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Matt Damon or Jake Gyllenhaal: Who Looks Better Bald?

07/20/2011 at 04:30 PM ET

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Matt Damon and Jake Gyllenhaal are proving that bald is indeed beautiful. The actors have both been spotted sporting shaved heads recently, and we can’t say we mind! Damon showed off his new look while heading to the post office in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday. Is the actor trying to go incognito? PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive recently said that unlike his pal Brad Pitt, he doesn’t cause an international incident when he leaves his house — but this haircut could easily create a stir. The day before, Gyllenhaal was photographed on location in Los Angeles where he’s shooting End of Watch; the actor shaved his head to play the role of an LAPD officer opposite Michael Peña. Gyllenhaal, who previously rocked a hairless head for the film Jarhead, confidently pulls off the no-locks look. But, who wears — or doesn’t wear — his bald head best? Tell us: Who do you think should win the battle of the balds? –Alla Byrne


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Stacey on

Jake

Mary Alice tipps on

Neither!

halfbreedredneck on

Jake, Matt, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!!!! Please DON’T do this again!!!!!! <3 U Both!!!!

Amanda on

BRUCE WILLIS!!!!!

Hugo on

Matt by a landslide!

Kat on

Jake!

Though I wonder why he can’t get a good woman. Is he still going for ‘fishing trips’ at BB mountain :)

amanda on

Matt totally looks better. Scotty doesn’t know.

Darian on

Neither!!

Lizzy on

Could you have picked a worse picture of Jake?! I’m actually kind of blown away by Matt’s hotness here, Jake has bad posture… I try, but can’t get past it.

smartchick on

Without a doubt…..Matt! Without hair, with hair, skinny, heavier…….whatever…..Matt is gorgeous!

tawny on

neither

barbara on

matt…absolutely hot !!!

Andre on

JAKE GYLLANHAUL LOOKS VERY GOOD. HE IS SEXY WITH HIS BALD CLOSE CUT. HE SHOULD KEEP IT LIKE THAT. WORK IT OUT JAKE.

Tiffany on

They both look bad bald…I never thought I would ever say Jake looks bad…I still love him tho!! <3

jd on

i’d do em both bald or with hair

Ashley Decker on

Uhhhh, Damon. DUH!
Matt looks better bald than Jake looks like with hair!!

Kim on

They need a third choice..NEITHER!

jerry on

Matt. Mainly because it looks more natural. Jake is only bald for a movie. He’s trying to present himself as tough and gritty like he did in Jarhead. I like Jake, but when I think of him, I don’t think tough and gritty.

Sharee Hogan on

YUM! @ Matt

frankie on

@Kate.. maybe it’s cause he’s got a little one.. lol.. usually that’s the case… or he’s stuck in two words.. heterosexual and the other sexuality.. ahem

kelly on

Neither!

Jamie Wolf on

I love both. Matt has better bone structure!!

Billie on

well, aside from the scrunchy old man face he’s making, i would have to say jake….although both of them deffinately look better with hair than they do without.

Billie on

and i totally agree with the bruce willis comment!

Ava on

I think it’s genius that you chose a photo of Matt giving a “gimme a break, I’m way hotter hands down” look aimed directly at perfect eye level to Jake, who’s giving the “this is how I make sexy face” look. Once again People, who have given me my laugh for the day. They’re both hot.

Nicole on

With or without hair, it’s always Matt!! :)

Julia on

I love both, but Matt is like the guy of my dreams! strong, smart and cute even bald or chubby!

ST on

Where’s the choice “None of the Above”? LOL

linda on

Ish. I love hair on a man.

LoveCrazyBeautifulLife on

Neither! I’m not a fan of bald men, sorry.

Moondancer on

Matt looks like he’s searching for his hair and po’d about it!

Josie on

It’s an unfair contest because Jake is making a weird face and you can’t see his eyes while Matt has a sexy serious look. Who’s hotter, Matt or Jake? Definitely Jake. Who’s hotter bald? I can’t tell!

Tajah on

BRUCE WILLIS!! Gorgeous as a bald man.

Selina on

I’m with Lizzy

brenda on

NEITHER LOOK GOOD! There is No reason for a perfectly good head of hair to be shaved….except for maybe lice!

maxinpains on

It’s time for “TEAM AMERICA” !!!!

Matt Damon…. LOL

Al on

Neither

mazie beth on

Jake, of course. he always looks good whether he’s bald, buff, scruffy, naked, and/or all four. meow.

Lori on

Jake. Sorry, I’ve just never found Matt to be all that sexy.

JayFromBk on

I think matt wears the bald look better and jake just looks like robin williams in popeye the sailorman with that look on his face.

Ana on

I think that Jake looks good. =)

Cyberg00se on

Matt is looking a bit like a thinner Aaron Douglas there. Being in Canada, I wonder if anyone has been asking for autographs from him thinking he’s Chief Tyrol.

Karyn on

Hmm, before seeing the pictures I was pretty sure my answer would be neither as their hair is part of the hotness factor for me. But gotta say, Matt takes it for me (though the sucky picture of Jake doesn’t help his cause).

Terri on

Both!!

Tigs on

JAKE JAKE JAKE JAKE, he is soooooooooo dang hot.

mary on

BOTH! Although I think that you all picked a horrible pic of Jake!

Julie on

Jake looks good here but I think its the sunglasses balancing things out. W/o sunglasses its Matt BY FAR!

canada girl on

While I think that Matt is better looking than Jake. In this case Jake is better looking with a shaved head, I am sure that since Matt is in Vancouver it is for a movie roll just like Jake’s is

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Wow – Matt looks way tougher bald! More of a badass, less of a nice guy. That’s kind of surprising…

Mrs T on

Jake, the only reason is because he is in the police uniform.

Emily on

They both look good!

Mech on

OMG! DEFINETLY MATT!!!. IF you guys told me that the one in the left is JAKE, I’ll be hesitating for a while because…. HE LOOKS LIKE AND OLD MAN! Matt is still smokin’

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LM on

Matt…everyday and twice on Sundays. Love that man!

snazzy on

Jake looks naturally good bald, however, Matt, definitely playing against his nature and type, looks like a skinhead. The character he is playing is a prisoner/con so he looks very accurate — scary and brutal looking.

Katie on

Matt, definitely!

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