# Separated at Birth-- Celebrities with an odd resemblance **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001 "2007-02-05T23:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/21 "2007-02-06T15:24:11Z")
There is a sinister reason that [Tommy Haas](http://www.menstennisforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/3845/cat/520) is never in the same room as [Amelie Mauresmo](http://www.wtnphotos.com/showphoto.php/photo/101552/cat/512) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/22 "2007-02-06T15:39:34Z")
[QUOTE=Geobabe] I’ve never been entirely convinced that [Julia Stiles](http://images.askmen.com/galleries/actress/julia-stiles/pictures/julia-stiles-picture-3.jpg) and [Erika Christensen](http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Erika-Christensen-Photograph-C12149206.jpeg) are different people. [/QUOTE] Well, from the neck up, yeah, I can see that… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/23 "2007-02-06T18:08:53Z")
[Kitefer Sutherland](http://images.askmen.com/men/entertainment_200/pictures_200/kiefer_sutherland/kiefer_sutherland_150.jpg) and [Eddie Izzard](http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Events/3366/EddieIzzar_Kambo_5537757_400.jpg) or is it [Eddie](http://www.kiefersplace.de/mag37.jpg) and [Kiefer](http://www.pyke-eye.com/a/faces/eddie-izzard.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/24 "2007-02-06T18:48:11Z")
[Phoebe Snow](http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/ph004.jpg), [Al Franken](http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/06.06/photos/newsart.jpg), and [Frankenberry](http://www.hometownfavorites.com/images/items/Large/hfce103.jpg) [Madeleine Albright](http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/140000/images/_141524_albright.jpg), [Pope Benedict](http://longgandhi.com/Pope%20Benedict%202.jpg), and [Simon Bar Sinister](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/SimonBarSinister.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/25 "2007-02-06T20:01:24Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] [Madeleine Albright](http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/140000/images/_141524_albright.jpg), [Pope Benedict](http://longgandhi.com/Pope%20Benedict%202.jpg), and [Simon Bar Sinister](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/SimonBarSinister.jpg) [/QUOTE] You forgot to include Palpatine in that group… ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/26 "2007-02-06T20:35:23Z")
[QUOTE=Geobabe] I’ve never been entirely convinced that [Julia Stiles](http://images.askmen.com/galleries/actress/julia-stiles/pictures/julia-stiles-picture-3.jpg) and [Erika Christensen](http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Erika-Christensen-Photograph-C12149206.jpeg) are different people. [/QUOTE] Or “pre-op” and “post-op”. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/27 "2007-02-06T20:47:54Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] Every time these things come, up, the best I can do is [Clay Aiken](http://www.poster.net/aiken-clay/aiken-clay-photo-xl-clay-aiken-6227058.jpg) and [Vash the Stampede](http://images.quizilla.com/S/senko/1065499557_Pictures14.jpg). Maybe now, somebody will finally listen… [/QUOTE] I’ve always thought of Clay as a gene splice twixt [Martin Short](http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1093923/article_images/6140shortmartin17.jpg) and [Barry Manilow](http://www.rhinotickets.com/las-vegas/barry-manilow-tickets/barry-manilow.jpg). Then there’s [Condoleeza Rice](http://www.mosnews.com/files/11351/rice.jpg) and the [rodent who got her genes](http://lobo.sbc.edu/pinkyBrain.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/28 "2007-02-06T20:58:18Z")
What about [Sasha Cohen](http://www.newsamericanow.com/profiles/img/sasha-cohen.jpg) and [Sasha Cohen](http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1249397/article_images/headline_1169395605.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/29 "2007-02-06T21:13:34Z")
[Samuel L Jackson](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Fishburne_morpheus_matrixrevolutions.jpg/180px-Fishburne_morpheus_matrixrevolutions.jpg) and [Laurence Fishburne](http://www.celebopedia.com/samuel-l-jackson/images/samuel-l-jackson.jpg) have always confused me. No one else I’ve mentioned this to thinks they look at all alike. ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/30 "2007-02-06T21:18:12Z")
