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10 guys who look better bald

These famous guys with chrome domes look even better than they did with full heads of hair.

10 guys who look better bald

Death, taxes, and eventually losing your hair: For men, those are the only three certainties in life. If a few follicles have already begun falling, you’re probably worried that bald is anything but beautiful—especially when it seems like only superstars can pull off the cue-ball look. But never fear: These famous guys with chrome domes look even better than they did with full heads of hair. Follow their lead and embrace your baldness.

ANDRE AGASSIWidely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, the lion-maned Andre Agassi revealed in Open, his 2009 autobiography, that the score atop his head had been love-love since his early 20s and that his famous, Fabio-esque locks were but a wig. In 1995, the gifted racketeer went the pro-athlete route, shaved his head, and proceeded to have one of the best years of his career, ranking number one in the world.

SAMUEL L. JACKSONThe highest grossing actor of all time—his films have earned more than $8 billion at the box office—Jackson earned an Oscar nomination for his indelible turn as the Jheri-curled hitman in Pulp Fiction, but really hit the cinematic stratosphere after he revealed his bald pate in 1996’s The Great White Hype. Jedi, superhero, badass: What else can we say?

BILLY CORGANPerhaps prematurely balding in the Windy City is what led volcanic Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan to feel Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. But music fans cheered when Corgan said adios to his messy mane and debuted his own chrome pumpkin ‘do on Saturday Night Live in 1995, launching his band to its greatest creative and commercial success.

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MICHAEL JORDANThe greatest basketball player of all time, Jordan got bullish about his receding hairline in 1988, debuting his slam-dunk in a season that would see him named NBA All-Star Game MVP. If Helen of Troy is the face that launched a thousand ships, Jordan, now 50, is the cueball who single-handedly blazed the “bald is beautiful” trail in pop culture.

DWAYNE 'THE ROCK' JOHNSONThe 20-inch biceps were, admittedly, somewhat distracting, but the early career hairstyles of The Rock—a Sideshow Bob-esque high-top, a wild man Afro, some Elvis sideburns, and various wigs—were frequently surreal. In 2010, Johnson dumped the brain grain for Faster and went clean-shaven. Since then, the 41-year-old’s films have become increasingly successful at the box office, grossing more than $2.2 billion.

JASON KIDD According to 2010 research from Multi-Sponsor Surveys, up to 11 percent of American men color their hair annually, and exactly zero percent of those men thought Jason Kidd’s turn-of-the-millennium bleached blonde mini-‘Fro was a good idea. Is it any coincidence that Kidd led the New Jersey Nets to their first berth in the NBA Finals in 2002, the same year he gave his hair a fast break? We think not.

MATT LAUERBeginning in 1996, Lauer’s tenure on NBC’s The Today Show was a real-time theater of hair loss. These days, perhaps emboldened by a $25-million-a-year contract, the 56-year-old anchor is embracing a tightly buzzed, horseshoe fringe arrangement, and it’s looking good.

HOWIE MANDELWhile most gents whack the weeds because they’re already balding, comedian Mandel brandished the razor in 2005 to relieve his legendary fear of germs, stating a hairless crown feels cleaner. Not long after making the switch, Mandel enjoyed a career renaissance, first with the game show Deal or No Deal and then with America’s Got Talent.

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JASON STATHAMOccasionally, the deadly Englishman—482 kills in 21 movies— will kick ass with a 5 o’clock shadow atop old Smokey, but for the most part, Statham’s brain whiskers today are, uh, expendable. It’s a good look for the 46-year-old action star, and his girlfriend—Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whitely—seems to agree.

BRUCE WILLISAt the height of his television career in the mid-‘80s, Willis’ hair was already moonlighting somewhere else, but it didn’t keep the Jersey boy from becoming one of the biggest stars in the world. By 1994’s Pulp Fiction, Willis’ hair finally died hard and the actor essentially launched the cueball trend on celluloid.

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