Here’s How Famous Characters With Heavy Prosthetic Makeup Look in Real Life

Some actors are willing to spend hours in a makeup chair to entertain you. Let’s pay tribute to some of these thespians by seeing what they normally look like…

Chewbacca

Han Solo’s faithful copilot (don’t call him a sidekick), Chewbacca was an instantly indelible character of the “Star Wars” universe since its inception in 1977. You know what he sounds like, even if you don’t know how to sound like him.

Peter Mayhew

Over the course of 40 years, the 7-foot-3 actor Peter Mayhew has donned the furry makeup and played Chewbacca in films, TV shows, video games and commercials. He’s even visited and cheered up sick children in the hospital while in character.

Mayhew retired from the role after “The Force Awakens.” The character is now played by Joonas Suotamo.

The Faun

In Guillermo del Toro’s allegorical fantasy masterpiece “Pan’s Labyrinth,” the Faun acts as a spiritual guide to main character Ofelia in the difficult times faced after the Spanish Civil War.

The Faun has a tough, uncompromising moral compass that he tries to instill on Ofelia through the film.

Doug Jones

Doug Jones played both the Faun and the Pale Man in “Pan’s Labyrinth,” as well as many other primarily prosthetic roles in Guillermo del Toro works (including “The Shape of Water” and two “Hellboy” films).

Jones has also become unrecognizable to play the Silver Surfer, the Bye Bye Man, and Commander Saru on “Star Trek: Discovery.”