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4Sometimes, casting directors are called upon to cast, say, a parent and child, or two siblings, or a similar-looking stranger to an established character, or [[TimeShiftedActor a younger and older version of the same character]]. And sometimes, they find someone that looks so uncannily like the original actor that it comes as a surprise to the viewers that the two aren't actually related.
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6Not to be confused with RealLifeRelative, which is when the actors actually are related, either by blood or marriage, not necessarily playing relatives, and don't even have to look alike (as family members often don't).
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14* In the Kia commercials with Blake Griffin {{time travel}}ing to his childhood selves, the childhood versions of him look a lot like him. This is especially strange because Blake Griffin is somewhat of an unusual-looking person, being a biracial guy with brownish-red hair and freckles.
15* An ad for Brazil telecommunications company Embratel featured [[https://staticr1.blastingcdn.com/media/photogallery/2017/6/30/660x290/b_502x220x82/lembra-da-crianca-que-era-sosia-de-ana-paula-arosio-veja-como-ela-esta-anos-depois_1417905.jpg a child doppleganger of regular ad girl Ana Paula Arósio]], who was quoted as saying "not even as a child I looked that much like myself now". The girl [[https://extra.globo.com/incoming/24717496-d6b-79d/w448/rafa-romolo-3.jpg retains the similarity even after grown]].
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20!!By Actor
21* Creator/JessePlemons has long been noted for his resemblance to Creator/MattDamon and Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman, to the point that ''Series/BreakingBad'' fans jokingly nicknamed him "Meth Damon". In one of his first film roles, ''Film/AllThePrettyHorses'', Plemons played the young version of John Grady Cole (Damon). While in ''Film/TheMaster'', he played Val Dodd, son of Hoffman's Lancaster Dodd.
22* [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1091701/ Denzel Whitaker]] has played both the son of Creator/ForestWhitaker's character in ''Film/TheGreatDebaters'' and a [[TimeShiftedActor younger version of Zuri]] in ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' to great effect. Despite sharing a surname, the actors are not related.
23* Christa B. Allen looks so much like a young Creator/JenniferGarner that she has played a younger version of her in two movies, ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'' and ''Film/GhostsOfGirlfriendsPast''.
24* Creator/TroyGentile, who played a young Creator/JackBlack in ''Film/NachoLibre'' and ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'', looks and emotes so much like Black that his mere existence serves as the first joke in his scenes.
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26!!By Film
27* Creator/HarrisonFord's TimeShiftedActor younger self, played by Anthony Ingruber, in ''Film/TheAgeOfAdaline'' bears a truly ''insane'' amount of resemblance to Ford to the extent that some people were convinced Ford dubbed his younger voice (he didn't). As a matter of fact, Anthony Ingruber seems to have made a ''life'' out of looking like Harrison Ford, and he's damn good at it.
28* ''[[Film/Barbie2023 Barbie]]'' has both lookalikes Creator/MargotRobbie and Creator/EmmaMackey in its cast.
29* Hugo Blick as Jack Napier aka "Young [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]]" in ''Film/Batman1989'', apparently [[http://www.batman-online.com/features/2009/4/24/hugo-blick-interview-young-jack-napier#sthash.5W94Ry3P.dpbs following a recommendation]] by Creator/JackNicholson himself.
30* Creator/MayimBialik as the younger version of Creator/BetteMidler's character in ''Film/{{Beaches}}''.
31* Film/BeauIsAfraid: The younger Beau is played by Armen Nahapetian, who looks so much like Joaquin Phoenix that a lot of people thought he'd been digitally de-aged.
32* ''Film/BigFish'':
33** [[http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7400000/Alison-Lohman-Big-Fish-screencaps-alison-lohman-7479979-1016-570.jpg Alison Lohman]] was cast (assisted by makeup) as the young version of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0BRlteCcAE1GNj.jpg Jessica Lange]].
