# Shows and Movies where real-life family members play characters who are family members **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504 "2011-11-01T15:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/21 "2011-11-01T17:46:37Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The Western \*\*\*The Long Riders \*\*\*featured several sets of actor relatives playing real-life relatives. > > Actors/brothers David, Keith and Robert Carradine played real life brothers/outlaws Cole, Jim & Bob Younger. > > Actors/brothers James & Stacy Keach played brothers/outlaws Jesse & Frank James. > > Dennis and Randy Quaid played Ed and Clell Miller. This is the one I was going to post. One of my favorite movies. You left out brothers Christopher and Nicholas Guest as brothers Bob and Charley Ford. . ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/22 "2011-11-01T17:50:39Z")
Not quite what you’re asking, but you have to note that Geraldine Chaplin played her own real-life grandmother in **Chaplin.** In **The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis** , Dwayne and Darryl Hickman played brothers Dobie and Davy Gillis. Currently Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez are playing father and son in **The Way.** John Voight and Angelina Jolie played father and daughter in **Laura Croft: Tomb Raider**. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/23 "2011-11-01T17:52:20Z")
Sylvester Stallone’s son Sage played Rocky Balboa’s son in _ **Rocky 5.** _ Laura Dern’s real mother, Diane Ladd, played her mother in David Lynch’s _ **Wild at Heart.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/24 "2011-11-01T17:52:28Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > …Martin and Charlie Sheen played father and son in Wall Street. The funniest part of _Hot Shots!_ is a spoof of _Apocalypse Now_, where the Sheens are on different gunboats passing each other on a river, and their voiceovers start to clash. They stand, face each other, point and shout, “You were great in _Wall Street_!” Ralph Fiennes played the adult Voldemort. His nephew, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, portrayed Tom Riddle as a child in _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_: [http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsF/67610-27204.gif](http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsF/67610-27204.gif) John de Lancie’s son Keegan played his character Q’s son in the _Star Trek Voyager_ episode “Q2”: [Keegan de Lancie | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Keegan_de_Lancie) Patrick Stewart’s son Daniel played his character Picard/Kamin’s son in the _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ episode “The Inner Light”: [Daniel Stewart | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Daniel_Stewart) ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/25 "2011-11-01T17:52:32Z")
Dierdre Hall and her twin sister Andrea played Dr. Marlena Evans and her evil twin sister Samantha on Days of our lives. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/26 "2011-11-01T18:16:59Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The funniest part of _Hot Shots!_ is a spoof of _Apocalypse Now_, where the Sheens are on different gunboats passing each other on a river, and their voiceovers start to clash. They stand, face each other, point and shout, “You were great in _Wall Street_!” I was thinking about that when I posted, but the line (if I may pick a nit) was “I loved you in Wall Street!” I never saw the movie, but apparently Martin’s character disapproved of his son’s wild and out-of-control behavior. Life immitates art! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/27 "2011-11-01T18:19:34Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I was thinking about that when I posted, but the line (if I may pick a nit) was “I loved you in Wall Street!”… Y’know, I think you’re right. Thanks. That nit has been well-picked. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/28 "2011-11-01T18:23:22Z")
Jill Hennessey (Law & Order, Crossing Jordan) and her twin sister Jacqueline played twins in the movie **Dead Ringers**. Twins Randy and Jason Sklar frequently appear together as twins, most notably for me as agents in **Entourage** , where one of them sleeps with the other one’s wife. Susan Sarandon has appeared with her daughter Eva Amurri (who looks [just like her](http://images.zap2it.com/images/celeb-261114/eva-amurri-1.jpg) IMO) in the movie **The Banger Sisters** , and also in an episode of **Friends**. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/29 "2011-11-01T18:24:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Y’know, I think you’re right. Thanks. That nit has been well-picked. No problem. I love that movie. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/30 "2011-11-01T18:39:25Z")
One unusual one. The newborn Sofia Coppola played the baby being baptized in _The Godfather_ (although the baby was supposed to be a boy). The baby’s mother was played by Talia Shire, who is Coppola’s aunt. In _The Godfather Part III_, Sofia Coppola and Talia Shire played niece and aunt. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/31 "2011-11-01T18:49:37Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > Susan Sarandon has appeared with her daughter Eva Amurri (who looks [just like her](http://images.zap2it.com/images/celeb-261114/eva-amurri-1.jpg) IMO) in the movie **The Banger Sisters** , and also in an episode of **Friends**. In kind of a funny twist on the _Friends_ episode, Sarandon and Amurri played actresses who were not necessarily related, but were in turn playing Mother and Daughter in a soap opera. Yes, I know way too much about _Friends_. It’s my wife’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/32 "2011-11-01T18:49:45Z")
Didn’t Emilio and Charlie do some movie where they worked as garbagemen together? ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/33 "2011-11-01T18:54:13Z")
No Ozzie and Harriet? Easily the first thing I thought of, and it was off the air before I was born. Although let me tell you, I definitely heard about it when Rick Nelson’s plane crashed. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/34 "2011-11-01T19:09:24Z")
In **The Anniversary Party** , Kevin Klein and Phoebe Cates played husband and wife, and their kids played their kids. The kids even do a little singing (boy) and dancing (girl, with daddy). [Trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcUQhmIJZ3E) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/35 "2011-11-01T20:31:00Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Didn’t Emilio and Charlie do some movie where they worked as garbagemen together? Men at Work. I looked that up specifically for this thread, but their characters have different last names. Both Emilio and Martin have appeared on 2.5 Men, but neither played characters related to Charlie. (And I don’t think that Emilio could pull off playing Alan.) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/36 "2011-11-01T21:10:01Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Men at Work. > > I looked that up specifically for this thread, but their characters have different last names. …Then again, so do _they_. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/37 "2011-11-01T21:23:15Z")
The first episode of the 1995 version of The Outer Limits, Sandkings, featured 3 generations of Bridges men - Lloyd, Beau, and Beau’s son, Dylan, as 3 generations of Kress men. (One of only 3 credits for Dylan.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/38 "2011-11-02T00:18:59Z")
In the _Tales from the Crypt_ episode “Yellow”, Kirk Douglas’ real life son Eric Douglas played the son of Kirk’s character, General Kalthrob. (A great episode, featuring a military court martial as in Douglas’ fil _Paths of Glory_, and featuring Lance Henrikson and Dan Aykroyd, and directed by Robert Zemeckis.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504/39 "2011-11-02T00:25:18Z")
Father and son Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke played father and son on the short-lived [The Van Dyke Show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094575/) (1988). Jerry Van Dyke played Dick’s brother in [The Dick Van Dyke Show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054533/fullcredits#cast) (1961) and [The New Dick Van Dyke Show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0659402/) (1971-74). ---
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> [@Spoke](#): > > Father and son Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke played father and son on the short-lived [The Van Dyke Show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094575/) (1988). > > Jerry Van Dyke played Dick’s brother in [The Dick Van Dyke Show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054533/fullcredits#cast) (1961) and [The New Dick Van Dyke Show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0659402/) (1971-74). Dick and Barry also played father and son on the long-running “Diagnosis Murder”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-and-movies-where-real-life-family-members-play-characters-who-are-family-members/601504.md?page=3)