Thought I'd have a bit of fun, so the picture is NOT me. It's the great Lon Chaney, in a still from the lost [and it is lost, most definitely] 1925 movie 'London After Midnight'. Chaney was well known for his chameleon like ways of inhabiting his film characters, often putting himself into excruciating pain to do so. So much so, that a popular saying of the 1920's was: "Don't tread on it - it might be Lon Chaney!". For this character, who is actually Inspector Burke of Scotland Yard, impersonating a vampire to flush out some criminals [yes, I know], Chaney put wire rings into his eye-sockets to force his eyes into that frankly terrifying bulge-eyed stare, and had a set of sharp clip-on teeth made, which were so painful to wear, he could only keep them in for about ten minutes at a time. He also had other appliances made to distort his mouth even further. He sadly died way too early, in August 1930, of complications leading from bronchial cancer. He was only 47.
Lon Chaney as Erik, the Phantom, in 'Phantom Of The Opera' [1925]
Talking pictures had just started being released, and the irony was that Chaney had a rich voice, and would have been a great success in 'The Talkies'. Many silent stars found their careers cut short, when their voices were found wanting. Chaney would have been wonderful, but cancer took his voice away before it could be used properly. A great tragedy indeed.