Regardless of which movie you know him from, Corey Stroll, in real life, is definitely known for his bald head. The actor said that going bald was a liberating experience for him. I never really knew what to do with my hair to begin with. When I was fat, I had incredibly long, unkempt hair. Stroll also said that the best advice that he had gotten was from his ex-girlfriend, who first told him to shave his head. Musician Halsey can be seen with wild hair.
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For major bonus, he's played by Patrick Stewart himself in the movies. His baldness set in during puberty in the comics and is possibly linked to his powers. In the films, he went bald sometime during middle age.
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He is so badass that he becomes The Spectre after his death. Luke Cage and Ultimate Nick Fury definitely qualify. Recently, the Marvel universe has started to really like this trope. The Young Avengers picked their leader based on it. Not that Patriot's not a good leader, it's just there was no evidence for it before he was chosen, other than his baldness. Both men and women on Norrin Radd's home planet of Zenn-La are entirely baldheaded. Spider Jerusalem from Transmetropolitan.
Bonus points because it was not by choice. A malfunction with a computerized shower stripped him of all his body hair and it never grew back. Suske en Wiske Spike and Suzy: Lambik, while the character changed over the years, his baldness remained one of the key parts of his appearance and has been used as an element to drive the plot forward in a couple of issues.
Lambik played the role of the heroic father figure in a number of albums. In "Het geheim van de gladiatoren" The secret of the gladiators , "De schat van Beersel" The treasure of Beersel , and "De tartaarse helm" The Tartar Helmet , he's depicted as an expert swordsman. Doctor Strange 's manservant and Battle Butler , Wong.
In fact, he seems to be the shaven Tibetan monk type. Nick Knatterton , detective hero of German comic strips.
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Dwight from Sin City fits this at first, but he later grows his hair out when he is wanted for murder. Martha Washington sports one after the first Give Me Liberty series. Plourr Illo, in the X-Wing Series comics, at least until her arc. In said arc she starts growing it out, and in later comics she has a very short, boyish cut. King Mob of The Invisibles , is a bald super spy with psychic powers. Popeye isn't dashingly handsome, but it doesn't stop him from being kickass awesome. Nero and Van Zwam are bald, but still able to solve cases and show equal strength in defeating villains. Marcel Kiekeboe is bald, but at the same time clever when the situation calls for it.
Paulus is has a totally bald head, but he is a brave and intelligent wood gnome at the same time. Invoked with Sand Masters - the highest-ranking and thus most powerful Mastrells usually keep their heads bald. Baon, the Badass Normal bodyguard to Khriss, is bald as well. Queen of All Oni has Jade's foreman Blankman , who at the very least is bald ing if not completely bald, and one of the most badass people in the story.
Gru from Despicable Me. He would later dodge five missiles like it was nothing and Offhand Backhand a shark to get to his adopted children after Vector kidnapped them. The title character of Shrek scares humans with his Badass Boasts. Yul Brynner may have been the original Bald of Awesome in film. He originally shaved his head for The King and I , and audiences and he liked it so much he kept it that way.
Telly Savalas was bald because he'd consulted an astrologer. Told that he was an Aries and that the head is the most important physical feature in that sign, he shaved his head to look distinctive and attract attention. Vin Diesel seems to be a reverse Samson - he loses most of his badass factor when he doesn't have a shaven head.
He re-shaves it in character during Pitch Black and again in The Chronicles of Riddick just to keep this up. Jason Statham combines a closely buzzed head with Perma-Stubble for maximum badass points. Jane — the titular character. Given that Newcomers in Alien Nation are hairless, this applies to all such characters in the movie and the spin—off series, mostly George. Morpheus from The Matrix. Bruce Willis lost his hair and gained innumerable Awesome points in the process, as seen in Live Free or Die Hard as well as the below-mentioned The Expendables.
Inverted in Every Which Way You Can where the Black Widow motorcycle gang appear ridiculous after losing their hair in an asphalt spray. But that might have something to do with the fact that they're wearing silly wigs to compensate — two highway patrolmen break down laughing rather than arrest them, much to their leader's fury. Takashi Shimura takes this to extremes in Seven Samurai as ronin Kambei Shimada, who is first seen shaving his head as part of a ploy to rescue a child.
