# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/141 "2004-04-04T22:25:23Z")
[Nick Nolte](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/nolte1.html) and [James Brown](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/jbrownmug1.html) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/142 "2004-05-08T12:18:19Z")
[Kevin Pollak](http://www.hahaha.com/global/images/people/kevin-pollak.jpg) and [Kevin Spacey](http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Arts/9906/07/tonys.cnn/kevin.spacey.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/143 "2004-05-08T13:36:49Z")
[Alan Ruck](http://imdb.com/name/nm0001688/) and [Ed Norton](http://imdb.com/name/nm0001570/) ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/144 "2004-05-08T13:49:15Z")
Here are mine: Ben Kingsley and F. Murray Abraham Jennifer Garner and a young Gena Davis…Jennifer Garner has a more angular face, but the resemblance is there. David Duchovny and Zach Braff (I’m pretty sure that’s his name) He plays J.D. on “Scrubs”. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/145 "2004-05-08T19:35:51Z")
John Kerry and Gomer Pyle [http://www.sociallyabrasive.com/gomerkerry.htm](http://www.sociallyabrasive.com/gomerkerry.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/146 "2004-05-09T01:59:51Z")
Two really obvious ones that have been missed are David Doyle (Bosley from Charlie’s Angels) and Tom Bosley (the father in Happy Days). ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/147 "2004-05-11T01:29:39Z")
[Ross Martin](http://orbita.starmedia.com/~thewildwildwest/imagenes/artie4.jpg) and [Barney Phillips](http://www.tvtome.com/images/people/7/6/38-9340.jpg) They actually appeared together in an ep os “The Wild Wild West.” [George Wyner](http://www.mash4077.dk/Guest_Stars-kladde-filer/wyner.jpg) and David Wohl. Couldn’t find a picture of Wohl. Wyner had a supporting role as Assistant DA Irv Bernstein in “Hill Street Blues.” Wohl made a guest appearance in one ep, and I kept thinking it was going to be as a relative of Bernstein’s. But no. In fact, Wyner might not have even been in that particular ep. [Hal “Otis the Drunk” Smith](http://www.sergioleone.net/da-6.jpg) and Jack Perkins. I couldn’t find a picture of Perkins (obviously not the A&E Jack Perkins), but it’s interesting that in addition to looking alike, Perkins usually played drunks, and Smith’s most notable role was as a drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/148 "2004-05-11T02:00:16Z")
I swear, if they ever decide to make a Led Zeppelin biopic, they should cast Sarah Jessica Parker as Robert Plant. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/149 "2004-05-13T00:45:04Z")
[Allison Mack](http://www.kryptonsite.com/amgallery28.htm) from _Smallville_ and [Lara Spencer](http://www.wchstv.com/abc/gma/laraspencer.shtml) from _Good Morning America_. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/150 "2004-05-13T06:58:20Z")
[Clay Aikens](http://www.recorder.ca/cp/Entertainment/031016/e101645.jpg) and [Vash the Stampede](http://linkanime.com/prod_images_large/0trigun.jpg). Separated at birth, man. Separated at birth. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/151 "2004-05-13T16:53:46Z")
Robert Walker (who played Bruno in _Strangers on a Train_) looked and talked distractingly like Bill Murray (who, of course, wasn’t famous until 25 years later). Likewise, John Kerr (Lt. Cable from South Pacific) is a ringer for Robert Patrick (the scary cop robot from _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_), but 30 years earlier. Of course, I should logically infer that Murray and Patrick were somehow imitating their forebears–except that Walker and Kerr weren’t all that famous. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/152 "2004-05-13T17:08:53Z")
> [@DrMemory](#): > > Steve Martin and Harrison Ford. (Maybe as brothers?) Gah! Someone else sees it! I’ve thought this for years! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/153 "2004-05-13T17:10:57Z")
> [@Girl Next Door](#): > > Gah! Someone else sees it! I’ve thought this for years! I, too, have always thought Josh Hartnett was the spittin’ image of Tommy Lee Jones. And Sting is totally morphing into Malcom McDowell. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/154 "2004-05-13T17:12:00Z")
OK, seem to have pushed the wrong “reply” button there. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027/155 "2004-05-13T19:53:43Z")
I’ve always thought Patrick Swayze and Kurt Russell look alike [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-that-resemble-other-famous-people/222027.md?page=7)