No way. It’s like night and day between the two!
For the old timers, how about James Farentino, James Franciscus and Tony Franciosa? ver see them in the same TV show together? I rest my case.
Oh, yeah, I can see that.
I get Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman mixed up, and I’m not sure why. I was so struck by how similar “her” roles were in Ant-Man and the Wasp and Aquaman, until I realized that she was they.
I know Keith David is black and David Keith is white. I was just joking about their names being reversed. 
Me too!
But when both they and I were younger, I wasn’t even sure there were two different people. I’d see the names and think, is that a typo? Or did I remember it wrong?
Like John Wayne and John Payne. Or like, is Michael B. Jordan the son of Michael Jordan?
It is quite obvious that Amy Adams and Isla Fisher is just one person using two names.
Here is Isla talking about it on Jimmy Kimmel.
There is an actor named Howard Sherman who is married to Sela Ward. Then there is an actor named Sherman Howard who was Bub (the Zombie) in, “Day of the Dead (1985),” and is not married to Sela Ward. To add to the confusion, Sherman (“Bub”) Howard’s real name is Howard Sherman, but he was still never married to Sela Ward.
Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
^ Explains a lot.
Theresa Russell and Natasha Richardson. There may even be a closer match for Russell but I’m drawing a blank.
This Saturday Night Live monologue is about how people confuse the four Chrises:
It took me a while to realize that Alexander Siddig (Dr. Bashir) and James Callis (Dr. Baltar) were two different people.
I also did the same with Emma Stone and Jane Levy.
For me it’s Jessica Alba and Halle Berry
With the body of work both have acquired since the beginnings of their careers it may sound silly, but at one time *Michael Keaton *and *Tom Hanks *were completely indistinguishable to me. They were both dark haired over the top comedic actors who had never been dark or serious at all. They were both often cast as quirky, scenery chewing leading men whom were appealing for their charming antics.
For those who saw them when originally released, without looking it up – can you say which actor was in BACHELOR PARTY? How about GUNG HO, or NIGHT SHIFT? Try to remember THE MONEY PIT or **MR.MOM **(that one is easier for me – by then I was beginning to see the difference). Was either of them in DRAGNET? If so which one? Which one had reoccurring roles in established TV sitcoms? (Of course they both did.) Which was the lead or co-lead in a TV show?
Even if you know which guy played each role, could you picture the other guy playing that role? Would it change the picture at all?
Ryan Gossling and Ryan Reynolds. It doesn’t help that they share the same first name, either.
Now looking at them, I still can’t remember who’s who.
Ah gotta love ressurected threads where 90% of the links are dead.
For me recently, I was 100% convinced that Eltons father in Rocketman, played by Stephen Mckintosh was actually Neil Patrick Harris with a bit of old age makeup.
When I watched the Lost in Space reboot, I thought Parker Posey was Ally Sheedy.
Not only do Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds look alike and have the same first name, but they are both Canadian. This made me wonder if Ryan is a more common name in the Canada than in other English-speaking countries. This appears to be true:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Most_popular_given_names_by_country
I wonder what other names are more common in Canada than in other English-speaking countries. Lorne seems to be one such. In fact, Lorne seems to be rare outside Canada.
Pfffft. Just try to remember which Michael is in which movie when you are talking about Misters McKean, Keaton, Ontkean and O’Keefe.
I confuse Michael Ontkean and John Shea. I looked them up once to find out if they were brothers, and was surprised they weren’t but both their IMDb pages had threads about how they looked alike (back when there were commentaries); apparently a lot of people confuse them.
Something I’ve never understood is people who say they confuse Kristen Johnston and Kirstie Alley. I totally don’t get that. Kristen Johnston is six feet tall, while Kirstie Alley is only about 5’7, and more importantly, Kirstie Alley is almost old enough to be Kristen Johnston’s mother. Seriously, there’s like a 16-year age difference between them. And their faces look very different to me. Maybe because I’m sensitive about noses, though (it’s a Jewish thing), but Alley has a slightly prominent, but very straight and statuesque Greek nose, and Johnston has an adorable pug nose. Really, the ONLY thing they have in common is green-gray eyes, that are a little unusual, but so does Meg Foster, who, when she was young, looked way more like Kirstie Alley than Johnston ever did (and Foster and Alley are the same height). But I’ve never heard of Foster and Alley being confused.
I’m pretty sure that was Rachel McAdam.
Rebecca De Mornay, maybe? I used to always get them confused.