16 actors who transformed into real-life tech company CEOs and founders
The micro-genre of tech CEO biopics is growing, with companies like Facebook, OpenAI, Uber, and Apple getting their own on-screen origin stories.
Andrew Garfield portrayed Sam Altman in the upcoming movie "Artificial," as part of a new genre of startup biopics. Other actors who have played tech CEOs in film and TV include Sebastian Stan, Jared Leto, and Amanda Seyfried. These tech pioneers' dramatic personal and professional lives have made them ideal subjects for biopics.
To convincingly portray these figures, actors had to abandon their signature looks, taking on characters like Steve Jobs in his distinctive turtleneck and wire-frame glasses, or Elizabeth Holmes with her iconic red lipstick and messy hair.
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