34** Supposedly, Creator/EwanMcGregor was cast by Creator/TimBurton because he uncannily resembled Creator/AlbertFinney when he was younger. By [=McGregor=]'s own recollection he saw a photo in Tim Burton's office of [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001215/mediaviewer/rm1145289472 Albert Finney]] in ''Tom Jones'' and was trying to remember which photoshoot of his it was taken from before he realized that it wasn't a photo of him at all.
35* As the Music/{{Queen|Band}} biopic ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' began filming, Music/BrianMay [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BYwXAt3j0kj/?taken-by=brianmayforreal shared some Queen memorabilia recreated for the film]], and the similarities between the actors and the band members is incredible. Joseph Mazzello, in particular, appears to have called his mother to ensure John Deacon wasn't his father when he saw the resemblance.
36* The child actress (Creator/MackenzieFoy) who plays Renesmee Cullen in ''Literature/BreakingDawn'' really does look like she could be the child of Creator/RobertPattinson and Creator/KristenStewart, sharing both of her onscreen parents' intense eyes and swooping eyebrows.
37* Creator/VinceVaughn and Creator/VincentDOnofrio have been mistaken for each other for years, so it naturally made sense to cast them as brothers in Vaughn's film ''Film/TheBreakUp''.
38* Creator/TobeyMaguire and Creator/JakeGyllenhaal as brothers in ''Film/Brothers2009''. Both actors claim they're frequently mistaken for the other due to their physical resemblance and similarly smooth voices. In fact, a few years earlier when Maguire was unsure if he would return for ''Film/SpiderMan2'' after suffering a back injury, Gyllenhaal was heavily considered as a replacement.
39* ''Film/Bound2015'': Creator/CharismaCarpenter playing Michelle and Morgan Obenreder as her onscreen daughter Dara look similar enough to pass for this in reality.
40* ''Film/{{Boyhood}}'': The actor playing Mason, Ellar Coltrane, comes to physically resemble Creator/EthanHawke, who plays his father, over the course of the twelve real-time years, particularly once he starts letting his facial hair grow out.
41* In ''Film/TheCountOfMonteCristo2002'', Creator/DagmaraDominczyk and Creator/HenryCavill can certainly pass for mother and son, sharing the same pale complexions, dark hair, fine facial features, and bright blue eyes. InUniverse, their resemblance helps Mercedes [[spoiler:successfully hide Albert's true parentage (as [[RelatedInTheAdaptation Edmond is his true father in this adaptation]]) since he takes after her well enough that there was little reason for anyone to believe that he wasn't Fernand's son]].
42* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
43** Creator/EzraMiller and Creator/BillyCrudup are so similar in appearance that they are physically convincing as father and son in ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''.
44** Creator/LillyAspell and Creator/EmilyCarey, the actresses who respectively played the child and preteen Diana in ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', are virtually dead ringers for Creator/GalGadot, especially when compared to photos of Gadot when she was close to [[https://pics.me.me/lilly-aspell-as-young-diana-prince-young-gal-gadot-dceu-17385332.png their]] [[https://twitter.com/youngdianaww/status/858601643163734017 ages]].
45** ''Film/ManOfSteel'': When compared to how Creator/HenryCavill looked when [[https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/epW9HHEPEM3kivCu6qxezAjjqZk/fit-in/2048xorig/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2014/04/02/765/n/1922398/c6736b71c6c8bad6_6/i/Henry-Cavill-Count-Monte-Cristo.jpg close to that age]], the actor cast as preteen Clark, [[https://media.okmagazine.com/brand-img/s7dnL6sd4/0x0/2013/06/dylan-sprayberry-man-of-steel.jpg Dylan Sprayberry]], definitely sells the look of a younger version of the same character. And for that matter, so does [[https://mtv.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:file:http:shared:mtv.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/man-of-steel-movie-screencaps.com-2637-1492716329.jpg?quality=.8&height=333.33333333333337&width=800 Cooper Timberline]], who plays 9-year-old Clark.
46*** When put together, Creator/RussellCrowe (Jor-El) and Creator/AyeletZurer (Lara Lor-Van) look pretty convincing as Superman's birth parents. The latter in particular, with her dark hair, fine facial structure, and pensive expressions, looks believable as Henry Cavill's mother.
