Serkis as King Kong. Uncanny resemblance.

biscuitfactory · 11/07/13 - 18:14

I think Toby Jones in "Infamous" was a much better Truman Capote lookalike than Philip Seymour Hoffman was in "Capote".

Toby Jones;
http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2006_Infamous/006INF_Toby_Jones_030.jpg

Philip Seymour Hoffman;
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/Philip-Seymour-Hoffman-Capote.1.jpg

Capote himself;
http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/C/Truman-Capote-9237547-1-402.jpg

degsyhufc · 11/07/13 - 20:31

biscuitfactory wrote: »

I think Toby Jones in "Infamous" was a much better Truman Capote lookalike than Philip Seymour Hoffman was in "Capote".

Toby Jones;
http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2006_Infamous/006INF_Toby_Jones_030.jpg

Philip Seymour Hoffman;
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/Philip-Seymour-Hoffman-Capote.1.jpg

Capote himself;
http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/C/Truman-Capote-9237547-1-402.jpg

Watched Sherlock 2 last night and had never heard of Jared Harris before but looking at that pic of Capote I think with a bit of a makeover Harris could pull that role off.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=&q=jared+harris&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=f8HeUYbTBYiH0AWSiICACA&biw=1123&bih=677&sei=gsHeUZa2GsPv0gXc0YGYAg

Similar eyes and mouth

degsyhufc · 11/07/13 - 20:32

darthbibble wrote: »

Daniel Rigby was excellent as Eric Morecombe

That's the one I was going to post. He was very good in the role. Yuo just have to put the awful BT ads out of your head.

[Deleted User] · 11/07/13 - 20:42

degsyhufc wrote: »

That's the one I was going to post. He was very good in the role. Yuo just have to put the awful BT ads out of your head.

I only saw it about a month or so ago. But I expected him to be good after beating Benedict Cumberbatch and Matt Smith to the BAFTA. He was even better than I expected!

Dr. Otterbland · 11/07/13 - 20:55

You lot must have crap TVs or bad eyesight, most of those mentioned were woeful impersonations

Peake looked nothing like Hindley, the guy playing Sid James... ditto, Kenny Everett...crap, they all had A resemblance and inhabited the character well with a fair degree of imagination and suspension of disbelief by the viewer, but they were piss-poor lookee-likees.

biscuitfactory · 11/07/13 - 21:52

Dr. Otterbland wrote: »

You lot must have crap TVs or bad eyesight, most of those mentioned were woeful impersonations

Peake looked nothing like Hindley, the guy playing Sid James... ditto, Kenny Everett...crap, they all had A resemblance and inhabited the character well with a fair degree of imagination and suspension of disbelief by the viewer, but they were piss-poor lookee-likees.

I feel I must agree with this post.

When I started this thread what I had in mind was really close physical resemblances - so good that you have to remind yourself that it isn't the actual person.

I think the winner so far has got to be Hilary Swank as Amelia Earheart.

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