# What (people who look just like real or fictional) famous people do you know? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793 "2008-02-01T01:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bubble\_pop\_electric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bubble\_pop\_electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubble_pop_electric)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/21 "2008-02-01T19:07:44Z")
My grandfather looked exactly like Saddam Hussein ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/22 "2008-02-01T19:12:08Z")
Married with two kids. And he now stores his LPs alphabetically by artist, then chronologically by release date. Reference? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/23 "2008-02-01T19:25:06Z")
Some years back, I worked with a guy who looked a lot like Liam Neeson in his Qui-Gon days. There’s a Department Head at work who reminds me of [Richard Kind](http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3001/Events/3001/DinaMerril_Count_4810695_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Kind,%20Richard) in looks, but thankfully, not in voice or mannerisms (I’m thinking Spin City here.) ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/24 "2008-02-01T19:34:00Z")
High Fidelity, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/25 "2008-02-01T19:40:27Z")
My dad claims he used to be mistaken for comedian [Avery Scheiber](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.improvreview.com/images/Avery2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.improvreview.com/news_features/schrieberobit.htm&h=229&w=306&sz=10&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=9K-mLtNFH7efcM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAvery%2BSchreiber%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN) on a regular basis. I never witnessed any of these occasions, but I was at the grocery store with Dad the time a man approached him and began to talk to him as if Dad were [Mike Ditka](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nndb.com/people/122/000024050/ditka-sm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nndb.com/people/122/000024050/&h=303&w=240&sz=16&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=laGPKIPaDJaUxM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMike%2BDitka%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG). And yet Schreiber and Ditka don’t resemble each other much, if at all… ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/26 "2008-02-01T19:40:53Z")
Brava (in deference to your femininity)! ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/27 "2008-02-01T20:17:18Z")
the divemaster when he was younger looked quite a bit like kevin costner. today, he looks more like timothy hutton. which is cool by me either way, as you might imagine. 😛 he says i look a lot like jamie lee curtis ( before i went blonde); could be worse, i guess. ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/28 "2008-02-01T20:32:11Z")
My college roommate has been mistaken for Queen Latifah on more than one occasion. Usually the mistaken people were inebriated. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/29 "2008-02-01T20:35:09Z")
One of the optometrists at my clinic, Dr. Brunson, is a dead ringer for Ralph Fiennes. The illusion is shattered once you talk with him, though. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/30 "2008-02-01T20:38:50Z")
As I mentioned in another thread, my nephew looks like a young George Clooney, but not like Clooney looked when he was young. My Dad looked exactly like [J.K. Simmons](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/6641/JKSimmo_Eric_15100814_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Simmons%2C%20J.K.&seq=7), and they also have the same voice. My Mom looked a lot like [Patricia Neal.](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1336/Mptv/1336/2741_000.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Neal,%20Patricia) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/31 "2008-02-01T21:30:08Z")
Oh God, where to start? An old HS friend looked (probably still looks,) like Angelina Jolie. Another HS friend looks like Shania Twain. My first GF looks a little like Uma Therman. Another GF I had looks like a cross between Jeniffer Connolly and Catherine Zeta-Jones. A buddies ex-GF looks like a cute version of Kristen Dunce. A former boss and professor is a dead ringer for Ed Harris. A different former boss looks like Jon Favreau. My good friend’s old roommate is the _spitting image_ of Julia Stiles. I’ve actually been out with her once and someone asked for her autograph. She told me that happens to her about once a month. Finally, a waitress/bartender at a local bar her looks like a young Nicole Sullivan. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/32 "2008-02-03T01:04:15Z")
A union committeeman in the plant where I worked looked like the Devil. He didn’t have horns or a tail, but if somebody told you, “Walk down this aisle, and when you see a guy who looks just like the Devil, that’s him,” you’d pick him out of a crowd. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/33 "2008-02-03T05:44:40Z")
In their younger days, my parents looked like John and Yoko, my mom especially. I’ve told this story before, but as a kid, when I saw their saved copy of the _Rolling Stone_ with Annie Leibowitz’s photo of J&Y on it, I wondered aloud what Mommy and Daddy were doing on the cover of _Rolling Stone_ (with Daddy butt naked!) ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/34 "2008-02-03T09:08:40Z")
In high school, I had two coaches for various sports who are brothers (one pictured [here](http://www.redwoodtimes.com/sports/ci_7814907). I swear to Og that their long lost other brother is no other than _The Closer’s_ [J.K. Simmons](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799777/). I can’t seem to find a picture of the brother who looks the most like him, though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/35 "2008-02-03T09:11:20Z")
😛 at Batsinma Belfry. At least I have a cite. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/36 "2008-02-03T09:20:10Z")
My grandfather was occasionally mistaken for Tip O’Neill [(former Speaker of the House)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O'Neill). Got us a better table at a restaurant once. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793/37 "2008-02-03T09:24:19Z")
[QUOTE=missbunny] My brother used to be mistaken for Tom Selleck all the time. This was during the Magnum PI days; he doesn’t look so much like him anymore, although still a little. [/QUOTE] Similarly, my father, during the 70s, looked significantly like Rob Reiner. They’ve both changed in very different ways since, but back in the day… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-people-who-look-just-like-real-or-fictional-famous-people-do-you-know/435793.md?page=1)