# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/61 "2014-07-14T15:08:55Z")
Hey, I have a good one that I’m surprised hasn’t been mentioned yet: **[Jack Ryan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ryan_(character))** Played by **Alec Baldwin** , **Harrison Ford** , **Ben Affleck** , and **Chris Pine**. Baldwin was in “Working Girl” with Harrison Ford. Baldwin was in “Rise of the Guardians” with Chris Pine (both with major voice roles) Baldwin was in “Pearl Harbor” with Ben Affleck Affleck was in “Smokin’ Aces” with Pine. Ford has nothing with either Affleck or Pine. ---
**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, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/62 "2014-07-14T15:19:48Z")
Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson both appeared in _ **The Last Tycoon** _. De Niro played Satan in _ **Angel Heart** _. Nicholson played Satan in _ **The Witches of Eastwick** _. ---
**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, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/63 "2014-07-14T15:20:40Z")
Back to Wyatt Earp… Kurt Russell played Wyatt Earp in the great _ **Tombstone** _. Kevin Costener played him in the not-so-great _ **Wyatt Earp.** _ They both played armed robbers in _ **3000 Miles to Graceland.** _ ---
**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, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/64 "2014-07-14T15:25:27Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 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. > > * * * There’s a third! Donald Pleasance was also in _ **The Greatest Story Ever Told** _, as Satan. And he played Blofeld in _ **You Only Live Twice.** _ ---
**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, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/65 "2014-07-14T15:29:00Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > There’s a third! Donald Pleasance was also in _ **The Greatest Story Ever Told** _, as Satan. And he played Blofeld in _ **You Only Live Twice.** _ Now that’s impressive! A threefer! ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/66 "2014-07-14T18:03:43Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > 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_. This one hasn’t quite happened yet, but Ian McKellan will be playing the aged Sherlock Holmes in an upcoming movie, and he and Benedict Cumberbatch’s voice appear together in _The Hobbit_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/67 "2014-07-14T19:22:13Z")
Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant were in the 1996 _Jude_. The were respectively Dr. Who ten and nine. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/68 "2014-07-14T19:34:28Z")
In the upcoming Michael Bay _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_, William Fichtner plays Shredder. In the original theatrical version, the role of Shredder was played by James Saito. They both appear in _Pearl Harbor_. ETA: Mako was also in _Pearl Harbor_, and voiced Shredder in the 2007 _TMNT_. ---
**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, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/69 "2014-07-14T19:48:49Z")
\*Withnail and I \*starred Paul McGann and Richard E.Grant. PM was the official 8th Doctor Who. REG was an [unofficial](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_of_the_Shalka)Doctor. Actually, twice. ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/70 "2014-07-14T21:58:14Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 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). Bernie Casey also had the lead in a remake of _Get Carter_. But I’m surprised to see that despite his long career, Casey has never been in a movie with Caine or Stallone. ---
**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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/71 "2014-07-14T22:07:01Z")
Jude Law tried to follow in Michael Caine’s footsteps as _Alfie_ before co-starring with him in the remake of _Sleuth_ – playing, of course, Caine’s old “Milo Tindle” part. ---
**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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/72 "2014-07-14T22:07:15Z")
Bryce Dallas Howard played Gwen Stacy in _Spider-man 3_. Emma Stone played Gwen Stacy in _The Amazing Spider-Man_ (and it’s sequel). They were both in _The Help_. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/73 "2014-07-14T22:14:59Z")
_The Hunger Games: Catching Fire_ has Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toby Jones, who both played Truman Capote–Hoffman in _Capote_ (2005), Jones in _Infamous_, released a year later. ---
**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, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/74 "2014-07-14T22:27:24Z")
If TV movies count, Patty Duke and Melissa Gilbert have both played Helen Keller in _The Miracle Worker_, and have been in more than one TV move together, including the Gilbert version of _The Miracle Worker_, where Patty Duke played Annie Sullivan. So, that means that Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke have both played Annie Sullivan, and appeared together in the version of _The Miracle Worker_ with Duke as Helen Keller. _Family of Strangers_ and\* Touch of Truth\* are at least two of the other TV movies Duke and Gilbert did together. All disease-of-the-week type stuff. Patty Duke is so talented, and so lousy at picking good scripts. ---
**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, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/75 "2014-07-14T23:31:42Z")
Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman appeared together in _Unforgiven_. Morgan Freeman played God in _Bruce Almighty_. Gene Hackman played God in _Two of a Kind_. ---
**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 15, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/76 "2014-07-15T00:23:53Z")
Josh Brolin spent MEN IN BLACK III doing a dead-on Tommy Lee Jones impression sure as they were both in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/77 "2014-07-15T00:49:12Z")
Frank Welker and Leonard Nimoy both provided the voice of G1 Galvatron, both were in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. ---
**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 15, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/78 "2014-07-15T01:04:26Z")
The Rock stars as HERCULES this month, forty-five years after Schwarzenegger was HERCULES IN NEW YORK, with them meeting in THE RUNDOWN along the way. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/79 "2014-07-15T01:23:04Z")
Dennis Quaid and Stacy Keach have played Sam Houston, and were also in _The Long Riders_. Here’s an odd one… Val Kilmer played Doc Holiday in _Tombstone_ (with Kurt Russel as Wyatt Earp), but then Kilmer went on the play Earp is a straight to video flick called _Wyatt Earp’s Revenge_ Both Randy and Dennis Quaid played Doc Holiday, and both were in _The Long Riders_. ---
**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 15, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-trivia-stars-who-have-played-the-same-character-separately-appearing-together-in-a-movie/693025/80 "2014-07-15T01:37:13Z")
Richard Harris played King Arthur in CAMELOT, as did Sean Connery in FIRST KNIGHT, and they both appeared in ROBIN & MARIAN – with Harris as Richard the Lionheart long before Connery got around to doing it when Costner played Robin Hood. [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=3) [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=5)