# Interchangeable actors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interchangeable-actors/632218 "2012-08-21T21:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interchangeable-actors/632218/61 "2012-08-23T22:13:58Z")
James Marsden and James Marsters? Ok they dont’ really look alike but I had them confused for YEARS. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interchangeable-actors/632218/62 "2012-08-23T22:39:09Z")
I can’t decide if Sports Illustrated editor [Terry McDonell](http://sigroup.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/mcdonell-terry.jpg) looks more like an older Charlie Sheen or Robert Patrick (Terminator 2). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interchangeable-actors/632218/63 "2012-08-23T22:45:03Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > It took me awhile to realize William Mapother (Another Earth) wasn’t Jeremy Renner (The Bourne Legecy, The Hurt Locker). Personally, I think [Mapother](http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/william-mapother-image.jpg) looks more like [Nate Fillion](http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/04/96/0000030496_20060925014212.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interchangeable-actors/632218/64 "2012-08-23T22:55:18Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > They’re not identical by any means, but Mark Strong, Elias Koteas, and someone else… Jeremy Piven maybe, have enough overlap and a similar hair line and are often shaved, which confuses me. Some say Andy Garcia, but I don’t see it. Until I see the birth certificates I will never believe that Mark Strong and Andy Garcia are two separate people. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interchangeable-actors/632218/65 "2012-08-23T23:04:40Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Wait, what? I totally thought that was Tom Hardy in Prometheus until you just told me it wasn’t. Heh. I’m good at this game. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interchangeable-actors/632218/66 "2012-08-23T23:10:43Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > James Marsden and James Marsters? Ok they dont’ really look alike but I had them confused for YEARS. If we’re going by names, I still can’t keep Marsden and Michael Madsen separate. I’ll try to remember that the latter is often “Mad” in his roles. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Personally, I think [Mapother](http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/william-mapother-image.jpg) looks more like [Nate Fillion](http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/04/96/0000030496_20060925014212.jpg). I’m not familiar with Mapother’s work, but if we’re going by [his Wikipedia picture](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/WilliamMapother.jpg), he looks like [Breckin Meyer](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Breckin_Meyer_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interchangeable-actors/632218.md?page=3)