Celebrities with Facial Scars

Who are the most famous celebrities with facial scars?

Introduction

Having a facial scar can be difficult, both physically and emotionally.

While many people may not understand what you’re going through, there are others who can relate to your experience. But you’re not alone!

There are plenty of famous people who have endured physical trauma that has left them with visible scars.

Whether they were in a car accident, suffered from a debilitating disease, or endured a horrific injury, these celebrities have dealt with the stares and judgments that come with having a scarred face.

Despite the challenges, these celebrities have managed to thrive both professionally and personally.

Celebrities With Facial Scars:

Al Capone

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Al Capone, sometimes known by the nickname “Scarface,” was one of the most infamous organized crime figures in American history.

He earned the nickname “Scarface” due to three large scars spread across his face. He got the scars after his face was slashed during a fight at the Harvard Inn by a guy named Frank Galluccio (Capone made some unkind remarks about Galluccio’s sister).

Later, Capone was rushed to the hospital, where he received 80 stitches.

Mary J. Blige

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Mary J. Blige has a scar below her left eye, allegedly after a fight with another woman. However, the “Queen of Hip-Hop Soul” didn’t reveal how she got the scar.

Jason Momoa

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Jason Momoa has a large scar on his eyebrow.

In 2008, he got into a fight with a man named Dominic Bando in the Bird Cafe, Hollywood.

“A guy smashed a pint glass in my face,” Jason said in an interview with Access Hollywood in 2011. He added: “I got a little over 140 stitches in my face.”

Bando received five years in prison.

Miles Teller

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Miles Teller got his facial scars after getting into a car accident in 2007. He was the passenger in the car.

“My buddy lost control of my car going 80 miles per hour,” Teller said in an interview. “I still have two rocks in my face.”

J.R. Martinez

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J.R. Martinez is a former U.S. Army soldier who served in the Iraq War.

In 2003, his Humvee hit a landmine, and he sustained severe burns to over 34% of his body. He spent 34 months undergoing rehabilitation at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.

After undergoing dozens of surgeries and therapy, he was covered in scars.

“That explosion essentially pushed me out of the body that I was in, out of the mindset that I was in, into a new life,” he told ET in October 2012.

Charlie Puth

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Charlie Puth has a scar on his right eyebrow.

“I was bit by a dog when I was 2 and almost died from head trauma,” Puth explained in a tweet.

Sanaa Lathan

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Sanaa Lathan has a scar on her right cheek from an “encounter with an oven and a lump of Play-Doh.”

Prince William

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Prince William has a scar on his forehead, which he calls his “Harry Potter scar.”

“I got hit by a golf club when I was playing golf with a friend of mine,” Prince William said. “It glows sometimes, and some people notice it.”

Steve Buscemi

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Steve Buscemi has a scar on the left side of his cheek and neck after a bar brawl.

He was stabbed above the eye and in the jaw, arm, and throat.

Adrian Pasdar

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He has a facial scar from a car accident.

“I had a broken neck and had been in a coma for a little bit,” Pasdar revealed for Mercury News.

Joaquin Phoenix

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Joaquin Phoenix has a scar on his upper lip. The American actor was born with a mild form of cleft palate, also known as microform cleft lip.

“The scar on the lip is not the result of a repaired cleft lip or palate,” Joaquin said. “It is simply a birthmark.”

Seal

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Seal is also known for very characteristic types of scars on his face and scalp due to discoid lupus erythematosus, a chronic scarring skin condition.