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Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:39 AM Dec 2023

What famous person looks the most like you?

For me I would have to say Ron Howard. We are about the same age, and at any age, you could have put him in our family picture, and although he wouldn't quite pass as my twin, he could at least be my brother. He would not look out of place in the picture.

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What famous person looks the most like you? (Original Post) Mr.Bill Dec 2023 OP
my dad's cousin... lapfog_1 Dec 2023 #1
I support those who participate Mr.Bill Dec 2023 #2
I will say that my dad was a dead ringer for him lapfog_1 Dec 2023 #4
My Mom's twin sister Nittersing Dec 2023 #25
Liz Taylor when I was young. Now whoever is old, fat, and grey - maybe Judy Dench. patricia92243 Dec 2023 #3
I have been told I look like Billie Jean King and Mary Tyler Moore yellowdogintexas Dec 2023 #5
People used to tell me I looked like the actress... Laffy Kat Dec 2023 #6
[joke] Women tell me I look like Elvis. Mr.Bill Dec 2023 #7
Hahahaha, Laffy Kat Dec 2023 #45
So is Kathleen Quinlan. Aristus Dec 2023 #50
Neil Young is older than I, Abolishinist Dec 2023 #8
My mom used to put NJCher Dec 2023 #9
Wow. LudwigPastorius Dec 2023 #65
for some reason NJCher Dec 2023 #67
I've been told I looked like Charles Grodin in our younger days EYESORE 9001 Dec 2023 #10
New York City last month - 1 AM NBachers Dec 2023 #11
😆 underpants Dec 2023 #12
LOL. ificandream Dec 2023 #48
Then, Mark Hamill. Now, Christopher MacDonald underpants Dec 2023 #13
Bernie Sanders calikid Dec 2023 #14
Roseanne Rosanna Dana mucifer Dec 2023 #15
Kaiser Bill's batman. marble falls Dec 2023 #16
Audrey Hepburn when I MOMFUDSKI Dec 2023 #17
Paul McCartney. My daughter is a dead ringer for Cher. We get a lot of weird looks!😁 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2023 #18
I've been told North Shore Chicago Dec 2023 #19
I been told I look like Burt Reynolds and also been told I look like Emile Dec 2023 #20
Jack Nicholson Ferrets are Cool Dec 2023 #21
When we first met, my wife thought I looked like ... ificandream Dec 2023 #22
I had a massive crush on Al Pacino in Carlito's Way. Niagara Dec 2023 #42
Anson Mount... Harker Dec 2023 #23
King Kong. n/t malthaussen Dec 2023 #24
Goldie Hawn alittlelark Dec 2023 #26
Maybe, 40 years ago, I resembled Sally Field. But she aged better. sinkingfeeling Dec 2023 #27
Kevin Bacon I was told by a few... MiHale Dec 2023 #28
Toni Tenille, when I was young Freddie Dec 2023 #29
Someone told me once I looked like Ben Gazzara, I don't see it myself. nt doc03 Dec 2023 #30
Willie Nelson BarbaRosa Dec 2023 #31
Tom Hanks multigraincracker Dec 2023 #32
Was told quote a,while ago snowybirdie Dec 2023 #33
Godzilla. Chainfire Dec 2023 #34
. LuckyCharms Dec 2023 #37
Funny encounter at car dealershipyears ago..this salesperson, wearing a asiliveandbreathe Dec 2023 #35
When I was younger...Freddie Prinze. LuckyCharms Dec 2023 #36
Have heard that I resemble John Denver more than a few times Ferryboat Dec 2023 #38
Thomas Ian Griffith ProfessorGAC Dec 2023 #39
I was once mistaken for George Lucas Dale in Laurel MD Dec 2023 #40
While in Junior High, I was told by a few classmates that I looked Niagara Dec 2023 #41
I got Ben Affleck/ Robby Benson/ Donny Osmond rogerballard Dec 2023 #43
Back in the day, the marlb.... man Prairie_Seagull Dec 2023 #44
Willie Geist beaglelover Dec 2023 #46
When I was in high school, Erin Moran Danmel Dec 2023 #47
I have had several unrelated people at different times say Iook like Jon Favreau. Aristus Dec 2023 #49
I always thought my Wife looks like Sophia Loren. Turbineguy Dec 2023 #51
So your wife reads your posts? Mr.Bill Dec 2023 #55
When I was around age 14 I got mistaken for Hayley Mills Wicked Blue Dec 2023 #52
Christopher Walken bif Dec 2023 #53
Tom Hanks Brother Buzz Dec 2023 #54
Pam Dawber, but she's stayed in much better shape TexasBushwhacker Dec 2023 #56
About 20 years ago (I'm 74) was told by a person in a store that I looked a bit like Sharon Stone... Jrose Dec 2023 #57
In my late teens/early 20s Diamond_Dog Dec 2023 #58
I have been told i look like CARLY SIMON. Makes me happy cuz i love her !!!!!! Trueblue1968 Dec 2023 #59
When I was younger and had short hair Jamie Lee Curtis. Phoenix61 Dec 2023 #60
Chloe Sevigny Skittles Dec 2023 #61
RSO rso Dec 2023 #62
Not a one. However Buzz cook Dec 2023 #63
Actor Stephen Root LudwigPastorius Dec 2023 #64
I've been given several names, but I honestly don't think any of them fit: Coventina Dec 2023 #66
I'm never told I look like anyone. 3catwoman3 Dec 2023 #68
My high school boyfriend mnhtnbb Dec 2023 #69
As my dad use to say, Ooh La La! Emile Dec 2023 #70
Ray Walston from GP6971 Dec 2023 #71
Sandra Bullock Mad_Dem_X Dec 2023 #72

