15 Actors Who Can Play Any Race According To Hollywood

    Such versatility.

    Alanna Bennett
    by Alanna Bennett

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. Scarlett Johansson

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    The Role: Major Kusanagi in Ghost In the Shell. Who knew that Scarlett Johansson had secretly been a Japanese woman all along?

    2. Benedict Cumberbatch

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    The Role: Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness. But, like, with whiteness.

    3. Emma Stone

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    The Role: Allison Ng in Aloha – a white-passing "super-proud ¼ Hawaiian." As Rogelio De La Vega quipped on Jane the Virgin, "I hear she can play any race!"

    4. Joseph Fiennes

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    The Role: Michael Jackson In Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon. Yes, this white man is playing one of the most famous black men in history. 2016!

    5. Rooney Mara

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    The Role: Tiger Lily In Pan. But also: Did Pan really happen?

    6. Tilda Swinton

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    The Role: The Ancient One in Doctor Strange, originally a Tibetan role. Now it's Tilda Swinton. Because of reasons.

    7. Angelina Jolie

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    The Role: Mariane Pearl in A Mighty Heart. Mariane is a real-life woman who is Jewish-Dutch and also Afro-Chinese-Cuban. Just like, uh, Angelina?

    8. Jim Sturgess

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    The Role: Ben Campbell in 21, who in real life is a man named Jeffrey Ma, who is Chinese-American. At least he sounded good on the Across the Universe soundtrack?

    9. Christian Bale

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    The Role: Moses in Exodus: Gods And Kings. M O S E S.

    10. Joel Edgerton

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    The Role: Ramses, Exodus: Gods And Kings. A LITERAL EGYPTIAN KING.

    11. Zachary Levi

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    The Role: Ray Rehman in Shades Of Ray. He plays a half-Pakistani man. He is not that, but the spray tan emboldens many.

    12. Liam Neeson

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    The Role: Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Rises. One in a long line of white men playing Ra's.

    13. Johnny Depp

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    The Role: Tonto in The Lone Ranger. Depp has previously said “I guess I have some Native American somewhere down the line." 😶.

    14. Jake Gyllenhaal

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    The Role: Dastan in Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time. He was the prince. Of Persia.

    15. Nicolaj Coster-Waldau

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    The Role: Horus in Gods Of Egypt. Imagine the phone call. "Oh, yeah, they're picturing you, the Danish guy from Game Of Thrones for the Egyptian god Horus." "I'll take it."

    This is not an exhaustive list.

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    *Shudders.*

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