# Characters who have the same initials as the actors who portray them

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**Created:** [May 9, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-have-the-same-initials-as-the-actors-who-portray-them/495837 "2009-05-09T12:16:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-have-the-same-initials-as-the-actors-who-portray-them/495837/1 "2009-05-09T12:16:20Z")

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Partly inspired by [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=516383) thread, and partly inspired by the fact that I watched every episode and rerun of _Quantum Lea_ when it first aired and I’ve been watching the reruns on ION-TV, and yesterday it hit me that Dr. **S** am **B** ecket and actor **S** cott **B** akula have the same initials. Talk about a **S** onofa **B** itch moment.

The only other one I can think of who comes close is _Back to the Future_, where **M** ichael J. **F** ox played **M** arty Mc **F** ly. That is shear and total coincidence, as the film had already started shooting with Eric Stoltz in the ttile role, but he bowed out.

So what other actors can use their own monograms when portraying a chacter?

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**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-have-the-same-initials-as-the-actors-who-portray-them/495837/2 "2009-05-09T12:24:31Z")

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Excluding his American films, every Jackie Chan movie ever made. His character is always named Jackie Chan, or that’s what the English dubs would have me believe.

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**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:** [May 9, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-have-the-same-initials-as-the-actors-who-portray-them/495837/3 "2009-05-09T14:20:28Z")

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You mean like **J** ames **C** aviezel playing **J** esus **C** hrist?

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**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-have-the-same-initials-as-the-actors-who-portray-them/495837/4 "2009-05-09T22:52:16Z")

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James Stewart- Jefferson Smith (_Mr Smith Goes to Washington_)  
Claude Rains- Captain Renault (_Casablanca_)

And I’ll spoiler the next one in case you haven’t seen _The Usual Suspects_:

Kevin Spacey- Keyser Soze

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-have-the-same-initials-as-the-actors-who-portray-them/495837/5 "2009-05-10T12:05:43Z")

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John Belushi–Jake Blues  
David McCallum–Donald “Ducky” Mallard on NCIS