lapfog_1

(31,980 posts)
1. my dad's cousin...
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:40 AM
Dec 2023

a fairly famous actor, now deceased.

Identifying him would give away my super secret identity. LOL

lapfog_1

(31,980 posts)
4. I will say that my dad was a dead ringer for him
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:51 AM
Dec 2023

they could have been twins... back when he was second banana on a number of TV sitcoms (70s, 80s).

yellowdogintexas

(23,763 posts)
5. I have been told I look like Billie Jean King and Mary Tyler Moore
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:52 AM
Dec 2023

With King, I think it is the high cheekbones and short hair.
With Moore, I think it is the smile.

Laffy Kat

(16,990 posts)
6. People used to tell me I looked like the actress...
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:56 AM
Dec 2023

Kathleen Quinlan. Of course, I'm older now.

Abolishinist

(3,053 posts)
8. Neil Young is older than I,
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 02:03 AM
Dec 2023

but a pic of him at age 30 is not far off from me at the same age. That said, since those moments in time, I must say I've aged much better, and my wife is not a mermaid.

Really!

NJCher

(43,528 posts)
9. My mom used to put
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 02:44 AM
Dec 2023

Pictures of me and Natalie Wood side by side and dare people to tell the difference.

Now I don’t know who…maybe a bit like Diane Keaton.

NJCher

(43,528 posts)
67. for some reason
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:03 AM
Dec 2023

people in my family look like actors. My two brothers visited me together and we walked the streets of Manhattan sightseeing. People were visibly jarred by the three of us. That's because one brother looks like a young Tom Selleck and the other looks like Richard Gere.

When we went into restaurants or bars, we would get immediate service and tables by the window. Some young girls followed us for a while, laughing and giggling for blocks.

My grandfather/mother's side was a dead ringer for Dean Martin.

My uncle looks like Cary Grant (father's side).

My mom is a cross between Jackie Kennedy and Rosalynn Carter.

My dad was a drop-dead handsome guy when he was younger but turned into a kinda' weird looking geezer as he got older. His brother "Cary" stayed handsome to the end, though.

EYESORE 9001

(29,885 posts)
10. I've been told I looked like Charles Grodin in our younger days
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 05:28 AM
Dec 2023

Our paths diverged later on and the similarities disappeared, however.

NBachers

(19,572 posts)
11. New York City last month - 1 AM
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:06 AM
Dec 2023

As I was walking down Madison Avenue, I walked through a construction zone. One of the guys guarding the zone said “Hey, you look just like Jack Nicholson!” I turned around and said, “Yeah, I get that a lot. It’s my Jack Nicholson hairline.” He said, “You do! You look just like him!” I took a few more steps and then turned around and said, "Actually, I really am Jack Nicholson." I walked away the guy's yelling "Hey wait a minute, really?? No!!"

underpants

(197,179 posts)
13. Then, Mark Hamill. Now, Christopher MacDonald
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:16 AM
Dec 2023

I guess it’s the sunken eyes.

Back in my 20’s I worked at a pizza place and I was told families chose to sit near the front so their kids could watch “Luke Skywalker” make pizzas.

mucifer

(25,729 posts)
15. Roseanne Rosanna Dana
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 07:37 AM
Dec 2023
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But, I'm getting older and my hair is thinning . So not as much now

North Shore Chicago

(4,256 posts)
19. I've been told
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 09:32 AM
Dec 2023

I resemble both Mariel Hemingway and Johnny Depp, dependent on the angle. Always found that interesting.