47* Kimberly Elyse and Cicely Tyson as Helen & Myrtle in ''Film/DiaryOfAMadBlackWoman'' are this.
48* In the ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' prequel, titled ''Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd'', we have Creator/EricChristianOlsen and Derek Richardson as the younger versions of Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne (played by Creator/JimCarrey and Creator/JeffDaniels respectively in the original).
49* Creator/WoodyHarrelson and Creator/MatthewMcConaughey look very believable as brothers in ''Film/EDtv''. This also does explain a bit of their dynamic in the first season of ''Series/TrueDetective''.
50* ''Film/FantasticBeasts'':
51** Creator/EddieRedmayne and Creator/CallumTurner (debuted in ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald''), who play protagonist Newt Scamander and his brother Theseus, easily pass as brothers. Redmayne has even told a story about seeing Turner in a play years earlier and his wife noting that they should play brothers some time. They look so much alike that most people forgive Turner’s pretty significant UnderageCasting. [[note]] Theseus is nine years older than Newt but he’s eight years younger than Redmayne.[[/note]]
52** Joshua Shea, who played teenaged Newt in the second movie, also bares a striking resemblance to Redmayne.
53** Creator/RichardCoyle had been assumed to be playing Aberforth Dumbledore in ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore'' for a about a year before it was officially confirmed solely due to the fact he and Creator/JudeLaw look alike.
54* Creator/RipTorn and Creator/TomGreen do look like father and son in ''Film/FreddyGotFingered''.
55* Creator/AllisonWilliams and Creator/CatherineKeener play daughter and mother respectively in ''Film/GetOut2017'', and the casting is on point.
56* It's no coincidence that Raquel Alessi got cast as a young Creator/EvaMendes in ''Film/GhostRider2007''. She more than looks the part.
57* Creator/MilaKunis portrays a young Creator/AngelinaJolie in ''Film/{{Gia}}''. It's downright freaky.
58* Creator/MillieBobbyBrown playing the Russell daughter Madison in ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' looks like an honest blend of father Creator/KyleChandler[='s=] square-shaped facial structure with mother Creator/VeraFarmiga[='s=] more heart-shaped facial structure, with wavy hair like Farmiga's colored brunette like Chandler's.
59* Aside from the various wigs and prosthetics, both Creator/OrlandoBloom and Creator/LeePace have strikingly similar facial features, so this is definitely the case in ''Film/TheHobbit'' films.
60** Creator/MartinFreeman is a perfect choice for a younger version of Creator/IanHolm -- Freeman looks very much like Holm did [[https://cdn2.rsc.org.uk/sitefinity/images/people/actors/ian-holm/henry-v_-1965_-ian-holm-as-henry-v_1965_photo-by-reg-wilson-_c_-rsc_185585.tmb-img-1824.jpg?sfvrsn=611ea921_1 when he was young]].
61* Creator/JakeAbel and Creator/BoydHolbrook as Ian and Kyle O'Shea in ''Literature/TheHost2008''.
62* The boy that was chosen to play a young Creator/JohnCusack in ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine''.
63* Creator/RachaelLeighCook as the young Creator/ParkerPosey in the movie adaptation of ''Film/TheHouseOfYes''.
64* For ''Film/InAmerica'', Creator/SamanthaMorton plays Creator/SarahBolger's mother. The two both have extremely similar bone structure, nose shape, and coloring. In fact, now that Bolger is older, she resembles Morton even more.
65* ''Franchise/IndianaJones'':
66** Creator/HarrisonFord recommended Creator/RiverPhoenix for young Indiana Jones in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' specifically because he reminded him of himself at that age. It helped that they previously played father and son in ''Film/TheMosquitoCoast''.
67** Although it's generally a good idea to have stunt doubles resemble the actors they replace, Harrison Ford's stunt double, Vic Armstrong, looked so much like him that the two were often confused on-set, even by Ford's own son. At one point while filming ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', Ford injured his back and was out of commission for a few weeks, so Armstrong filmed in place of Ford for several scenes during that time that didn't show his face. Close-ups of Ford were added later to make it more convincing.
