By Michael Arbeiter, Hollywood.com Staff

In his 30 plus years as a big screen actor, Nicolas Cage has tackled a wide variety of roles. He's embodied the clean-shaven good guy, the mustachioed degenerate, the stubbly antihero, the goateed action hero... okay, yes, we're really only talking about his facial hair. And although the whiskers of Cage have taken form in a number of ways that would call envy from mortal men, the actor has never truly grown out a full-on beard for a movie. Until now.

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The first image for Joe, the David Gordon Green drama that casts Cage as an ex-con father figure to a troubled young boy, has released, exhibiting a pioneering of the star's foray into bearded glory. Unnerving, hypnotic, provocative, otherworldly... everything we might have expected. And if the follicular majesty in the image isn't enough to convince you that such a feat has never before been braved, check below for our breakdown of Cage's big screen facial hair frenzies.

Moustache

The Cotton Club

Raising Arizona

Deadfall

World Trade Center

Kick-Ass

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Sonny

Goatee

Kiss of Death

Season of the Witch

Drive Angry

Seeking Justice

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Stubble

Birdy

Moonstruck

Tempo di uccidere

Amos & Andrew

Con Air

Bringing Out the Dead

Windtalkers

Van Dyke

Zandalee

Fu Man Chu

Grindhouse

Bear Suit

The Wicker Man

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