# Has any actor other than Peter Dinklage ever done this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425 "2015-02-23T17:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/1 "2015-02-23T17:22:42Z")
Peter Dinklage played the dead father’s Little Person gay lover in the original British movie _Death at a Funeral_ and in the American remake. They changed the character’s name (from Peter to Frank) but almost all other parts of the role- the revelation, the blackmail, the coffin escapade, etc.- were the same. Has any other actor ever played the same character in two versions of the same film? (Cameos or guest roles by stars of the original as another character in a remake don’t count.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/2 "2015-02-23T17:25:35Z")
Penélope Cruz, as Sofia in _Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes)_ and _Vanilla Sky_. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/3 "2015-02-23T17:25:42Z")
Evil Dead and Evil Dead II were basically the same movie with different budgets. Bruce Campbell starred in both. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/4 "2015-02-23T17:27:16Z")
Wasn’t there a recent British TV mystery series that was remade as an American series with the same lead actor? ---
**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:** [February 23, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/5 "2015-02-23T17:31:21Z")
Howard Hawkes remade _Rio Bravo_ twice, once as _El Dorado_, and again as _Rio Lobo_. John Wayne played the lead in all three films. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/6 "2015-02-23T17:32:21Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Wasn’t there a recent British TV mystery series that was remade as an American series with the same lead actor? That sounds very familiar. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/7 "2015-02-23T17:32:26Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Wasn’t there a recent British TV mystery series that was remade as an American series with the same lead actor? _Broadchurch_, being remade for the US market as _Gracepoint_, both starring former Dr. Who David Tennant. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/8 "2015-02-23T17:33:08Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Wasn’t there a recent British TV mystery series that was remade as an American series with the same lead actor? Gracepint/Broadchurch with David Tennant? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/9 "2015-02-23T17:33:11Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Peter Dinklage played the dead father’s Little Person gay lover in the original British movie _Death at a Funeral_ and in the American remake. They changed the character’s name (from Peter to Frank) but almost all other parts of the role- the revelation, the blackmail, the coffin escapade, etc.- were the same. > > Has any other actor ever played the same character in two versions of the same film? (Cameos or guest roles by stars of the original as another character in a remake don’t count.) Well, the James Bond movie\*\*\* Never Say Never Again _ **was a re-make of the earlier James Bond flick** _ Thunderball\*\*\*, and Sean Connery starred in both versions. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/10 "2015-02-23T17:34:56Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Well, the James Bond movie\*\*\* Never Say Never Again _ **was a re-make of the earlier James Bond flick** _ Thunderball\*\*\*, and Sean Connery starred in both versions. Was it a literal remake- same villain and plot and all? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/11 "2015-02-23T17:35:11Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Wasn’t there a recent British TV mystery series that was remade as an American series with the same lead actor? Good call. David Tennant played the same character Alex Hardy/Emmett Carver in Gracepoint/Broadchurch, a british show remade for American audiences. StG ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/12 "2015-02-23T17:40:44Z")
Though it never aired in the US (it was announced on the NBC schedule, but a change in management led to it being cancelled before it aired), there were both US and UK versions of **The IT Crowd**. Richard Ayoade played Moss in both of them. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/13 "2015-02-23T17:41:22Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Evil Dead and Evil Dead II were basically the same movie with different budgets. Bruce Campbell starred in both. Well, Evil Dead 2 is a different movie, despite going over some of the same ground. I know it gets described as a Evil Dead remake, but it is a sequel. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/14 "2015-02-23T17:44:45Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Was it a literal remake- same villain and plot and all? Yes- the plot was identical, the love interest was a girl named Domino, the villain was named Emilio Largo. _ **Thunderball** _ was a rare James Bond story that Cubby Broccoli didn’t have rights to. So, it was possible to hire COnnery to do a remake of that movie. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/15 "2015-02-23T17:47:30Z")
Ingrid Bergman played the same character in both versions of “Intermezzo.” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/16 "2015-02-23T17:47:32Z")
One for TV: Amanda Pays played scientist Tina McGee in the 1990 and 2014 series, The Flash(es). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/17 "2015-02-23T17:50:28Z")
Was there anybody who appeared in Robert Rodriguez’s tiny-budget action flick \*\*\*El Mariachi \*\*\* who also appeared in the bigger-budget remake _ **Desperado?** _ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/18 "2015-02-23T17:50:49Z")
Brigette Helm (she was both Maria and the Robot in Fritz Lang’s _Metropolis_) played Antinea, the Queen of Atlantis, in three different -language versions of _l’Atlantide_ made in 1932. She was in the German, English-language, and the French cast. Tela Tchai (Tschai) played the same role in all three versions, too. Vladimir Sokoloff and Gustav Diessl appeared in the same role in two of the films. > **[L'Atlantide (1932 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Atlantide_(1932_film))** > > L'Atlantide is a 1932 German-French adventure and fantasy film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Brigitte Helm. It is based on the novel L'Atlantide by Pierre Benoît. > The film is a remake of the 1921 film of the same name directed by Jacques Feyder. After Feyder refused to create a sound remake of L'Atlantide, Pabst took to directing the film. Both Pabst and Feyder's film adaptations were shot in the Sahara Desert. To compete with American films, the film was shot in three languages: Englis... Sean Connery’s dual run as James Bond in Thunderball and Never Say Never Again has been mentioned, as has Penelope Cruz’ two turns in Vanilla Sky and its predecessor, so I only have one other one: Clark Gable played the same role (but with different character names) in the 1932 film **Red Dust** and in its 1953 remake, **Mogambo** > **[Red Dust](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dust)** > > Red dust or Red Dust may refer to: > **[Mogambo](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogambo)** > > Mogambo is a 1953 Technicolor adventure/romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly, and featuring Donald Sinden. Shot on location in Equatorial Africa, with a musical soundtrack consisting entirely of actual African tribal music recorded in the Congo, the film was adapted by John Lee Mahin from the play Red Dust by Wilson Collison. The picture is a remake of Red Dust (1932), which was set in Vietnam and also starred Gable in the same role. > Al... (The films **Dracula** (1931) and **F.P. 1 Doesn’r Answer** (1932) were remade in different languages at the same time, but I don’t know of any overlaps in the casting in those cases) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/19 "2015-02-23T18:05:02Z")
I remember back in the '80s Sophia Loren said she and her husband wanted to do an English language remake of her film _Two Women_ in which she’d play the same role she did originally because she wanted it to reach a wider audience, but apparently she never got funding. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425/20 "2015-02-23T18:12:05Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Was there anybody who appeared in Robert Rodriguez’s tiny-budget action flick \*\*\*El Mariachi \*\*\* who also appeared in the bigger-budget remake _ **Desperado?** _ I thought \*Desperado \*was a sequel, not a remake ? (Not snark, I only saw _Once Upon A Time In Mexic_o) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-actor-other-than-peter-dinklage-ever-done-this/713425.md?page=2)