In his era, it would have been considered dishonorable for someone of the samurai class to shave his head, even to save a peasant. His baldness shows that he places morality above his social standing. Even so, he's clearly a little uncomfortable being bald, and spends the rest of the film absently rubbing his stubbled scalp.
Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta seems to take a few levels in badass after her head is forcibly shaved. The fact that her real hair was shaved off on camera makes it even more badass. According to Natalie herself , she had actually been looking forward to having her head shaved. Terry Crews even shows off his badass razor.
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Frank Barnes in Unstoppable. John Travolta in From Paris with Love. Straddling the line between this and Bald of Evil , the leader of the Crazy 88 from Kill Bill , Johnny Mo, manages to last fairly long against the Bride. Denton Van Zan in Reign of Fire. Charlie Bronson, England's most expensive inmate, in Bronson , based on the real life criminal.
The film presents him as the antihero in his story, though some would probably consider the real man Bald of Evil. When one of the Crites in Critters 2: The Main Course finds out that a laserblast has removed the fur from top of its head, it's impressed by the result. Lord Tywin Lannister's baldness of awesome was actually an indicative character trait. When his hair started thinning, he commanded his barber to completely shave his scalp, as he would not brook half measures. King Stannis Baratheon also more than qualifies. Matilda 's father, who is thoroughly reprehensible and stupid, believes that smart men have a good, thick set of hair.
Coll from The Chronicles of Prydain. Rikus the Mul , one of the main heroes of The Prism Pentad. Kingsley Shacklebolt from Harry Potter. After taking a level in badass he ends up here. Kring in The Elenium by David Eddings. He is a short, bandy-legged horseman who commands an entire tribe of horsemen who are so dangerous that the Big Bad changed his attack plans rather than risk a fight with them said Big Bad was reinforced by a Dark God and legions of Hell, yet was scared of these horsemen.
Akif Ta'anari in Someone Else's War. All wits in the Monster Blood Tattoo series. By becoming a wit, you gain telepathic powers, the ability to cause pain with your mind, and other untapped feats of mental strength. In exchange, you lose your hair. Rather tellingly, her call-sign is not intended to be indicative of any motherly traits although she is pretty much the Team Mum , but is in fact short for Motherfucker. Quint, in the original novel of Jaws but not the movie.
Orcs don't grow facial hair, and as a Proud Warrior Race, all of them are this by default. Szeth, like most Shin, has a shaved head. He is also a very powerful, dangerous assassin, despite being a pacifist like the rest of his people. The titular hero of the Captain Underpants series has this, even more so after he gains legitimate superpowers. His evil civilian identity, Mr. Krupp, hides this fact under a Dodgy Toupee. Mistress East from Emerald City counts.
Nary a hair on her head, but took no fools lightly and managed to run a prison. Then she was tricked to kill herself by Dorothy. Prince Doran's bodyguard Areo Hotah. Varys cannot yet be defined as a good guy or a bad guy. Mossador is shaved bald, and was one of the first slaves to immediately rebel against the Master.
Detective Vic Mackey from The Shield. Keith Mars from Veronica Mars. Theo Kojak himself, the incorruptible Kojak and tough, bald New York City policeman who was fond of lollipops. Played With because Skinner started as a shady figure and leaned into the Bald of Evil who might be connected to The Conspiracy. However, he proved he's a Reasonable Authority Figure and a badass. Mulder and Scully could depend on him, and he on them. Also worth noting that, according to several books detailing behind-the-scenes work and the making of the series, actor Mitch Pileggi who played Skinner got a great deal of attention from female cast and crew.
The Bald of Awesome worked for him. He even married Gillian Anderson's stunt double. The Haitian from Heroes. White Collar has Mozzie. He doesn't seem very awesome at first, but as the series goes on, he proves his cunning, bravery and loyalty more than once.
