Actors that we sometimes confuse.

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These are actors that at a glance we might confuse, one for the other. Of course, with a little effort we recognize the error because each are powerful talents:

Here's my list:

Jeff Daniels and Bill Pullman

Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg

Anybody else have mix-ups?

[Swede]

1. I don't know any of the young actresses out there.

They all seem to interchangeable. :shrug:

http://www.imdb.com/list/y0J7ftpwDHo/

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2. Nooooo!!!!

These have unique personalities and are intelligent as well as wonderful actresses: Helen Page, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan

These are talented actresses: Dakota Fanning, Carey Mulligan, Rachel McAdams

This one has a name, but I admit I couldn't pick her face out of the bunch without the name attached to it: Blake Lively.

And these are promising up & comings: Deborah Ann Woll, Anna Kendrick, Emma Watson, Mara Rooney, Jennifer Lawrence, Maisie Williams.

If you haven't seen a movie with the top three gals, you are really missing out.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I sure am getting old - I don't recognize any of those names...

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4. I feel your pain.

I just stumbled into the new generation in an attempt to find something in common with my kids. It turned out that I was impressed with what I read and saw.

Here's a website that will keep you current, and has the right degree of irreverence:

http://www.laineygossip.com/

[UTUSN]

5. We confuse: Victoria JACKSON. Steven SEAGALL. Chuck NORRIS. n/t

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8. !

[Major Nikon]

74. Sometimes I confuse them with festering assholes

[bikebloke]

6. Johnny Depp and Skeet Ulrich

Back in earlier years. Now it's easy. Johnny Depp played a pirate in Jericho.;)

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7. Early days, definitely.

[marmar]

54. Chris Rock once introduced Johnny Depp as "The Rich Man's Skeet Ulrich" on an awards show.

nt

[marmar]

55. replied to wrong post, self-delete

[idiotgardener]

9. De Niro, Hoffman and Pacino are all the same person. (nt)

[Kaleva]

11. I've confused Hoffman and Pacino early in their careers.

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14. Me too.

DeNiro, never. He's one of a kind.

[Kaleva]

10. Johnny Depp and Adam Ant

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1238878260429&id=716d4336e2e9bb747c4d8d83a68fb056

[WorseBeforeBetter]

12. Julia Stiles and Erika Christensen (n/t).

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13. They could be twins.

Though I don't know anything about Erika's acting ability.

[Chan790]

17. nearly non-existent. n/t

[MilesColtrane]

15. MIke Conners and David Jansen

Chazz Palminteri and Joe Mantegna

John Hurt and Ian McKellan

Dylan McDermott, Dermot Mulroney and D.B. Sweeney

Ron Rifkin and Joel Grey

Paul Sorvino and Vincent Gardenia

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21. Absolutely agree with the first one.

John Hurt and Ian McKellan I would never confuse because I was a huge fan of Lord of the Rings and was okay with McKellan's in The Da Vinci code. And also, because John Hurt plays entirely a different kind of role and of course, their voices are entirely different. I mean, who couldn't tell Gandalf apart from Olivander?

The other three, for less reasons than I can explain, I would never have trouble telling apart. However, I could get D.B.Sweeney confused with Steve Guttenberg. Okay, maybe not.

Ron Rifkin and Joey Grey, yes, I can see that one.

Paul Sorvino and vincent Gardenia. No way!

[KT2000]

16. Jeff Daniels and Bill Pullman

here too. Always get them mixed up.

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22. I know, right?

[Chan790]

18. This one for a short while in the mid 90s stumped me.

I'd have to look at the credits to see which one I was watching. Funny is that I can go back and watch the exact same films now and there is no confusion at-all.

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23. Maybe in the early years until Ashely Judd made her mark.

[BulletproofLandshark]

19. I always mix up Gerard Butler and Clive Owen. Apparently I'm not the only one:

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24. I am a huuuuuggge Clive Owen fan so I wouldn't have that problem.

[Lucinda]

38. +1

[Spider Jerusalem]

20. Christopher Meloni and Elias Koteas:

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25. I could so see that.

They could play brothers of the same father.

[blueamy66]

42. oh hell no!!

Chris Meloni is SOOOO much hotter than that Elias dude

[geardaddy]

66. Yes!

I watched The Thin Red Line when it came out a few years ago, and then when Law and Order: SVU came out, I thought they were the same person.

[Mendocino]

26. When I see the names in print,

I always have to think twice about Bill Paxton, Bill Pullman and Will Patton.

But I know them when I see them.

[WinkyDink]

27. Every single 30-ish actress.

[demmiblue]

28. Natalie Portman and Keira Knightley

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31. I see what you mean in those pictures,

But It's usually the eyes and jaw line which helps to pick them out. Keira also looks anorexic most of the time.

[Recovered Repug]

29. On a number of occassions, I've gotten Keanu Reeves confused

with a tree stump.

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32. Poor Keanu.

He's not aging too well, either.

