# "Wait, it's a different guy?" moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157 "2022-02-26T16:45:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Temporary\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/21 "2022-02-26T18:44:20Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > My inability to tell Ryan Gosling apart from Ryan Reynolds pre-Deadpool was almost comical. Oh yea! This reminds me of the famously interchangeable Chris’ from a few years ago. They were all in superhero movies all fairly similar. As for the Ryans- Jake Gyllenhaal should have been named Ryan also. I have to hear the voice to tell him from Gosling. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/22 "2022-02-26T18:52:34Z")
I have never been able to tell Tillys apart. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/23 "2022-02-26T18:52:39Z")
I used to get actor Guy Pearce and director Guy Ritchie conflated, and genuinely thought they were the same Guy. I thought he was a ridiculously talented actor-director, although much better as a director than an actor. I’ve mentioned before in a similar thread that I seriously cannot tell [Tony Amendola](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024593/) apart from [F. Murray Abraham](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000719/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1). I have to watch the credits to figure it out. For quite a while, I seriously didn’t even realize they were two different people, and thought F. Murray Abraham had a recurring role on _Stargate: SG-1._ Tony Amendola does a lot of sci-fi/fantasy TV, so if it’s a sci-fi/fantasy or sci-fi/fantasy adjacent show, I can be pretty confident it’s him. _MythicQuest_ got me there, though - that one actually is F. Murray Abraham. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/24 "2022-02-26T18:54:48Z")
For the longest time I had no idea Hugo Weaving was not in fact Dennis Quaid ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/25 "2022-02-26T19:08:39Z")
I’ve mentioned this before, but in the pilot episode for “NewsRadio” the character that later became Joe Rogan’s character in the regular series was played by an actor named Greg Lee. For years I was absolutely positive that it was Enrico Colantoni from “Just Shoot Me”. (Also I can never remember if it is “Colantoni” or “Colantino”) Speaking of Hugo Weaving, sometimes I get him and Sam Neill mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/26 "2022-02-26T19:16:06Z")
I used to think Enrico Colantino was Joey Pants. I didn’t know of an Enrico Colantino but, dang, Joey Pantoliano can play anything! ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/27 "2022-02-26T19:27:01Z")
I could have sworn George R. R. Martin had a walk-on role in _Fargo_: [![](https://azevedosreviews.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/george-martin-cameo-on-fargo.jpg) ](https://azevedosreviews.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/george-martin-cameo-on-fargo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/28 "2022-02-26T19:32:34Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Speaking of Hugo Weaving, sometimes I get him and Sam Neill mixed up. Wait, Sam Neill and Dennis Quaid are different people ? 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/29 "2022-02-26T19:46:49Z")
Watching 1951’s _ **Hoodlum Empire** _ just now, I remembered I used to confuse **these two guys** : > **[Kermit Murdock](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kermit_Murdock)** > > Kermit Murdock (20 March 1908 – 11 February 1981; age 72) was the actor who appeared in as the prosecutor in the Star Trek: The Original Series third season episode "All Our Yesterdays". He filmed his scenes on Friday 20 December 1968 and Monday 23... and > **[Luther Adler - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012204/?ref_=tt_cl_t_5)** > > Luther Adler. Actor: D.O.A.. The actor and Broadway director Luther Adler was born into a Yiddish theatrical dynasty. One of the six children born to Jacob P. and Sara Adler, he made his debut in the world in New York City on May 4, 1903, originally... I best remember Luther as “Dominick Vashon” on _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ (1972). ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/30 "2022-02-26T21:48:12Z")
It took me a while to differentiate Michael Cera from Jesse Eisenberg. It wasn’t until I saw the credits that I realized Cera wasn’t in _The Social Network._ ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/31 "2022-02-26T23:08:06Z")
I had heard (after the fact) that although Frasier’s dog “Eddie” was played by Moose, by the end of the series Moose’s son Enzo played the role. A couple of fun tidbits I found, reading up on them… > When Moose had to lick his co-stars, however, sardine oil was applied upon the actors’ faces. [John Mahoney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mahoney) once revealed liver [pâté](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A2t%C3%A9) was dabbed behind the actor’s ears to make Moose nuzzle the actors.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_(dog)#cite_note-BBC-2) [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_(dog)) Enzo: > Later in the series, he was used as a [stunt double](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_double) to perform the more physically challenging tricks for his aging father. Enzo and Moose took turns playing the role after the eighth season. Enzo was also used as one of the puppies that “Eddie” had fathered during the show. Off the set, trainer Mathilde de Cagny has stated that Moose and Enzo’s relationship was so bad that the two “could not stand to be in the same room together.”[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_(dog)#cite_note-2) Maybe they picked up the friction between Frasier and Martin? Enzo also played Skip (in “My Dog Skip”). > A 1999 interview quotes the director of _My Dog Skip_ : > “Skip never failed us. I wish I worked with actors who were as well prepared as Skip. There was not a trick or a piece of business we asked the dog to do that he wasn’t able to do; it was uncanny. The trainers were so good, they could stop him on a mark, he could lift his leg, he could do a somersault. I expected to see him reading _[The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times)_ any day.”[[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_(dog)#cite_note-3) [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_(dog)) ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/32 "2022-02-26T23:11:06Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > > [@Shoeless](#): > > > > Speaking of Hugo Weaving, sometimes I get him and Sam Neill mixed up. > > Wait, Sam Neill and Dennis Quaid are different people ? 🙂 Jeez… _Dennis_ Quaid. Not _Randy_. Your post makes so much more sense now. 🤦🏻‍♂️ ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/33 "2022-02-26T23:11:30Z")
