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
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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