# Celebrities you often mix up **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540 "2003-01-14T17:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/41 "2003-01-15T00:24:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Catcom \* > \*\*Hi all, first time poster here. > > The two actors I get confused are Chris Tucker and Chris Rock. I mean, I can tell them apart, but I think, “The one in the Fifth Element was… Tucker. No, Rock! No, Tucker!” \*\* There’s an easy way to tell the difference–Chris Rock is the one who is actually funny and entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/42 "2003-01-15T00:32:55Z")
Brian Dennehy (F/X), Charles Durning (Dogday Afternoon) and Kenneth McMillan (Ragtime) though not so much the last guy since he died in '89. Ashley Judd and Angelina Jolie. Elijah Wood and Tobey Maguire (one’s Spiderman, the other Frodo). George Hamilton and James Brolin. Michael Keaton and Michael McKean (just the names, they look totally different, i.e. one’s Batman the other Squiggy!) And especially Ellen Burstyn and Louise Fletcher. One of them was in The Exorcist and the other Cukoo’s Nest… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/43 "2003-01-15T00:34:46Z")
Welcome, **Comcat**! I’d like to second **syncrolecyne** on Gary Busey and Nick Nolte – and Angelina Jolie’s father, whathisface, is the third member of that unholy trio. Jon Voight. Also – Matthew McConneghy and Matthew Moline. Which one is the bongo player, again? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/44 "2003-01-15T00:50:53Z")
[Stephen Dorff](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Dorff,%20Stephen) and [Skeet Ulrich](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Ulrich,+Skeet). Aside from looking like twins, they both had some “buzz” at around the same time. Now they both equally have no buzz, making it impossible to tell them apart anymore. ---
**Author:** ![gris\_gris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@gris\_gris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gris_gris)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/45 "2003-01-15T01:13:00Z")
what the holy hell!!! is that my password at the top of my last post?? I didnt put that there! ---
**Author:** ![gris\_gris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@gris\_gris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gris_gris)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/46 "2003-01-15T01:14:38Z")
can you guys see it? or am I going crazy? ---
**Author:** ![gris\_gris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@gris\_gris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gris_gris)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/47 "2003-01-15T01:16:58Z")
ok never mind i checked my paper with my passwords and thats not it, I must have typed that there out of habit becouse thats a characters name on a stupid game I play. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/48 "2003-01-15T03:08:46Z")
I was watching **Glass House** and until I realized what it was I could have sworn [LeeLee Sobieski](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Sobieski,%20Leelee) was a young Helen Hunt, only with much better boobs. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/49 "2003-01-15T03:31:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hail Ants \* > \*\*Michael Keaton and Michael McKean (just the names, they look totally different, i.e. one’s Batman the other Squiggy!) > \*\* No, one’s Batman and the other one’s Lenny. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/50 "2003-01-15T05:17:54Z")
For me, it’s **Jill St. John** , **Susan Saint James** and **Lili St. Cyr**. I have to remember that it’s Tiffany Case of “Diamonds are Forever” then Kate of “Kate and Allie” then an ancient stripper. ---
**Author:** ![Tblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tblue)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/51 "2003-01-15T05:25:49Z")
Gary Busey and Nick Nolte. Something to do with craggy lookin’ ne’er do wells! I think they are cast as similar character types which really doesn’t help! (or am I imagining it? Heelp!) ---
**Author:** ![Bullwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Bullwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/52 "2003-01-15T05:48:40Z")
All seriousness aside, I’ve got a bad Geena Davis/Julia Roberts thing going on. ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/53 "2003-01-15T06:32:24Z")
Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslett - name wise. Not visually. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/54 "2003-01-15T06:45:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*Ashley Judd and Charlize Thieron, although either will do. \*\* Yes, either would do. Both would be better. _Lenny & Carl:_ > [@](#): > > Kate Hudson and Kirsten Dunst. I know what the look like, but I can’t ever remember their names. I’m always calling one the other name. This one is easy. Kate Hudson will show her boobies!🙂 On the guy side, I think Richard Gere and Warren Beatty are the same person. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/55 "2003-01-15T06:56:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by syncrolecyne \* > \*\ ***Mary Kate** and **Ashley Olsen** …never could tell those two apart. 🙂 > \*\* Sure you can…Ashley’s taller, has wavier hair, and has slightly larger breasts. Mary Kate’s hair is straight. ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/56 "2003-01-15T13:38:25Z")
Carol Burnett and Mary Tyler Moore for me. On SNL, Jimmy Fallon, Jim Bruer, and Chris Kattan were like one big mixup. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/57 "2003-01-15T15:29:59Z")
Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. It didn’t help when I saw _Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/58 "2003-01-15T15:38:45Z")
I’m looking & I’m amazed no one said Bill Paxton & Bill Pullman (I think I finally got it straight- Paxton has a happily demented look). and YES- Vicki Lewis & Kathy Griffin! Matthew McConaheigh & the guy who starred with Reese in SWEET HOME ALABAMA- and maybe John Corbett (NORTHERN EXPOSURE, SEX & THE CITY, MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING) ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/59 "2003-01-15T15:46:17Z")
While not a mixup exactly, when I saw John Corbett on Sex in the City, I assumed it was Edward Burns. I didn’ tknow John Corbett existed. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540/60 "2003-01-15T16:03:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Sure you can…Ashley’s taller, has wavier hair, and has slightly larger breasts. Mary Kate’s hair is straight. That was just… disturbing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-often-mix-up/148540.md?page=4)