Shocking transformation: Pictures through the years show how Julian Assange changed during embassy ordeal

APRIL 11, 2019: Observers were shocked at Julian Assange's appearance when he arrived at Westminster Magistrates' Court after being kicked out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

Just a year ago, the WikiLeaks founder sported a clean-cut look. (REUTERS)

Here's Assange on May 19, 2017, on the balcony of the embassy where he lived for more than six years. (REUTERS/Peter Nicholls)

Assange is shown outside the embassy on Feb. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The beard was there back on Aug. 21, 2015, but a bit more groomed. (Press Association via AP Images)

Assange speaks during a press conference inside the embassy, Aug. 18, 2014.  (John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Image)

Early in his residency inside the embassy, on Jan. 23, 2013, Assange was clean-shaven. (Philip Toscano/PA Images via Getty Images)

Here, Assange arrives at the Supreme Court in London, Feb. 1, 2012.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Assange in Bungay, England, June 15, 2011.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Assange outside the High Court in London, Dec. 16, 2010.  (Stefan Wermuth/Pool Photo)

Before his legal troubles, Assange looked like a different man, as seen here at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm, Aug. 14, 2010.  (Bertil Ericson /TT News Agency via AP)