Photos: Actors' amazing transformations for movie roles

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Photos: Actors' amazing transformations for movie roles

Photos: Actors' amazing transformations for movie roles

The actor spent about five months getting in shape to play a soldier -- then promptly gained the weight back and then some for another film role.

The rapper/actor dropped more than 50 pounds for his role as a football player battling cancer.

The actor gained 67 pounds to play John Lennon's killer Mark David Chapman. More recently, he said he "stopped eating" to lose about 40 pounds for his role as a transsexual woman with AIDS in "Dallas Buyers Club."

The actor gained 30 pounds in 30 days (and a giant beard) to play a real-life CIA agent.

The actor gained more than 60 pounds for the role.

The actor packed on about 30 pounds for his role in the dark comedy.

The already slim actress dropped 20 pounds to play a tortured ballerina -- and picked up an Oscar.

The actor worked out for four months to achieve his chiseled physique.

The actor lost about 50 pounds to play a man with AIDS in "Dallas Buyers Club."

The actor spent four hours in makeup each day and wore padding and prosthetics to become housewife Edna Turnblad.

The actor dropped 63 pounds to play a struggling insomniac.

The actress picked up an Oscar for her role as a boxer, and she worked hard for it. She boxed two and a half hours a day and lifted six days a week to get her ripped body.

The actress gained about 30 pounds and wore dentures to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos. The transformation paid off -- she won an Oscar for the role.

The actress actually gained about 30 pounds for each of the three "Bridget Jones" movies she starred in.

The actor lost 55 pounds and grew a massive beard for the role as a marooned plane crash survivor.

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The actor spent about five months getting in shape to play a soldier -- then promptly gained the weight back and then some for another film role.

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