Along with generally recognized Hollywood beauties like Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt or Chris Hemsworth, actors who are far from the ideals of male beauty have a huge fan army among women.
They more than compensate for their irregular facial features, short stature or overweight by charisma, conquering female hearts no worse than "ideal" men.
It is about 10 such "non-standard" beauties that we will talk today, recalling the most characteristic cases.
10. Adrien Brody
Brody from childhood was distinguished by his unusual appearance, which he was taught to be proud of by his mother - photographer Sylvia Crying. She often used the boy in her work, teaching him to behave properly in front of the camera and not be afraid of her.
Since childhood, dreaming of becoming an actor, Adrien already began to appear on TV in small episodic roles in the late 80s and quickly managed to attract attention.
He was able to become truly famous after the release of Roman Polanski's film “The Pianist”, which brought him an Oscar.
On the personal front, he is also doing fine: Brody was never married, but at different times he was credited with novels with Holly Berry and Kira Knightley, and he was engaged to Spaniard Elsa Pataki at all, but in the end she married Chris Hemsworth. Now the actor is 45 and he has been dating model Lara Leito for 7 years.
9. Danny Trejo
This actor spent about 10 years in prison, for a long time he used hard drugs and generally led a criminal lifestyle. All this left an imprint on his appearance, which at first glance may well scare.
During the next imprisonment, Trejo “jumped off” the drugs and, after his release, began to help others, including actors, in this.
Accidentally hitting the set in 1985, he no longer left her. And let him play mainly villains and scoundrels (which is no wonder with his appearance), he cannot take away his charisma, as well as his female fans. Often, an actor can be seen in the company of young beauties, although he is already 74.
8. Adriano Celentano
The cult Italian actor has far from a model appearance, but at the peak of his popularity, he was one of the main world sex symbols, especially in the Soviet Union.
Stunningly playing the role of a typical macho, Celentano also sang and danced very well, and such a “combo” left no chance for women.
Despite the image of a reveler and a ladies man, Adriano is an exemplary family man: he has been together with his wife Claudia Mori for more than half a century.
7. Vincent Cassel
Another actor who has a quite ordinary (to put it mildly) appearance, but has become a standard of male beauty in his homeland.
If you think that only provincial fans can dream of such a man, then this is not so: Kassel's first wife was actress Monica Bellucci, who is deservedly considered one of the most beautiful and sexy women of her generation.
The second wife, model Tina Kunaki, is 31 years younger than him, but nevertheless in January of this year it became known that they were expecting a baby.
6. Jack Black
The American comedian and musician never sought to fit into any framework, be it the norms of behavior or standards of appearance.
Perfectly aware of his fullness, he turned it into his dignity: a slender Jack Black could not make the audience laugh like the "plump" Jack Black does. Something like this, the actor himself always answered journalists questions about whether he was going to “get in shape”.
Now, when he is almost 50, such questions have lost their relevance: everyone understood that he was already well.
5. Danny De Vito
Plump, beginning to go bald early and having a height of only 1. 47 m. De Vito received instead of his appearance an outstanding acting talent and human charm.
He came to the cinema in the mid-70s, starring in a small role in the film "Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest." After that, he got a more prominent role in the television series "Taxi", where he successfully starred for 5 years.
Being already famous and beloved by the public, the actor began to experiment with the role, agreeing not only to comedic roles, but also to dramatic ones.
In his track record, you can find dramas ("Hoffa"), and even neonuar thrillers ("Secrets of Los Angeles").
Now Danny is 74 years old and very soon he can be seen in the movie "Dumbo" directed by Tim Burton.
4. Javier Bardem
A Spaniard with an admixture of Cuban blood, Bardem was born into a family where almost everyone was involved in film production: grandfather was a director, grandmother was an actress, uncle was a director and screenwriter.
Having spent all his childhood on the stage and made his debut on TV at the age of 6, he nevertheless did not want to act in films, wanting to devote himself to painting.
When Javier realized that his paintings weren’t for sale, but somehow he needed to earn money, he stopped painting and took up the acting profession. As time has shown - not in vain.
Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor - this is not a complete list of his achievements.
3. Eddie Redmayne
This Briton can also not be called a model of male beauty, but this did not stop him from becoming the face of the Burberry brand in 2008 and, on the whole, building a rather successful career as a model.
He achieved even greater success in the cinema: devoting most of his time to the theater, Redmayne rarely appeared on the big screen, so he began to get major roles already in adulthood.
Work on the painting "Stephen Hawking's Universe" was the first truly big for him and immediately brought resounding success: Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe.
Now he is fully engaged in filming in the Pentalog about Fantastic Beasts based on the works of Joan Rowling.
2. Rowan Atkinson
A person who is well aware of the shortcomings of his appearance and knows how to use it for his own good. From a young age, showing a talent for comedy, Atkinson launched his own television show in 1978, which, although it did not become a hit, allowed him to gain a foothold in the right environment.
Success came to him in 1990, when the series “Mr. Bean” was released, each episode of which collected 20 million viewers from the screens.
1. Peter Dinklage
With a height of only 135 centimeters, Dinklage seemed doomed to play episodic roles of dwarfs and remain an unknown extras actor, but thanks to his talent and perseverance he managed to achieve much more.
Despite the fact that he declared himself back in 2003, his role in the film "Station Warden", the real popularity came to Peter only with the release of the series "Game of Thrones." Tyrion Lannister in his performance is the highlight of the whole show. Three Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe for this role, he fully deserved.