# Actors/actresses you think are the same person **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** actor-characters\ **Created:** [August 25, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519 "2005-08-25T01:03:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/181 "2019-11-29T07:27:41Z")
I frequently confuse Roy Scheider with Scott Glenn. Especially if Scheider ditches the glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/182 "2019-11-29T15:05:40Z")
For years I thought the actress who played Otto’s girlfriend in “Repo Man” was the same person who played Mozart’s wife in “Amadeus”. Nope, Olivia Barash was in Repo Man and Elizabeth Berridge was in Amadeus. (Even their names kind of sound the same!) ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/183 "2019-11-29T16:31:26Z")
Toni Colette (played the mom in the Sixth Sense movie) and Catherine O’Hara (played the mom in Home Alone). I don’t know why. I always think one or the other of them played the mom in both the movies I referenced. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/184 "2019-11-29T18:37:09Z")
I keep getting Jon Ham and Patrick Warburton mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/185 "2019-11-29T20:01:09Z")
I just learned a couple of weeks ago that [Everett Sloane](https://www.google.com/search?q=everett+sloane&tbm=isch) is not the same person as [George C. Scott](https://www.google.com/search?q=george+c+scott&tbm=isch). ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/186 "2019-11-29T20:08:40Z")
Had one last night watching _Knives Out_. Saw how thin Toni Colette was in the role of Joni and I kept wondering if that [Academy Award winner that was also in _Three Billboards_](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000531/?ref_=tt_cl_t1) dieted down for the role. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/187 "2019-11-30T05:57:52Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Kit Harrington and [Christopher Abbott.](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3571592/) Wow, that’s remarkable! ---
**Author:** ![Victoryus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@Victoryus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victoryus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/188 "2022-09-03T22:28:48Z")
I thought the same thing and looked it up because I thought it and was shocked to see they were two different actresses. They look a lot alike. I was saddened to read that Caitlyn Clark had died. ---
**Author:** ![Victoryus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@Victoryus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victoryus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/189 "2022-09-03T22:31:29Z")
I also thought that Leelee Sorbeski and Helen Hunt favor a lot too, ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/190 "2022-09-03T23:11:39Z")
Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger look like twins. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/191 "2022-09-03T23:29:32Z")
Well, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/192 "2022-09-04T18:09:52Z")
> [@Tracy\_Lord](#): > > My roommate had a similar issue with [Tilda Swinton](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842770/) and [Cate Blanchett](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000949/). Not quite the same person, but interchangeable. To the point that I have to say “Wasn’t Tilda (or maybe Cate) cast well as the White Witch in Narnia? And I can forgive them not having an Asian ancient master in Dr. Strange, since Tilda Or Cate No Probably Tilda did such a good job.” eta a thought: Do some of these actors get work as the cheaper or more available alternative? _“We HAVE to have Natalie Portman for this role, she’s perfect for it, but if she’s busy call Keira Knightley.”_ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/193 "2022-09-05T01:46:33Z")
Michelle Williams and Carey Mulligan look very similar to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519.md?page=9)