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I Had No Idea That Was The Same Actor

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When I watched Titanic in 1997 I had no idea that Bill Paxton, who played treasure hunter Brock Lovett also played the obnoxious, bullying older brother Chet in the 1985 sci-fi comedy Weird Science, only realizing this some time later.
I was rewatching Terminator a few months ago, never realised Bill Paxton was the leader of the punk gang that gets beaten up a the beginning.
 
When I watched Titanic in 1997 I had no idea that Bill Paxton, who played treasure hunter Brock Lovett also played the obnoxious, bullying older brother Chet in the 1985 sci-fi comedy Weird Science, only realizing this some time later.

I only realised the other day that Bill Paxton plays the wimpy guy in True Lies.
 
I've seen Flying High so many times but it was only watching it a week or so ago on GO that I realised the guy named Gunderson is played by Jonathon Banks from Wiseguy,Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul

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How about when you think that 2 different people are the same person? :D Several years ago, a friend of mine used to think that Adam Arkin and George Clooney were the same person. This was before Clooney was big. I also have a few, but I can't remember at the moment.
This was me growing up. The whole ER/Chicago Hope thing really messed with my brain.
 
How about when you think that 2 different people are the same person? :D

Michael Rooker and David Morse are difficult to separate, they sometimes play similar roles and they look the same.

Also I thought Mike from 24, Saul from Homeland and Ward Abbott from the Bourne Supremacy look the same, but they are different actors.

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I had a similar experience watching "The Wedding Crashers" in 2005. I thought the character of Zach Lodge (Claire Cleary's awful fiancé) was played by Tobey Maguire, having not seen or heard of Brad Cooper (who in a decade since has gone on to be a big star) at that stage. Maguire and Cooper look similar enough to be brothers.

They look nothing like each other.
 

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On the subject of Everybody Loves Raymond...

Took me umpteen viewings of Taxi Driver before I realised Peter Boyle was "Wizard" & "Frank Barone." Not really sure why. He pretty much looks the same in both!

And it wasn't until Bradley Cooper's second Oscar nom that I cottoned on he was "Sack" in Wedding Crashers. Again, not sure why. I've seen that movie a million times. And this was after The Hangover, too.

Maybe I've gotta start paying more attention at the movies...
 
Heather Graham as the young mum in Twins

Damon Wayans handing Eddie Murphy the bananas in Beverly Hills Cop.

Jason Scott Lee in Griff's gang in Back to the Future 2.

Robert Picardo as the guy the lady Gremlin is obsessed with in Gremlins 2.
 
I didn't realise the Emperor from Return of the Jedi was played by the same actor as Chancellor Palpatine in the prequels. I just assumed it was a fairly good impression. This would have to be the biggest actor-character age discrepancy in movie history, disregarding immortal characters like Lestat . . .the same actor playing a 20 year younger version of himself 20 years later.
 

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It's been speculated that being the villain against such hugely popular lead characters in such a massive movie might've hurt his career

Or maybe it was the Phantom . . .
 
It's been speculated that being the villain against such hugely popular lead characters in such a massive movie might've hurt his career
Yeah ive heard that too. The movie was so popular, he was hated in that role. Particularly for beating on Winslet haha. Maybe he didnt test so well with audiences after that. Shame, cos it's just acting and I love Billy Zane.
 

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