I could have sworn I posted that in this thread, but I think it must have been an earlier thread on the same subject. But yes, I had that same problem. I can never tell those two apart and found The Departed equally confusing.
But I actually bumped this thread because lately I’ve noticed several young actors who to me look like younger versions of other actors. Most recently I was watching Wednesday and couldn’t help but think Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams reminded me of a young Aubrey Plaza. I think that’s partly because her delivery reminds me of Plaza’s character in Parks and Recreation, not just her physical appearance.
Also, Yvonne Strahovski in The Handmaid’s Tale totally reminds me of a younger Portia de Rossi, especially her character in Better Off Ted. Which kind of makes sense; when de Rossi was in Better Off Ted she was about the age Strahovski is now.
I guess I’ll add another one since this thread got bumped anyway.
There are two actors I used to constantly get confused. Steven McHattie and Lance Henriksen.
McHattie has been in a lot of things, one of his most famous roles may have been when he was Elaine’s psychiatrist on Seinfeld, the one who was able to use mind tricks to get her (or anyone else) to do what he wanted. But he has been on countless shows and many movies (including Watchmen as the original Nite Owl). I mostly remember his as “the guy I keep confusing with Lance Henriksen”.
Henriksen is best known as Bishop (the android, oops spoilers!) from the Alien films. He also played the main character in the TV show Millenium, which was sort of a spin-off of The X-Files (made by the same people, had the same general theme, was also on Fox, and Henriksen’s character even had a cameo on one episode of The X-Files). He also played one of the police detectives trying to solve the murders of people named Sarah Connor in the original Terminator film (Paul Winfield played his partner). He’s something of a sci-fi legend if you look at his resume.
Even now when I look at those photos of the actors I have to remind myself they aren’t just the same person making two different facial expressions.
I woke up a few nights ago in the middle of the night with the face of teenager clearly in my head, with almost no context. And I could not get back to sleep, because it was driving me nuts.
The best I could describe him was that he had scraggly facial hair, short, curly dirty blonde hair, and a vulpine facial structure, and he played a loveable sleaze.
Later, I thought of Neil Patrick Harris. I was pretty sure it wasn’t him, but now I was convinced it was his twin.
It just wasn’t enough. I was awake for a very long time.
Two days later, I finally thought to Google “Actor who looks like Neil Patrick Harris”.
When I was watching BETTER CALL SAUL in 2020 I could sworn there was a character played by an elderly Wilford Brimley but it turned out it was an elderly Barry Corbin instead.
That’s as may be; all I’m saying is, I’ve been catching sight of this or that LAW & ORDER episode over my wife’s shoulder for years, and only ever thought, oh, hey, that’s Hall.
Back in the early 2000s Eric Dane first appeared on Grey’s Anatomy (he became “McSteamy”). I don’t remember what happened in the story because I was trying to decide if he was Leonardo DiCaprio. And if he was, why was he appearing in a hospital drama on tv?
Ditto “Johnny Depp’s” cameo in As Good as it Gets, whenI couldn’t figure out why he wasn’t credited. The reason is it was Skeet Ulrich
I think it’s more that Serpico’s first big acting roles started in 1997 at the age of 33 (Donnie Brasco, Cop Land, Oz). Anthony Michael Hall’s first big acting role was at the age of 13 on National Lampoon’s Vacation. I expect that Hall at 33 looked a lot like Serpico at 33. Hall at 13 didn’t look a lot like Serpico at 33, but I don’t have any clue what Serpico actually looked like at 13. Maybe he looked a lot like Hall at that age.
I only recently discovered that the following were two different actors. To be fair, they both are bald, with strong-featured faces and deep voices, and both often play military or FBI leaders.
John M. Jackson played Admiral Chegwidden on JAG, a role he reprised as a guest star on NCIS; he also had a recurring role as FBI Deputy Director Cullen on Bones.
Mitch Pileggi played FBI Assistant Director Skinner on The X-Files, Colonel Caldwell on Stargate: Atlantis, and Samuel Campbell (Sam and Dean’s grandfather) on Supernatural.
So I’ve finally gotten around to watching Curb Your Enthusiasm. And while watching the episode “AAMCO” I realized actor Mike Hagerty from circa 2000 looked an awful lot like John Candy, albeit perhaps slightly less heavy. I had to check IMDB to convince myself that he wasn’t John Candy, as I couldn’t remember exactly when Candy died.
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