At least one example embodiment discloses a facial recognition apparatus configured to obtain a two-dimensional (2D) input image including a face region of a user, detect a facial feature point from the 2D input image, adjust a pose of a stored three-dimensional (3D) facial model based on the detected facial feature point, generate a 2D projection image from the adjusted 3D facial model, perform facial recognition based on the face region in the 2D input image and a face region in the 2D projection image, and output a result of the facial recognition.