# These actors are not siblings, no matter what I think. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069 "2015-06-09T15:53:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/21 "2015-06-09T23:44:33Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Really? But Gosling is a dreamboat, Reynolds is more annoying but I’m warming to him. They’re both Canadian, and all those people look the same. Well, all Canadians have those flappy heads. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/22 "2015-06-09T23:46:23Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > [Dave Foley](http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/4th+Annual+Indie+Producer+Awards+Gala+Arrivals+5AaWDQziFRfl.jpg) and [Isabella Rossellini](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Isabella_Rossellini_-_at_the_2005_Torino_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg) are not brother and sister. No, but [Isabella Rosselini and Pia Lindstrom](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2516/3733493664_1cb6fdec01_o.jpg) are sisters. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/23 "2015-06-10T00:03:02Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Furthermore I think I read that on the set even their own families couldn’t tell them apart. I’ve read this, as well, though I think that there was the extenuating circumstance of the kabuki-style makeup. BTW, after seeing TPM a few times, I could figure it out: they have differently shaped eyebrows, and the mole on Portman’s left cheek was visible through the makeup. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/24 "2015-06-10T00:33:54Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Sam Rockwell and Dax Shepard I would have gone with [Zach Braff and Dax Shepard](https://meeternity.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/wpid-2015-02-11-21-17-23.png). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/25 "2015-06-10T00:43:10Z")
Zach Braff and Ray Romano. They have the same face. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/26 "2015-06-10T00:45:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I would have gone with [Zach Braff and Dax Shepard](https://meeternity.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/wpid-2015-02-11-21-17-23.png). When the Girls Gone Wild commercials were all over the place, for a while I thought it was Zack Braff doing them. [Zack Braff](http://www.usnews.com/dbimages/master/32452/fe_da_120906zachbraff.jpg) [Joe Francis](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/import/49ca6852-001a0-05eee-cdbc8767_9081.jpg) I see Scrubs started a few years after GGW showed up so my time line is a little off, but I still remember thinking it was Zack in the commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/27 "2015-06-10T00:47:53Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > When the Girls Gone Wild commercials were all over the place, for a while I thought it was Zack Braff doing them. > [Zack Braff](http://www.usnews.com/dbimages/master/32452/fe_da_120906zachbraff.jpg) > [Joe Francis](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/import/49ca6852-001a0-05eee-cdbc8767_9081.jpg) > > I see Scrubs started a few years after GGW showed up so my time line is a little off, but I still remember thinking it was Zack in the commercials. Uh, doesn’t he film Girls with Low Self-esteem on Arrested Development? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/28 "2015-06-10T00:48:02Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > For years, _YEARS!_, after Phantom Menace came out, I was confused by that whole double thing. I thought Amidala dressed down to pass as a peasant but then later dialogue about them being a double confused me. Is she talking to a CG clone of herself? What’s going on? If I have it right, it went like this. Amidala was the Queen. She had a handmaiden named Sabe, who looked like her. So Sabe would pretend to be Amidala. When Sabe was doing this, the real Amidala would pretend to be a handmaiden named Padme. So when people were talking to the fake Amidala (Sabe) the real Amidala (Padme) would be standing unnoticed a few feet away, listening to what was being said and signaling Sabe on what to say. Portman played Padme and Knightley played Sabe. Whoever was playing Amidala would wear a massive costume and wig and a lot of make-up which, combined with their physical resemblance, made it hard to tell them apart. Making it even more confusing, Knightley has said that there were times when she stood in for Portman and played Padme as Amidala in non-speaking scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/29 "2015-06-10T00:50:53Z")
1990 Flash and Flash’s Dad on the new show, [John Wesley Shipp.](http://conheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/John_Wesley_Shipp.jpg) Brother? [Bruce Campbell](http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Premiere+Walt+Disney+Pictures+Oz+Great+Powerful+qKiGCNaD-nqx.jpg) To be fair, Bruce has gained weight ya’ kinda need to search for more pictures to see it. But they look a lot alike. I don’t’ confuse them, though. There is only one Bruce Campbell. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/30 "2015-06-10T00:52:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Uh, doesn’t he film Girls with Low Self-esteem on Arrested Development? Come to think of it he [Braff] did. I wonder if it was because they looked similar. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/31 "2015-06-10T00:53:05Z")
