# Actors who played their own twin **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630 "2007-08-23T12:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/1 "2007-08-23T12:48:38Z")
I’m working on a trivia quiz about twosomes, and need examples of actors who played their own twin – like Jeremy Irons in _Dead Ringers_ or Hayley Mills in _The Parent Trap_. There’s got to be more than that, but I’m drawing a blank. TIA. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/2 "2007-08-23T12:49:52Z")
Patty Duke. > **[The Patty Duke Show (TV Series 1963–1966) ⭐ 7.2 | Comedy, Family, Music](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056778/)** > > 30m | TV-G ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/3 "2007-08-23T12:50:01Z")
Lindsay Lohan in the remake of _The Parent Trap_. Do soap operas count? 'Cause there have been lots of evil twins there. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/4 "2007-08-23T12:52:36Z")
Not sure if it counts, but Ewan McGregor played his own clone in _The Island_ . ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/5 "2007-08-23T12:55:20Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Patty Duke. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056778/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056778/) [/QUOTE] They were cousins (identical cousins all the way…), though, not sisters. Which of course doesn’t mean it doesn’t count. **Sean Factotum** – I don’t think enough people follow soaps for that to be a good direction. **smokinjbc** – Not one but two Ewan McGregors? **swoon** I’ll have to move that up in my Netflix queue. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/6 "2007-08-23T12:55:31Z")
Jay Leno, who used to riff on the ubiquity of “Evil Twins” on TV shows, once played his own Evil Twin on a sketch on Saturday Night Live. (Only it really wasn’t) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/7 "2007-08-23T12:56:36Z")
William Shatner in [White Commanche.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061497/) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/8 "2007-08-23T12:58:46Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] William Shatner in [White Commanche.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061497/) [/QUOTE] Wow. Just – wow. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/9 "2007-08-23T12:59:49Z")
Arnie in 6th Day, although that’s another clone rather than a twin. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/10 "2007-08-23T13:03:11Z")
Lisa Kudrow in _Friends_ ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/11 "2007-08-23T13:15:29Z")
[QUOTE=Turek] Lisa Kudrow in _Friends_ [/QUOTE] And _Mad About You_, which came first. Depending on how far one wants to stretch the definition, Jonathan Frakes played William Riker and his “transporter twin” Thomas Riker in an episode of Next Gen and DS9. For that matter, Shatner played his “transporter twin” _and_ an android duplicate of himself in two episodes of the original series. And then Brent Spiner played Data and his identical “brother” Lore in several Next Gen episodes, and also played an identical but retarded prototype in the last Next Gen movie. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/12 "2007-08-23T13:19:56Z")
Elizabeth Montgomery played her evil twin in an episode of “Bewitched.” Her twin was credited to actress Pandora Spocks. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/13 "2007-08-23T13:23:10Z")
And continuing the Star Trek theme, a great number of the actors played their “mirror universe” evil duplicates in a variety of series, including the TOS episode “Mirror, Mirror” which started it all, a number of DS9 eps and some “Enterprise” episodes. There was also an episode of Voyager in which the ship and crew were duplicated and the duplicate Harry Kim and a newborn infant replaced the originals who were killed. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/14 "2007-08-23T13:24:52Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Elizabeth Montgomery played her evil twin in an episode of “Bewitched.” Her twin was credited to actress Pandora Spocks. [/QUOTE] Serena was her cousin (which still fits per the OP) and Serena wasn’t evil. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/15 "2007-08-23T13:24:56Z")
Nicolas Cage in _Adaptation_. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/16 "2007-08-23T13:32:07Z")
Leonardo DiCaprio in _The Man In The Iron Mask_. And was the character of Phoebe in “Mad About You”? I know Ursula was, and that Ursula made appearances in “Friends”, but I only remember Ursula in “MAY” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/17 "2007-08-23T13:32:28Z")
[QUOTE=Gadarene] Nicolas Cage in _Adaptation_. [/QUOTE] :smack: I just saw that a couple of months ago. (And hated it passionately.) And guys – enough “Star Trek,” 'kay? I get the idea. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/18 "2007-08-23T13:32:57Z")
There’s always the Buffybot. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/19 "2007-08-23T13:34:05Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] And was the character of Phoebe in “Mad About You”? I know Ursula was, and that Ursula made appearances in “Friends”, but I only remember Ursula in “MAY” [/QUOTE] Phoebe did a cameo on “MAY” after “Friends” hit big. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630/20 "2007-08-23T13:34:20Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Serena was her cousin (which still fits per the OP) and Serena wasn’t evil. [/QUOTE] Oops, sorry. It’s been decades since I saw it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-played-their-own-twin/416630.md?page=2)