# How to tell these often mixed up celebrities apart. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181 "2016-08-27T20:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/41 "2016-08-28T11:35:28Z")
\*\*Ben Affleck Ben Stiller \*\* Yes, I can tell them apart upon sight. But when I hear either name, my brain has to manually sort out which of the two we are talking about. And that takes longer than it should. mmm ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/42 "2016-08-28T11:46:20Z")
**Daniel Radcliffe** and **Elijah Wood** are NOT the same person. This video will help you suss out the difference. [link](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=daniel+radcliffe+elijah+woods+face+morph+gif&&view=detail&mid=59FF30E49671A5792ECB59FF30E49671A5792ECB&rvsmid=A9BE97E49CFA1F14F219A9BE97E49CFA1F14F219&fsscr=0&FORM=VDFSRV) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/43 "2016-08-28T14:42:51Z")
Not a visual thing, but of Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, I can never remember which is the evil one. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/44 "2016-08-28T16:06:49Z")
Crispin Glover and Ed Begley Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/45 "2016-08-28T17:06:36Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Not a visual thing, but of Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, I can never remember which is the evil one. Nancy Kerrigan - The self-centered one Tanya Harding - the porn star. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/46 "2016-08-28T17:07:38Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > **Daniel Radcliffe** and **Elijah Wood** are NOT the same person. > > This video will help you suss out the difference. > > [link](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=daniel+radcliffe+elijah+woods+face+morph+gif&&view=detail&mid=59FF30E49671A5792ECB59FF30E49671A5792ECB&rvsmid=A9BE97E49CFA1F14F219A9BE97E49CFA1F14F219&fsscr=0&FORM=VDFSRV) Daniel Radcliffe - Performed magic. Elijah Woods - Is magic. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/47 "2016-08-28T20:01:23Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Crispin Glover and Ed Begley Jr. Aside from the very large age difference, Ed, Jr. looks funny; Crispin just looks (and acts) creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/48 "2016-08-28T20:06:48Z")
Seth Green and Seth MacFarlane. They don’t look alike, but if I see their names, I’m not sure which is which. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/49 "2016-08-28T20:41:14Z")
> [@snuffleupagus](#): > > I still can’t tell Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman apart, even when they are side by side. Natalie has more upturned eybrows, and a mole on her left cheek. Keira has a stronger jawline, and a pronounced underbite. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/50 "2016-08-28T20:53:00Z")
I frequently confuse Dermot Mulroney with Dylan McDermott. Dermot is kind of like Joey in Friends, while Dylan is the one in American Horror Story. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/51 "2016-08-28T21:11:18Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > \*\*Ben Affleck > Ben Stiller > \*\* > Yes, I can tell them apart upon sight. But when I hear either name, my brain has to manually sort out which of the two we are talking about. > > And that takes longer than it should. > mmm Now quick!!! Picture Jerry Seinfeld, Ben Affleck and Ben Stiller. NOW…who are Ben Stillers birth parents. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/52 "2016-08-28T21:49:45Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Don’t quote me but I believe Katy’s tits are bigger. Of course, if they are not standing side by side that would be hard to tell. Wouldn’t they both be the same size? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/53 "2016-08-28T21:54:11Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Wouldn’t they both be the same size? Nobody’s tits are the same size. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/54 "2016-08-28T23:45:49Z")
A few years ago my nephew noted that the lead singer of The Foo Fighters looks a lot like the drummer from Nirvana. :smack: \ **Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/55 "2016-08-29T00:24:24Z") > [@](#): > > Jeff Daniels- insufferable over-actor > William Hurt- insufferable over-actor, who didn’t suck in Broadcast News. yes, but which one didn’t suck in Starman WAIT that’s Jeff Bridges :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/56 "2016-08-29T00:30:36Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > A few years ago my nephew noted that the lead singer of The Foo Fighters looks a lot like the drummer from Nirvana. :smack: \ **Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/57 "2016-08-29T03:00:24Z") > [@EllisDee](#): > > I wouldn’t say declined. Erika went to television, where she was one of the main ensemble cast of Parenthood for six seasons, from 2010 to 2015. (I still and forever will think of her as Swimfan, though.) It didn’t help that her character’s name was Julia, either. Although now I know that Julia didn’t play “Julia” when I step back to figure out which I am watching. > [@minlokwat](#): > > **Daniel Radcliffe** and **Elijah Wood** are NOT the same person. Of course not. Elijah Wood = Toby MacGuire. Duh. > [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > yes, but which one didn’t suck in Starman > WAIT that’s Jeff Bridges :smack: Now you’re just fucking with my head. Today I was looking through some newly released pics of Freddie Mercury, and dang if I couldn’t swear one of them was Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords… [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/28/09/37A4A3AF00000578-0-image-a-6_1472374056623.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/28/09/37A4A3AF00000578-0-image-a-6_1472374056623.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/58 "2016-08-29T03:27:30Z")
> [@tenacious\_j](#): > > Today I was looking through some newly released pics of Freddie Mercury, and dang if I couldn’t swear one of them was Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords… > [http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/28/09/37A4A3AF00000578-0-image-a-6\_1472374056623.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/28/09/37A4A3AF00000578-0-image-a-6_1472374056623.jpg) I thought Jemaine Clement did a quite good Tim Curry in “Men in Black 3”. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/59 "2016-08-29T10:42:41Z")
Can anyone tell **Leighton Meester** and **Minka Kelly** apart ? They even starred in the [same movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1265990/?ref_=nm_knf_t4). Now, that’s confusing. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181/60 "2016-08-29T12:55:30Z")
> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > Can anyone tell **Leighton Meester** and **Minka Kelly** apart ? They even starred in the [same movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1265990/?ref_=nm_knf_t4). Now, that’s confusing. As with the Portman/Knightly confusion, can I just say that I am just glad we have the conundrum to wrestle with? I came in to say that, while they don’t look alike or anything, I still get **Brie Larson** and **Allison Brie** mixed up? Cheesy, I know 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-these-often-mixed-up-celebrities-apart/764181.md?page=4)