# BEST physical matches between actor and role **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-physical-matches-between-actor-and-role/488682 "2009-03-07T22:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-physical-matches-between-actor-and-role/488682/61 "2009-04-13T00:19:50Z")
Not real life, but [J.K. Simmons](http://spiderman.ugo.com/?cur=jonah-jameson&gallery=true) as [J.J. Jameson](http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/img/j/JJonah_Jameson.jpg) (image taken from [“The religion of J. Jonah Jameson”](http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/JJonah_Jameson.html)) /I think it’s a good idea to link to the page an image is on, and not the image itself, as the latter is similar to hotlinking. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-physical-matches-between-actor-and-role/488682/62 "2009-04-13T09:02:19Z")
Colm Meany was note and image perfect in his recent portrayal of Leeds/England manager Don Revie in _The Damned United_ ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-physical-matches-between-actor-and-role/488682/63 "2009-04-13T09:34:44Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Although Jackman is the better part of a foot taller than Wolverine has been depicted at in the comics, I agree that he’s a great fit for the role otherwise. I remember back when Wizard first did its casting call on the X-Men movie (when it was nothing more than wishful thinking) that they cast Glen Danzig as Wolverine. Everyone thought it was the greatest fit. I doubt he can act as well as Jackman, though. He was pretty awesome in that episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, though. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-physical-matches-between-actor-and-role/488682/64 "2009-04-13T13:36:09Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Dan Ayckroyd was perfectly cast as Vic in **Neighbors**. Many critics thought he and Belushi should have switched part, but Ayckroyd matched the book’s character description perfectly. I had no idea that _Neighbors_ was based on a novel, much less one by the author of _Little Big Man_. Great book, great movies. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-physical-matches-between-actor-and-role/488682/65 "2009-04-13T14:13:34Z")
> [@NicePete](#): > > I had no idea that _Neighbors_ was based on a novel, much less one by the author of _Little Big Man_. Great book, great movies. Thomas Berger also wrote _Arthur Rex_, a great retelling of Arthurian legend, which I highly recommend. I always thought it would make a great movie (although _Excalibur_ is pretty damned good, and covers a lot of the same ground). ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-physical-matches-between-actor-and-role/488682/66 "2009-04-13T14:35:06Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > [Jeremy Brett](http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/holmes1.jpg) as [Sherlock Holmes](http://www.geocities.com/escottish144/Essays/Images/PagetSherlock1.gif). 'Course, all we have are some 100-year-old drawings to go on. Also, David Suchet as Hercules Poirot, and Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. (Presuming the OP does not mean only males?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-physical-matches-between-actor-and-role/488682.md?page=3)