# Adult Actors Who Are Twins **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902 "2002-07-20T00:38:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/1 "2002-07-20T00:38:52Z")
I can’t think of any rightoff the bat, can y’all? Dead or alive is okay. Thanks Quasi ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/2 "2002-07-20T00:41:05Z")
Well, the guy who plays Xander on Buffy is a twin, but his brother isn’t an actor, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/3 "2002-07-20T01:10:39Z")
I think the OP was referring to _identical_ twins. Identical twins who are children have an advantage if they want to act. Child labor laws only allow children to work a certain number of hours in a day. With twins, you can get twice as much work done in the same amount of time. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/4 "2002-07-20T01:13:57Z")
Don and Dan Stanton have appeared in a few movies, always together. Their biggest role to date was probably as the chubby sheriff’s deputy working in the mental hospital in _Terminator 2: Judgement Day_, and the T-1000 forming a duplicate of said deputy (just before stabbing him through the eye). They’ve also appeared in _Good Morning, Vietnam_, _Gremlins 2_ and _Mom and Dad Save the World_. Also in _Terminator 2_, Linda Hamilton’s twin sister Leslie appeared in scenes when two images of Sarah Connor were required (i.e. the dream sequence where Sarah watches herself in a park with children before they all get nuked, and the climax where the T-1000 duplicates Sarah). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/5 "2002-07-20T01:16:16Z")
_Good Morning Vietnam_ is one movie, of course. The above post looks like it might mean the Stanton twins appear in a movie named _Good Morning_ and another called _Vietnam_. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/6 "2002-07-20T01:19:24Z")
Jason and Jeremy London? They’re identical, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/7 "2002-07-20T01:24:39Z")
Jean and Liz Sagal were cute in the TV series “Double Trouble”. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/8 "2002-07-20T01:42:54Z")
Tia and Tamra Mowry from that other twin show “Sister Sister” are right on the cusp of being adult actresses. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/9 "2002-07-20T01:45:20Z")
And I forgot [Matthew Laurance](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Laurance,+Matthew) and [Mitchell Laurance](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Laurance,+Mitchell) (no relation to the hateful demon spawn Lawrence brothers currently wreaking havoc on the Disney channel). ---
**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/10 "2002-07-20T01:54:46Z")
How about Jill Hennessy and her identical twin Jacqueline? I don’t believe I’ve seen Jacqueline in anything since _Dead Ringers_, though. Do they both have to be actors? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/11 "2002-07-20T02:25:40Z")
I forgot to include that in the OP. Thanks Quasi ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/12 "2002-07-20T02:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FisherQueen \* > \*\*Well, the guy who plays Xander on Buffy is a twin, but his brother isn’t an actor, as far as I know. \*\* Actually, Nick Brendon’s identical twin brother, Kelly, appeared on an episode of Buffy, as a duplicate Xander. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/13 "2002-07-20T02:59:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dinahmoe \* > \*\*Actually, Nick Brendon’s identical twin brother, Kelly, appeared on an episode of Buffy, as a duplicate Xander. \*\* That’d be [Kelly Donovan](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Donovan,+Kelly) for the record. Both of them use their first and middle names professionally. IIRC, to protect their family’s privacy. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/14 "2002-07-20T03:13:18Z")
How about the Paul brothers (Peter and David)? I always thought they were twins, but maybe they’re just really close in age - and now that I think of it, maybe they’re not identical, anyway. They were in such cinema classics as **Think Big** and **The Barbarians**. ---
**Author:** ![taggert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@taggert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taggert)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/15 "2002-07-20T03:29:47Z")
Mary Kate and Ashley are almost adults. I am sooo old. I remember when they were toddlers like it was yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/16 "2002-07-20T03:30:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chukhung \* > \*\*How about Jill Hennessy and her identical twin Jacqueline? > > I don’t believe I’ve seen Jacqueline in anything since _Dead Ringers_, though. Do they both have to be actors? \*\* Well according to IMDb: > [@](#): > > Joint Ventures > Here are the titles which credit the individuals > > ``` > * Jacqueline Hennessy (Actress) > * Jill Hennessy (Actress) > > ``` > > 1. Acting Class, The (2000) > 2. Best of Ed’s Night Party, The (1996) (V) > 3. Dead Ringers (1988) That’s about all that Jacqueline has done. I saw an interview with Jill where she said that at times when she was sick while doing ‘Law and Order’, Jacqueline would fill in for her. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/17 "2002-07-20T04:28:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by taggert \* > \*\*Mary Kate and Ashley are almost adults. I am sooo old. I remember when they were toddlers like it was yesterday. \*\* actually, they aren’t identical. (hates self for knowing that worthless fact) Isabella Rosellini is a twin, but I dont think she is identical. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/18 "2002-07-20T05:51:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*How about the Paul brothers (Peter and David)? I always thought they were twins, but maybe they’re just really close in age - and now that I think of it, maybe they’re not identical, anyway. They were in such cinema classics as **Think Big** and **The Barbarians**. \*\* [Yes, they are twins.](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Paul,+Peter+(I)) ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/19 "2002-07-20T05:58:50Z")
Kelly Donovan not only appeared as Xander’s double in that episode, he is also Nick Brendon’s stunt double on the show. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902/20 "2002-07-20T06:39:26Z")
There were identical twins on a show I used to watch, “Second Noah” - Jon and Jeremy Torgerson. Since the op \* doesn’t\* say identical…so how about some boy-girl twins? Giovanni and Marissa Ribisi are twins Sarah-Jane and Andrew Lee Potts are twins Nicholle and David Tom are twins… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adult-actors-who-are-twins/119902.md?page=2)