# Ever confuse one actor for another? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757 "2026-07-18T01:25:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/201 "2026-09-07T04:07:51Z")
Google Lens says that’s Russell Crowe and WWE star Drew McIntyre. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/202 "2026-09-07T11:02:57Z")
Hmm - looks like he buffed up to play Ramirez in the _Highlander_ remake (McIntyre is in it too). Nice. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/203 "2026-09-07T13:35:29Z")
I initially thought Wilford Brimley had played a part in Better Call Saul but it turned out he had been DEAD for ten years. It was actually Barry Corbin ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/204 "2026-09-07T22:18:52Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Remar was one of the Warriors in _The Warriors_ (the one who got arrested halfway through the film). Young, albeit not quite collegiate. Yeah, that definitely qualifies as a youthful role. (I **think** I’ve seen that movie at one time or another, or am I mixing it up with the original _Assault on Precinct 13_..?? Possible.) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/205 "2026-09-07T22:50:16Z")
_The Warriors_ is the one where each gang had it’s own costume/uniform. To wit: [![](https://consequence.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/warriors-e1549315454315.jpg) ](https://consequence.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/warriors-e1549315454315.jpg) Remar’s in the middle with the bowl cut. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/206 "2026-09-08T19:54:08Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Remar’s in the middle with the bowl cut. It has to be a tribute to the excellence of his agent, that Remar continued to work. (!) (I have seen _The Warriors_ at one time or another; it struck me as goofy but I know it has its own cult. _Assault_ (as many know) had its own goofy gangs, which may account for my mixing them up.) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/207 "2026-09-11T04:44:32Z")
Watching _ **Perry Mason** _’s “The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands,” I thought a very young Joyce Boulifant might have been an equally young Sue Ann Langdon. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/208 "2026-09-13T17:45:57Z")
Someone was telling a story about running into Bill Murray at a golf club. In my head I was picturing Chevy Chase. A forgivable mistake, you would agree… [https://people.com/movies/bill-murray-remembers-punching-chevy-chase-in-the-face/](https://people.com/movies/bill-murray-remembers-punching-chevy-chase-in-the-face/) ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/209 "2026-09-14T04:24:52Z")
Two of mine are in one my favorite 90s B movies, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag. George Hamilton is in it, and I tend to confuse him with William Devane. It also stars a lesser known actor, Andy Comeau, who I got confused with John Cusack the first time I watched it. To this day I suspect they probably wanted Cusack for the part and just couldn’t afford him. > [@QuickSilver](#): > > Someone was telling a story about running into Bill Murray at a golf club. In my head I was picturing Chevy Chase. I caught a brief clip of Caddyshack earlier today, and my brain got confused thinking “wait, is that John Belushi?” before realizing that it was obviously Bill Murray. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/210 "2026-09-14T04:51:13Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > It also stars a lesser known actor, Andy Comeau, who I got confused with John Cusack Oh yeah, there’s a big resemblance. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/211 "2026-09-14T12:59:01Z")
Put me in the Jeff Daniels and Bill Pullman list. I can tell them apart while I’m watching one or the other, but I constantly confuse which was which when I try to recollect their roles. “Oh, Jeff Daniels is actually playing that guy! I remembered it being Bill Pullman.” ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/212 "2026-09-14T15:47:59Z")
Then there’s [Paxton or Pullman?](https://www.sporcle.com/games/druhutch/gameovermangameover) Took me multiple tries to get a perfect score! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/213 "2026-09-14T15:55:20Z")
The Duffer Brothers have given us a miniseries, “The Boroughs”, which I watched because they’re the folks who gave us _Stranger Things_. I see a bearded security guard and I’m immediately pointing and saying “Oh, they’re using the guy who played Hopper again, cool!” No, apparently they aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/214 "2026-10-12T02:29:24Z")
Joan Crawford and Joan Fontaine. I can never keep those two straight. ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/215 "2026-10-12T22:22:01Z")
Ron Livingston and Kyle Chandler. They don’t even look that much alike but every time I see one I am asking myself if it’s the Office Space guy or the other one. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/216 "2026-10-12T23:29:43Z")
Less so nowadays, but I used to constantly confuse Ryan Gosling with Jake Gyllenhaal. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/217 "2026-10-12T23:41:32Z")
I don’t confuse them when looking at pictures, but if you mention J.K. Rowling or J.K. Simmons, I have a 50/50 chance of visualizing the wrong face to go with the name. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/218 "2026-10-19T22:49:31Z")
I’m watching “Anyone for Murder?” on _ **The Alfred Hitchcock Hour** _. I was sure the young man with a slight English accent was a pre-_ **Mr Ed** _ Alan Young. Turns out he was a pre-_ **Hogan’s** _ _ **Heroes** _ Richard Dawson! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/219 "2026-10-20T07:29:55Z")
As a Beatles-obsessed kid, I’d get excited whenever Yasser Arafat made the news. Took me a moment to realize [Ringo](https://i.imgur.com/79R0NGS.png) hadn’t joined the PLO. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757/220 "2026-11-08T01:00:49Z")
Randall Park and John Krasinski In rewatching a bunch of old 80s movies with my kids, I’m realizing that Elizabeth Shue was not the the “pretty rich blonde suburban love interest” in every film. Just _The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, Cocktail,_ and _Back to the Future II and III._ _Can’t Buy Me Love_ was Amanda Peterson _Heathers_ was Kim Walker _Some Kind of Wonderful_ was Lea Thomson _Footloose_ was Lori Singer _One Crazy Summer_ was Kimberly Foster Probably a few others I can’t recall [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confuse-one-actor-for-another/1031757.md?page=12)