30 Actors & Actresses Who Plays As The Same Person
by skaterdude19994 | created - 14 Oct 2013 | updated - 14 Oct 2013 | Public"When you play the same character for a long time, you have a shorthand. You get onto the set, you put on your outfit and two-thirds of your work is done because you've built on that work for so many years." -Lisa Edelstein (I couldn't agree with you more, Lisa Edelstein.)
1. Samuel L. Jackson
Actor | Pulp Fiction
Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ...
When Quentin Tarantino hired Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction, every since now, he's still portrays as this 'loud-mouth, angry character'. Calm, down Samuel L. Jackson. It's not the end of the world.
2. Matthew Broderick
Actor | The Producers
A slight comic actor chiefly known for his boyish charm, Matthew Broderick was born on March 21, 1962 in New York City, to Patricia Broderick (née Biow), a playwright and painter, and James Broderick, an actor. His father had Irish and English ancestry, and his mother was from a Jewish family (from...
I like this guy. I really do. I idiolize this man. I'm 21 today and I'll be 22 next year. I like grew up watch his movies as a kid: The Lion King, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Godzilla, Inspector Gadget, & Glory. But come on, Matthew. These comedies like: The Cable Guy, Deck the Halls, & Election. REALLY?
3. Kristen Stewart
Actress | Snow White and the Huntsman
Though most famous for her role as Isabella "Bella" Swan in The Twilight (2008) Saga, Kristen Stewart has been a working actor since her early years in Los Angeles, California. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules Stewart, both work in film and television. The family includes three boys, Kristen's ...
I had to admit: But. She was awesome in the movie, Zathura: A Space Adventure. Not Speak, not Cold Creek Manor, not Catch That Kid, not even The Twilight Saga. No. Just, Zathura
4. Michael Cera
Actor | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Canadian actor Michael Cera was born in Brampton, Ontario, to parents who worked for Xerox. His mother, Linda, who is from Quebec, has English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry, and his father, Luigi Cera, is Italian (from Sicily). Michael is the middle child between two sisters. He was educated...
Every since Arrested Development. This guy always have to play this awkward character in every film. From Superbad, Juno...all the way down to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
5. Jack Black
Actor | School of Rock
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California and raised in Hermosa Beach, California to Judith Love Cohen & Thomas William Black, both satellite engineers. He is of Russian Jewish & British-German ancestry. Black attended the University of California at Los ...
I loved his perfomance in Peter Jackson's King Kong. But this guy always carries this "Rock & Roll" personality in School Of Rock, his small roles in The Cable Guy, and Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. COME ON, JACK!
6. Seth Rogen
Producer | This Is the End
An actor, comedian and writer, Seth Rogen has come a long way from doing stand-up comedy as a teen.
Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Sandy (Belogus), a social worker, and Mark Rogen, who worked for non-profits. His father is American-born and his mother is Canadian. He is of Russian...
I love this actor in Geeks & Freaks, Knocked Up, & Superbad. Every since now, it's the same Seth Rogan.
7. Meagan Good
Actress | Think Like a Man
Meagan Monique Good was born on 8 August 1981 in Panorama City, California, USA, to Tyra Wardlow-Doyle, who worked as her manager, and Leondis "Leon" Good, an LAPD officer. She began appearing on commercials at the age of four. Then she started guest-starring on series like The Parent 'Hood (1995), ...
She plays as some dude's girlfriend in every movie. In not just in any every movie. But in a black urban film. Expect for Saw V. (That doesn't change that it's still a terrible movie though.)
8. Rob Schneider
Actor | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (1975), Schneider has gone on to a successful career in feature films, including starring roles in the ...
I know that this man had his acting career going in Deuce Bigalow and Adam Sandler had expanded his acting career in The Animal, Click, 50 First Dates, The Hot Chick, etc. But no matter how many roles he has: his character will always be the same.
9. Chris Rock
Actor | Top Five
Christopher Julius Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of Rosalie (Tingman), a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped, and Julius Rock, a truck driver and newspaper deliveryman, whose own father was a preacher.
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Death at a Funeral, I Think I Love My Wife, Down to Earth, to Bad Company. CIA, an Accountant, and a funeral director...they're not all you, Chris.
