# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/41 "2005-08-25T15:10:56Z")
My contribution: [Frances O’Connor](http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0230030/10?path=pgallery&path_key=O'Connor,%20Frances%20(II)&seq=37), who looks like a young [Barbara Hershey](http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0113617/fcs_lt_0433-1.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Hershey,%20Barbara&seq=48). ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/42 "2005-08-25T15:38:44Z")
Here is **BigGirl** ’s ealier [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=319557) I’d like to add Malcolm McDowell and Michael York allways confuse me, despite having very different hair. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/43 "2005-08-25T15:52:54Z")
Carmine Giovinazzo [http://members.aol.com/remiped/csiny-carmine02.jpg](http://members.aol.com/remiped/csiny-carmine02.jpg) Greg Kinnear [http://www.nndb.com/people/137/000023068/kinnear-sized.jpg](http://www.nndb.com/people/137/000023068/kinnear-sized.jpg) They could be twins. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/44 "2005-08-25T16:06:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Bill Paxton](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000200/) and [Bill Pullman](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000597/) are really the same person. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/45 "2005-08-25T16:38:39Z")
I agree with Joey Lauren Adams/Renee Zellwegger and Charles Durning/Brian Dennehy (I actually wrote “Brian Durning” there!) Also – Brian Blessed and John Rhys-Davies Allison Janney and Ileana Douglas Vicki Lewis and Kathy Griffin Dennis Quaid and Jeff Bridges Stockard Channing and Elizabeth Perkins (despite the fact that I recently saw them together in the same movie) Matt Damon and Brad Pitt Fran Drescher and Maggie Wheeler Laura Linney and Julianne Moore Laura Linney and Helen Hunt Laura Linney and Heather Graham ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/46 "2005-08-25T16:42:53Z")
I always get David Keith and Keith David confused when trying to remember the actor’s name. And Ewen McGreggor looks a lot like a young Malcom McDowell(or is it Roddy McDowell :eek: 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/47 "2005-08-25T16:49:16Z")
[Michael Madsen](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000514/) and [Tom Sizemore](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001744/). ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/48 "2005-08-25T16:52:47Z")
I thought of another pair… [Fred Thompson](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2412/Events/2412/FredDalton_Kambo_2275635_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Thompson,%20Fred%20Dalton) and [Joe Don Baker](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3384/Events/3384/JoeDonBake_Grani_5552042_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Baker,%20Joe%20Don). ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/49 "2005-08-25T16:57:17Z")
I confuse Bill Pullman and Jeff Daniels. And since I’m really OLD, there were 3 character actors (way back when) who were very similar-looking (in my opinion) Skip Homeier, Keith Andes and Richard Webb. Any fans of the original “Star Trek” series will know them because they made at least one episode each. (Skip Homeier made two). And also from those days of yesteryear, James Whitmore looked a lot like Spencer Tracy don’t you thnk? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/50 "2005-08-25T16:58:47Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > I confuse Bill Pullman and Jeff Daniels. Oddly enough, it was exactly this combination I was thinking of when I said Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton. It’s Pullman and Daniels that I can never keep straight in my mind… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/51 "2005-08-25T17:01:45Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Leelee Sobieski looks like a young Helen Hunt. > > We used to joke that Skeet Ulrich was “the poor man’s Johnny Depp.” And I was thinking that the young Helen looked liked the young Jodie Foster. But yes first time I saw Leelee I thought I was watching an old movies from the 80’s with Helen. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/52 "2005-08-25T17:10:27Z")
Bill Paxton? Jeff Daniels? Bill Pullman? You guys haven’t looked at the big picture. Take a look at Fametracker’s [Battle of the Generic Gentlemen](http://www.fametracker.com/2_stars_1_slot/johnson_campbell_et_al.shtml): Brad Johnson vs. Bill Campbell vs. Bill Pullman vs. Jeff Daniels vs. Bill Paxton ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/53 "2005-08-25T17:32:37Z")
David Keith & Brad Davis (who’s now deceased) ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/54 "2005-08-25T18:59:52Z")
[Tom Bosley](http://www.nndb.com/people/725/000022659/) and [David Doyle](http://www.charliesangels.com/david.html) . It goes beyond mere appearances. Charlie’s Angels fans will know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/55 "2005-08-25T19:11:32Z")
I cannot tell the difference between Sarah Jessica Parker and Roger Daltrey. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/56 "2005-08-25T19:16:08Z")
Years ago I confused Nicholas Cage with Kevin Costner ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/57 "2005-08-25T19:24:06Z")
Vince Vaughn and Vincent D’Onofrio. I got totally confused when they were both in “The Cell.” ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/58 "2005-08-25T19:55:22Z")
Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek. Meg Ryan and Melanie Griffith. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/59 "2005-08-25T20:03:08Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > [Tom Bosley](http://www.nndb.com/people/725/000022659/) and [David Doyle](http://www.charliesangels.com/david.html) . Good one. What is it about people named Doyle? ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/60 "2005-08-25T20:16:45Z")
> [@kelly5078](#): > > Vince Vaughn and Vincent D’Onofrio. I got totally confused when they were both in “The Cell.” Till about six months ago, I sometimes confused Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau. “You know - the guy from _Swingers_!” :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519.md?page=4)