Movies Gallery 30 Biopic Stars: Best/Worst Likenesses Some actors are dead-ringers in roles, others not so much; make side-by-side comparisons By Lanford Beard Published on August 14, 2015 02:34PM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 30 BEST: Ice Cube, portrayed by his son, O'Shea Jackson, Jr. in 'Straight Outta Compton' Jaimie Trueblood; Everett Collection 02 of 30 BEST: Abraham Lincoln, portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln Culture Club/Getty Images; David James 03 of 30 WORST: Genghis Khan, portrayed by John Wayne in The Conqueror Popperfoto/Getty Images; Everett Collection 04 of 30 BEST: Aileen Wuornos, portrayed by Charlize Theron in Monster Florida DOC/Getty Images; Everett Collection 05 of 30 WORST: Salvador Dalí, portrayed by Robert Pattinson in Little Ashes New York Times Co./Getty Images 06 of 30 BEST: Bob Dylan, portrayed by Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There Express Newspapers/Getty Images; Everett Collection 07 of 30 WORST: J. Edgar Hoover, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Keith Bernstein 08 of 30 BEST: Charlie Chaplin, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin Witzel/Getty Images; Everett Collection 09 of 30 WORST: Billie Holiday, portrayed by Diana Ross in Lady Sings the Blues Gilles Petard/Redferns; Everett Collection 10 of 30 BEST: Anyone, portrayed by Meryl Streep Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Alex Bailey; Everett Collection; Jonathan Wenk Specifically Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady and Julia Child in Julie & Julia. That said, we still have one role in mind for Meryl that would require no transformation whatsoever. Just sayin'.... 11 of 30 WORST: Walt Disney and P.L. Travers, portrayed by Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson in Saving Mr. Banks Disney; Francois Duhamel 12 of 30 BEST: Jim Morrison, portrayed by Val Kilmer in The Doors Getty Images; Everett Collection 13 of 30 WORST: Virginia Woolf, portrayed by Nicole Kidman in The Hours Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Clive Coote 14 of 30 BEST: Mahatma Gandhi, portrayed by Ben Kingsley in Gandhi Planet News Archive/SSPL/Getty Images; Everett Collection 15 of 30 WORST: Sid Vicious, portrayed by Gary Oldman in Sid & Nancy Brad Elterman/BuzzFoto/FilmMagic; Everett Collection 16 of 30 BEST: Truman Capote, portrayed by Toby Jones in Infamous PhotoQuest/Getty Images; Everett Collection 17 of 30 WORST: Frida Kahlo, portrayed by Salma Hayek in Frida Everett Collection; Peter Sorel 18 of 30 BEST: Joan Jett, portrayed by Kristen Stewart in The Runaways Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; David Moir 19 of 30 WORST: Che Guevara, portrayed by Gael Garcia Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries Apic/Getty Images; Everett Collection 20 of 30 BEST: Adolf Hitler, portrayed by Bruno Ganz in Downfall Roger Viollet/Getty Images 21 of 30 WORST: Richard Nixon, portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in Nixon Universal History Archive/Getty Images; Sidney Baldwin 22 of 30 BEST: Ray Charles, portrayed by Jamie Foxx in Ray Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Nicola Goode 23 of 30 WORST: Nelson Mandela, portrayed by Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom AP; Keith Bernstein 24 of 30 BEST: Selena, portrayed by Jennifer Lopez in Selena Arlene Richie/Media Sources/Media Sources/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; Rico Torres 25 of 30 WORST: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, portrayed by Bill Murray in Hyde Park on Hudson Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images; Nicola Dove 26 of 30 BEST: Queen Elizabeth I, portrayed by Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth Universal History Archive/Getty Images; Laurie Sparham 27 of 30 WORST: Diana, Princess of Wales, portrayed by Naomi Watts in Diana Peter Carrette Archive/Getty Images; Laurie Sparham 28 of 30 BEST: Muhammad Ali, portrayed by Will Smith in Ali Getty Images; Frank Connor 29 of 30 WORST: Alexander the Great, portrayed by Colin Farrell in Alexander Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Jaap Buitendijk 30 of 30 WORST: Every President and a First Lady in The Butler Specifically Dwight D. Eisenhower, portrayed by Robin Williams; Jackie and John F. Kennedy, portrayed by Minka Kelly and James Marsden; Lyndon B. Johnson, portrayed by Liev Schreiber; Richard Nixon, portrayed by John Cusack, and Ronald Reagan, portrayed by Alan Rickman.