# Celebrity Look-alikes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915 "2011-04-19T02:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/1 "2011-04-19T02:00:01Z")
Here’s another IMDb list that’s uncanny in how the person collecting the pictures has matched my own sense of close resemblances. Think of others of your own and provide links to their pictures if at all possible. I’d wager that I see these people’s alikeness at 80% or better the way the listmaker does. In fact, I have commented on those resemblances on numerous occasions. Only a very few are too strained for me to endorse. Here’s [Look-alikes by Vineyards](http://www.imdb.com/list/aUkTq6LHy_c/) created 2 months ago ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/2 "2011-04-19T02:53:25Z")
I agree and have commented on many of them as well. Some I don’t see the resemblance at all and some are just cheating - Gary Busey and his son? Who’d of thunk it? One comparison that I always mention in these threads is [Jimmy Fallon](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=jimmy+fallon&view=detail&id=95956D4EC85CF4EBC215625FBE16120399E01D15&first=1&FORM=IDFRIR) and [Stacy London](http://www.stylehop.com/fashion-blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Stacy-London-med.jpg). There’s also [Skeet Ulrich](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=skeet+ulrich+as+good+as+it+gets&view=detail&id=7DBF09961EF9EE08C5B55F4B5A4C189184598379&first=1&FORM=IDFRIR) looking rather like Johnny Depp, though these days [John Mayer](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=john+mayer&view=detail&id=1BC35ADC279AE9F491DD46E5EC4E31AAD9401FD2&first=31&FORM=IDFRIR) seems to be playing the role of clone. Finally, when did [Matthew McConaughey](http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dmatthew%2Bmcconaughey%2Blincoln%2Blawyer%26b%3D19%26ni%3D18%26ei%3DUTF-8%26xargs%3D0%26pstart%3D1%26fr%3Dslv8-msgr%26fr2%3Dtab-web&w=640&h=976&imgurl=ia.media-imdb.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BMTM0MTgzMjg1NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzk0Nzc2NA%40%40._V1._SX640_SY976_.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fmedia%2Frm381467392%2Fnm0000190&size=104KB&name=Matthew+McConaug...&p=matthew+mcconaughey+lincoln+lawyer&oid=c3af8e792523f3588598c87dceedc756&fr2=tab-web&no=20&tt=10200&b=19&ni=18&sigr=11f89091g&sigi=131g84u92&sigb=14fmt2r72&.crumb=Y0LgWM0YLfF) morph into [Christian Bale](http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2006_The_Prestige/006PSG_Christian_Bale_016.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/3 "2011-04-19T02:58:57Z")
Just to acknowledge that this is not the first and only thread to poke into such matters, here are some recent ones where Leelee Sobieski’s name came up: > **[Separated at Birth-- Celebrities with an odd resemblance](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407201)** > > Years ago, Spy Magazine had a feature entitled “Separated at Birth?” wherein they presented side-by-side photos of celebrities who bore a strong (and sometimes surprising) resemblance to one another. The most striking one I remember was Don Knotts... Separated at Birth-- Celebrities with an odd resemblance 02-05-2007, 05:35 PM 11-11-2007, 09:01 PM > **[Eerie Resemblances](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=591833)** > > “Dude A totally looks like Dude B” threads have probably been done before, but I just had to point this one out. Every time I see No Ordinary Family I get totally creeped out by this guy who plays a bad guy or something on the show. His hair is... Eerie Resemblances 01-05-2011, 01:13 PM 01-11-2011, 09:32 AM > **[Famous look-a-likes](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540045)** > > Not sure if this is the right forum, but I couldn’t think of a better place for it. Looking for famous people that look alike. Three that come to mind: Aaron Rodgers (Packer QB) and Ellen Degeneris (sp?) Put a helmet on Ellen’s head, and they... Famous look-a-likes 11-15-2009, 08:46 AM 11-20-2009, 02:39 PM > **[Lookalike Actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=471661)** > > Jennifer Garner Amanda Peet Hilary Swank Missy Peregrym They don’t look exactly alike when you line them up next to each other, and I can tell them apart just fine, but they could easily play convincing sisters in a movie. Preferably a porn... Lookalike Actors 06-13-2008, 01:59 AM 06-15-2008, 03:53 PM Do feel free to add links to other threads if you remember any that did a good job in listing some better than average look-alikes. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/4 "2011-04-19T03:25:02Z")
