What actor has played the most different roles multiple times?

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Henry Fonda was the President in several movies, including** Fail Safe**, Meteor and (if we’re not too picky) Young Mr. Lincoln.

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Chevy Chase as Fletch, and as Ty in two*** Caddyshack*** movies.

Mike Myers as Shrek, Wayne Campbell and Austin Powers.

Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues, and as Ray in two Ghostbusters movies.

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Speaking of Chuck…

He played Andrew Jackson in two movies, and Taylor in two ***Planet of the Apes ***films. Any others?

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Keanu Reeves had ***The Matrix ***and its sequels, and the Bill & Ted movies. He also has a new John Wick movie coming out soon.

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Lloyd Bridges as McCroskey in two Airplane! movies and as Tug Benson in two Hot Shots movies.

George Kennedy as Joe Patroni in several*** Airport*** movies and in three ***Naked Gun ***movies.

Gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle and as Lex Luthor.

Christopher Lloyd in ***Back to the Future ***trilogy and the Addams Family movies.

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Plus the VACATION flicks.

Thomas Jefferon in a TV movie.

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William Powell has two: Philo Vance in The Canary Murder Case, The Green Murder Case, The Benson Murder Case and The Kennel Murder Case and Nick Charles in all six Thin Man Sequels.

Meiko Kaji has two as well: Sasori in the first four sequels of the series and both Lady Snowbloods. She also appears in all five sequels of the Alley Cat Rock series as the leader of a female gang, albeit under different names, so it doesn’t really count.

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Wicket was in another movie besides RotJ?

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John Travolta – who played a President – went from SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER to STAYIN’ ALIVE, and GET SHORTY to BE COOL, plus the LOOK WHO’S TALKING flicks.

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In the same vein as Mel Blanc and/or Andy Serkis above… http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919798/ Frank Welker (though voice actors feels like “a cheat”)

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Peter Cushing is a contender. Let’s see…

Doctor Who, in two movies and a lost pilot for a radio series.
Dr Frankenstein in several movies
Van Helsing in several movies
Sherlock Holmes in two separate movies and a TV series.
Dr. Rollason in The Abominable Snowman- originally a TV play, then remade as a movie.

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Oded Fehr, who inexplicably wasn’t tapped to star in a DOCTOR STRANGE franchise, played Ardeth Bay in the MUMMY movies, and Carlos Olivera in the RESIDENT EVIL movies, and Antoine Laconte in the DEUCE BIGALOW movies. (And how did he not get mentioned in the actors-who-play-many-ethnicities thread a while back? Heck, he’s Nick Kokoris, he’s Eyal Lavine, he’s Frank Donovan, he’s Luc Bovell, he’s Saad bin Safwan…)

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Morgan Freeman has played:

  1. God, in ***Bruce Almighty ***and Evan Almighty
  2. Dr. McCarthy in two ***Dolphin Tale ***movies
  3. Detective Alex Cross in ***Kiss the Girls *** and Along Came a Spider
  4. Lucius Fox in three Batman movies from Christopher Nolan
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Well, the title to this thread is What actor has played the most different roles multiple times?, so it doesn’t specify Movies or Television. Because, unless I’m mistaken, the winner hands down for an actor portraying the same role multiple times is Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch.

Along with the show where the character originated, ** Homicide: Life on the Street** Belzer’s John Munch has also appeared on
Law & Order
Law & Order: SVU
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Arrested Development
The X-Files
The Beat
The Wire
30 Rock
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
and, believe it or not, Sesame Street.

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And as the father in both My Girl and My Girl 2.