Best Celebrity Alter Egos: Celebs With Famous Alter Egos (PHOTOS)

At the MTV Video Music Awards (Aug. 28), Lady Gaga transformed into her badass greaser alter ego, Joe Calderone. She totally committed to her show-opening act, talking in a tough voice and delivering a pretty convincing monologue before launching into song. Gaga committed to her alter ego all night--even accepting her VMA as Joe Calderone.

But Gaga's not the only one with a famous alter ego. Backstage at the VMAs, rapper Nicki Minaj promised fans that they can expect a lot of her alter ego Roman on her new album. Katy Perry debuted her alter ego, Kathy Beth Terry, in her music video for her hit single, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". And even Justin Bieber can transform into MC Shawty Mane to express his swag.

And can anyone really forget country crooner Garth Brooks' failed alter ego rock persona, Chris Gaines?

Some do it better than others, but that doesn't stop celebs from embracing their alter egos. Take a look at some of our favorites below.

Comments

[lannetteramos]

11:55 PM on 09/08/2011

Ralph Machio's and Squiggy's love-child= Joe Calderone

[nonyabusinessinpa]

07:54 AM on 09/05/2011

Hmmmmm....Alter ego......TRY DEMON COUNTER PART!!

[evestar]

07:33 AM on 09/05/2011

Nicki Minaj, what a freak!

[nonyabusinessinpa]

07:55 AM on 09/05/2011

They ALL are FREAKS now a days!! Lady Gag Me is the perfect example!!

[Nightling]

06:20 AM on 09/05/2011

Stephen King has the alter ego Richard Bachman, whom he killed off.

[Nightling]

06:16 AM on 09/05/2011

You pictured awful pictures for Bowie. His Ziggy phase was in 1972. Those are new pictures. Is it really so hard to google Ziggy Stardust, guys?

[Cindy Guley]

05:19 AM on 09/05/2011

if an alter ego is representative of another persona isn't this schizophrenia?uh........ITS JUST STUPID!anything for attention.

[gravesoverkill]

03:49 AM on 09/05/2011

So if you kill off your alter ego,is that still murder?

[kris10w22]

03:02 AM on 09/05/2011

I would have stopped reading this rag if they didn't include David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust..... loveeeeee me some Ziggy.

[Hosway1992]

02:08 AM on 09/05/2011

Indie Rock wise what about Kevin Barnes' Georgie Fruit or Paul Banks' Julian Plenti? Why dont talented people get recognized even for something like an alter ego xD
Except Ziggy Stardust hes cool!

[Sabra Bruning]

01:53 AM on 09/05/2011

Ridiculous trash.

Utter waste of time while people are dying.

[Nightling]

06:17 AM on 09/05/2011

People die every day all over the world. Even during the happiest moments of your life someone dies. And you know what else? Somewhere else someone is being born. Life has a way of persevering. Death is no reason not to enjoy life and the more trivial pleasures it brings.

[pullmafingerquik]

01:45 AM on 09/05/2011

These are people that just got too famous for their own good. Most of which clearly had mental issues as a result of the fame. Lady Gaga's problem is more a sexual one than fame. That,and the fact that she lacks the talent to have actually earned the fame that she has acheived.

[qtswan]

12:56 AM on 09/05/2011

You forgot T.I- who's alter ego is T.I.P

[Kevin Chung Lin]

12:49 AM on 09/05/2011

what about Eminem / Slim Shady?

[jtchris83]

12:03 AM on 09/05/2011

Minaj's "alter ego" is called Roman Zolanski? The best she can do is rip off the name of an accused statutory rapist. Creativity has gone out the window!

[YanksWS96]

11:43 PM on 09/04/2011

Unnamed Narrator / Tyler Durden wasn't one?!

I am Jack's lack of surprise.