Here's What These 16 Famous Bald Actors Looked Like When They Had Hair

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Bruce Willis (head that's bare) Willis' head was just made to be shaved. Lucky dude ... lucky dude. Jim Spellman/WireImage

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (head of hair) These days, it's an unfamiliar sight. While we like the Rock as a grimy-haired Hercules, we're just not used to any length of mane. E. Charbonneau/WireImage for Sony Pictures-Los Angeles

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The Rock (head that's bare) Not only is the Rock, somehow, even better looking buzzed, he also, somehow, pulls off the subbled goatee. Not an easy feat. Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

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Samuel L. Jackson (head of hair) Here's Jackson in 1994, looking almost exactly the same as Jackson in any other decade. The man just does not age. Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage

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Samuel L. Jackson (head that's bare) Jackson only two years later. We see you now, Nick Fury. Ron Galella/WireImage

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Jason Statham (head of hair) Statham in 2005's Revolver. Seriously, who is that man? IMDB

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Jason Statham (head that's bare) Like Willis, Statham has been blessed with the kind of head that is never conspicuous hairless. Quite the opposite, in fact. JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images

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Woody Harrelson (head of hair) Here's Harrelson in 1986, looking much less like the villainous/anti-hero character's he's been in the habit of playing lately. NBC - Getty Images

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Woody Harrelson (head that's bare) One does not simply hunt zombies or genetically-modified "monkeys" with a full head of hair. Jon Kopaloff - Getty Images

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Vin Diesel (head of hair) Diesel in 2006's Find Me Guilty. This has to be photoshopped, right? Twentieth Century Fox

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Vin Diesel (head that's bare) Diesel is third "Fast and Furious" entry on this list. Is this the era of the bald action man? Anthony Harvey/Getty Images

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Terry Crews (head of hair) Maybe it's the flat bangs buzz, but something doesn't feel quite right. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

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Terry Crews (head that's bare) There he is! And like the Rock, Terry pulls off the bald plus goatee. Steve Granitz/WireImage

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Patrick Stewart (head of hair) Here's Stewart in 1975 and on some strange planet where the Captain has been forced to grow hair to blend in. IMDB

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Patrick Stewart (head that's bare) Stewart returned to his normal form. SGranitz/WireImage

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J.K. Simmons (head of hair) It's hard to find any evidence that J.K Simmons once had hair, and, yes, we know this is probably not his hair. But it's as close as we can get without digging into his yearbook. Zade Rosenthal

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J.K. Simmons (head mostly bare) We don't care if you're rushing or dragging, but if you don't think Simmons owns the bald look, you can get the hell out of this band. Karl Walter/Getty Images

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Michael Keaton (head of hair) Here's Keaton on with Jay Leno in 1991, but somehow still in 1985. Alice S. Hall/NBC/NBCU

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Michael Keaton (head mostly bare) Balding Michael Keaton we think is the best Michael Keaton look. John Shearer - Getty Images

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Stanley Tucci (head of hair) Here's Tucci in the first Captain America. You can already see beneath his wispy hair a head that was always made to be bald. Paramount Pictures

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Stanley Tucci (head that's bare) The bald makes the look. And the glasses are a stylish compliment. Karwai Tang/WireImage

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Laurence Fishburne (head of hair) Fishburne has done almost every combination of beard and facial hair. But we're guessing this isn't the one you're most familiar with. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

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Laurence Fishburne (head that's bare) Here he is. Morpheus, er, we mean, Fishburne, in 2001. Peter Carrette Archive/Getty Images

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Channing Tatum (head of hair) Tatum's a handsome man no matter what he does with his head. The hair styled in front doesn't hurt, but we think there's a better look. JB Lacroix/ WireImage

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Channing Tatum (head that's bare) Okay, here us out. It's a a controversial opinion, we know, but we like fully clean shaven Tatum. Here he is in Coach Carter lookinglike a young Brad Pitt. (We do like Pitt better with hair, though). IMDB

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Zach Galifianakis (head of hair) With Galifianakis, we're here for the beard. But we like one particular variation . . . Christopher Polk/Getty Images

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Zach Galifianakis (head that's bare) And all of a sudden, Galifianakis could be your next "Fast and Furious" entry. Or Bond villain. Either way, we like it. Melinda Sue Gordon - 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Legendary Pictures

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John Malkovich (head of hair) Malkovich in 1985. Something here feels ... off. Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage

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John Malkovich (head that's bare) He's still got some weird scarf pattern wrapped around his neck. But we think his head is looking much better. Vera Anderson/WireImage

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Mark Strong (head of hair) Strong in Zero Dark Thirty. You're probably thinking, who the heck is this guy? ... IMDB

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Mark Strong (head that's bare) For Strong, the shave really maketh the man. JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images

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John Travolta (head of hair) Who's would John Travolta be without his Grease lightening gelled back mane? Epsilon - Getty Images

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John Travolta (head that's bare) No it's not for a role or anything, the actor decided to shave his head "on a whim". Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin - Getty Images

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Billy Joel (head of hair) Singer Billy Joel debuted onto the scene in the '80s with songs like Piano Man and a full head of hair. Ann Clifford - Getty Images

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Billy Joel (head that's bare) While he's still performing his classics on stage, he's doing it sans hair. He has, however, acquired some new facial hair. D Dipasupil - Getty Images

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Howie Mandel (head of hair) It was the '80s man, no one had yet to embrace the bald life and the mullet was still trending. Donaldson Collection - Getty Images

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Howie Mandel (head that's bare) Howie Mandel initially shaved his head to deal to keep his mental health in check as he battled OCD and anxiety, but it soon turned into the Deal or No Deal judge's signature look. Phillip Faraone - Getty Images

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Taye Diggs (head of hair) Thankfully, we can still recognize Taye Diggs by his thousand-watt smile, but the actor looks dramatically different with a head of hair. Ron Galella - Getty Images

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Taye Diggs (head that's bare) There he is. Taye Diggs decided not to fight the inevitable and shaved it off when he realized he was loosing his hair. "So as soon as I saw those corners inching towards the back of my head, I took it all offas opposed to just watching the hair fade away," Diggs told Men's Health in 2015. Gregg DeGuire - Getty Images

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Ben Kingsley (head of hair) Ben Kingsley was working with quite a bit of hair when he starred in his Oscar winning role in Gandhi. Ironically, the role required him to shave his head. Ron Galella - Getty Images

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Ben Kingsley (head that's bare) It wasn't for another couple of years that Kingsley embraced the bald look and started growing facial hair instead. Francois G. Durand - Getty Images

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