A visiting girlfriend and I were recently watching an old episode of Cold Case when we both realised we’d seen one of the actors in something since the demise of the show. After some pondering we worked it out. We congratulated each other on our most-excellent skills of deduction and laser-sharp memories, but… as we sobered up we both realised we may have been wr-wr-wrong. He just didn’t look quite right.
After consulting one of my favourite apps – the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) – we discovered we were indeed not-right.
It reminded me that – like some old woman who thinks all young people look alike – I occasionally suffer from some weird affliction which results in me getting a few famous actor types confused. With others.
Firstly the case that kicked off today’s discussion about famous doppelgangers: Jeremy Ratchford from Cold Case and Kevin Chapman from (one of my fave shows) Person of Interest.
And then – two actresses I constantly mix up. They’re both beautiful and look similar but there’s actually a bit of an age gap. However… for some reason I really struggle with remembering who’s who when it comes to Susannah Thompson and Elizabeth Mitchell.
I find both of these next guys handsome. Indeed when I first saw Timothy Olyphant in the TV show Deadwood I thought he was pretty cute. He became less so as time passed, but that could have been because his character became less likeable. I haven’t seen Justified but perhaps it would change my mind cos it looks like he’s ageing well. As for Billy Burke, I don’t even really remember him in the Twilight movies (he played Bella’s father), but when he became Angie Harmon’s love interest on Rizzoli & Isles I wanted to scratch her eyes out. I’m pretty sure he’s the only reason I really liked the now-axed show Revolution!
Another pair I know differ in age but are ridiculously similar, Hayden Christensen and Ryan Phillippe – both of whom seem to have been in hiding for a number of years. Or at least not making any movies / TV of which I’m aware.
And finally – while I don’t get this pair mixed up, I can rarely remember who was in what and feel like they’re interchangeable. “Was Natalie Portman in Les Miserables?” I wonder. “Was Anne Hathaway in Garden State?”
I’m sure there’s more but I get bored easily and am kinda ‘over’ this photo-editing business.
Do you ever get actors / celebs mixed up?
Linking up with Trish from My Little Drummer Boys for a Wordless Wednesday post. #almost
October 29, 2014
Oh my goodness I totally needed that perve this morning, my kids are driving me up the wall! My sister’s partner looks a dead ringer of some English dude, can’t remember name but when I do I’ll do a comparison and show you! xx
October 29, 2014
You should have seen some of the pics of Timothy and Billy – half-naked and drool-worthy! As I’m an evolved and mature woman however I refrained from using them. Plus they were copyright(ed) or something. I always choose ones which feature anywhere and everywhere (or I have to include the source). But… searching through pics did make the tedious photo-editing process somewhat enjoyable! 😉
October 29, 2014
I was watching Graham Norton and one of his guests was Keira Knightly. Apparently she gets confused for a lot of other stars – like Natalie Portman and Brittany Spears. Personally I can’t see the similarity.
October 29, 2014
Hmmm… Keira’s face changes a bit though (think she favours some lip fillers or botox etc) so it possibly depends a little.
October 29, 2014
What great comparisons.
October 29, 2014
Thanks.
October 29, 2014
Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg apparently get confused a lot too. According to a mag imread at the hairdressers they have an agreement to pretend to be each other if the person who approaches them is confusing them.
October 30, 2014
Gotta love hairdresser magazines. My old one would offer me Vogue and Marie Claire, but I was like… “No way, give me the WHO and OK!”
I do but don’t (if that makes sense) get the two Wahlberg brothers mixed up sometimes too. (Can never remember which was in the boy band!)
October 30, 2014
Looking at those photos, I can totally see the resemblance. They are different people? Really?
October 30, 2014
True! Glad it’s not just me!
Deb
October 30, 2014
Sorry I’m so late to this post Deb. I subscribe to you via email and yours just shows up in my feed as WordPress so I don’t realise it’s my pal Deb! Scotto and I have some blues over actors and who they are because like a typical old bat I think many of them look alike. Elizabeth Perkins has a younger doppelganger who played aside her in Weeds. I think they’re all lizard people from the same mold just personally.
October 30, 2014
Oh now I’m contemplating who the Elizabeth Perkins doppelganger is. I loved the early series of the show and am a Mary-Louise Parker fan. I felt it lost its way a bit a couple of season in. (As a complete aside!)
October 31, 2014
do you think billy burke looks abit like Cameron Daddo?
October 31, 2014
No, I don’t see it but I probably still have a younger version of Cameron Daddo in my mind.
September 11, 2016
My two are Cameron Daddo (Riverworld 2003) and Billy Burke (revolution 2011?)
September 11, 2016
Oh that’s interesting. Cameron Daddo is Australian so I find him more recognisable but I have to remind myself of the Billy Burke vs Timothy Olyphant thing… I’m like… “Which was in Deadwood and which was in Twilight?” Also, I LOVED Revolution. It went off TV here before the end of the series so I missed what happened!