68--->''"Vic -- If you learn to talk I'm in deep trouble!"'' (Ford's dedication to Armstrong on a photo depicting both of them during filming ''Indiana Jones'')
69* Simon Russell Beale was a good choice to play James Corden's father in ''Film/IntoTheWoods''.
70* In ''Film/ItChapterTwo'', the adult versions of the Losers' Club were cast with actors who look remarkably like their younger counterparts. ''Especially'' Creator/JamesRansone as the grown-up Creator/JackDylanGrazer, so much that a scene transitions to the past with Grazer's image fading in over Ransone's.
71* ''Film/JasonsLyric'': The actors who play the younger version of Jason and Joshua, Sean Hutchinson and Burleigh Moore, look convincingly similar to their adult version, Allen Payne and Creator/BokeemWoodbine. Especially given how Sean and Allen share the same facial structures and lighter skin tone.
72* ''Film/JojoRabbit'' has Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Roman Griffin Davis play mother and son, and the effect is ''perfect'': the two have very similar facial structures, eyes, even the same ''mouth shape''. They even [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9IMfQFZFqUU/maxresdefault.jpg share the same facial expressions]].
73* Benjamin Walker (of ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'' fame) played a teenage version of Creator/LiamNeeson in ''Film/{{Kinsey}}''. The resemblance is uncanny.
74* Creator/SethRogen and Creator/HaroldRamis are absolute dead-ringer father-and-son casting in ''Film/KnockedUp'', both in physical appearance (tall yet portly, curly hair, etc.; both were born into Jewish families) and deeply-toned vocal inflections.
75* In ''Film/TheLegendOfBillieJean'', Creator/ChristianSlater and Creator/HelenSlater play teenage siblings. With their blond hair, grey-blue eyes, peaches-and-cream complexions, and identical last names, coupled with the fact that both actors were relative unknowns at the time, it was unsurprising when many moviegoers assumed they were real-life brother-and-sister.
76* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Creator/SeanBean and Creator/DavidWenham, who portray Boromir and Faramir, [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7qhtyu look very convincing as brothers.]] Creator/JohnNoble is also extremely plausible as their father.
77* Creator/JoshBrolin as a young Creator/TommyLeeJones in ''Film/MenInBlack3''. He even copied Jones' voice to an uncanny level. Also Agent O, who is played by Creator/AliceEve as a young woman and Creator/EmmaThompson as the head of MIB.
78* In ''Film/{{Mermaids|1990}}, '' Music/{{Cher}}'s character has two daughters played by Creator/WinonaRyder and Creator/ChristinaRicci. It's the ultimate EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette family.
79* Creator/ZacEfron and Creator/AdamDevine look extremely like brothers, with their similar hair, facial structures, and height in ''Film/MikeAndDaveNeedWeddingDates.''
80* Creator/JossWhedon's film version of ''Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing2012'' casts Creator/AmyAcker as Beatrice and Jillian Morgese as Hero, who really do look alike enough to be first cousins. Whedon mentions this himself on the audio commentary as a factor that influenced his casting choices.
81* In TheFilmOfTheBook ''Literature/NeverLetMeGo'', the kids who play the young versions of Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy look eerily like the older actors, [[http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Never+Let+Go+Premiere+54th+BFI+London+Film+luwIJsCErmZx.jpg particularly]] Isobel Meikle-Small as a younger Creator/CareyMulligan and Ella Purnell as a younger Creator/KeiraKnightley.
82* In ''Film/PacificRim'', Creator/CharlieHunnam and Creator/DiegoKlattenhoff look remarkably alike as brothers Raleigh and Yancy Beckett, to the point where it can be difficult to tell them apart.
83* In ''Film/PanicRoom'', Creator/KristenStewart plays the daughter of Creator/JodieFoster's character. Stewart looked like Foster when she was her age.
84* In the DVDCommentary for ''Film/ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower'' writer/director Stephen Chbosky said he made a conscious effort to cast members of his protagonist Charlie's family with actors that look related.
