--- title: 30 Celebrities That Look Completely Different With Beards description: From Stephen Colbert to Brad Pitt, see how different your favorite celebrities can look with just a little bit of facial hair canonical: https://time.com/3898489/celebrity-beards/ author: Joseph C. 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