[blueamy66]

45. that's just cause he acts

like a tree stump

useless and boring

[Shagbark Hickory]

30. Deniro and Harvey Keitel. Also Lawrence Fishburn & Sam. L. Jackson

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33. Probably because of my age, I wouldn't have any trouble tellling any one of them apart.

[Shagbark Hickory]

39. I don't have trouble telling them apart.

I confuse them based on similar roles they've played.

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40. With so many movies being recycled, that's the truth.

[Shagbark Hickory]

41. Similar movies might be a more accurate statement. I'll give you an example.

The movie "Sphere"
and the movie "Event Horizon".
Both excellent movies btw.

In one of those, Lawrence Fishburne plays a leading roll and in the other Samuel L. Jackson.

The Matrix is another one further confuzzling me.
I seem to recall both having a similar thing happen to them in the movie but I can't completely recollect what happened at this time.

And I could swear that Fishburne was in Lakeview Terrace but it wasn't. It was Jackson. Not sure how or why I mixed that up.

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43. Fishbourne was kidnapped and beat up in the Matrix.

When isn't Jackson kidnapped and beat up?

[Shagbark Hickory]

46. Not in Lakeview Terrace. At least, not til the very end. And not "Unthinkable"

I guess as a rule of thumb, Jackson is going to be the safer the answer because he was in a lot more films.

[Tikki]

34. I have confused David Boreanaz with...

Eddie McClintock before....





Tikki

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37. I can see that.

[marmar]

57. I confuse David Boreanz with the guy from Psych.

nt

[LynneSin]

35. Edward Norton and Edward Burns

They both even have the same kind of eclectic acting style.

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36. Until one of them opens their mouth and starts talking.

[VenusRising]

44. Joey Lauren Adams and Rene Zellweger

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47. But, but Zellweger has mole eyes.

[VenusRising]

49. But Adams squints a lot.

I think that's what throws me off.

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50. Ahhh. I see.

[Duer 157099]

48. Aaron Paul and Dean Winters. Especially their voices

Jessie Pinkman (Breaking Bad) and Ryan O'Reily (Oz)

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE1MTI4NDMyN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzg2MzU3NQ@@._V1._SX640_SY859_.jpg

[Shagbark Hickory]

51. Dennis HOPper & Anthony HOPkins.

Similar bad guy roles, similar names.

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59. Dennis Hopper didn't start out playing bad guys.

I suppose the one thing that helped tell them apart was the hair color.

[Shagbark Hickory]

I make no guarantees that others will find these equally as confuzzling as I.

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69. So true. Brains get wired in funny ways.

[LeftinOH]

52. Not any more, but I used to confuse Annette O'Toole and Meryl Streep:

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60. I don't confuse the looks of Glenn Close and Meryl Streep,

but when I try to remember which actor played what role, I sometimes confuse them.

[Pool Hall Ace]

53. Jeff Daniels and Dave Coulier

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61. Oh. Even more so than Bill Pullman.

[Pool Hall Ace]

64. Yeah! That's why I thought I would post it after

seeing the few "Jeff Daniels and Bill Pullman" posts. I cannot tell you how many times I've been switching channels and I'll say, "Oh, look! Dave Coulier doing some serious acting!" Then I will realize, nope, it's Jeff Daniels. :rofl:

[marmar]

56. Heather Locklear and Heather Thomas.....

...... although calling them "actresses" is being quite charitable.

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62. Do not remember Heather Thomas at all, even when I looked her up on google.

[Orsino]

58. Will Arnett and Bob Odenkirk.

More than once I've thought I was seeing something old with Odenkirk in it, only to find that it's not so old and that's Arnett.

Just noticed the Comedy Central flick Let's Go to Prison, that has both of them in it. Not playing father and son, either, which is kind of a waste.

[Yavin4]

63. Dylan Baker and Stephen Colbert

Dylan Baker:



Stephen Colbert:

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65. Wouldn't it be funny if the Baker tried to hijack Colbert's show,

'cuz I barely remember him.

[KamaAina]

67. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

:P

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70. Now that's funny.

[RedCloud]

68. Jed Clampett and that really mean Qu'ran burning preacher.

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71. Poor Jed.

Though I've seen his doppelganger riding around town on a motorcycle with an American flag flying behind.

[pokerfan]

72. Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman for some reason

It's not like they're twins or anything, I just get them confused for whatever reason

[Enrique]

73. years ago, Kevin Bacon and Marc Singer

also a lot of the "Brat Pack" males seemed kind of interchangable.

[astral]

75. Well it happened to me once when she had that "Jennifer Hair"

I confused Sarah Jessica Parker with Jennifer Aniston in some movie I didn't know what it was ...

I know they don't really look alike but...



























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I see after looking for pics I wasn't the only one...

[Jamastiene]

76. Don Johnson, Mark Harmon, and Kevin Costner.

I got those three confused a lot in the 80s. Now, I can tell a difference between them, but back then, I couldn't guess which one was which to save me.

[applegrove]

77. I thought Stephen Colbert and Ed Helms were the same 'correspondent' on the Daily Show.

LOL!