# Anyone else get celebrities confused? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183 "2010-06-14T19:12:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/41 "2010-06-15T19:19:21Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Here’s my favorite > > [Keith David](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202966/) > > [David Keith](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001418/) > > I want to cast them together in something… And I always get David Kieth confused with Robert Wuhl and Tim Robbins, who all bear a passing resemblance to each other. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/42 "2010-06-15T19:50:52Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > I could swear there’s someone out there with a name very similar to Jason Statham that’s always causing me great confusion, but IMDb’s not helping me. David Strathairn! Oh, yeah, the resemblance is uncanny.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![sherrycherie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sherrycherie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sherrycherie)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/43 "2010-06-15T21:10:22Z")
Dennis Hopper and Anthony Hopkins ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/44 "2010-06-15T21:40:47Z")
As DiCaprio is getting older and pudgier and is photographed sometimes scruffier, I’m starting to get him mixed up with [this guy](http://www.greysgabble.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/72994_eric_dane_-_premiere_of_98marley_5_me82_cu_isa_01_122_933lo-778x1024.jpg) when I’m flipping channels. DiCaprio was on the cover of some Reader’s Digest in a doctor’s office and I thought it was the Grey’s Anatomy guy. ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/45 "2010-06-15T22:36:37Z")
To this day I confuse Billy Joel with Billy Idol. :smack: ---
**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:** [June 16, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/46 "2010-06-16T04:21:15Z")
> [@torie](#): > > People think I’m so weird, but I often get Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, and Dustin Hoffman confused. The fact that Robert DeNiro played young Vito Corleone in the Godfather II doesn’t help. I can usually sort out Dustin Hoffman because I associate him with the Graduate, but De Niro and Pacino I associate with The Godfather, so then I have to remember that Al Pacino is the one from Meet The Parents. Then Dustin Hoffman played Ben Stiller’s father in the sequel and I got all confused again. I don’t have trouble with DeNiro, but I’m always getting Al Pacino confused with Dustin Hoffman. And then there’s John Roberts the CNN anchor and John Roberts the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/47 "2010-06-16T04:30:52Z")
Clive Owen and Colin Firth. Why, I have no idea. They’re utterly different. I also mix them up with that… Irish guy? Oh yeah, Colin Farrell. I guess two of them are Colins, their first names all start with C, they’re all… er, from Britain or Ireland… Don’t judge me! I also mix up Anthony Hopkins and Dennis Hopper. And Gary Oldman and Ben Kingsley. I’m really not good with putting names to faces, it seems. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/48 "2010-06-16T04:59:02Z")
> [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](#): > > I also mix them up with that… Irish guy? Oh yeah, Colin Farrell. I’m constantly confusing Colin Farrell with Will Ferrell. Which is always confusing, since they’re so very different, the image of Ferrell in any of Farrell’s roles is enough to break a brain, and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/49 "2010-06-16T06:36:08Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney. That was gonna be my answer too. I’ll add Helen Hunt and Holly Hunter. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/50 "2010-06-16T07:56:30Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I’m constantly confusing Colin Farrell with Will Ferrell. > > Which is always confusing, since they’re so very different, the image of Ferrell in any of Farrell’s roles is enough to break a brain, and vice versa. That recasting would be a lot odder than me getting Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler mixed up. If you showed me a picture of the two of them I wouldn’t be able to say which was which even though I’m fairly sure I’ve seen films they were in. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/51 "2010-06-16T13:31:14Z")
> [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](#): > > I also mix up Anthony Hopkins and Dennis Hopper. And Gary Oldman and Ben Kingsley. I’m really not good with putting names to faces, it seems. I used to get Gary Oldman mixed up with Gary Coleman. I know, I know, but their names do sound somewhat similar. Anyway I remember watching the trailer for some badass action movie in the 90s, seeing Gary Oldman’s name in the credits and thinking, “The kid from Diff’rent Strokes is going to be in this? WTF?” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/52 "2010-06-16T23:08:47Z")
> [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](#): > > Clive Owen and Colin Firth. > > Why, I have no idea. They’re utterly different. I also mix them up with that… Irish guy? Oh yeah, Colin Farrell. > > I guess two of them are Colins, their first names all start with C, they’re all… er, from Britain or Ireland… > > Don’t judge me! I don’t get them confused, but I can never remember Clive Owen’s name because I keep thing it’s Colin something. I know it’s not Colin Farrell, and not Colin Firth, and I’ll be sitting there thinking “Colin… Colin… Colin…” hoping that the last name will suddenly pop into my head. And then all of a sudden :smack: it’s not Colin it’s _Clive!_ Clive Owen! And then the next time I try to remember his name the same damn thing happens again. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/53 "2010-06-17T07:18:42Z")
Not “celebrities” really, but actors nonetheless. [Ron Rifkin](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726492/) and [Bob Balaban](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000837/). I’m not entirely sure why, but I thought they were the same person for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/54 "2010-06-17T14:03:31Z")
**Jeff Daniels** and **Jeff Bridges**. I can never remember which was in _Dumb and Dumber_. **Bill Pullman** and **Bill Paxton** used to confuse me, but I’ve now seen enough Pullman to know the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183/55 "2010-06-17T16:45:00Z")
[Olivia Munn](http://www.beertripper.com/OffTopic/g4/Olivia-Munn-Brown-cleavage.jpg) and [Olivia Wilde](http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/10959/olivia-wilde3.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-get-celebrities-confused/543183.md?page=2)