# Famous people that resemble other famous people **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027 "2003-12-31T22:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/21 "2004-01-01T07:39:47Z")
I read an interview with Morgan Freeman once where he said that people constantly mistake him for Samuel L Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/22 "2004-01-01T07:50:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nanook \* > \*\*Jennifer Aniston and Streisand. \*\* Urgh! You’re kidding, right? Everybody knows that [Streisand](http://content.clearchannel.com/Photos/musicians/barbara_streisand_JohnChapp.jpg) looks just like [David Brenner](http://www.harrywalker.com/photos/Brenner_David.jpg). Another standard in this genre is [Dom DeLuise](http://www.palisadeschamber.com/Pics/Dom_DeLuise.gif) and Chef [Paul Prudhomme](http://topchefs.chef2chef.net/recipes/chef-paul/prudhomme-2.jpg), right down to the hat. I’d like to see the two of THEM in a room together sometime. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/23 "2004-01-01T08:24:24Z")
Don Knotts and Mick Jagger. Norm from Cheers and John Goodman. Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis. I remember seeing a Streisand movie called “Nuts” some years ago, and the first time I saw Jennifer Aniston on Friends I wondered if she had played Streisand as a child in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/24 "2004-01-01T09:00:21Z")
Well, I always thought Sean Connery and the late King Hussein of Jordan looked a lot alike. ---
**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 1, 2004, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/25 "2004-01-01T11:55:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Captain Amazing \* > \*\*Well, I always thought Sean Connery and the late King Hussein of Jordan looked a lot alike. \*\* And Prince Rainier of Monaco. ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/26 "2004-01-01T12:03:30Z")
Judd Nelson/Al Pacino ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/27 "2004-01-01T12:16:57Z")
Catch Ian MacKellen made up as the wizard in the LOTR movies. The way his white hair frames his face, you could easily substitute Patrick Stewart[from Star Trek:TNG and X-Men fame] ---
**Author:** ![kmg365](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@kmg365](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmg365)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/28 "2004-01-01T12:37:25Z")
[Ashley Olsen](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2188/Events/2188/MaryKateOl_Vespa_1892301_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Olsen,%20Ashley) and [Mary-Kate Olsen](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2188/Events/2188/AshleyOlse_Grani_1891169_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Olsen,%20Mary-Kate) . The resemblance between these two is uncanny. And talking about being taken for a deadringer, I always get mixed up between [Penelope Cruz](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/0830-osc/cruzpene.lop?path=pgallery&path_key=Cruz,%20Pen?ope) and [Salma Hayek](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/0830-osc/hayeknor.ton?path=pgallery&path_key=Cruz,%20Pen?ope) . They also sound and behave the same to make things more confusing. Damn them! ---
**Author:** ![kmg365](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@kmg365](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmg365)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/29 "2004-01-01T12:56:23Z")
What about [Elisha Cuthbert](http://www.imdb.com/Special/GalleryFeatures/rtoglobes/gg1-11.html), [Deborah Harry](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1274/DeborahHarry_Vespa_246474_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Harry,%20Deborah%20(I)) , and [Kim Cattrall](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2150/KimCattral_Cohen_1535323_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Cattrall,%20Kim)? Identical triplets if you ask me. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/30 "2004-01-01T13:03:22Z")
When Wall St Journal Daniel Pearl’s story was all over the news, actor Tim Allen was getting calls about it. They look exactly like each other. Jack Nicholson and Bruce Willis both were raised in New Jersey, and could be related. ---
**Author:** ![kmg365](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@kmg365](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmg365)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/31 "2004-01-01T13:28:10Z")
Why do [Lisa Ling](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1045/wi20010214_LisaLing_Vespa_144611.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Ling,%20Lisa), [Lucy Liu](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/0830-osc/Events/0830-osc/lui_lucy?path=pgallery&path_key=Liu,%20Lucy) and [Zhang Ziyi](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0190332/s5-196.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Zhang,%20Ziyi) all look like identical triplets? And what about [Chris Tucker](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/0576-blo/tuckerch.ris?path=pgallery&path_key=Tucker,%20Chris%20(I)) and [Chris Rock](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0325537/DF-6301R.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Rock,%20Chris%20(I))? Separated at birth? And let’s not forget [Deborah Norville](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1045/Events/1045/wi20010214_DeborahNorville_Vespa_144602.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Norville,%20Deborah) and her body double, [Paula Zahn](http://www.wolfstrategies.com/paulazahn/newweb.php?col=yellp). And lastly, what’s the chance of two guys looking exactly alike, having the same surname and working in the same profession? Ask Bryant Gumbel and Greg Gumbel. Simply inexplicable. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/32 "2004-01-01T13:43:10Z")
Can’t believe no one mentioned these two - not only do they look alike, but they’re both stunningly beautiful. [Keira Knightley](http://www.evilchog.co.uk/keira_knightley/photos/potc/potc7.jpg) and [Natalie Portman](http://www.art.com/asp/sp.asp?PD=10039411&RFID=990041&Aff=CONF&UI=E7A57927B6D64DA6A9C2870F4DF75098) ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/33 "2004-01-01T13:52:58Z")
Darryl Hammond and Bill Clinton ---
**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 1, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/34 "2004-01-01T14:10:15Z")
Neil Young, Stephen King, Garrison Keillor & Dan Ackroyd Christina Aquilera & Krystal Steele Jewel & Monica Miller ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/35 "2004-01-01T14:25:17Z")
The Premier of New South Wales, [Bob Carr](http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/Parlment/Members.nsf/0/41bee69c23651b434a25674500016550?OpenDocument) looks a lot like Abraham Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/36 "2004-01-01T14:44:27Z")
I’ve always thought Harrison Ford and Dennis Quaid should play brothers. > [@](#): > > ``` > *Tengu...* > > ``` > > Oh…and I’ve suddenly remembered Leelee Sobieski could pass for a young Helen Hunt. These two are the closest. I think Hellen once said that she saw Leelee on a magazine cover and thought it was a picture of herself. ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/37 "2004-01-01T17:12:13Z")
Jimmy Stewart and Mister Rogers resemble each other. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/38 "2004-01-01T17:22:50Z")
Keira Knightly and Natalie Portman. Knightly was Princess Armadalas “double” in _Phantom Menance_ and onset, once in make-up, their respective mom’s couldn’t tell the two apart. Jim Broadbent and Hugh Bonneville played the parts of John Bayley/Young John Bayley in the movie _Iris_ the resemblance was so uncanny I had to look it up and see a) if they were in fact related and b) if prosthetics were used. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/39 "2004-01-01T17:41:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LifeOnWry \* > \*\* > Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis. > \*\* Before or after Rourke’s [plastic surgery](http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/000344.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/40 "2004-01-01T17:45:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Trillionaire \* > \*\*I read an interview with Morgan Freeman once where he said that people constantly mistake him for Samuel L Jackson. \*\* Samuel L. Jackson once began a “Saturday Night Live” monologue by saying, “First of all, I am not Laurence Fishburne and I am not Morgan Freeman!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027.md?page=3)