Actors who've played real people 👸

Liam Neeson:
Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List (1993)
Michael Collins in Michael Collins (1996)
Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey (2004)
Mark Felt in Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)

Mel Gibson - William Wallace, John Smith, Benjamin Martin, Lt. Col. Hal Moore, James Murray

Kristen Stewart ...
Joan Jett in The Runaways (2010)
Jean Seberg in Seberg (2019)
LuAnne Henderson (Marylou) in On the Road (2012)
Savannah Knoop (aka JT LeRoy) in JT LeRoy (2018)
Tracy Tatro in Into the Wild (2007)
Bridget Sullivan in Lizzie (2018)
and will soon start playing Princess Diana in Spencer when it begins filming in a month or so. Spencer is listed at #5 in ...
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Michael Keaton:

Ray Kroc
Walter Robinson
Robert Wiener

Brian Denahey = John Wayne Gacy. Serial killer

Tom Hanks has also played:
• Richard Phillips, who was the captain of the cargo ship attacked by Somali pirates in 2009 - Captain Phillips (2013)
• Walt Disney - Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
• Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, the airline pilot who made the emergency landing in the Hudson River, saving everyone on board - Sully (2016)

Kurk Douglas - Doc Holiday, Vincent Van Gogh

Leonardo DeCaprio - Howard Hughes, Frank Abagnale Jr

Gene Hackman - Jimmy Doyle, Nicholas Earp

Martin Landau - - Bela Lugosi, and pretty darn good at it