Jake Gyllenhaal Shows Off Shocking Weight Loss For 'Nightcrawler' Role (PICTURES)

UNRECOGNISABLE!

Jake Gyllenhaal shocked on the red carpet on Monday night, as he showed off a dramatic new look.

The actor revealed his new slimmed down self and his grown out hair at the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, looking barely recognisable.

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Jake Gyllenhaal last month (left) and pictured on Monday

The weight looks to be dropping off Jake, who was looking much more like his usual self just a month ago.

The 32-year-old's shocking transformation is for a new role in upcoming thriller 'Nightcrawler', in which he plays a crime journalist reporting on the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles.

But he isn't the first actor who's lost a dramatic amount of weight for a role - just check out these lot...

Actors Who've Gotten Skeletal For Roles
Matthew McConaughey(01 of11)
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Movie: "Dallas Buyers Club" (2013)Role: Ron Woodruff, a Texas rodeo cowboy who is diagnosed with HIV and given 30 days to liveWeight loss: More than 40 pounds, eliminated by cardio and diet (credit:Focus Features)
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson(02 of11)
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Movie: "All Things Fall Apart" (2011)Role: Deon, a celebrated football player battling cancerWeight loss:More than 50 pounds (credit:Twitter)
Christian Bale(03 of11)
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Movie: "The Fighter" (2011)Role: Professional boxer Dicky Eklund, who suffered from a crack addictionWeight loss: "I never got on a scale. I didn't want it to be about the numbers; I wanted it to be about the look," Bale told "Access Hollywood." (credit:Paramount Pictures)
Christian Bale(04 of11)
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Movie: "The Machinist" (2004)Role: A machinist with intense insomniaWeight loss: 63 pounds. "I had what could be called a kind of stupid feeling of invincibility, like, 'Oh I can do it. I can manage it,'" Bale said. (credit:Paramount Classics)
Colin Farrell(05 of11)
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Movie: "Triage" (2011)Role: A photojournalist with PTSDWeight loss: 44 pounds, thanks to a diet of only tuna, coffee and diet soda (credit:Entertainment One)
Matt Damon(06 of11)
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Movie: "Courage Under Fire" (1996)Role: An Army medic who goes AWOLWeight loss: 40 pounds, which was reportedly shed via daily running and a diet of chicken breast, egg whites and one plain baked potato per day along with large amounts of coffee and cigarettes (credit:20th Century Fox)
Matthew Fox(07 of11)
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Movie: "Alex Cross" (2012)Role: Picasso, a professional assassin who participates in an underground ultimate-fighting ringWeight loss: "It was circuit training until I wanted to puke," Fox said of the 40 pounds he shed to play the chronically fit serial killer. (credit:Summit Entertainment)
Michael Fassbender(08 of11)
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Movie: "Hunger" (2008)Role: Bobby Sands, who led a Provisional Irish Republican Army hunger strike in 1981Weight loss: 42 pounds after adopting a diet of 600 calories a day, heavy on nuts and berries (credit:Icon Film Distribution)
Seth Rogen(09 of11)
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Movie: "The Green Hornet" (2011)Role: Britt Reid/The Green HornetWeight loss: 40 pounds with the help of a personal trainer (credit:Columbia Pictures)
Tom Hanks(10 of11)
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Movie: "Philadelphia" (1993)Role: Andrew Beckett, a lawyer dying of AIDSWeight loss: Nearly 30 pounds (credit:TriStar Pictures)
Tom Hanks(11 of11)
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Movie: "Cast Away" (2000)Role: Chuck Noland, a systems analyst whose airplane crashes and strands him alone in the Pacific OceanWeight loss: Hanks gained 50 pounds to portray the pudgy Chuck and then had to shed the weight to depict his growing state of emaciation while stranded.
Weight Loss Stars
(01 of19)
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Former 'Loose Women' star Denise Welch lost over two stone after becoming the face of LigherLife and taking up a new fitness regime in 2013.
(02 of19)
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At her thinnest Natalie wanted the whole world to know she'd lost weight. An inevitable work out DVD followed. (credit:Rex)
(03 of19)
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The Steps singer managed to shed the weight she gained after the band split, but then she fell pregnant and battled to lose it since. (credit:Rex)
(04 of19)
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Gastric-band-gate swept the nation when it was revealed Fern hadn't exactly told the truth about her weight loss. (credit:Rex)
(05 of19)
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Dawn French was always been known for being a bit on the larger side, and that's why we loved her. Well, there's less of her to love now as since her split with Lenny she's shed a fair few pounds. (credit:WENN)
(06 of19)
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That picture on the left actually scares us. It's like she wants us to motorboat in that cleavage. Bleugh. (credit:Rex)
(07 of19)
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Bristolian comic Justin Lee Collins has gone from rock-sized to rock star after dieting. (credit:Rex)
(08 of19)
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Former Emmerdale actress Pauline Quirke lost several stone after being told she was morbidly obese. (credit:Big)
(09 of19)
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It was revealed that Geri's dramatic weight loss was due to an eating disorder. Luckily she's settled back to a healthy weight now. (credit:Rex)
(10 of19)
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He's the man of the moment on The X Factor, but after the original Take That split Barlow ballooned. (credit:Wire Image / Big Pictures)
(11 of19)
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James Corden's role in One Man Two Guv'nors helped him to shift over five stone. (credit:WENN)
(12 of19)
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TOWIE's Gemma shed four stone on a bid to win Mick Norcross. She gave up the bags of crisps but didn't manage to bag the bloke. Good job she's got Arg now then. (credit:Big)
(13 of19)
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Pete's frame isn't the only thing shocking here. WTF is with that hair? Anyway, Pete shed the pounds when he split with Jordan. We didn't hear anything about that? (credit:Big)
(14 of19)
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Eh up, don our Kerreh look slim. Must 'av been on t'Weight Watchers. (credit:Big)
(15 of19)
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Jack Osbourne has struggled a lot with his size and is still yo-yoing with his weight now. (credit:Big)
(16 of19)
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Gerard Butler has never exactly been a porker, but he's swapped his stocky frame for a much leaner one. (credit:Big)
(17 of19)
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Jessie Wallace looked unrecognisable after slimming down, but since returning to Easties, Jessie has regained Kat's curvier figure. (credit:Big)
(18 of19)
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Superbad actor Jonah Hill made jaws drop across the world when he unveiled his new look at an awards bash. He's hoping to lose more too. (credit:Big)
(19 of19)
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The once teeny weeny, leather-chaps wearing Christina Aguilera got tongues a-wagging when she ditched her slight frame. (credit:WENN)