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20 Actors Who DON'T Need a Shave

20 Actors Who DON'T Need a Shave

Jason Momoa as Conan joins the club of guys (Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, among them) who clean up really well -- but also rock the scruffy look

By EW Staff

Updated August 19, 2011 at 04:00 PM EDT

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Jason Momoa, Conan the Barbarian

Brian Andrew Mendoza

We kind of knew this from his turns on Game of Thrones and Stargate: Atlantis, but Momoa can pull off the dirty scruffy look very well.

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Christian Bale, 3:10 to Yuma

Richard Foreman

This earnest Wild West good guy had one really earnest beard.

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Orlando Bloom, Kingdom of Heaven

David Appleby

Who wouldn't go on a Crusade with this guy?

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Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise

Peter Mountain

The beard braids may not be for everybody but no one imagine a clean cut Captain Jack.

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Sean Bean, The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Pierre Vinet

We couldn't fault Boromir for almost succumbing to the lure of the Ring, but there was no poor judgment when it came to that facial hair choice.

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Jim Caviezel, Outlander

Everett Collection

This stranger from a foreign planet sure managed to get some of the nuances of male features down.

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Gerard Butler, 300

This Spartan's robust beard was anything but sparse.

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Russell Crowe, Gladiator

Jaap Buitendijk

Fighting to regain your honor doesn't leave much time for manscaping.

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Hugh Jackman, X-Men: Wolverine

James Fisher

Well, we wouldn't expect a guy named Wolverine to be clean-shaven, right?

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Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love

Everett Collection

His poetic smoldering was enhanced by that manly scruff.

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Viggo Mortensen, The Lord of the Rings franchise

Pierre Vinet

No time for grooming when there are hobbits and a world order to protect. And for that we are grateful.

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Kenneth Branagh, Othello

Everett Collection

All that conniving so carefully hidden behind that carefully coiffed facial hair.

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Russell Brand, Get Him to the Greek

Glen Wilson

Well, he wouldn't be a true crazy rock star without that look, would he?

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Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction

Everett Collection

The Jheri curl could go, for sure, but it was working with those lamb chops and that Zapata 'stache.

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Chris Hemsworth, Thor

Zade Rosenthal/Marvel Studios

Yes, beards are kind of de rigueur for all sort-of Norse gods, and for that we are thankful.

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Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski

Merrick Morton

The Dude wouldn't be the Dude without his whole mangy mane.

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Jason Statham, Revolver

It's no trick that the usually shorn actor looked pretty good with the extra hair all over his face and head when he played this conman.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Gangs of New York

That baby face needed the scruff to hang with these ruffians.

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Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Kimberly French

Jesse James may have gotten himself into a number of hairy situations, but his look wasn't one of them.

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Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Melinda Sue Gordon

The 'stache gets most of the notice here but the whole hairy gruffness makes this look work.

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20 Actors Who DON'T Need a Shave

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Jason Momoa, Conan the Barbarian

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Christian Bale, 3:10 to Yuma

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Orlando Bloom, Kingdom of Heaven

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Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise

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Sean Bean, The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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Jim Caviezel, Outlander

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Gerard Butler, 300

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Russell Crowe, Gladiator

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Hugh Jackman, X-Men: Wolverine

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Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love

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Viggo Mortensen, The Lord of the Rings franchise

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Kenneth Branagh, Othello

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Russell Brand, Get Him to the Greek

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Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction

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Chris Hemsworth, Thor

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Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski

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Jason Statham, Revolver

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Gangs of New York

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Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

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Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

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