10. Luke Wilson
Actor | The Royal Tenenbaums
Handsome Texan Luke Cunningham Wilson was born in Dallas in 1971 to Irish-American parents originally from Massachusetts. The son of Laura (Cunningham), a photographer, and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive, he was raised with two brothers, Owen Wilson (the middle one) and Andrew Wilson...
I've seen him in drama movies like Meeting Evil, 3:10 to Yuma, Henry Poole Is Here, etc. Seems like the directors gave him the wrong roles for those films. Because he hasn't taken them seriously. RUBBISH!
11. Jay Baruchel
Actor | Goon
Jay Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and was raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the son of Robyne (Ropell), a freelance writer, and Serge Victor Baruchel, an antiques dealer. He has a younger sister who also acts. He started acting in 1995 when he made his first of three appearances on ...
It's one thing to play as an innocent dude, but it's another to play as somebody else.
12. Kevin James
Actor | Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Kevin James was born Kevin George Knipfing on April 26, 1965, in Mineola, Long Island, New York, to Janet (Klein), an office worker, and Joseph Valentine Knipfing, Jr., an insurance agency owner. He was raised in Stony Brook, and attended SUNY Cortland, where he played fullback on the football team...
He's a funny guy. But when can see him in drama film? Or an action film, atleast!
13. Ben Stiller
Producer | Tropic Thunder
Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism).
His parents made no real...
From Zoolander, Dodgeball, Meet The Parents, to Along Came Polly: All i see, is Ben Stiller.
14. Tom Welling
Actor | Smallville
Tom Welling is probably best known for playing Clark Kent on the hit television series Smallville (2001).
He was born Thomas Joseph Welling in Putnam Valley, New York, to Bonnie and Thomas Welling, who is a retired executive for General Motors. He has a younger brother, Mark Welling, who is also an ...
In Cheaper By The Dozen and The Fog. He still think he's Clark Kent. AWKWARD!
15. Elijah Wood
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Elijah Wood is an American actor best known for portraying Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's blockbuster Lord of the Rings film trilogy. In addition to reprising the role in The Hobbit series, Wood also played Ryan in the FX television comedy Wilfred (2011) and voiced Beck in the Disney XD animated ...
Dear, Mr. Frodo.
You did well in The Lord Of The Rings. But is it time that you leave us and portray as somebody else in Wilfred, Green Street Hooligans, etc?
-Love, Sam Gamgee
16. Jennifer Garner
Actress | Alias
Jennifer Garner, who catapulted into stardom with her lead role on the television series Alias (2001), has come a long way from her birthplace of Houston, Texas. Raised in Charleston, West Virginia by her mother Patricia Ann (née English), a retired English teacher, and her father, Billy Jack ...
What's with her always portraying, or at least trying to portray as somebodies mother? Juno, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, etc.
17. Brandon T. Jackson
Actor | Tropic Thunder
Brandon Timothy Jackson was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Beverly Yvonne (Bozeman) and Wayne Timothy Jackson. His parents are both pastors, and his maternal grandfather was a Pentecostal child preacher. He credits his sense of humor to both his father and his life straddling the ...
I would rather see Brandon portray as a war veteran or even a suspense film. Rather than him portraying as a teen. Like, Percy Jackson.
18. Adam Sandler
Actor | The Waterboy
Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. He is of Russian Jewish descent. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took ...
He acted his heart out in Reign On Me.
This dude is a genius: He produce most of his films. Even now, he jump started Rob Schneider & Kevin James Career in films. He wrote his own movies.
I MEAN...this guy is awesome. Plus, he's funny. But does every character have to be the same guy though?
19. Craig Robinson
Actor | This Is the End
Craig Robinson is an African-American actor, singer, musician and comedian who is known for portraying Darryl Philbin from The Office, LeVar Brown from The Cleveland Show, Doug Judy from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cookie from Shrek Forever After, himself from This Is The End, and Nick Webber-Agnew from ...
Craig Robinson is...HILARIOUS IN THE OFFICE! But come on, bro. Change once in a while.
20. David Spade
Actor | Joe Dirt
Adept at playing comic brat extraordinaires both on film and TV, David Spade was born on July 22, 1964, in Birmingham, Michigan, the youngest of three brothers. He is the son of Judith J. (Meek), a writer and editor, and Wayne M. Spade, a sales rep, and is of German, English, Irish, and Scottish ...