**NITPICK:** Eddie was Martin’s dog, not Frasier’s. Frasier couldn’t stand him. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/34 "2022-02-26T23:11:39Z")
Richard Johnson: > **[English actor Richard Johnson in one of his films, circa 1965.](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/english-actor-richard-johnson-in-one-of-his-films-circa-news-photo/107716291?adppopup=true)** > > English actor Richard Johnson in one of his films, circa 1965. Eric Braedon: [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Eric_Braeden_Hans_Gudegast_The_Rat_Patrol_1966.JPG) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Eric_Braeden_Hans_Gudegast_The_Rat_Patrol_1966.JPG) I usually confuse Luther Adler with his brother Jay: > **[Jay Adler](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3343-jay-adler)** > > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > > Jay Adler (September 26, 1896 – September 23, 1978) was an American actor in theater, television, and film. > > Born in New York City, he was the eldest son of actors Jacob and Sara Adler, and the brother of five... And when it comes to Olsen twins, I can’t tell Mary-Kate from Ashley (or Mary-Ashley from Kate…) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/35 "2022-02-26T23:12:11Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **NITPICK:** Eddie was Martin’s dog, not Frasier’s. Frasier couldn’t stand him. Right, sorry, brain fart. It was so great when Eddie would just fix him with a stare… ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/36 "2022-02-26T23:17:10Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > Richard Johnson: > [English actor Richard Johnson in one of his films, circa 1965. News Photo - Getty Images](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/english-actor-richard-johnson-in-one-of-his-films-circa-news-photo/107716291?adppopup=true) > > Eric Braedon: > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Eric\_Braeden\_Hans\_Gudegast\_The\_Rat\_Patrol\_1966.JPG](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Eric_Braeden_Hans_Gudegast_The_Rat_Patrol_1966.JPG) Close, but I think Gary Raymond is even closer: [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJosHeRL3qZOQTqmlF8c61wa1cyYXpYvIcmQ&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJosHeRL3qZOQTqmlF8c61wa1cyYXpYvIcmQ&usqp=CAU) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/37 "2022-02-26T23:17:29Z")
Matt Damon > **[Matt Damon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Damon)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Matthew Paige Damon (/ˈdeɪmən/; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among Forbes' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North American box office, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nomin... and Leonardo DiCaprio look alike to me. > **[Leonardo DiCaprio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (/diˈkæprioʊ/; Italian: \[diˈkaːprjo\]; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. Known for his work as a leading man in biopics and period films, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. As of 2019\[update\], his films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide, and he has been placed eight times in annual ranki... That made the movie _The Departed_ really confusing for me, since both of them were in it, and I kept getting their characters mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/38 "2022-02-26T23:24:04Z")
Remember Terrance Malick’s _The Thin Red Line_ from 1998? Arguably, the film’s two main characters were played by two relatively unknown actors at the time: Jim Caviezel: > **[Jim Caviezel](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001029/mediaviewer/rm4080176641/?context=default)** > > Jim Caviezel in The Thin Red Line (1998) and Adrian Brody: > **[Adrien Brody](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004778/mediaviewer/rm3912404481/)** > > Adrien Brody in The Thin Red Line (1998) When I saw the film for the first time, in the theaters, I didn’t just mix them up - _I actually had no idea that they were two separate actors playing two separate characters_. I only realized my error when the movie ended - Caviezel’s character had died, and Brody’s character had survived. Or maybe it was vice versa? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/39 "2022-02-26T23:32:10Z")
I used to confuse Lee Marvin with James Coburn. And, now that I look it up, I see that some fans thought that they were brothers, due to the similarity in appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157/40 "2022-02-26T23:42:49Z")
I always thought the spokes-guy in this commercial was an actor I had seen on some blue-collar comedy like King of Queens. But apparently not. His name is Rob Biesenbach and he has no TV show credits on IMDB. It’s that way he has of speaking with his lower lip and his jaw stuck out that seems so familiar. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YfuEIKnRnxs/maxresdefault.jpg "Legal Help Center Commercial (1999)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfuEIKnRnxs) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-its-a-different-guy-moments/960157.md?page=3)