# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/81 "2007-02-16T19:20:50Z")
[Anderson Cooper](http://www.jasonbentley.org/blog/img/andysmooch.jpg) has a resemblance to [Reinhard Heydrich](http://130.94.23.9/wigi/thumb.php?f=Heydrich.jpg&w=230) that’s just eerie enough I demand he explain it to me (on or before our first wedding anniversary). ---
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/82 "2007-02-17T05:27:10Z")
How many of you saw The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe and thought Cate Blanchett played the White Witch? I was pretty sure Blanchett played the woman who ran the secret island society in The Beach as well, until I realized it was another actress who must clearly be a long-lost sister. The fact that both of those roles were played by [Tilda Swinton](http://www.djmick.co.uk/pics06/tilda_swinton_pictures.htm) (a great British actress with virtually identical facial features and a very similar voice) seemed to slip by me. I’ve known about the both of them for awhile, and I still mistake her for Cate Blanchett. They’re so similar that it’s hard to tell them apart at first glance. Swinton has a tendency to play much darker, androgynous and icy characters though, as [this funny article](http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2005/12/are_tilda_swint.html) points out. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/83 "2007-02-17T08:35:31Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] [Leelee Sobieski](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2644/Events/2644/LeeleeSobi_Grani_3971138_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Sobieski,%20Leelee) and [Helen Hunt](http://www.hissandpop.com/celebrities/h/helenhunt/photos/helen-hunt-014.jpg). [/QUOTE] I’ve always thought this was an uncanny resemblance. Are they related in any way? ---
**Author:** ![Kkrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Kkrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kkrose)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/84 "2007-02-17T08:59:09Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] [Joseph Gordon Levitt](http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/movie_pix/toronto/toronto_film_festival_2004_portrait_studio_photos/joseph_gordon_levitt/torontoportraitv.jpg) has an African American Twin Brother whose name and occupation escapes me ( singer? Actor? I don’t know) but he looks like a twin to JGL every time I see him, which I cannot remember where I see him. Maybe commericals or craptacular tv shows? I don’t know, but who the hell is this guy? [/QUOTE] You don’t by chance mean [Percy Daggs III](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1478045/)? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/85 "2007-02-17T09:45:16Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] [Clint Eastwood](http://parangaricutirimicuaro.blogspot.com/eastwood.jpg) [Hugh Jacman](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0376994/Ss/0376994/staging1.jpg.html?hint=tt0376994) [/QUOTE] Thank you! I said this when I saw the 1st X-Men film, & my friend was like, no. [Kevin Spacey](http://mtsix.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/kevinspacey1.jpg) & [Currie Graham](http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/90/96/00/10f.jpg) are challenging Russell Crowe’s claim to [Ben McKenzie](http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Sections/Newsweek/Components/Photos/Mag/060123_Issue/060114_McKenzie_vl.widec.jpg)’s paternity. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/86 "2007-02-17T10:53:16Z")
[QUOTE=WOOKINPANUB] I can’t very well pass up the chance to point out the uncanny resemblance of [Skeet Ulrich](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=skeet+ulrich) to my [darling](http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/personalidades/atores/johnny-depp/johnny-depp02.jpg) . [/QUOTE] I am pleased to see we won’t have to have a Doper cat-fight over him - they both look very similar, but IMO there’s no contest - Skeet’s the pick of the two. _Rawr_! 😃 I first saw him on a ‘supernatural’-themed television series a few years back. The show, _Miracles_, was actually pretty good (even without taking Skeet-hotness into account) and it’s a shame it got cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/87 "2007-02-17T13:27:44Z")
