# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/161 "2019-07-25T18:28:18Z")
Way back, 15 years or so ago when Grey’s Anatomy was new (could have even been season 2) I remember having to stare at the tv and try to determine if Leonardo Di Caprio was, for whatever reason, appearing on an evening soap. Turns out it was [Eric Dane](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS821US821&biw=1920&bih=938&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=GvM5XcnuFcPI5gKtkbG4Aw&q=eric+dane+grey%27s+anatomy&oq=eric+dane+grey%27s+anatomy&gs_l=img.3..0l3j0i5i30j0i8i30j0i24l3.30372.35391..36066...0.0..0.61.807.15......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i67.eV6C_QZEyvM&ved=&uact=5#imgrc=3sq1cevWCjmLVM:). They definitely don’t look alike know, and they really only had a slight resemblance then, now that I look at him. I figured it out soon enough but it remained distracting to me. ---
**Author:** ![Temporary\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/162 "2019-07-26T03:38:35Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > No one’s ever seen Lee Horsley and James Garner together. The vastly different age of these two men was never a tip off? (This must be a whoosh) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/163 "2019-09-05T03:02:13Z")
One is not an actor of course, but I think [Jack Dorsey](https://kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/jack-dorsey-1567258355.jpg) and [Peter Dinklage](https://www.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_960x540/HT/p2/2018/10/16/Pictures/_b3ae3948-d11a-11e8-841e-211dfd3178e1.png) look a lot alike, at least when Dorsey is at his shaggiest. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/164 "2019-09-05T09:53:19Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > I saw a preview of _Pride and Prejudice_ and thought it starred Natalie Portman. It was Keira Knightley. I consider this an acceptable mistake, as Keira played one of the fake Amidalas in _The Phantom Menace_ I’ll add [Michelle\_Dockery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Dockery) to that list. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/165 "2019-09-05T17:25:57Z")
This goes way back, but I watch a lot of old 1950s TV shows on basic cable, and I see Victor Buono as a villain or other supporting actor on a whole bunch of them, like _Perry Mason_ and _Twilight Zone_. The only problem is, about half the time it’s another actor named Dan Seymour. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/166 "2019-09-10T11:03:01Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Drummer Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili peppers looks a lot like Will Ferrell > > [Chad Smith - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Smith) Here they are together in a drumming contest on the Tonight Show: Best (only?) way to tell them apart by sight is by the tats on Smith's arms. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/167 "2019-09-10T13:44:18Z")
[Jonathan Groff](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2676147/mediaviewer/rm1598477312) from _Mindhunter_ looks like a younger [Cary Elwes](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000144/mediaviewer/rm3594689280) to me. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/168 "2019-09-10T14:04:09Z")
> [@wellanuff](#): > > It was only last week that I realized Felicity Huffman and Frances McDormand are not the same individual. I cannot separate these two women in my mind no matter how much i try. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/169 "2019-09-10T14:10:28Z")
> [@LLCoolL](#): > > Here they are together in a drumming contest on the Tonight Show: > > Best (only?) way to tell them apart by sight is by the tats on Smith's arms. That’s awesome. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/170 "2019-09-21T14:36:10Z")
Terry Serpico and Anthony Michael Hall: [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f2/ae/24/f2ae242ec76106b1d9579feec631ae4c.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f2/ae/24/f2ae242ec76106b1d9579feec631ae4c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/171 "2019-09-21T15:59:02Z")
Don KNotts and DOn Knotts ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/172 "2019-09-21T16:40:51Z")
[Tony Amendola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Amendola) and [F. Murray Abraham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Murray_Abraham). Tony Amendola is a character actor who appears in a lot low- to mid-budget sci-fi productions. Every time I see him, I think “Wow, how did they convince F. Murray Abraham to appear in _this_? And how did they afford him?” Then I realize it’s Tony Amendola, not F. Murray Abraham. Then I think that maybe F. Murray Abraham uses “Tony Amendola” as an alias when he’s appearing in low budget/low prestige projects to pay the bills. That last bit was a joke, but I seriously cannot tell them apart other than by looking at the credits. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/173 "2019-09-21T18:38:03Z")