The weird things is Zach Braff’s actual brother, author [Joshua Braff](https://yt3.ggpht.com/-htC9-zC5fG8/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/yvlzk08kVp4/s900-c-k-no/photo.jpg), looks less like him than any of the actors we’ve mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/32 "2015-06-10T00:54:41Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Zach Braff and Ray Romano. They have the same face. According to Family Guy, Ray Romano, Harold Ramis, Al Michaels, and Kermit the Frog are [voice quadruplets](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/familyguy/images/7/70/Roundtable.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090905221152). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/33 "2015-06-10T00:57:14Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > According to Family Guy, Ray Romano, Harold Ramis, Al Michaels, and Kermit the Frog are [voice quadruplets](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/familyguy/images/7/70/Roundtable.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090905221152). A pox on you, I couldn’t find that on YouTube, I was looking at Robot Chicken. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/34 "2015-06-10T01:04:27Z")
Bryce Dallas Howard is not [Jessica Chastain](https://youtu.be/ipObSiFHpyY). ---
**Author:** ![FrillyNettles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ea924/32.png) [@FrillyNettles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrillyNettles)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/35 "2015-06-10T01:57:20Z")
[Orlando Bloom](http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_node_view/public/orlando-bloom-ap-1308.jpg) or [Justin Timberlake](http://www.gq.com/images/style/2013/12/justin-timberlake/justin-timberlake-men-of-the-year-gq-magazine-december-2013-style-article-05.jpg)? ---
**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:** [June 10, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/36 "2015-06-10T02:54:20Z")
I remember seeing a commercial for RUBY SPARKS and thinking, _c’mon, he’s the most interesting actor in the biggest movie of the year; how small is his role in this flick, that they’re not even mentioning his name?_ Turns out Chris Messina isn’t Mark Ruffalo. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/37 "2015-06-10T09:52:55Z")
First time I saw _Galaxy Quest_, it wasn’t until the closing credits that I discovered that Guy was NOT played by Steve Buscemi. Somebody should cast them as brothers one day. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/38 "2015-06-10T10:30:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > To me, [Elizabeth Rohme](http://www.gotceleb.com/wp-content/uploads/celebrities/elisabeth-rohm/at-captain-phillips-premiere-in-los-angeles/Elisabeth-Rohm-at-Captain-Phillips-Premiere--31.jpg) and [Julia Stiles](http://www.gotceleb.com/wp-content/uploads/celebrities/julia-stiles/adg-excellence-in-production-design-awards/Julia-Stiles-2014-ADG-Excellence-in-Production-Design-Awards--01.jpg) are the same person Is this because she’s a lesbian? > [@Mahaloth](#): > > 1990 Flash and Flash’s Dad on the new show, [John Wesley Shipp.](http://conheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/John_Wesley_Shipp.jpg) > > Brother? > > [Bruce Campbell](http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Premiere+Walt+Disney+Pictures+Oz+Great+Powerful+qKiGCNaD-nqx.jpg) > > To be fair, Bruce has gained weight ya’ kinda need to search for more pictures to see it. But they look a lot alike. > > I don’t’ confuse them, though. There is only one Bruce Campbell. Bruce Campbell is, however, second cousin of [Billy Campbell](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/delirium/images/2/22/Billy-campbell_510x340.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130212191746) (of _The Rocketeer_). ---
**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:** [June 10, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/39 "2015-06-10T11:06:19Z")
Hey, remember a far-off magical land called the '90s? Of course you do. Just picture Renee Zellweger. No, that’s not it. You’re picturing Jewel. Okay, _now_ you’re picturing Zellweger. No, wait; that’s still Jewel. C’mon, you can do this. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069/40 "2015-06-10T11:48:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Rachel McAdams](http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.35836!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/gallery_1200/elizabeth-banks-rachel-mcadams.jpg) and [Elizabeth Banks](http://www.smashinglists.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/elizabeth-banks-rachel-mcadams-600x374.jpg) - or is it [Elizabeth Banks](http://41.media.tumblr.com/b5f7311bdf2fba7e1068419cd37f36b8/tumblr_mvbdx7G65q1sjbstao1_500.png) and [Rachel McAdams](https://scdailymakeover.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/elizabeth_rachelba_polls_400x300_2.jpg)? New fantasy for me! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-actors-are-not-siblings-no-matter-what-i-think/722069.md?page=3)