There are some good ones on there and some others that I can’t really see. But, I just have to say that if you can’t see a young Charles Bronson in Josh Hartnett, you’re blind. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/5 "2011-04-19T12:24:45Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > some are just cheating - Gary Busey and his son? Who’d of thunk it? If it hadn’t had been pointed out, I would have never seen the resemblance between Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/6 "2011-04-19T12:48:07Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > If it hadn’t had been pointed out, I would have never seen the resemblance between Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. People keep telling me that, but I just don’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/7 "2011-04-19T13:32:31Z")
The first time I saw Kate Mulgrew I thought she was dead-on to Katherine Hepburn. I was surprised Jeff Daniels and Bill Paxton weren’t on there, though. I can never remember which one is which. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/8 "2011-04-19T13:40:15Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I agree and have commented on many of them as well. Some I don’t see the resemblance at all and some are just cheating - Gary Busey and his son? Who’d of thunk it? Well, there’s Gary Busey and Nick Nolte, who look like they can be brothers. Also for years I got David Keith, Robert Wuhl and Tim Robbins, who all have ruddy jowly faces, mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/9 "2011-04-19T14:58:51Z")
The Katie Perry-Zooey Deschanel resemblance is often remarked on, but did you know they had a slightly more _zaftig_ [English](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=3BD&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&biw=1366&bih=597&site=search&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=liz+white+life+on+mars&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=) Doppelganger? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/10 "2011-04-19T15:27:23Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Here’s [Look-alikes by Vineyards](http://www.imdb.com/list/aUkTq6LHy_c/) created 2 months ago Wow, what happened to Terri Garr? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/11 "2011-04-19T15:30:36Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > Wow, what happened to Terri Garr? Quoting from [Teri Garr - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teri_Garr) > [@](#): > > On December 21, 2006, she suffered a brain aneurysm in her home. Her 13-year-old adopted daughter called 911 when she could not wake her mother up.[10] After therapy to regain her motor skills and speech, she appeared on Late Show with David Letterman on June 19, 2008, without the need of a wheelchair. She was on the show to promote Expired, a 2007 film in which she played a set of twins. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/12 "2011-04-19T15:32:38Z")
Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/13 "2011-04-20T18:31:41Z")
Yahoo! had [this picture of the Olsen twins](http://omg.yahoo.com/photos/what-were-they-thinking/4691) which made me think of [Margaret Keane’s art work](http://www.flickr.com/photos/liddlebutton/2748000312/) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/14 "2011-04-20T19:12:36Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Well, there’s Gary Busey and Nick Nolte, who look like they can be brothers. You know, I’ve heard _lots_ of people make this comparison. I don’t really think they look that much alike. They do share certain features, but come on - Gary Busey is way, _way_ uglier than Nick Nolte. Nolte might not have aged very well but, at one point, he was undeniably a good looking guy. [Here](http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/4/20/128847338830210643.jpg) is a side by side comparison…judge for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/15 "2011-04-20T20:37:01Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > You know, I’ve heard _lots_ of people make this comparison. I don’t really think they look that much alike. They do share certain features, but come on - Gary Busey is way, _way_ uglier than Nick Nolte. Nolte might not have aged very well but, at one point, he was undeniably a good looking guy. [Here](http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/4/20/128847338830210643.jpg) is a side by side comparison…judge for yourself. Gary Busey was also once a pretty good looking guy. Check him in the Buddy Holly Story. Anyway, they both have the big teeth and scowly faces, not to mention raspy voices (though Busey’s is much more southern fried). ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-look-alikes/578915/16 "2011-05-11T23:38:10Z")
Anyone watch _Raising Hope_? I’m blown away by how much [Shannon Woodward](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940990/) looks like a younger [Lea Thompson](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000670/).