# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/81 "2004-01-06T19:49:04Z")
Paul Simon and Chevy Chase I second the Toro/Pitt similarity. Twins separated at birth. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/82 "2004-01-06T20:03:41Z")
I’m too lazy to look up the names, but I still can’t believe that the guy who played Max Cherry in _Jackie Brown_ isn’t the same guy who played the captain on _Emergency!_. I actually lost a bet on that one. ---
**Author:** ![eman77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@eman77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eman77)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/83 "2004-01-06T20:55:26Z")
Ben Stein and Eugene Levy I thought they were the same person for a while. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/84 "2004-01-06T21:02:07Z")
William Devane and Jack Nicholson always reminded me of one another. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/85 "2004-01-06T23:27:48Z")
[King Abdullah of Jordan](http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/images/abdullah100.jpg) and [Jerry “The Beaver” Mathers](http://www.jsonline.com/news/image01/fivebig111001.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/86 "2004-01-07T00:19:04Z")
Wayne Gretzky and Princess Diana Trust me. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/87 "2004-01-07T05:52:35Z")
[Mark McKinney](http://www.tavie.com/mark/index-1.html) and [Juliette Lewis](http://www.autographseek.com/images/Juliette%20Lewis%20-%20Bild.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/88 "2004-01-07T06:32:30Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. i’ll third hellen hunt and leelee sobieski. they not only look alike, their mannerisms are similar too. Michael Jackson and [Helena Bonham Carter](http://www.zoltron.com/apes/). ---
**Author:** ![kmg365](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@kmg365](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmg365)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/89 "2004-01-07T12:45:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by shijinn \* > \*\*Michael Jackson and [Helena Bonham Carter](http://www.zoltron.com/apes/). \*\* ROTFLMAO!! Now the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. has an excuse why “The King of Pop” had to be manhandled. Jacko, you are so busted!! ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/90 "2004-01-07T14:18:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Former First Lady [Barbara Bush](http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/bb41.html) and Jetson’s maid [Rosie the Robot](http://www.cybercomm.nl/~ivo/photo_ROSIE.html). \*\* No! No! No! It’s [Barbara Bush](http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/bb41.html) and the [Quaker Oats guy](http://www.quakeroats.com/includes/images/quakerFoodsAndBeverages_Log.gif). Somebody needs to photoshop a hat on her. ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/91 "2004-01-07T14:46:09Z")
Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/92 "2004-01-07T14:57:04Z")
Elijah Wood and Tobey Maguire. I get the two of them mixed up hideously. I blame _The Ice Storm_. Jake Gyllenhall, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![kmg365](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@kmg365](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmg365)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/93 "2004-01-07T15:05:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Degrance \* > \*\*No! No! No! > > It’s [Barbara Bush](http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/bb41.html) and the [Quaker Oats guy](http://www.quakeroats.com/includes/images/quakerFoodsAndBeverages_Log.gif). > \*\* That’s just plain mean to make fun of people with disabilities. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/94 "2004-01-07T15:24:02Z")
There’s a guy on _The O.C._ who could be Jeri “Boston Public” Ryan’s twin brother. ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/95 "2004-01-07T15:34:57Z")
[Karen Black](http://www.houseof1000corpses.com/main/pics.html#) (4th row from the top) and [Jennifer Coolidge](http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800018646&cf=pg&photoid=486835&intl=us). When I saw “House of 1000 Corpses”, Harborwolf and I thought that Jennifer Coolidge was REALLY branching out. ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/96 "2004-01-07T16:14:45Z")
Steve Martin and Kevin Kline? ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/97 "2004-01-07T19:07:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kmg365 \* > \*\*That’s just plain mean to make fun of people with disabilities. \*\* Just which of them do you see as being disabled? The Quaker Oats guy cause he has no body? ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/98 "2004-01-07T19:37:17Z")
I often confuse [Brian Cox](http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1444/Events/1444/BrianCox_Grani_491855_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Cox,%20Brian%20(I)) and [Albert Finney](http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/0809-eri/Events/0809-eri/finneyal.ber?path=pgallery&path_key=Finney,%20Albert). ---
**Author:** ![mojave66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@mojave66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojave66)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/99 "2004-01-07T19:42:27Z")
I’m surprised no one has brought up [Steve Buscemi](http://www.londonpaparazzi.com/actors/image/10096-steve_buscemi.jpg) and [John Waters.](http://www.nyuff.com/jwaters2.jpg) Too obvious? ---
**Author:** ![kmg365](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@kmg365](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmg365)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/100 "2004-01-07T19:51:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Degrance \* > \*\*Just which of them do you see as being disabled? The Quaker Oats guy cause he has no body? \*\* It’s a well-known fact that Barbara has had a thyroid disorder for some time called “Grave’s Disease.” This is what makes her appear 15-20 years older than she really is. People joke about it without knowing what her disease is and without knowing that she is actually younger than her husband. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027.md?page=6)