Actors who remind you of other actors.

[Sarpedon]

First I have a serious question:

What actor reminds you of both Dustin Hoffman and Robert DeNiro, but isn't either one? I'm recalling a movie about the American Revolutionary War, and I thought it starred one of those two, but I can't seem to find it on either of their filmographies.


Second, feel free to talk about any actors who remind you of other actors, or actors you get confused with other actors!

ETA: It was, of course, Al Pacino. And the movie was "Revolution." I have no idea why I have trouble with these three.

 

[ideologyhunter]

For me, Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhall, assuming I've spelled both those names correctly.
In the early talkies, Edward Arnold and Edwin Maxwell -- pretty amazing resemblance & diction.

 

[jonatha]

Simon Kunz (in The Last Kingdom) and Graham McTavish (in the appendices to The Hobbit)

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I always get Vin Diesel and The Rock confused. It's especially bad when they're in the same movie and I have to remember who's playing what character.

 

[bilby]

I always get Vin Diesel and The Rock confused. It's especially bad when they're in the same movie and I have to remember who's playing what character.

Can't you tell from their hairstyles?

 

[Spacetime Inhabitant]

William Fichtner (Prison Break) and Gary Cole (Crusade).

 

[ZiprHead]

Samuel Jackson and Denzel Washington. (JK)

 

[thebeave]

I get Samuel L. Jackson confused with Laurence Fishburne a lot, but I generally don't mention it to anyone, as it makes me look racist. I have a black friend too, but I never mention him, because saying you have a black friend also makes you a racist.

 

[blastula]

I mix up Jeremy London and Jason London all the time.

 

[Keith&Co.]

When Rush Limbaugh's smoking a cigar, he seems indistinguishable from Rin Tin Tin taking a shit...

 

[Shadowy Man]

I always get confused when Terry Serpico appears in a role and I think hey, that's Anthony Michael Hall!

 

[DrJim]

Jerry Doyle (Garibaldi in Babylon 5) always reminds me Bruce Willis.

 

[C_Mucius_Scaevola]

Ron Jeremy

and

Cheech Marin

 

[ZiprHead]

George Clooney - Clark Gable

 

[credoconsolans]

 

[Elixir]

I always thought Lee Iacocca and George Steinbrenner were the same guy...

 

[Shadowy Man]

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[Business]

Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg look a lot alike, one would think they are related.