Before They Craved Brains—Snakkle Looks Back On Famous Celebrities Before They Were Zombies!

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Robert Carlyle as Begbie in Trainspotting (1996) and as Don in 28 Weeks Later (2009)

Robert Carlyle as Begbie in Trainspotting (1996) and as Don in 28 Weeks Later (2009)

Robert Caryle played the bloodthirsty (human) Begbie in Trainspotting back in 1996, and then a bloodthirsty human-turned-zombie, Don, in the popular thriller 28 Weeks Later in 2009. A talented English actor, Robert Carlyle has proven time and again that he’s got a great, bone-chilling growl. The black contacts "help."

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Jon Bernthal as Duncan Carmello in The Class (2007) and as Shane Walsh in The Walking Dead (2012)

Jon Bernthal as Duncan Carmello in The Class (2007) and as Shane Walsh in The Walking Dead (2012)

Before he was the gun-toting Shane Walsh in The Walking Dead , Jon Bernthal was mostly scoring guest spots on major TV shows like Law & Order: Criminal Intent and CSI: Miami . In 2006 he finally landed a major role in the sitcom The Class , but it only ran for one season. Walsh may have started off slow, but his career has only taken off since his on-screen role as the zombie-killer-turned-zombie.

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Whitney Port as Herself for the American Red Cross Zombie Blood Drive (2012)

The Hills-alum Whitney Port took her long legs and stylist’s eye to NYC, starring in The City after the success of The Hills. While we can’t imagine the golden-tressed Port in anything other than perfectly applied concealer and blush, here she is in 2012 in a monstrous makeover for an American Red Cross Zombie Blood Drive campaign. Let’s be honest though, does her scary zombification make you think more of blood or a happy place?

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Nicholas Hoult as Marcus Brewer in About A Boy (2002) and R in Warm Bodies (2013)

Nicholas Hoult as Marcus Brewer in About A Boy (2002) and R in Warm Bodies (2013)

Nicholas Hoult was the adorably weird Marcus Brewer in About A Boy, also starring Hugh Grant and Toni Colette. After a successful move into American film (like X-Men: First Class), Hoult starred in the 2013 movie Warm Bodies, a Romeo-and-Juliet-esque story of love, loss and difficult circumstances… Like “I ate you boyfriend’s brains and now I love you,” kind of difficult.

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Madison Lintz as Natalie in It's Supernatural (2011) and as Sophia in The Walking Dead (2012)

Madison Lintz as Natalie in It's Supernatural (2011) and as Sophia in The Walking Dead (2012)

Little Madison Lintz has come a long way since her guest spot as Natalie in the TV series It’s Supernatural, but hasn’t strayed too far from the “supernatural” part. She makes cute look scary as Sophie in AMC’s hit show Walking Dead. Such a bummer her character went zombie and wanted to eat everyone’s brains.

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Bill Murray in a High School Yearbook Photo and as Himself in Zombieland (2009)

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Bill Murray in a High School Yearbook Photo and as Himself in Zombieland (2009)

Talented comedian and actor, Bill Murray, has always been a star if this retro yearbook photo of him in a school play is any proof. The famous recluse made a brief 2009 cameo in the movie Zombieland, playing himself playing a zombie. Murray proves that a human-playing-a-zombie isn’t the best practical joke to play on someone in this dead funny film.

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Peter Jackson as Himself for the American Red Cross Zombie Blood Drive (2012)

Here’s Lord of the Rings-director, Peter Jackson, looking fresh-faced and young. And true to sci-fi nerd form, Peter Jackson also participated in the American Red Cross Zombie Blood Drive campaign. Hollywood costume makeup meets the undead? Count him in.