Major Hollywood star looks unrecognizable with mohawk and villain make-up – but can you guess who it is?

A major movie star looked almost unrecognizable on the set of his new film in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

The 55-year-old actor has signature dark curls, which have now been transformed into a striking white mohawk.

The four-time Emmy winner’s face was covered in dramatic villain makeup, consisting of white face paint, heavy black and red eye shadow, and red lipstick.

The American-born star, whose role in a critically acclaimed HBO fantasy series made him an international star, wore a red dress with gold embellishments.

Do you know who it is?

That’s right, it’s Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage.

He was photographed filming scenes on the set of the new film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, called Lear Rex. Dinklage plays The Fool in the film.

The jester is an important character in Shakespeare’s play. He serves as a witty and honest advisor to the king. Through humor and sarcasm, he is able to point out Lear’s shortcomings.

Dinklage was joined by co-stars Al Pacino, 84, and Stephen Dorff, 51.

The Godfather icon was spotted on set in regal attire, wearing a black tunic underneath an ornate purple robe with gold embellishments.

The actor’s gray hair was rather unkempt, as he also had a gray beard for this role.

Dorff wore a sloppy green garment that he had tied on his shoulder, because the makeup emphasized his dirty appearance.

He also had numerous facial tattoos on his arms and a visible wound on his left leg, while wearing a pair of brown sandals.

The actor was also seen smoking a cigarette between takes, with a black band around his legs.

While not seen on set on Wednesday, the cast also includes Jessica Chastain (Goneril), Ariana DeBose (Cordelia), Rachel Brosnahan as Regan, LaKeith Stanfield as Edmund, Chris Messina as the Duke of Cornwall, Ted Levine as the Earl of Kent, Danny Huston as the Duke of Albany, Matthew Jacobs as the Duke of Cornwall and Rhys Coiro as Oswald.

It’s unclear how long filming will take or if there will be a release date for the film, which is written and directed by Bernard Rose (Anna Karenina, Candyman).

The story is about the aging King Lear who divides his kingdom among his three daughters.

Instead of trusting the only daughter who truly cares for him, Lear trusts her evil sisters.

They strip him of his power and “condemn him to a miserable wasteland of horror and madness,” the description goes.

The play has been performed numerous times on and off-Broadway. The most recent version was the 2019 Broadway adaptation starring Glenda Jackson as Lear, Ruth Wilson as The Fool and Pedro Pascal as Edmund.

Dinklage has won four Emmys for his work on Game of Thrones, winning Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2019, 2018, 2015 and 2011.

For this role he also won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2012.

In addition to his television roles, Dinklage has appeared in a number of films, including 2003’s The Station Agent, 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, 2017’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, and 2018’s My Dinner with Hervé.

Last year, he appeared in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, The Toxic Avenger, the short film Rumpelstiltskin, and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, where he provided the voice of Scourge.

The actor is working on a number of major projects, including the films Unfrosted, Brothers and The Thicket.