I suggest [Courteney Cox](http://www.exposay.com/2006-fox-tca-summer-party---arrivals/p/3261/1/?f=Courteney+Cox+Arquette) and [Nelly Furtado](http://www.exposay.com/nelly-furtado-25th-anniversary-of-guess/p/4142/0/?j=33670). ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/31 "2007-02-06T21:21:58Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] [Samuel L Jackson](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Fishburne_morpheus_matrixrevolutions.jpg/180px-Fishburne_morpheus_matrixrevolutions.jpg) and [Laurence Fishburne](http://www.celebopedia.com/samuel-l-jackson/images/samuel-l-jackson.jpg) have always confused me. No one else I’ve mentioned this to thinks they look at all alike. [/QUOTE] You’ve got your photos mixed up there. Though I do not think they look at all alike, I can see why someone would easily get them confused with one another. They were both in hit movies right around the same time a couple of times, they both have deep, resonant voices, and they’ve played similar characters, both good guys and bad guys, and they both bear a bit of a resemblance to [this guy.](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0119311/Ss/0119311/fcs_lt_0052.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Williams%20III,%20Clarence) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/32 "2007-02-06T21:41:27Z")
[Baseball player](http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bradlto01.shtml) [Tom Bradley](http://www.sportsmogul.com/vbulletin2/attachment.php?attachmentid=5562&d=1159976271) and author [Stephen King](http://www.sportsmogul.com/vbulletin2/attachment.php?attachmentid=5563&d=1159976300). ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/33 "2007-02-06T21:52:47Z")
[QUOTE=drm] [Kyle Chandler](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3948/Events/3948/KyleChandl_Kambo_6684450_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Chandler,%20Kyle) and [Ron Livingston](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/5760/Events/5760/RonLivings_Sapp_12408939_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Livingston,%20Ron) [/QUOTE] Nah, I get [Rory Cochrane](http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0313043/csi_miami_8.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Cochrane,%20Rory&seq=2) mixed up with [Ron Livingston](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/5760/Events/5760/RonLivings_Sapp_12408939_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Livingston,%20Ron). The Rory/Ron thing doesn’t help either. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/34 "2007-02-06T21:53:04Z")
On the run, so I don’t have photo-linkys, but I think Maura Tierney (currently of ER) could be a twin to Linda Hamilton (of The Terminator movies and Beauty and the Beast on TV) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/35 "2007-02-06T21:56:38Z")
[Ice Cube](http://www.new-dream.de/image/wallpaper/musik/ice-cube/ice-cube-01.jpg) and [Muqtada al-Sadr](http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2006/0605/alsadr0508.jpg) [Kevin Spacey](http://www.poster.net/spacey-kevin/spacey-kevin-photo-xl-kevin-spacey-6212926.jpg) and [Kevin Pollack](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/entertainment/movies/images/deterrence.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/36 "2007-02-06T22:32:04Z")
I’ve always thought [James Garner](http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/262762~James-Garner-Posters.jpg) should play [Tom Hanks’](http://webpages.csus.edu/~sac95599/Tom_Hanks.jpg) father. I’ve mistaken [Meatloaf](http://www.bowlerfc2001.fsnet.co.uk/fih/images/meatloaf.gif) and [Brendan Gleeson](http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/warner_brothers/harry_potter_and_the_goblet_of_fire/brendan_gleeson/firepre.jpg) in movies as well as Gleeson’s “brother” from Troy [Brian Cox](http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/250146~Brian-Cox-Posters.jpg) and [Albert Finney](http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/77/039_46024~Albert-Finney-Posters.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/37 "2007-02-06T22:39:50Z")
I’ll be damned if I can find it now, but I saw a couple of pictures earlier in the year where Rex Grossman was a spitten’ image of Dave Grohl. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/38 "2007-02-06T22:41:12Z")
I was looking for side to side images if Jack Nicholson and Michael Ironside when I found this foreign language threadon the subject: > **[Dvojnici u svetu filma - Page 2 - Film](https://forum.b92.net/topic/25081-dvojnici-u-svetu-filma/page-2)** > > Page 2 of 24 - Dvojnici u svetu filma - posted in Film: kontam da će our dear branka......ovako izgledati za desetak godina neverovatna slicnost ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/39 "2007-02-06T22:46:28Z")
How about [Cecil Adams and Ed Zotti](http://www.ipass.net/whitetho/edcecil.jpg) ? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/40 "2007-02-06T23:27:39Z")
[Clint Eastwood](http://parangaricutirimicuaro.blogspot.com/eastwood.jpg) [Hugh Jacman](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0376994/Ss/0376994/staging1.jpg.html?hint=tt0376994) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001.md?page=3)