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See How Similar Oscar Nominated Actors Look to the Real Life Characters They Played

See How Similar Oscar Nominated Actors Look to the Real Life Characters They Played

The Wolf of Wall Street — Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall StreetParamount; Courtesy Jordan Belfort

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Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in 12 Years A Slave Fox Searchlight Pictures; The Granger Collection, NYC

American Hustle — Christian Bale as Irving Rosenfeld (based on Melvin Weinberg) in American Hustle Columbia; G Paul Burnett—AP

Captain Phillips — Tom Hanks as Richard Phillips in Captain Phillips Columbia; U.S. Navy—Getty Images

Dallas Buyers Club — Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club Anne Marie Fox—Focus Features; John F. Rhodes—The Dallas Morning News/Corbis

Philomena — Judi Dench as Philomena Lee in Philomena Weinstein Co.; Niall Carson—PA

The Wolf of Wall Street — Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street Paramount; Courtesy Jordan Belfort

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