Joe Manganiello Shaved, 'True Blood' Star Removes Facial Hair

True Blood star Joe Manganiello has shaved his beloved scruff. On Wednesday evening, September 4, he debuted a smooth, clean-shaven face at the 10th Annual Style Awards in New York City, according to E! Online.

Most people didn't recognize him at first but now that it was confirmed that the baby-faced man is in fact the same man who plays Alcide on the HBO show.

On one hand, his bare face makes his beautiful brown eyes stand out even more. He also had a chiseled jawbone under all that facial hair. On the other hand, the facial hair added an extra hotness in him.

Manganiello, 36, presented John Varvatos with the Menswear Designer of the Year Award. Even though he's still hot minus the facial hair, it will come back for the final season of True Blood.

In an 2010 interview with Vulture, the actor said that his trademark facial hair might have actually assisted him to get the role of Alcide.. "Yeah. I mean, I read the books, and this is how the character was described in the books. When I showed up I wanted to be as close to that mark as possible, and then you kind of put your own stink on it, and make him look the way you think he should look," he explained. "And there's kind of a reclusive, construction-working, woodsy, kind of, you know, secretive guy, so I figured a beard would work."