Star Match
by starmatch | created - 09 Jul 2011 | updated - 14 Jul 2011 | PublicSome stars share physical similarities and/or career paths. For example, when I try to picture Thomas Jane and Aaron Eckhart together in my mind’s eye, it’s hard for me to tell them apart. So here’s a list of my “Star Matches”. If you see the match say so; if not who’s your match?
1. Aaron Eckhart
Actor | The Dark Knight
Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an early age, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his high school senior ...
See Thomas Jane for comparison.
2. Thomas Jane
Actor | Boogie Nights
Thomas Jane is an American actor who is known for portraying Frank Castle from the 2004 Marvel Comics film The Punisher and the 2012 fan film Dirty Laundry. He also was in Boogie Nights, The Thin Red Line, Deep Blue Sea, The Predator, 1922, The Mist and Evening Raga of the West.
It goes beyond the chin cleft, dirty blonde, square jaw look. Each has shined in satirical roles (Eckhart:Thank You For Smoking/Jane:Hung), and both played characters with mangled faces (Jane as Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight/Jane as the voice of Jonah Hex in the D.C. video version). Eckhart: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3459548672/nm0001173 Jane: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3620701952/nm0005048
3. Ryan Gosling
Actor | Blue Valentine
Born Ryan Thomas Gosling on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada, he is the son of Donna (Wilson), a secretary, and Thomas Ray Gosling, a traveling salesman. Ryan was the second of their two children, with an older sister, Mandi. His ancestry is French-Canadian, as well as English, ...
4. Ryan Reynolds
Actor | Deadpool 2
Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the youngest of four children. His father, James Chester Reynolds, was a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tamara Lee "Tammy" (Stewart), worked as a retail-store saleswoman. He has Irish and Scottish ancestry. ...
I’ve suffered Ryan-itis with double vision ever since The Notebook. Which of these homogenized hunks turned his back on Rachel McAdams? To this day I’m not sure. Gosling: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3616113920/nm0331516 Reynolds: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1254145536/nm0005351
5. Ralph Fiennes
Actor | The Constant Gardener
Actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is the eldest of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus ...
See Jeremy Irons for comparison.
6. Jeremy Irons
Actor | Dead Ringers
British actor Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, a small island off the south coast of England. He is the son of Barbara Anne Brereton (Sharpe) and Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant. Young Jeremy didn't prove very fond of figures. He visited mainland England only once a year. He wound up ...
Each classically trained in Shakespearean theatre, tremendous acting range, look like brothers. Fiennes: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1901239040/nm0000146 Irons: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm871209216/nm0000460
7. Brendan Gleeson
Actor | Calvary
Brendan Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Pat and Frank Gleeson. From a very young age, he loved to learn, especially reading classical text in and outside the classroom. He took great attention to Irish play writers such as Samuel Beckett, which eventually led to him performing in his high ...
See Ray Winstone for comparison.
8. Ray Winstone
Actor | The Departed
Ray Winstone was born on February 19, 1957, in Hackney Hospital in London, England, to Margaret (Richardson) and Raymond J. Winstone. He moved to Enfield, at age seven, where his parents had a fruit and vegetable business. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing ...
Burly Brits who bopped the boogeyman in Beowulf (OK, so Gleeson’s Irish). Winstone: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm567580416/nm0935653 Gleeson: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1853129984/nm0322407
9. Hilary Duff
Actress | A Cinderella Story
Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas, to Susan Duff (née Cobb) and Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in convenience store chain. When Hilary was six, she had been traveling in the Cechetti Ballet with her sister Haylie Duff but decided she wanted to fulfill her dream of ...
See Miley Cyrus for comparison.
10. Miley Cyrus
Soundtrack | Hannah Montana
Miley Ray Cyrus was born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee and raised in Thompson's Station, Tennessee to Tish Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus. She has five siblings - two half-brothers, a half-sister, and a younger brother and sister. Her parents named her because they hoped ...
