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'Elysium' Star Matt Damon Looks Nothing Like Matt Damon In These Movies

Matt Damon is one of the most recognizable actors in Hollywood... except when he's not. In his new sci-fi film Elysium, Damon rocks a shaved head and some intense robotics attached to his body. Since this is a big departure from how Matt Damon typically looks on the red carpet and in real life (you know, adorable) we take a look back on some of the films where Damon really played against type. See if you can tell that it's actually Matt Damon in the following films.

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by Kaitlin Reilly

Such a Chameleon

Matt Damon is one of the most recognizable actors in Hollywood... except when he's not. In his new sci-fi film Elysium, Damon rocks a shaved head and some intense robotics attached to his body. Since this is a big departure from how Matt Damon typically looks on the red carpet and in real life (you know, adorable) we take a look back on some of the films where Damon really played against type. See if you can tell that it's actually Matt Damon in the following films.

Image: TriStar Pictures

'The Informant!' (2009)

Steven Soderbergh's film about a man who acts as an FBI informant won rave reviews for Matt Damon. But that pornstache he sports in the movie? Well, that we could have done without.

Image: Warner Bros.

'EuroTrip' (2004)

It wasn't just Scotty who didn't know that it was Matt Damon who made the cameo as the bad boy rocker in this raunchy comedy, many of us were surprised.

Image: Dreamworks SKG

'Behind the Candelabra' (2013)

Basically no one in this film looked anything like they typically do, but that's what happens when you star in a Liberace biopic. Matt Damon plays Scott Thorson, Liberace's lover, alongside Michael Douglas as Liberace.

Image: HBO Films

'True Grit' (2010)

Those sideburns! That 'stache! That cowboy hat! As Texas Ranger LeBoeuf in this Western drama from the Coen brothers, Damon is barely recognizable.

Image: Paramount Pictures

'Happy Feet Two' (2011)

Shockingly, Bill the Krill was played by Matt Damon in the sequel to the "dancing penguin" film Happy Feet. I know, I'm amazed, too — that barely looks like Matt Damon.

Image: Warner Bros.

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