Beards have always been a symbol of style, personality, and transformation. For many, growing a beard is more than just skipping the razor—it’s about embracing a new look. Whether a thick, well-groomed beard or a short, scruffy style, facial hair can drastically change how someone appears, highlighting features, adding character, or even giving a more mature vibe.
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From sharp jawlines to fuller, more rugged profiles, these transformations demonstrate the versatility of facial hair. It’s fascinating to see how a beard can enhance facial features and reveal a different side of someone’s personality. Some individuals seem more confident and stylish, while others appear completely unrecognizable after growing their beards.
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Travis Kelce
Fans observed Travis Kelce’s beard grow during the previous football season, revealing shortly before the Super Bowl in February that he hadn’t shaved it since Christmas.
“I sense [the beard’s] strength. In an episode of their New Heights podcast, he informed his brother Jason, “Since I’ve been growing it, I’ve been playing way better.”
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Travis is one of the most well-known superstars who won Super Bowls LIV, LVII, and LVIII with the Chiefs after being chosen in the third round of the 2013 NFL draft. The University of Cincinnati Bearcats football team was his collegiate team.
Kelce, a nine-time Pro Bowler and seven-time All-Pro with four first-team and three second-team honors is regarded as one of the finest tight ends of all time. He has seven seasons with 1,000 receiving yards as a tight end, which is the most consecutive and most total NFL record. While playing in just 15 games in 2020, he set a record of 1,416 receiving yards for a tight end in a single season.
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Kelce accomplished the feat more quickly than any other tight end in NFL history during the 2022 season, becoming the sixth tight end to surpass 10,000 career receiving yards. The NFL 2010 All-Decade Team included Kelce. He eclipsed Jerry Rice in career postseason receptions during the 2023 season, which led to his fourth Super Bowl appearance in five seasons, Super Bowl LVIII.
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Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman’s beard appears to grow longer as the summer months become hotter, perhaps because of his part in Black Rabbit.
Bateman returned to his clean-shaven appearance around the end of September, just as the weather cooled off after he was first seen sporting the fuller style in January.
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At twelve years old, Bateman made his television debut in 1981 as James Cooper Ingalls in Little House. He went on to star in eighteen more episodes throughout a single season. Jason also played “Doug” in the season three episode “Lost Knight” of the original Knight Rider, which starred David Hasselhoff. Doug becomes friends with Kitt after Kitt loses his memory.
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He became the youngest director in the history of the DGA in the mid-1980s when, at the age of 18, he directed three Valerie (1986) episodes. Bateman has had a very successful cinematic career in the 2000s. Along with other honors and nominations, he was the recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, for Arrested Development in 2005.
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Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa’s facial hair and tattoos are almost as well-known as his beard. When he decided it was time for a change and shaved it off for the first time in seven years in 2019, people were, to put it mildly, startled. At 19 years old, while living and working in Honolulu, Momoa decided to audition for the television series Baywatch Hawaii, in which he was cast as Jason Ioane.
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From 2016 to 2018, Momoa served as an executive producer and played Declan Harp in all three seasons of the Canadian historical drama television series Frontier. Following Declan Harp, a part-Irish, part-Cree bandit who is fighting to overthrow the Hudson’s Bay Company’s monopoly on the fur trade in Canada.
Momoa made an appearance in a Rocket Mortgage halftime ad at Super Bowl LIV in February 2020. Additionally, he made an appearance in the teaser for Ozzy Osbourne’s song “Scary Little Green Men” from his Ordinary Man album.
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It was revealed in January 2022 that Momoa would be playing the lead antagonist Dante Reyes, the son of Hernan Reyes, who was killed by Luke Hobbs in Fast Five, in the tenth Fast & Furious movie, Fast X.
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Johnny Sibilly
Although Hacks actor Johnny Sibilly frequently sports an exceptionally beautiful beard, he shocked fans in September when he walked the red carpet for a special premiere of Uglies with a trim appearance that highlighted his clearly defined jawline.
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Sibilly started playing a recurring part in the FX drama Pose in 2018. Before being cast, he went through three auditions for the show.
Sibilly started anchoring Logo Live, a twice-weekly show for Logo TV that summarizes the day’s most important stories and features celebrity guests, in December 2020. He was revealed as a regular guest star on the HBO series Hacks in February 2021.
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As one of five cast members of a new Queer as Folk remake of Peacock, Sibilly was revealed in September 2021 that he would play “a successful lawyer who is not as put together as he seems.”
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Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt, like his friend George Clooney, has gone through several phases in his hairstyling career. He still chooses to wear his hair rather long, but he prefers a more clean-shaven appearance for his facial hair. However, in previous years, he has sported a more rougher appearance, such as this 2010 salt and pepper beard.