Let me count the ways: Petite, blonde, prepubescent Disney stars, pop recording artists, concerted attempts to break their squeaky clean image (Duff’s role as Yonica in War, Inc./Cyrus’ pole dancing and Vanity Fair pics) Duff: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1786418176/nm0240381 Cyrus: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1689421824/nm1415323
11. Patton Oswalt
Actor | Young Adult
Patton Oswalt has been headlining at comedy clubs all over the United States since 1996, as well as appearing in his own standup specials on Comedy Central and HBO. He was chosen as Entertainment Weekly's "It" comedian in 2002. He is a regular on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). His other ...
See Jim Norton for comparison.
12. Jim Norton
Actor | Spider-Man
Jim Norton was born on July 19, 1968 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Spider-Man (2002), Cop Out (2010) and Top Five (2014).
Schlumpy comedians who look like a couple of nebbishes but both possess a sharp comic sensibility. Oswalt: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/news/article_1523518.php/Patton-Oswalt-interview-on-Conan-Video Norton: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm624401152/nm1171163
13. Adrian Zmed
Actor | Bachelor Party
Adrian Zmed was born on March 14, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Bachelor Party (1984), Grease 2 (1982) and T.J. Hooker (1982). He has been married to Lyssa Lynne since October 5, 2012. He was previously married to Barbara Fitzner and Susan Wood.
See John Stamos for comparison.
14. John Stamos
Actor | Full House
John Phillip Stamos was born in Cypress, California, to Loretta (Phillips), a model, and William Stamos, a restaurateur. His father was of Greek descent, with the family surname originally being "Stamotopoulos". John has two younger sisters, Janeen and Alaina, both school teachers. His first ...
Hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Zmed’s apex was TJ Hooker, which ended in 1985, right about the time Stamos got his first gigs. Adrian is of Romanian descent and John is Greek, which explains their equally swarthy appearances. Question: has anyone ever seen them in the same room together? Zmed: http://www.allstarpics.net/0048282/011876433/adrian-zmed-pic.html Stamos: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2824313600/nm0001764
15. Jaime King
Actress | My Bloody Valentine
Jaime King is an American actress and model from Omaha, Nebraska. She is known for acting in Hart of Dixie, the Sin City film series, White Chicks, Barely Lethal, Bulletproof Monk, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Pearl Harbor. She is married to Kyle Newman since 2007 and had two children with him. ...
See Jaime Pressly for comparison.
16. Jaime Pressly
Actress | My Name Is Earl
Emmy Award-winning actress Jaime Pressly is known for her wide range of film and television roles. Pressly appeared in Welcome to Flatch (2022) from 2022 to 2023. Previously, she played Jill Kendall, opposite Anna Faris and Academy Award winner Allison Janney, on Chuck Lorre's hit CBS comedy Mom (...
The Two J’s who come off as wannabe blondes with equal parts spunk and sex appeal. Pressly works mostly in comedy, but King has also dabbled in the funny stuff. JP specializes in the trashy ditzoid while JK is more girl next door with added vavoom. King: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm82230016/nm0454809 Pressly: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm305371648/nm0005326
17. Alton Brown
Writer | Good Eats
Alton Brown was born on July 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Good Eats (1999), School Daze (1988) and Cooking Thin (2001). He has been married to Elizabeth Ingram since September 29, 2018. He was previously married to Deanna Brown and Unknown.
See Thomas Dolby for comparison.
18. Thomas Dolby
Soundtrack | Howard the Duck
Thomas Dolby was born on October 14, 1958 in London, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Howard the Duck (1986), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997). He has been married to Kathleen Beller since July 2, 1988. They have three children.
Strictly physical. Brown: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113002/ Dolby: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tRg73iZIquM/Rji377WnleI/AAAAAAAAJBc/mLlItWwNibs/s320/Thomas_Dolby.jpg
19. James Carville
Actor | The Adjustment Bureau
James Carville was born on October 25, 1944 in Carville, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Adjustment Bureau (2011), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007). He has been married to Mary Matalin since November ...
See John Malkovich for comparison.
20. John Malkovich
Actor | Being John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, to Joe Anne (Choisser), who owned a local newspaper, and Daniel Leon Malkovich, a state conservation director. His paternal grandparents were Croatian. In 1976, Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly founded by his friend Gary ...
Just physical but if you had to cast someone to play Carville who else would you call? Carville: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1623493888/nm0142598 Malkovich: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518/
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