# People in the news... and the actors who should play them

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**Created:** [June 9, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-the-news-and-the-actors-who-should-play-them/542505 "2010-06-09T04:03:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-the-news-and-the-actors-who-should-play-them/542505/1 "2010-06-09T04:03:49Z")

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I was watching BP’s [Tony Hayward](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/06/06/article-1284405-09E931F9000005DC-386_468x383.jpg) giving one of his mea culpas on the news and it occurred that if [Michael Sheen](http://surfme.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/michael-sheen.jpg)- the actor who has twice played [Tony Blair](http://www.g-8.de/Content/EN/StatischeSeiten/G8/Lebensl_C3_A4ufe/Bilder/tony-blair,property=poster.jpg) and once [David Frost](http://www.tv-am.org.uk/uploadedfiles/davidfrost.JPG)- should add him to the list of living public figures he can appear as in headline-based-biopics.

[Helen Thomas](http://thebsreport.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/helen-thomas.jpg) could be easily played by [Estelle “Mrs. Costanza” Harris](http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/91/26/0000019126_20060921141614.jpg)

For [Joe Biden](http://tvoneblogs.com/roland/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Joe_Biden.jpg): ubiquitous character actor [James Rebhorn](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/248/524850480_8a13046664.jpg)

Who are some other actors who would seem “ready to go” as various famous (and preferably, but not necessarily, living) personalities?

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**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-the-news-and-the-actors-who-should-play-them/542505/2 "2010-06-09T04:05:32Z")

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> [@Sampiro](#):
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> For [Joe Biden](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/248/524850480_8a13046664.jpg): ubiquitous character actor [James Rebhorn](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/248/524850480_8a13046664.jpg)

Wow, they do look alike, they’re even wearing the same clothes!

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-the-news-and-the-actors-who-should-play-them/542505/3 "2010-06-09T04:06:37Z")

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> [@Simplicio](#):
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> Wow, they do look alike, they’re even wearing the same clothes!

Fixed.😉