# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/21 "2007-11-13T04:10:46Z")
[QUOTE=postcards] 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. [/QUOTE] …aand they both look a little like Uncle [Joe](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0261724/), the [lesser Estevez.](http://www.mst3kinfo.com/aceg/9/904/ep904.html) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/22 "2007-11-13T04:53:22Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] 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). [/QUOTE] And Jane looks even more like dad. ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/23 "2007-11-13T04:55:33Z")
[QUOTE=Flander] I always thought Charlie looked more like Martin than Emilio. [/QUOTE] I believe that you are correct. Watch “Apocalypse Now” and tell me that doesn’t look like Charlie. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/24 "2007-11-13T07:43:26Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] [Sean Lennon](http://seamsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/sean%20lennon%20is%20single!.jpg) looks eerily like John in some shots, as well. [/QUOTE] [As does Julian.](http://www.instantkarma.com/images/julianhelp2.jpg) He’s 43 now, BTW. Three years older than dad when he was killed. Weird. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2007, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/25 "2007-11-13T08:45:54Z")
[Ian Shaw](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789757/) looks rather eerilie like his father Robert…to the extent that when I saw him in one of the _Sharpe_ movies, I thought it _was_ Robert Shaw until I saw the credits. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/26 "2007-11-13T09:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] [Sean Lennon](http://seamsters.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/01/sean%20lennon%20is%20single!.jpg) looks eerily like John in some shots, as well. [/QUOTE] I get the impression he’s cultivating it just little a bit too though. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/27 "2007-11-13T12:14:37Z")
I never noticed a strong resemblance when Samuel West was younger, but I recently saw him in an episode of “Foyle’s War” wearing a mustache and getting a bit jowly–and he looked very much like his father, Timothy West. A few more years, and he’ll be the image of his dad. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/28 "2007-11-13T12:43:38Z")
[Semi-hijack]Apart from our hair (I have a mohawk, my brother has long hair, our dad has normal hair), my brother, our dad, and I look and sound very much alike to other people. My mother and grandmother have both talked on the phone to me and thought I was my dad. My mom talked to me in person (in earshot, but around the corner), and thought I was my dad. When looking at pictures of us when we were young (not just baby pictures, up to teenage years), even we can’t tell who’s who.[/hijack] ---
**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 13, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/29 "2007-11-13T13:25:56Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] Good lord, you’re not [kidding](http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/55968470.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1939847EC77F5F8D1CE94BFAAAFD33DCD6AA40A659CEC4C8CB6). [/quote] Shouldn’t that be “My Sweet Lord”? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/30 "2007-11-13T13:32:21Z")
[Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.](http://www.nndb.com/people/685/000042559/dfsr6-sized.jpg) and [Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.](http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3208401.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=C037F202D99E30999EFF77120324EF8FA55A1E4F32AD3138). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/31 "2007-11-13T13:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] 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) [/QUOTE] This is absolutely the answer. No one else comes close. When seeing either of them on TV I find it impossible to tell them apart. Everyone else mentioned in this thread has a resemblance to their parent. The Walkers really did look exactly alike. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/32 "2007-11-13T13:40:42Z")
I was watching Apocolypse Now last month, and even commented, “I didn’t know Charlie Sheen was in… oh my god it’s MARTIN!” ---
**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, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/33 "2007-11-13T15:12:30Z")
[QUOTE=Charlie Tan] [As does Julian.](http://www.instantkarma.com/images/julianhelp2.jpg) He’s 43 now, BTW. Three years older than dad when he was killed. Weird. [/QUOTE] God, that is weird. I always thought that he looked like John, but with Sean, it’s kind of strange because he definitely looks Asian, and yet he looks just like John, too. I don’t really see any of Yoko in him, particularly…he looks more like an Asian version of John to me! [QUOTE=Mangetout] I get the impression he’s cultivating it just little a bit too though. [/QUOTE] Yes, I agree. Time to give up the round glasses and the beard and just be yourself, you know? ---
**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:** [November 13, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/34 "2007-11-13T15:21:59Z")
[Joe Hill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill_(writer)) apparently resembles his [father](http://www.horrorking.com/photo.html) ( variety of pictures. Couldn’t find the picture I was looking for.) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/35 "2007-11-13T16:03:21Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] [Joe Hill](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill_(writer)) apparently resembles his [father](http://www.horrorking.com/photo.html) ( variety of pictures. Couldn’t find the picture I was looking for.) [/QUOTE] I never could understand why someone would name their kid Joe King. No wonder he changed it. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/36 "2007-11-13T17:21:27Z")
[QUOTE=Rucksinator] I believe that you are correct. Watch “Apocalypse Now” and tell me that doesn’t look like Charlie. [/QUOTE] I like the gag on **Hot Shots: Part Deux!** when they cross paths. Classic. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/37 "2007-11-13T17:33:01Z")
[Jason Ritter](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728762/) looks so much like [his father](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000615/), especially when he smiles. ---
**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, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/38 "2007-11-13T18:05:37Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I get the impression he’s cultivating it just little a bit too though. [/QUOTE] The granny-glasses and hairstyle. Yoko for a mom, heroin using parents, having to walk by the exact place your world famous dad you dress like was murdered whenever you go home… damn I’d love to have just the interest on this guy’s past, present, and future therapy bills. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/39 "2007-11-13T18:48:42Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] I never could understand why someone would name their kid Joe King. No wonder he changed it. [/QUOTE] How about one of the Lears (of the jet family)? her name was Shanda. ---
**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 13, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174/40 "2007-11-13T19:02:50Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] The granny-glasses and hairstyle. Yoko for a mom, heroin using parents, having to walk by the exact place your world famous dad you dress like was murdered whenever you go home… damn I’d love to have just the interest on this guy’s past, present, and future therapy bills. [/QUOTE] Yoko was a single parent to Sean from the age of 5, and I’ve never heard where he was in a lick of trouble, used drugs, or had any therapy. Can you provide a site for anything other than the fact that Sean Ono Taro Lennon is a well adjusted adult? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-look-exactly-like-their-fathers/426174.md?page=3)