[Jerry Mathers](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.corporateartists.com/images/jerrymathers1a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.corporateartists.com/jerry_mathers_beaver.html&h=233&w=182&sz=14&hl=en&start=9&tbnid=hRoI-mz0Uh6wCM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3DJerry%2BMathers%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG) and [Bill Richardson](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lulac.org/images/billrichardson.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lulac.org/members.html&h=220&w=172&sz=33&hl=en&start=9&tbnid=87S12DT9SZ04DM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=84&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBill%2BRichardson%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG) ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/88 "2007-02-17T15:51:17Z")
I always confuse Kurt Swayze for Patrick Russel. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/89 "2007-02-17T16:05:55Z")
Anyone else think that [William Dafoe](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4540/Events/4540/WillemDafo_Devan_7974935_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Dafoe,%20Willem) looks like [Maria Shriver](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/MariaShriver.jpg) ? [sub] I can’t take credit for discovering this - I saw it on Conan O’Brian[/sub] ---
**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 17, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/90 "2007-02-17T16:08:22Z")
[QUOTE=saikokira] [Richard Hammond](http://news.gruzoviki.com/img/top-gear-richard-hammond-video.jpg) (British TV presenter) and [Hugh Jackman](http://www.monstersandcritics.com/artman/uploads/hugh_jackman.jpg) [/QUOTE] Holy crap! You win the thread! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/91 "2007-02-17T16:34:16Z")
I dunno about separated at birth, but [Lee Evans](http://www.davidtuck.boltblue.net/LeeEvans.JPG) (best known from _There’s Something About Mary_) looks like the bastard son of [John Malkovich](http://www.follow-me-now.de/assets/images/Being_John_Malkovich-2.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Horemheb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Horemheb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horemheb)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/92 "2007-02-18T02:31:46Z")
And then of course [Pope Benedict XVI and Emperor Palpatine](http://www.idiotsavantmusic.com/images/emperor_pope.jpg) . ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/93 "2007-02-18T03:47:52Z")
Pre-weight loss [Diego Maradona](http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/4643/maradona40920onlinebild4op.jpg) and former SNL cast member [Horatio Sanz.](http://www.nndb.com/people/481/000022415/horatio_210.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/94 "2007-02-18T20:53:04Z")
Yasir Arafat and Ringo Star ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/95 "2007-02-19T01:41:52Z")
[QUOTE=Kkrose] You don’t by chance mean [Percy Daggs III](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1478045/)? [/QUOTE] I think that is him. All the quick images I’ve seen him in have corn rows, but dang, you are good. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/96 "2007-02-19T02:26:22Z")
I’ve mentioned this one before in other threads. [Darryl Hannah](http://www.celebritydesktop.com/images/actresses/darryl_hannah.jpg), [Aimee Mann](http://www.acousticguitar.com/Media_Files/People/Artists%20and%20Faculty/Mann,%20Aimee/Mann,Aimee(noguitar)-300-0405.jpg) and [Lori Singer](http://www.internet-esq.com/photos/singer.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/97 "2007-02-19T02:34:08Z")
When [Sandra Bulluck](http://trouble.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/sandra_bullock_001.jpg) first appeared I thought she was [Justine Bateman](http://z.about.com/d/tvcomedies/1/0/G/-/-/-/justine_310_72.jpg) from “Family Ties” all grown up. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/98 "2007-02-19T15:18:47Z")
I just thought of another one. . . . What Not to Wear’s [Stacy London](http://www.aeispeakers.com/images/headshots/london.jpg) and ex SNL member [Jimmy Fallon](http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/flipbooks/img/movies/people/f/fallon_jimmy/51153196_10.jpg) . It’s uncanny, I tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/99 "2007-02-19T21:50:32Z")
[QUOTE=FatBaldGuy] How about [Cecil Adams and Ed Zotti](http://www.ipass.net/whitetho/edcecil.jpg) ? [/QUOTE] hehehe ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001/100 "2007-02-20T00:25:56Z")
[Connor Trinneer](http://www.unificationfrance.com/IMG/jpg/stargate_atlantis_michael_connor_trinneer_4.jpg) and, sometimes, [GWB](http://www.astrodomus.com/PortAstro/IMAGES/oriente%20ocidente/george%20w%20bush.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001.md?page=6)