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

  • Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in 12 Years A Slave
    Fox Searchlight Pictures; The Granger Collection, NYC
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  • Christian Bale as Irving Rosenfeld (based on Melvin Weinberg) in American Hustle
    Columbia; G Paul Burnett—AP
    2 of 6
  • Tom Hanks as Richard Phillips in Captain Phillips
    Columbia; U.S. Navy—Getty Images
    3 of 6
  • Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club
    Anne Marie Fox—Focus Features; John F. Rhodes—The Dallas Morning News/Corbis
    4 of 6
  • Judi Dench as Philomena Lee in Philomena
    Weinstein Co.; Niall Carson—PA
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  • Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street
    Paramount; Courtesy Jordan Belfort
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By TIME Photo
February 27, 2014 3:55 PM EST

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