# Movie trivia: Stars who have played the same character separately appearing together in a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025 "2014-07-13T21:36:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/41 "2014-07-14T04:51:20Z")
Doctor Who stars Jon Pertwee and William Hartnell appeared together in one film. > **[Doctor Who: the film careers of William Hartnell & Jon Pertwee](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/doctor-who-william-hartnell-jon-pertwees-film-careers/)** > > In a new series, Alex talks us through the film roles of the actors who've played the Doctor. First up, William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee... [The House That Dripped Blood](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_That_Dripped_Blood) has Pertwee, plus three ‘unofficial’ Doctors: Peter Cushing, Geoffrey Bayldon and Joanna Lumley (uncredited) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/42 "2014-07-14T05:00:10Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > So have any of the various Batmen worked together? Not often. Michael Keaton x Val Kilmer: none listed in IMDB Michael Keaton x George Clooney: [Out of Sight](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120780/) (and Keaton’s appearance is uncredited) Michael Keaton x Christian Bale: none George Clooney x Val Kilmer: none George Clooney x Christian Bale: none Val Kilmer x Christian Bale: none Adam West x all of the above: none ---
**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:** [July 14, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/43 "2014-07-14T05:14:55Z")
Robert De Niro played Al Capone in _The Untouchables_ (1987) and F. Murray Abraham played Al Capone in _Dillinger and Capone_ (1995) before they appeared together in _The Bridge of San Luis Rey_ (2004). ---
**Author:** ![Gretchion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@Gretchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretchion)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/44 "2014-07-14T05:32:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did they appear in a movie together? They appeared in _Man of Steel_ together. One was his birth father, the other was his adoptive father, and both actors had played Robin Hood, so this definitely counts. ---
**Author:** ![Gretchion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8edcca/32.png) [@Gretchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretchion)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/45 "2014-07-14T05:34:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Not often. > > Michael Keaton x Val Kilmer: none listed in IMDB > > Michael Keaton x George Clooney: [Out of Sight](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120780/) (and Keaton’s appearance is uncredited) > > Michael Keaton x Christian Bale: none > > George Clooney x Val Kilmer: none > > George Clooney x Christian Bale: none > > Val Kilmer x Christian Bale: none > > Adam West x all of the above: none Ben Affleck is about to be added to that list. Has he been in any movies with any of those actors? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/46 "2014-07-14T05:59:51Z")
This doesn’t really count, but it’s a neat little piece of trivia I’d like to pass along: Sam Waterston and Michael Moriarty, who both fulfilled the same role as ADA on _Law & Order_, although as two different characters, were in a production of \*The Glass Menagerie \*together, with Katharine Hepburn as Amanda, when they were much younger. It’s fascinating to see. It was a stage production, but there is a film of it done for television, IIRC, by WGBH-Boston, the PBS station. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/47 "2014-07-14T07:40:43Z")
Does this count? Phyllis Frelich played Sarah Norman on Broadway in _Children of a Lesser god_; Marlee Matlin played the role on-screen; then, they both appeared together at least once that I can remember, in an episode of _CSI_. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/48 "2014-07-14T09:34:21Z")
Liv Tyler and Jennifer Connely played sisters in _Inventing The Abbots_. Later, Connelly played Betty Ross in _Hulk_ and Tyler played Betty Ross in _The Incredible Hulk_. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2014, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/49 "2014-07-14T10:20:49Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Anything in the James Bond arena? Don’t have time to look myself right now… Blofeld was memorably played by Donald Pleasence in _You Only Live Twice_, which also featured Charles Gray – who later played Blofeld in _Diamonds Are Forever_. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/50 "2014-07-14T11:55:50Z")
OK, this is a bit of a reach, but… There was a commercial (I forget for what) where Charlie Sheen is waiting in line for something. The wait is so long, that he turns into Martin Sheen. So, technically, they played the same character in that commercial. They were in **Wall Street** and **Cadence** together. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/51 "2014-07-14T11:58:42Z")
Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone co-starred in the soccer movie _ **Victory.** _ Stallone later starred in a remake of Caine’s film noir _ **Get Carter** _ (Caine had a small role in that movie). ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/52 "2014-07-14T12:03:48Z")
If you consider Dr. Gregory House as a variation on Sherlock Holmes, then Hugh Laurie (_House_) played Benedict Cumberbatch’s (_Sherlock_) father in the short-lived series _Fortysomething_. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/53 "2014-07-14T12:11:32Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Anything in the James Bond arena? Don’t have time to look myself right now… Well, not exactly what you wanted, but… Max von Sydow (Jesus) and Telly Savalas (Pontius Pilate) co-starred in \*\*\*The Greatest Story Ever Told. * * * Savalas played Blofeld in _ **On Her Majesty’s Secret Service** _ while Vob Sydow played Blofeld in \*\*\*Never Say Never Again. * * * ---
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Matt Damon, Barry Pepper, and John Malkovich have all played Tom Ripley in different films. Damon and Malkovich were in Rounders together, and Damon and Pepper were both in the True Grit remake. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/55 "2014-07-14T14:32:47Z")
Kevin Costner and Sean Connery co-starred in _ **The Untouchables** _. Costner played Robin Hood in _ **Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves** _, while Connery played the aging Robin Hood in\*\*\* Robin and Marian.\*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/56 "2014-07-14T14:41:23Z")
Burt Lancaster played the small but pivotal role of Dr. Archie “Moonlight” Graham in Kevin Costner’s _ **Field of Dreams.** _ Lancaster played Wyatt Earp in _ **Gunfight at the OK Corral** _, while Costnerp layed Earp in the unsuccessfull Western _ **Wyatt Earp.** _ ---
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Paul “Fast Eddie” Newman and Jackie “Minnesota Fats” Gleason co-starred in _ **The Hustler.** _ Decades later, Newman starred as con artist Henry Gondorff in the Oscar-winning hit _ **The Sting** _. Jackie Gleason played Gondorff in the flop sequel _ **The Sting II.** _ ---
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Robert Mitchum played hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe in\*\*\* Farewell, My Lovely.\*\*\* Elliot Gould played Marlowe in _ **The Long Goodbye.** _ Mitchum and Gould both appeared in the godawful kangaroo movie _ **Mathilda.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/59 "2014-07-14T14:58:55Z")
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro both appeared in _ **The Godfather: Part II.** _ Al Pacino played Satan in _ **The Devil’s Advocate** _. De Niro played Satan in _ **Angel Heart** _. ---
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The character of Satan might be as rich a vein as Wyatt Earp. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025.md?page=4)