Jonah Hill has lost so much weight that you might not recognize him

The INSIDER Summary:

• New photos of Jonah Hill show him looking fit.
• Twitter is very impressed.
• The last time he slimmed down this much was in 2011.
• It's uncertain whether he's losing the weight for a movie, which he has done in the past, or for personal reasons.

We are at the apex of another Jonah Hill weight cycle. He's slimmed down and gained weight a lot over the years for different movie roles, and he looks different every time.

Now, pictures show that he's not only slimmed down, but considerably bulked up.

It's not clear if this latest physical transformation is for a role — his upcoming movies include "MIB 23," the forthcoming "Jump Street" sequel, and the "Men in Black" crossover movie — but he's getting a lot of approval from fans on Twitter.

It's a considerable transformation for Hill, whose earlier roles, like in "Superbad" and "Knocked Up," depended on him being a geeky-looking, second-fiddle character. He first went through a dramatic change for 2011's "Moneyball," for which he earned an Oscar nomination. (He received a second nomination for his role in 2013's "The Wolf of Wall Street.")

"It was just mostly diet," Hill told ABC News in 2011. "I wish there was some crazy thing that I did, like a pill or a genie or something, but I went to see a nutritionist, and he told me what to eat to change my habits and stuff."

Hill gained weight again for his role in 2016's "War Dogs," where he played a drug-addled twenty-something arms dealer. Now, once again, he looks positively chiseled.

In 2016, Hill told Jimmy Fallon that he got some fitness advice from "Jump Street" buddy Channing Tatum.

"I called Channing Tatum and said, 'Hey, if I ate less and go to a trainer, will I get in better shape?'" Hill said. "And he said, ‘Yes, you dumb motherf-----, of course you will. It’s the simplest thing in the entire world."

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