# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Psycho\_Pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Psycho\_Pirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Pirate)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/61 "2005-08-25T20:17:12Z")
[Keira Knightley](http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2719/Events/2719/13.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Knightley,%20Keira) and [Natalie Portman](http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2883/Events/2883/NataliePor_Cohen_4535989_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Portman,%20Natalie) ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/62 "2005-08-25T20:31:07Z")
For years I thought that **Paul Prud’homme** was a character played by **Dom Deluise**. I couldn’t understand the Prud’homme character, though; Deluise did comedy, and this character didn’t seem to be going for laughs. Now I understand. Apparently when he wasn’t cooking, Paul Prud’homme used the stage name _Dom Deluise_ to do comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/63 "2005-08-25T20:32:27Z")
Oh, and I have trouble telling **Katherine Hepburn** from **Billy Idol** , but only where their voices are concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/64 "2005-08-25T23:21:23Z")
> [@Psycho Pirate](#): > > [Keira Knightley](http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2719/Events/2719/13.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Knightley,%20Keira) and [Natalie Portman](http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2883/Events/2883/NataliePor_Cohen_4535989_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Portman,%20Natalie) Hell, that one’s almost [“official.”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sab%C3%A9) ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/65 "2005-08-26T00:04:03Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Hell, that one’s almost [“official.”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sab%C3%A9) See post #39. ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/66 "2005-08-26T00:43:11Z")
[Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/images/I30207-2002Jun22) [Kelly Donovan and Nicholas Brendon](http://www.nicholas-brendon.com/pictures/Nicky%20and%20Kelly/nickel5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/67 "2005-08-26T01:17:51Z")
> [@kjckjc](#): > > [Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren](http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/images/I30207-2002Jun22) Ann and Abby were twin sisters. It’s not surprising that they looked a lot alike. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/68 "2005-08-26T03:44:16Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Ann and Abby were twin sisters. It’s not surprising that they looked a lot alike. Kelly and Nicholas are twin brothers. I think that’s a whoosh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pace)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/69 "2005-08-26T05:11:28Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I cannot tell the difference between Sarah Jessica Parker and Roger Daltrey. ROFL!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pace)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/70 "2005-08-26T05:14:06Z")
marlene dietrich = angelina jolie (reincarnation) … if Betty Davis reincarnated into someone of present day, I wonder who that might be! ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/71 "2005-08-26T05:20:41Z")
I never actually confuse the two, but I think Jon Favreau looks exactly like a younger version of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini.) Favreau is starting to go bald, it seems, and he really looks just like the guy now. [Like here, for example.](http://images.hollywood.com/images/4_369067.jpg) If they ever made some kind of Sopranos prequel or something, Favreau should be in it. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/72 "2005-08-26T09:36:01Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I cannot tell the difference between Sarah Jessica Parker and Roger Daltrey. That is too funny! ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/73 "2005-08-26T13:38:16Z")
This is one of the most astute comments I’ve heard in a very long time. The reason it’s so funny is because we all realize how _true_ it is. For those of you who don’t know who Roger Daltrey is (I’m assuming there are some people who don’t, or else there would be dozens of responses saying how hilarious this is) he is [this guy.](http://kathy.hispeed.com/misc/why.jpg) I know plenty of people dig her body, but as someone for whom a woman’s face is everything, it’s painful to see her being presented as a sex symbol. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/74 "2005-08-26T13:39:37Z")
Sarah Jessica Parker, that is. I’m not implying that Roger Daltrey is a “she.” ---
**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 26, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/75 "2005-08-26T13:47:28Z")
[Andy Richter](http://www.movies-on-dvds.com/andy_richter.jpg) and [Larry Joe Campbell](http://www.port.hu/picture/instance_2/31104_2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/76 "2005-08-26T14:17:08Z")
I watched Seabiscuit and thought “It’s great to see Parker Posey get mainstream roles” Saw the commercial for 40 Year Old Virgin and thought, “Parker looks good with blonde hair” Apparently [Elizabeth Banks](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0329575/Ss/0329575/2298_K2344_16_rgb.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Banks,%20Elizabeth%20(II)) is not [Parker Posey](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0128853/Ss/0128853/2?path=pgallery&path_key=Posey,%20Parker) I secretly believe that the Singer Michael Buble is actually Michael Deluise (Andys older son who gets killed in NYPD). Oh, and we apparently don’t get FRENCH benefits either. ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/77 "2005-08-26T14:20:07Z")
NYPD Blue, that is ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/78 "2005-08-26T23:23:32Z")
Henry Winkler and Richard Belzer. Anyone? [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001857/](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001857/) [http://www.nndb.com/people/141/000023072/](http://www.nndb.com/people/141/000023072/) So Richard Belzer is skinnier - I think they were doppelgangers back when Winkler was younger. ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/79 "2005-08-26T23:26:30Z")
_Sigh_. I think I chose bad comparison photos. But they do look like twins! Really! For real! Maybe because Belzer pretty much never smiles. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/80 "2005-08-26T23:34:20Z")
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