# Twin actors from movies and TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 16, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047 "2025-01-16T18:00:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/1 "2025-01-16T18:00:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/1344): Both twins not necessarily actors. This started with a reference to Ann B. Davis (Alice on the Brady Bunch) who had a twin sister. Many twins were cast as children because of child labor laws limiting their time on set. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are a well known example. But there are plenty more. Ashton Kutcher has a twin brother who does not act but works in the industry. Jill Hennesy from Law&Order has a twin sister who acts. Both appeared together in the movie Dead Ringers and one time Jacqueline stood in for sister Jill in a scene on Law&Order. Lets beat this topic to death Dope style now. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/2 "2025-01-16T18:07:58Z")
[Tia and Tamara Mowry acted together in the sitcom Sister, Sister.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister,_Sister_(TV_series)) Their little brother Taj is also an actor. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/3 "2025-01-16T18:09:10Z")
Vin Diesel has a fraternal twin brother, Paul Vincent, who works as a sound editor. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/4 "2025-01-16T18:14:08Z")
Linda Hamilton had a twin sister, Leslie who doubled her for stunts and some of the practical effects in _Terminator 2_, specifically the mirror effect and when the T-1000 impersonates her in the factory. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/5 "2025-01-16T18:16:13Z")
[Andy Garcia](https://www.nndb.com/people/534/000024462/)? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/6 "2025-01-16T18:17:07Z")
The two boys from “Everybody Loves Raymond”. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/7 "2025-01-16T18:19:47Z")
There’s [Aaron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Ashmore) and [Shawn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Ashmore) Ashmore, twin brothers who both have worked in a lot of mid-range sci-fi properties filmed in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/8 "2025-01-16T18:25:21Z")
Don and Dan Stanton are always the first that pop into my mind (Gremlins 2, T2, Eerie Indiana). ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/9 "2025-01-16T18:32:03Z")
We had a very similar thread last year that’s probably going to have some of the examples from this thread (including the Ashmores, who I mentioned in that thread): > [@Twinskie actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinskie-actors/995986): > > Are Robt. Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, and Charlton Heston essentially interchangeable in many of their movies? The contribution I want to make is [Enver Gjokaj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enver_Gjokaj), a very prominent actor that I first was aware of from his major role in the TV show _Dollhouse_. [![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/walkingdead/images/1/10/Enver_gjokaj_97.jpg) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/walkingdead/images/1/10/Enver_gjokaj_97.jpg) He has an identical twin brother named Demir. In one episode of _Dollhouse_, his twin brother was a guest star in a dream sequence. [![](https://i.redd.it/1ukfc5snwez81.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/1ukfc5snwez81.jpg) Demir’s only credit in IMDB aside from that guest role was as himself on an episode of the reality show _The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man_. > [@Shoeless](#): > > The two boys from “Everybody Loves Raymond”. Sadly, one of those twin boys (Sawyer Sweeten) took his own life at the age of 19. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/10 "2025-01-16T18:45:08Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Jill Hennesy from Law&Order has a twin sister who acts. Both appeared together in the movie Dead Ringers and one time Jacqueline stood in for sister Jill in a scene on Law&Order. I know that Jacqueline Hennessy used to be a writer for the Canadian magazine Chatelaine (the U.S. equivalent would be Redbook or something like that). As mentioned in the other thread, Conrad Bain (Diff’rent Strokes) had a brother Bonar Bain who did some acting (including on a memorable episode of SCTV). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/11 "2025-01-16T18:45:41Z")
Lindsay and Sydney Greenbush both played Carrie Ingalls in _ **Little House on the Prairie** _. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/12 "2025-01-16T18:55:25Z")
An obscure one. I was a fan on the tv series _Tour of Duty_ back in the eighties (at least the first season). One of the supporting characters was Private Scott Baker, played by Eric Bruskotter. In one episode Baker’s twin brother appears, played by Eric’s twin brother, Karl Bruskotter. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/13 "2025-01-16T18:56:24Z")
I remember that episode! ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/14 "2025-01-16T18:59:06Z")
Duane and Darryl Hickman. Duane starred in _The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis_; Darryl appeared with him. Later, Darryl starred in _The Americans_. Jason London was originally cast as Nathan Bedford Forrest in the show _I’ll Fly Away_, but got a movie offer and left. His identical twin brother Jeremy London took over the part. Years later, when they did a TV film wrapping up the series, Jeremy was unavailable – appearing in _Party of Five_ – so Jason played the role. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/15 "2025-01-16T19:01:26Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Duane and Darryl Hickman. Wikipedia says they were born 3 years apart. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/16 "2025-01-16T19:02:41Z")
Jean and Liz Sagal played Kate and Allison Foster in _ **Double Trouble** _, 1984–85. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/17 "2025-01-16T19:03:04Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Both twins not necessarily actors. Going with that, I’ll mention that Scarlett Johannsson has a twin brother Hunter. As far as I can tell, Hunter Johansson has no acting credits. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/18 "2025-01-16T19:17:37Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > He has an identical twin brother named Demir. In one episode of _Dollhouse_, his twin brother was a guest star in a dream sequence. Similarly, Nicholas Brendon’s identical twin brother Kelly Donovan appeared in the _Buffy_ episode “The Replacement,” in which Brendon’s character Xander was split into two people. Including that episode, Kelly has a total of 5 acting credits, at least one of which is “extra.” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/19 "2025-01-16T19:19:17Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Similarly, Nicholas Brendon’s identical twin brother Kelly Donovan appeared in the _Buffy_ episode “The Replacement,” in which Brendon’s character Xander was split into two people. Oh, I did not know, another addition for the Whedonverse. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047/20 "2025-01-16T19:27:59Z")
Brittany and Cynthia Daniel were teen actors in the 90s (Sweet Valley High), but Cynthia largely left acting in 1997 to become a photographer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twin-actors-from-movies-and-tv/1013047.md?page=2)