Emile

(43,265 posts)
20. I been told I look like Burt Reynolds and also been told I look like
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 09:33 AM
Dec 2023

Meat Head on Archie Bunker.

ificandream

(11,851 posts)
22. When we first met, my wife thought I looked like ...
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 09:56 AM
Dec 2023

Al Pacino in Serpico. I had a beard back then, too. I don't anymore and my hair is grayish so the resemblance isn't there as much, but every time we watch the movie, she mentions it.

MiHale

(13,165 posts)
28. Kevin Bacon I was told by a few...
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 11:06 AM
Dec 2023

Now I think it’s more like Rasputin on a good day.

Freddie

(10,143 posts)
29. Toni Tenille, when I was young
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 11:23 AM
Dec 2023

Probably the haircut. I hope she aged better than I have.

BarbaRosa

(2,732 posts)
31. Willie Nelson
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 11:31 AM
Dec 2023

I've lost count of how many times I've been "Willied" in my life. Many times I start softly singing "On the Road Again".

snowybirdie

(6,748 posts)
33. Was told quote a,while ago
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 11:35 AM
Dec 2023

by a retired movie cameraman that I resembled Joanne Woodward. No Paul Newman around though.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
35. Funny encounter at car dealershipyears ago..this salesperson, wearing a
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 11:55 AM
Dec 2023

Trenchcoat..he approached me with a quirky, curious look..you look just like Sally Jesse Raphael..(I am in sales, too..I know the salvo LOL)..had to be the blonde hair, and red rim glasses..so I said, you look like Peter Falk..the trenchcoat thingy..my goodness, after all these years..

Enjoy everyones story..

Ferryboat

(1,270 posts)
38. Have heard that I resemble John Denver more than a few times
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 12:02 PM
Dec 2023

Also asked if I was Ken Burns.

ProfessorGAC

(77,277 posts)
39. Thomas Ian Griffith
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 12:21 PM
Dec 2023

He's the guy that played Terry Silver in Karate Kid 3 & Cobra Kai.
I get that from the kids at the schools a lot. I think it's the narrow face & the ponytail.

Niagara

(12,126 posts)
41. While in Junior High, I was told by a few classmates that I looked
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:17 PM
Dec 2023

Like actress Sara Holmes from television show Degrassi High.


I had no idea what they were talking about since I didn't watch that particular show.


Most of the time when I roll out of bed in the morning I feel like Godzilla, especially when I run into door frames on my way to make coffee.

rogerballard

(4,017 posts)
43. I got Ben Affleck/ Robby Benson/ Donny Osmond
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 01:36 PM
Dec 2023

when I was younger, I also got Tom Cruise once and even had a lady come up to me and ask if I was Richard Gere, lol.

Danmel

(5,803 posts)
47. When I was in high school, Erin Moran
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 04:18 PM
Dec 2023

Who played Joanie on Happy Days. People stopped me all the time asking for my autograph.
Why they thought she'd be in Brooklyn is a whole other story.

Wicked Blue

(9,022 posts)
52. When I was around age 14 I got mistaken for Hayley Mills
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 05:17 PM
Dec 2023

Although she is some years older than I am.

Jrose

(1,536 posts)
57. About 20 years ago (I'm 74) was told by a person in a store that I looked a bit like Sharon Stone...
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 06:05 PM
Dec 2023

Now, a lot grayer, the only remaining resemblance is probably my eyes.

Diamond_Dog

(41,049 posts)
58. In my late teens/early 20s
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 06:28 PM
Dec 2023

People used to tell me I looked like Susan Dey.

Not so much any more!

Great question!

Buzz cook

(2,918 posts)
63. Not a one. However
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 11:40 PM
Dec 2023

Being a large man with a beard and glasses, I've been mistaken for dozens of other large men with beards and glasses.
It was worse when I wore a fedora.

LudwigPastorius

(15,006 posts)
64. Actor Stephen Root
Fri Dec 29, 2023, 11:42 PM
Dec 2023

(AKA Bob Mayer on The West Wing, Jimmy James on NewsRadio, and Milton on Office Space)

Coventina

(29,937 posts)
66. I've been given several names, but I honestly don't think any of them fit:
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 12:24 AM
Dec 2023

Audrey Meadows and Juliette Binoche are two that I remember.

mnhtnbb

(33,504 posts)
69. My high school boyfriend
Sat Dec 30, 2023, 07:30 AM
Dec 2023

thought I resembled Natalie Wood when she was playing Deanie in Splendor in the Grass.

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