Groucho Marx's greasepaint shows you don't need hair to get yourself a trademark tachePhotograph: Bob Landry/Time Life Pictures/Getty ImagesWill Ferrell in Anchorman You can almost you smell the testosterone coming off this tache. Without words, we know: Ron Burgundy is all manPhotograph: Frank Masi, SMPSPHarry Shearer in This is Spinal Tap Turning the tache to 11 is Derek Smalls's thick slick of stubble with elaborate flares and tapersPhotograph: Rex Feature/Everett Collection
Sean Connery in Zardoz A superlative handlebar beautifully offset by the plait, codpiece, braces with places to store your bullets and thigh-high riding boots Photograph: 20th C Fox/Everett/Rex FeaturesDaniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood It's hard to tell which is more frightening: his twirly showstopper in Gangs of New York or this one in There Will Be Blood – mania-stained and full of bristlePhotograph: Everett /Rex Features/Paramount
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