# Actors who look exactly like their fathers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174 "2007-11-12T20:48:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/1 "2007-11-12T20:48:31Z")
I was watching Miguel Ferrer in Crossing Jordan. He was sitting in a chair talking and it was eerie; he looked _exactly_ like his father, Jose Ferrer. If they were giving out prizes for those who could pass as clones of their parent he’d walk away with it. Any other exact matches? ---
**Author:** ![lalenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@lalenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalenin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/2 "2007-11-12T20:51:58Z")
[QUOTE=aldiboronti] I was watching Miguel Ferrer in Crossing Jordan. He was sitting in a chair talking and it was eerie; he looked _exactly_ like his father, Jose Ferrer. If they were giving out prizes for those who could pass as clones of their parent he’d walk away with it. Any other exact matches? [/QUOTE] Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/3 "2007-11-12T20:54:47Z")
[The Douglas family](http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0311110/ItRunsFamily_1_big.jpg) all look quite alike, though I think in descending order of handsomeness… Kirk was the best looking in his day, then Michael, and Cameron is kind of weird-looking, like a distorted version of Kirk. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/4 "2007-11-12T20:57:20Z")
I nominate [Robert Walker](http://www.robertwalkertribute.com/Images/1943portrait.jpg) and [Robert Walker, Jr.](http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/51054605.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=03FC8F4A2C602781D9C6EF3B6C470CEA284831B75F48EF45) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/5 "2007-11-12T21:00:50Z")
Alan Hale and Alan Hale, Jr. both looked and sounded alike. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/6 "2007-11-12T21:00:52Z")
Donald and Kiefer Sutherland look pretty similar. I get the feeling that Kiefer will look a lot like his dad when he gets older. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/7 "2007-11-12T21:01:46Z")
[Donald Sutherland](http://www.cinemotions.net/data/artistes/00/0019/564/1/h200/donald_sutherland_1.jpg) and [Kiefer Sutherland.](http://www.kiefersutherland24.net/S3JackPromo.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/8 "2007-11-12T21:04:32Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] Donald and Kiefer Sutherland look pretty similar. I get the feeling that Kiefer will look a lot like his dad when he gets older. [/QUOTE] They also sound really similar. One of them does a station identification for NPR and I can never decide who it is. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/9 "2007-11-12T21:10:10Z")
[Jim Hutton](http://www.elleryqueenshow.com/hutton-inl1.gif) and [Timothy Hutton](http://www.megasitemovies.com/tp/tp_images/news/45_tn.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/10 "2007-11-12T21:16:10Z")
[QUOTE=lalenin] Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen. [/QUOTE] I always thought Charlie looked more like Martin than Emilio. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/11 "2007-11-12T21:24:57Z")
Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight (Joking) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/12 "2007-11-12T21:25:24Z")
[Gary Busey](http://www.yummybiscuits.com/Resources/GaryBusey.jpeg) and [Jake Busey.](http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/Movies/Actors2/jake_sd3.JP88642163_150x200.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/13 "2007-11-12T21:27:45Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] I always thought Charlie looked more like Martin than Emilio. [/QUOTE] I agree. [Martin](http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/images2/sheen.jpg) [Charlie](http://www.prisonplanet.com/images/march2006/240306sheenaudio.jpg) [Emilio](http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-11-23/cover_story-1.jpg) Charlie’s got dad’s nose. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/14 "2007-11-12T21:47:05Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight > > (Joking) But it’s true, nonetheless. To get past the father thing, Kate Hudson looks an awfully lot like her Goldie Hawn, without the spark, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/15 "2007-11-12T22:35:11Z")
He’s not an actor, but [Dhani](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhani_Harrison) is a clone of his father George Harrison ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/16 "2007-11-12T23:59:55Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] He’s not an actor, but [Dhani](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhani_Harrison) is a clone of his father George Harrison [/QUOTE] Good lord, you’re not [kidding](http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/55968470.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939847EC77F5F8D1CE94BFAAAFD33DCD6AA40A659CEC4C8CB6). IMO, he’s even hotter than George was at that age. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/17 "2007-11-13T00:10:14Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] I always thought Charlie looked more like Martin than Emilio. [/QUOTE] I agree. There was even a Visa commercial a few years ago that played that to humorous effect. Clerk, looking at Martin Sheen, then at Charlie’s ID: That doesn’t look like you. Martin Sheen: It did when I came in. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/18 "2007-11-13T00:16:34Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] I agree. There was even a Visa commercial a few years ago that played that to humorous effect. Clerk, looking at Martin Sheen, then at Charlie’s ID: That doesn’t look like you. Martin Sheen: It did when I came in. [/QUOTE] the sheen men are very odd. emilio and charlie both look like dad, esp. when you see you see emilio with martin or charlie with martin. when they have pics of them the same age it is eerie. the very odd part is that emilio and charlie look nothing alike…at all… not even remotely related. very, very, odd. my vote is for greg and phil morris of mission impossible tv fame. clones, def. clones. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/19 "2007-11-13T03:45:11Z")
Writer/director/occasional actor [John Lahr](http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/1543707.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F10689F01C77C7002F085A5397277B4DC33E) is a clone of his [cowardly](http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/MyWebFilms/Drama/WizardLionClose.jpg) father [Bert](http://www.maurice-abravanel.com/265Lahrbertbio.jpg). [Amanda Plummer](http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/1366150.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939057D9939C83F106BD07AA5F2ED7DD855A5397277B4DC33E) has a striking resemblance to [Christopher](http://www.movieactors.com/photos/soundmusic45.jpeg) (though what makes him attractive doesn’t work so much for her). The twins who played Adam on _Bewitched_ ([scroll down](http://www.bewitched.net/adam.htm)) claim to be the illegitimate sons of [Tony Curtis](http://www.biography.com/biography/images/episode_images/Tony_Curtis_320x240.jpg) and to me the resemblance alone almost removes doubt. As a young man [James Earl Jones](http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2007/jun/loving/great_white_hope200.jpg) and his father[Robert Earl Jones](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/c/c9/20070314180341!Robert_Earl_Jones.jpg) looked just alike. (They were the first father-son to every play Broadway at the same time, incidentally- though they weren’t close until very late in the elder Jones’ life due to his abandonment of James E. as a baby.) As he ages, [Peter Fonda](http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/spotlights/news/mangoldandfonda4.jpg) grows to look more like [his dad](http://website.lineone.net/~braithwaitej/mainsite/overview/actors/fonda.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/20 "2007-11-13T03:55:58Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] He’s not an actor, but [Dhani](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhani_Harrison) is a clone of his father George Harrison [/QUOTE] [Sean Lennon](http://seamsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/sean%20lennon%20is%20single!.jpg) looks eerily like John in some shots, as well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174.md?page=2)