Sometimes when you’re watching a movie, you just can’t quite figure out who the actor is because of a great prosthetics job. Here’s a look at 40 times an actor was unrecognizable because of the great work of the makeup department.

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Getty/UniversalBoris Karloff as The Monster in “Frankenstein” (1931)

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Getty/RKO Radio PicturesCharles Laughton as Quasimodo in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1939)

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Getty/Paramount PicturesJohn Hurt as John Merrick in “The Elephant Man” (1980)

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Getty/20th Century FoxLouis Gosset Jr.as Drac in “Enemy Mine” (1985)

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Getty/Warner Bros.