In the ‘90s there was a movie with Kurt Russell and Ray Liotta and in the stills from the movie I couldn’t tell them apart. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/174 "2019-09-21T20:08:40Z")
[Hayley Atwell](https://66.media.tumblr.com/5b4cc6c3efa548cc9ae9603f9ef2f06f/tumblr_phxrcl6Efr1u5p2uz_500.jpg) vs. [Kate Mara](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/JlphnStUf1SLGgN-ddCMLLVJHwQ/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2018/02/07/131/n/43284931/7514446a466942c3_GettyImages-913196340/i/Kate-Mara.jpg). (Watched _[Blinded by the Light](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8266310/)_ a few weeks ago. Very confusing. What was Kate Mara doing in a British film?) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/175 "2019-09-21T20:46:42Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > [Tony Amendola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Amendola) and [F. Murray Abraham](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Murray_Abraham). Tony Amendola is a character actor who appears in a lot low- to mid-budget sci-fi productions. Every time I see him, I think “Wow, how did they convince F. Murray Abraham to appear in _this_? And how did they afford him?” Then I realize it’s Tony Amendola, not F. Murray Abraham. Then I think that maybe F. Murray Abraham uses “Tony Amendola” as an alias when he’s appearing in low budget/low prestige projects to pay the bills. > > That last bit was a joke, but I seriously cannot tell them apart other than by looking at the credits. That’s weird, because I’ve always though of F. Murray Abraham as “Not Ben Kingsley”. Now you’re telling me there’s three of them? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/176 "2019-09-22T13:57:35Z")
Was watching an epi of, “The Closer,” and there was an actor on named [Tim Guinee](https://www.google.com/search?q=Tim+Guinee&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=4B7Ola5Uae3oMM%253A%252Clk4Nkq5IH10ryM%252C%252Fm%252F02rg6t_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kR3pQUjU4aIaII5Hhkksuz5HbkSYA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwidur3ayeTkAhUi0FkKHVKYCZMQ_B0wGXoECAgQAw#imgrc=wv_3iEwsZ04fFM:&vet=1) and I would’ve sworn on my mother’s eyes it was Captain Tightpants. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/177 "2019-09-25T02:49:36Z")
Cary Elwes and fifth Doctor Peter Davison [![](https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8451328512/h6A273278/) ](https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8451328512/h6A273278/) Three Way Richard Hammond [https://shawetcanada.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/20161129\_kza\_kp7\_524.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=720&h=480&crop=1](https://shawetcanada.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/20161129_kza_kp7_524.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=720&h=480&crop=1) David Tennant [![](https://media.gq.com/photos/5cf6859760b221bf59884e20/16:9/w_2560%2Cc_limit/David-Tennant-Q%26A-gq.jpg) ](https://media.gq.com/photos/5cf6859760b221bf59884e20/16:9/w_2560%2Cc_limit/David-Tennant-Q%26A-gq.jpg) Hugh Jackman [![](https://i0.wp.com/emirateswoman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hugh.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/emirateswoman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hugh.jpg?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1) ---
**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:** [September 25, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/178 "2019-09-25T04:18:42Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but Hugh Jackman doesn’t look like the other two all that much, even in that picture, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/179 "2019-09-25T11:04:21Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > [Hayley Atwell](https://66.media.tumblr.com/5b4cc6c3efa548cc9ae9603f9ef2f06f/tumblr_phxrcl6Efr1u5p2uz_500.jpg) vs. [Kate Mara](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/JlphnStUf1SLGgN-ddCMLLVJHwQ/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2018/02/07/131/n/43284931/7514446a466942c3_GettyImages-913196340/i/Kate-Mara.jpg). > > (Watched _[Blinded by the Light](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8266310/)_ a few weeks ago. Very confusing. What was Kate Mara doing in a British film?) Handy way to tell: Hayley is convex, and Kate is very nearly concave. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519/180 "2019-09-25T15:38:54Z")
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