He's has this excited, 'life is great' personality. But that's good! But does your co-star think that's good?
21. Kirsten Dunst
Actress | Spider-Man
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German citizenship. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez (née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother named Christian Dunst, ...
She really didn't take her roles seriously. Every since Director, Sam Raimi cast her in Spider-man. She always gives off this 'leave me alone' look.
22. George Lopez
Producer | George Lopez
George Lopez was born on April 23, 1961, in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California, the son of Frieda and Anatasio Lopez, a migrant worker. He is of Mestizo Mexican descent. He was deserted by his father when he was two months old and by his mother when he was 10 years old, but was raised by his ...
Another comedic actor. I would love to see George Lopez in drama TV series. Like Kerry Washington in Scandal. Would you agree?
23. Zach Galifianakis
Actor | The Hangover
Zach Galifianakis was born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, to Mary Frances (Cashion), who owned a community arts center, and Harry Galifianakis, a heating oil vendor. His father is of Greek descent and his mother is of mostly English and Scottish ancestry. Zach moved to New York City after failing ...
When can they give this guy a role as someone who intelligent. Take it from, Kirsten Vangsness: She plays as an FBI Analyst in Criminal Minds.
If there's a movie were they have a character who's an FBI Analyst, then Zach Galifianakis...I believe in you.
24. Hayden Christensen
Actor | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Hayden Christensen was born April 19, 1981 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His parents, Alie and David Christensen, are in the communications business. He is of Danish (father) and Swedish and Italian (mother) descent. Hayden grew up in Markham, Ontario, with siblings Kaylen, Hejsa, and ...
After Stars Wars 3 was over. Hayden still couldn't get it through his mind that he is still an actor. Not, Anakin Skywalker.
25. Shad Moss
Actor | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Shad Gregory Moss was born on March 9, 1987 in Columbus, Ohio to Teresa Rena (Jones) and Alfonso Preston Moss. When Shad was five, he started his rap career using the nickname "Kid Gangsta." One year later, he took front stage during "The Chronic Tour" and impressed rapper Snoop Dogg, who later ...
This guy could had turn as the most multi-talented actor. But always playing as someone who grew in the streets won't help him grow as an actor.
26. Vince Vaughn
Producer | The Break-Up
Vincent Anthony Vaughn was born on March 28, 1970, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois. His parents, Vernon Vaughn (a salesman and character actor), and Sharon Vaughn, née Sharon Eileen DePalmo (a real-estate agent and stockbroker) divorced in 1991. He has two ...
Growing up as kid, while watching The Lost World. I always thought he the of the victims who would get killed by a T-rex. But unlike the victims in the movies, he manged to calm down. And that's that the kind of actor i love that film. With the rest of the films...no.
27. Paul Walker
Actor | The Fast and the Furious
Paul William Walker IV was born in Glendale, California. He grew up together with his brothers, Caleb and Cody, and sisters, Ashlie and Amie. Their parents, Paul William Walker III, a sewer contractor, and Cheryl (Crabtree) Walker, a model, separated around September 2004. His grandfather, William ...
You can play as scuba diver in Into The Blue. You can play as a cop in Fast & Furious, Takers, etc. But would i love even more: If Paul played as a supervillain. That is, however. If Warner Bros. decides to make a live-action Justice League film.
28. Will Ferrell
Producer | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
John William Ferrell was born in Irvine, California, to Betty Kay (Overman), a teacher, and Roy Lee Ferrell, Jr., a musician. His parents were originally from Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, Ferrell became interested in performing while a student ...
Will Ferrell had me 'dying on the floor' while watching SNL & Anchorman. But I just hope that no one doesn't get tired of him in the next 5 years.
29. Jesse Eisenberg
Actor | The Social Network
Curly haired and with a fast-talking voice, Jesse Eisenberg is a movie actor, known for his Academy Award nominated role as Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The Social Network. He has also starred in the films The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland, The Education of Charlie Banks, 30 Minutes or ...
He's the only reason I became an actor. But with him always playing as fast talking, innocent dude. That part of me...bothers me.
30. Bruce Willis
Actor | Die Hard
Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Collectively, he has appeared in films that have grossed in excess of $2.5 billion USD.
Walter Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany,...
It's one thing to play as a cop. Then other as, i don't know...a mentor, etc.
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