# Did anyone ever tell you that you look just like \? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033 "2007-06-14T19:57:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/1 "2007-06-14T19:57:02Z")
For a long time, people would tell me I looked like ‘a young Bruce Springsteen.’ Seriously, for a time it was almost every day that someone, even just passerbys on the street, would remark to me that I looked just like him. Eventually, Springsteen faded into the wood-work a bit, and people stopped commenting on it. Then I started getting hit with ‘You look just like Ben Affleck.’ That’s been going on for quite some time. I suppose Mr. Affleck’s star has faded a bit as well, since I’m not getting that line as often. Then, in the past week, two people have commented that I look ‘just like Daniel Day-Lewis.’ Which is still flattering, but a bit perplexing since AFAIK, he’s not in the public eye as much any more. FTR, here’s a few recent pictures of me…you can judge for yourself: [here](http://new.photos.yahoo.com/josephoconnell69/album/576460762402563043/photo/294928804396374027/1), [here](http://new.photos.yahoo.com/josephoconnell69/album/576460762402563043/photo/294928804396374043/2) and [here](http://new.photos.yahoo.com/josephoconnell69/album/576460762402563043/photo/294928804396364876/0). Sooooo, what famous folks have people said YOU looked like? And I dare you to show a picture of yourself along with it. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/2 "2007-06-14T20:15:00Z")
None of your links work. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/3 "2007-06-14T20:24:23Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] None of your links work. [/QUOTE] Shite! How 'bout now? ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/4 "2007-06-14T20:26:24Z")
One of my mother’s friends told me the other day I looked like Goldie Hawn. But she’s a sweet ditzy ol’ fruitcake, because I look more like Ernest Borgnine than I do like Goldie Hawn. I’ve been told I look like Liza Minnelli, which I can sort of see – short dark hair and large eyes. But now I say, “_Young_ Liza, right?” Mostly people seem to think I look generally familiar, like they know me even when they don’t, like “didn’t we go to high school together?”. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/5 "2007-06-14T20:27:27Z")
One for three now, Ben. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/6 "2007-06-14T20:29:14Z")
No one’s ever suggested I look like any celebrity, and I can see why - I don’t resemble any. There was once a website (maybe there still is) where you could submit a photo of yourself and it would find your celebrity match - I was matched with a couple of men. Yeah, I’m one dainty flower of womanhood… 😛 ---
**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:** [June 14, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/7 "2007-06-14T20:30:34Z")
I’ve been told I look like the singer [Donovan.](http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/D/donovan_pc2.jpg) In [this picture](http://www.stthomasu.ca/~pmccorm/research/donovan2.jpg) the resemblance is uncanny. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/8 "2007-06-14T20:31:26Z")
My brother used to get ‘a young Chandler [from _Friends_]’ all the time. I still get a few comments on looking like Gillian Anderson, which is a total lie but very sweet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/9 "2007-06-14T20:35:11Z")
The only time I’ve ever been compared to anyone was some actress named Karen Black? I don’t know who she is but checking her pictures, with the exception of my chubby cheekbones and the fact that we’re both women, I see no resemblance. Of course the person who mentioned it was a little nutty. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/10 "2007-06-14T20:36:16Z")
When I was a kid, I was a dead ringer for Melissa Gilbert (we are about the same age). She grew up better looking than I did, but I think she can thank a nose job for that (we both had snub noses…mine is still snub, and hers is miraculously pointy on the end…never saw a nose just change shape like that spontaneously!) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/11 "2007-06-14T20:37:15Z")
Before my hair went gray, I looked very, very much like Tom Cruise around the time he made A Few Good Men. I once got asked for an autograph, which was flattering for me and embarassing for the young lady. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/12 "2007-06-14T20:43:30Z")
[sorta hijack]Anyone watching The Next Best Thing on ABC? It’s a celebrity impersonator contest, and some of those people are just amazing! [/sorta hijack] Once, when I was a kid, a girl told me I looked like Loretta Lynn (which I emphatically do not and never have). All I can figure is that she must have seen Coal Miner’s Daughter and gotten Loretta mixed up with Sissy Spacek (which would still be a stretch). I’ve also been told I look like Mary Steenburgen, which is a lot closer to the mark, only she’s old. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/13 "2007-06-14T20:48:30Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] [sorta hijack]Anyone watching The Next Best Thing on ABC? [/QUOTE] You bet! The Roseanne Barr they had last week was perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/14 "2007-06-14T20:49:23Z")
When I had my head shaved, a guy asked me for my autograph thinking I was Stone Cold Steve Austin. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/15 "2007-06-14T20:56:17Z")
I’ve been told I look like [Gary Sinise](http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/W/e/N/seasonprem14.jpg) I sort of do: especially the bags under the eyes! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/16 "2007-06-14T21:25:55Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] [sorta hijack]Anyone watching The Next Best Thing on ABC? It’s a celebrity impersonator contest, and some of those people are just amazing! [/sorta hijack] [/QUOTE] There was a really good Howard Stern on the one time I watched it. It went downhill from there. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/17 "2007-06-14T21:32:08Z")
I get told I look like [the main character from Office Space](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/5760/Events/5760/RonLivings_Sapp_12408939_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Livingston,%20Ron), but I honestly dont see the resemblance. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/18 "2007-06-14T21:33:40Z")
A couple of people told me, on separate occasions, that i looked a bit like Ewan MacGregor. I just brushed it off. Then, at the end of one semester a few years ago, one of my undergraduates wrote on the class evaluation form that “the TA bears an uncanny resemblance to Obe Wan Kenobe.” And i don’t think she was talking about Alec Guinness. I’ve looked at pictures of MacGregor, and i just can’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/19 "2007-06-14T21:52:11Z")
Some people think I look like Audrey Hepburn. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033/20 "2007-06-14T21:54:01Z")
I had someone I worked with tell me I looked like an Indian film star. Not sure which one. Guess it was the bone structure, because I am very stereotypically Irish looking, except with brown hair instead of red. Susan [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-ever-tell-you-that-you-look-just-like-insert-famous-name-here/408033.md?page=2)