Better with a beard

Jim Carrey

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:00:58 -0500

You wouldn’t think so since he’s almost never bearded, but Jim Carrey can grow a mean beard.

Kurt Russell

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:15:36 -0500

When Jackie C. wrote me to suggest Kurt Russell, I was sure I had already featured him. Kurt Russell’s beard in The Thing is arguably the greatest cinematic beard of all time. Clearly, this post is long overdue.

Ryan Gosling

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:18:01 -0500

No contest. Not that Ryan Gosling looks bad without the beard, but just as bacon can enhance any food, so too can a beard enhance any face.

Martin Freeman

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:56:39 -0500

Martin Freeman (who can currently be seen beardless as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit) doesn’t have the most impressive beard, but it is still a beard, and he looks better with it.

Michael Fassbender

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:54:44 -0500

Oh beards, is there any face you can’t improve?

Bruce Willis

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:08:26 -0500

I randomly decided to type “Bruce Willis beard” into Google, thinking I’d come up empty - lo and behold, there was Bruce Willis with a surprisingly voluminous beard. Good times.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:51:33 -0500

Arnold Schwarzenegger — who has a new movie coming out in mere weeks (!!!) — obviously looks better with a beard. Obviously.

Mandy Patinkin

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:34:35 -0500

I had to bring this tumblr out of hibernation if only to include Mandy Patinkin. Why? Because LOOK AT THAT BEARD, that’s why.

Simon Helberg

Tue, 24 May 2011 15:30:44 -0400

Like his Big Bang Theory co-star Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg is clearly better with a beard. [Thanks, Thibault L.]

Ian McShane

Fri, 13 May 2011 16:34:53 -0400

Bearded Ian McShane is looking pretty happy. You want to know why? Look at that beard, that’s why.

Hugo Weaving

Thu, 05 May 2011 19:28:00 -0400

Hugo Weaving’s beard is serious business. [Thanks, Andrew S.]

David Duchovny

Mon, 02 May 2011 15:39:12 -0400

That’s pretty close to beard perfection, so I have to say that I’m baffled that David Duchovny is so infrequently bearded.

Sean Bean

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:21:44 -0400

Sean Bean is currently rocking a pretty sweet beard on Game of Thrones. Sure, the man looks fine without a beard, but just because something is fine doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to improve it.

Jeff Daniels

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:11:48 -0400

Do I even need to say anything here? That beard speaks for itself.

Wil Wheaton

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:26:45 -0400

Like his fellow Star Trek alumni Jonathan Frakes and Alexander Siddig, the improvement here is unmistakable. Definitely better with a beard.

Joel Edgerton

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:30:06 -0400

While watching Animal Kingdom (which you probably haven’t seen, and should) I was struck by the greatness of Joel Edgerton’s beard. That is a hall of fame beard. A beard like that validates the continued existence of this blog.

Sting

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:48:34 -0400

That’s a nice beard. This is definitely yet another case where the improvement is so obvious, you’d have to be blind not to see it.

James Gandolfini

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:46:41 -0400

James Gandolfini appears to have put on a few pounds. He can console himself by looking at the mirror and admiring his glorious beard.

Saddam Hussein

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:25:22 -0400

Was he a brutal dictator? Sure. But more importantly, did he look better with a beard? I think the pictures speak for themselves.

Josh Radnor

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:45:30 -0400

No, not exactly an outstanding beard. This one’s borderline, but I’m still going to say he looks better with a beard. Not every man can be Robin Williams. [Thanks, Andrés M.]