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He's a legendary captain of the Starfleet, a true leader of his crew, and as an old flame says, a damned sexy man. Minor characters who qualify are Lwaxana Troi's manservant Mr. Homn, and the enigmatic Traveler. Ben Sisko in Season 4 on. He grew a beard in the bargain, both of which can be taken as a nod to Avery Brooks's earlier role as Hawk in the Spenser: He shaved his head because, at the time, he did a couple of Spenser: For Hire reunion TV movies.
He couldn't regrow it in time before taping Deep Space Nine 's next season, so he just introduced the look to Sisko. Which caused problems in the beginning, as the producers required Avery Brooks to have some hair for the first season, until the character was established. They specifically did this so he wouldn't look like his earlier character. According to the companion book for Deep Space Nine , when it was decided to go for the bald look, the producers were geared up for a big battle and had their arguments all prepared.
They took it to the top brass, which was basically just like "Oh, okay," and that was it. The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager , Robert Picardo. Even he noticed the coincidence between Stewart's character and his last name, but hey, "if Picard can baldly go where no one has gone before, so can a Picardo. The show is swarming with bald people for some reason, each with varying degrees of awesome. Walter White, a chemistry teacher who turns to cooking meth when he's diagnosed with cancer. When the chemotherapy starts making his hair fall out, he shaves it off.
The first words his son says in the face of the new look are "Badass, Dad. As the series develops, he subverts the trope by becoming Bald of Evil. Hank is bald, and has several awesome moments. Mike the fixer, both bald and awesome, becoming Bald of Evil , considering what he's done and continues to do.
Saul Tigh from Battlestar Galactica is an on-again, off-again example. While he regularly visits all segments of the personality spectrum save outright, unmitigated evil, when he does get into bad-assery mode, he does it spectacularly. Wordy and Lou also fell under this prior to their departures.
Although he grew short-cropped hair in later seasons. General Hammond, who's still awesome. Bra'tac, who wore a steel skull cap. Even Apophis pulled this one off. A rare female example occurs with Zhaan from Farscape. Nearly every man in Prison Break qualifies for this trope, or comes very, very close. Brad Bellick can slide across the full spectrum of bald tropes almost instantly, effortlessly moving from this to looking like a weak buffoon, to full-on Bald of Evil. Mahone is awesome, though he only counts as Bald ing Of Awesome. Bull Shannon from Night Court.
Note that Richard Moll, who played the character, shaves his head.
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He says he'd have shaved his legs for the part, if asked. Played with in one episode when a man whose toupee was stolen tried to call a wig-shop. Don't be a jerk. This gesturing to his scalp drives women wild! In high school I didn't play basketball— because I couldn't find the time. In Brazil, an old and still popular Carnival tune plays this along with Chick Magnet: Florian and Henning of Kraftwerk. Lothar in Mandrake the Magician. Daddy Warbucks from Little Orphan Annie. Sharkey of Sharkey's Shootout , a stout, bald man who runs an exclusive pool hall for his annual pool tournament.
The Shootout is so exclusive that only six people are allowed entry, including world-famous player Jeanne "The Black Widow" Lee and a space alien. Just a general note: Due to the nature of professional wrestling, most wrestlers will switch between Face and Heel during their careers. Because of this, there is some significant overlap between this and Bald of Evil , and likely most of these qualify for both.
Either way, it has some practical value; the other guy can't pull your hair if you don't have any. Qualified as the other type when he was a heel. As do a number of others. Kurt Angle decided to deliberately invoke this. After losing a hair vs hair match to Edge , he spent a few months wearing a ridiculous looking hairpiece held on by Olympic style wrestling headgear.
Then one show he whipped it off and just stood there smiling patiently until the fans quit laughing. He's been bald ever since. Molly Holly Actually an inversion with Molly. Between having to wear a ridiculous wig with a chin strap attached and getting pinned in almost all of her matches including having to put over Faux Action Girl Stacy Keibler and green rookie Christy Hemme , she was anything but awesome. The other things was his bald. To be fair, it gives bonuses on every other hair choice as well, with about the same level of justification.
Long hair gives a bonus to strength too, since "it worked for Samson. A great deal of Space Marines from any chapter that isn't Space Wolves who are practically hairballs by comparison are bald or have rather little hair.