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Pitt found greater commercial success starring in Steven Soderbergh’s heist film Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and reprised his role in its sequels.
Pitt and French record producer Damien Quintard founded a corporation in 2021, marking Pitt’s entry into the recording industry. After 20 years of idleness, Miraval Studios, which is located in Pitt’s Chateau Miraval in the South of France, will reopen in 2022. One of the most recognizable studios in the world, the former iteration of the studio produced records for artists such as Pink Floyd, Sade, and Muse.
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His Once Upon a Time in Hollywood co-star Margot Robbie in Damien Chazelle’s Babylon in 2022, and he starred in David Leitch’s Bullet Train. On January 5, 2022, he agreed to make $30 million as the actor and producer of the Formula One racing movie F1, which was directed by Joseph Kosinski.
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Ben Affleck
When he isn’t promoting his most recent movie on the red carpet, Ben Affleck prefers to be relaxed in his daily life. He has undoubtedly changed throughout the years between being bare-faced and sporting a beard as part of his informal attitude.
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Affleck became more well-known after he and Matt Damon co-wrote and co-starred in Good Will Hunting, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In late 2016, Affleck wrote, directed, co-produced, and starred in the film Live by Night.
When he isn’t promoting his most recent movie on the red carpet, Ben Affleck prefers to be relaxed in his daily life. He has undoubtedly changed throughout the years between being bare-faced and sporting a beard as part of his informal attitude.
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Affleck’s fame grew after he and Matt Damon, who co-wrote and co-starred in Good Will Hunting in 1997, won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film Live by Night, which Affleck co-produced, wrote, directed, and featured in, came out towards the end of 2016.
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John Krasinski
Viewers first encountered John Krasinski as a young Jim Halpert on The Office. Since then, Krasinski has frequently sported a disheveled appearance, like he did at the 2018 A Quiet Place premiere.
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A Quiet Place Part II, the sequel, was written and directed by Krasinski, who also played a supporting part. After receiving favorable reviews, it was finally released on May 28, 2021, and quickly became a box office triumph. It was also the first movie of the pandemic era to earn over $100 million at the American box office.
The “nerve-wracking” movie enhanced “the terrifying world of the franchise without losing track of its heart,” according to the website’s consensus, which gave the sequel a 91% rating based on 355 reviews. Sunday Night Productions, Krasinski’s producing firm, inked a first-look agreement with Paramount Pictures in May 2021.
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The fantasy comedy IF, which Krasinski wrote, directed, and produced, was acquired by Paramount Pictures in October 2019. Krasinski co-starred with Ryan Reynolds, who also produced the film. The film was scheduled for release on November 17, 2023, and starred Krasinski’s co-star Steve Carell from The Office, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fiona Shaw, and Louis Gossett Jr. The movie was postponed to May 24, 2024, in July 2022.
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Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin has been “Livin’ la Vida Loca” for years both with — and without— a beard. Though more recently he’s opted for a fuller facial hair look, in years past, he’s kept a clean shave.
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Enrique Martin Morales is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for his musical versatility, with his discography incorporating a wide variety of elements, such as Latin pop, dance, reggaeton, salsa, and other genres.
His famous play, Pausa was nominated for Album of the Year and won the award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards. The second single from the EP, “Tiburones” reached number one in Argentina and Puerto Rico, and was also nominated for Song of the Year at the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
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Martin starred as the voice of the villainous miniature figure Don Juan Diego in the American Christmas musical fantasy film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. The film was released on Netflix on November 13, 2020, and received generally favorable reviews. In April 2021, Martin released his hit single “Canción Bonita” with Colombian singer Carlos Vives, which experienced huge commercial success in Latin America, reaching number one in 12 countries.
Beard Transformation: A Symbol of Style And Confidence
Beard transitions are more than just a change in look; they frequently represent changing fashion trends, significant life events, or even roles that people play in their personal and professional lives. Facial hair has been used as a medium for self-expression and reinvention by singers, actresses, and athletes.
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Jason Bateman’s evolving style reflects his varied positions in the entertainment world, while Travis Kelce’s beard represents his strength and confidence on the football field. Jason Momoa’s beard enhances his extravagant persona and is just as iconic as his tattoos. As an example of how facial hair can accentuate natural characteristics, Johnny Sibilly’s jawline looks great both with and without a beard.
Beards are an important element of Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck’s changing public personas because they demonstrate the harmony between a professional appearance and a more casual, rustic aesthetic.
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Every change reveals a different tale, demonstrating that a beard is more than just a fashion accessory; rather, it is a journey that embodies individuality, style, and occasionally pivotal stages in one’s career.
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