OMGUncover Which Actors You Had No Idea Have Accents

Apr 14, 2017 1:45 pm

By Jennifer Maldonado

When an actor takes on a television or movie role, they ultimately transform into totally new people. They're bringing characters to life and in order to portray a certain character, they have to make some changes to themselves. For some stars, this means cutting or dying their hair, or wearing clothes that are much different than their personal style. For others, they have to adopt a whole new accent.

There are tons of actors like 13 Reasons Why starlet Katherine Langford, or breakout hit series Riverdale's leading man KJ Apa who play American teenagers, but they're actually from other countries and have to disguise their accents. We know, it's mind-blowing, since they all do such an amazing job hiding the real way they speak. They are professional actors after all, so you know, it's their job to have you totally convinced they're these characters! And these are just two actors who have fooled you into thinking you're hearing their normal speaking voices when they grace your screens. Trust us, some of these stars will have you in disbelief, they're all just that good!

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Click through the gallery to uncover which actors completely hid their real-life accents for the most beloved acting roles!

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13 Reasons Why

Katherine Langford

Katherine is best known for her first role ever as Hannah in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. She's actually from Perth, Australia and has an Australian accent.

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Kj apa riverdale

KJ Apa

KJ is best known for his role as the red head with a heart of gold, Archie Andrews on Riverdale. He's actually from New Zealand and has an accent.

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Mitchell hope descendants

Mitchell Hope

Mitchell is best known for stealing rotten to the core Mal's heart in Descendants as Prince Ben, but IRL, he has an Australian accent, since he's from Melbourne, Australia.

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Ed westwick gossip girl

Ed Westwick

Ed is the one and only Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl and although he might've had you thinking he's actually from the Upper East Side like his character, Ed is actually from England and has an English accent.

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Maia mitchell teen beach movie the fosters

Maia Mitchell

Maia is best known for her roles on Teen Beach and The Fosters, neither of which showcased her Australian accent. That's right, Maia is actually from Lismore, New South Wales in Australia.

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Robert pattinson twilight

Robert Pattinson

Robert will forever be beloved for his role as Edward Cullen in the Twilight movies and although he played a vampire who was first from Chicago before he met Bella Swan in Forks, Washington, Rob is actually from London and has an English accent.

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Liam hemsworth the last song hunger games

Liam Hemsworth

Liam played Will in The Last Song and Gale in The Hunger Games movies, two of his biggest roles, but he's actually from Australia and has an accent he hid for both of these roles.

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Theo james divergent

Theo James

Theo played Four in the Divergent movies, but the actor is actually from Oxford, England and has an accent he didn't showcase in this role.

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Dominic sherwood shadowhunters

Dominic Sherwood

Dominic plays Jace in the Shadowhunters television series, but in real life, he is from England and has an accent IRL.

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Phoebe tonkin the originals

Phoebe Tonkin

Phoebe plays werewolf Hayley Marshall on The Originals and her character might be from New Orleans, but IRL Phoebe is actually from Sydney, Australia, so she doesn't showcase her accent.

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Gregg sulkin pretty little liars faking it

Gregg Sulkin

Gregg Sulkin first become known for playing Mason on Wizards of Waverly Place, where he had an English accent. As it turns out, Gregg is actually from England and that accent was real, but in his later roles on Pretty Little Lairs and Faking It, he didn't have his English accent since he was playing American characters. Crazy, right?!

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Andrew Garfield

Andrew might've played Spider-Man himself Peter Parker, but the actor grew up in the United Kingdom, where his mom is from although he was born in Los Angeles. He has an accent as a result of where he lived most of his life!

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Daniel sharman teen wolf

Daniel Sharman

Daniel is best known for playing the werewolf Isaac Lahey on Teen Wolf but IRL, he is actually from the United Kingdom and has an accent he didn't showcase on the series.