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The Most Extreme Movie Makeup Transformations

Donald Glover – Atlanta (2016)

The FX series ‘Atlanta’ features an episode called “Teddy Perkins,” which follows the mysterious character played by Donald Glover. Glover played the creepy owner of a creepy mansion with a creepy high-pitched voice, all in whiteface.

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He even showed up as Teddy Perkins at the 2018 Emmys and then mysteriously reappeared without any makeup on. Something strange. Derrick Haywood (who plays Teddy’s brother Benny Hope) said that on the set of the show, he had no idea that Perkins was actually Donald Glover in whiteface makeup.