85* Creator/BrentonThwaites is the spitting image of Creator/OrlandoBloom and Creator/KeiraKnightley's hypothetical child. Appropriately, he plays Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan's son Henry in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales''.
86* Creator/NaomiScott as Kimberly Hart in ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' has a [[http://stevenzurita.tumblr.com/post/151557760097/ striking resemblance]] (albeit having a different skin tone) to the actress who originated the role, Creator/AmyJoJohnson. They also have uncannily similar voices.
87** The actor who plays Jason's dad looks and sounds so much like Austin St. John that some people genuinely thought it was him.
88* In ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice2005'', Creator/JenaMalone and Creator/CareyMulligan play younger sisters Lydia and Kitty respectively and have very similar nose shapes and lips. This is helped by similar hairstyles and mannerisms by the actresses. Creator/TalulahRiley as Mary looks quite like a combination of Malone and Creator/KeiraKnightley who plays Lizzie. Creator/RosamundPike, however, looks nothing like her on-screen sisters -- which helps that Jane is pushed as 'the pretty one' of the family.
89* Dave Stevens drew himself as the face of the Cliff Secord, the Rocketeer, in the comic book of that title. For [[Film/TheRocketeer the film adaptation]], Bill Campbell, who was cast as Cliff, bore such a resemblance that Stevens' friend Creator/HarlanEllison said, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMnDPVWW1sw "It was uncanny, he could have been Dave's brother."]]
90* Creator/MiloVentimiglia was cast to play the adult Rocky Jr. in ''Film/RockyBalboa'' largely due to his strong resemblance to Creator/SylvesterStallone and the fact that they shared the same crooked lip birth defect.
91* ''Film/Scream2022'': [[spoiler: It's revealed a third of the way into the movie that Sam Carpenter is the illegitimate daughter of Billy Loomis. Creator/SkeetUlrich and Creator/MelissaBarrera genuinely [[https://i.redd.it/xnb90s0s2zoa1.jpg look like]] they could be father and daughter.]]
92* Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/JuliaStiles as sisters in ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook''.
93* ''Film/SisterAct'': Isis Carmen Jones plays young Goldberg with remarkably similar mannerisms and physical features. She also plays a young Guinan (adult Guinan is played by Goldberg) in the episode "Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E7Rascals".
94* Creator/JuliaRoberts and Creator/KyraSedgwick as sisters in ''Something to Talk About''.
95* Toby Stephens as a young Creator/ClintEastwood in ''Film/SpaceCowboys''.
96* Creator/WillemDafoe and Creator/JamesFranco as Norman and Harry Osborn in ''Film/SpiderMan1''; both having handsome faces filled with a lot of expressive lines and similar hair.
97* A surprising number of fans ''thought'' this was the case for Jared and Simon in ''Film/TheSpiderwickChronicles''. Creator/FreddieHighmore plays both but gives them distinct differences in behavior and voice, as well as noticeably different appearances. When the film was released, cue a large number of message board topics about how they didn't realize they were both played by him. Truly a SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct moment for Highmore.
98* In ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', Creator/BenBarnes plays [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4058487040/nm0662511 Nathaniel Parker's]] younger self as Dunstan Thorn for the prologue. Barnes also looks so much like Creator/CharlieCox, who plays Tristan Thorn, that some viewers have assumed Cox played both roles.
99* ''Film/StarTrek2009'':
100** Creator/ZacharyQuinto was said to [[http://i.imgur.com/kdu5a4t.jpg look like]] a young Creator/LeonardNimoy, so it was hardly a surprise when he was cast as Spock. In fact, Creator/JJAbrams [[http://www.ew.com/article/2013/05/15/leonard-nimoy-zachary-quinto-spock-star-trek said that]] at the Comic-Con panel where the two first met, Leonard's wife had found the resemblance "creepy".
101** Creator/ChrisPine, who played James Kirk, and Creator/ChrisHemsworth, who played his father George towards the beginning, looked so much alike that according to Abrams, some viewers mistakenly believed Pine played both characters.
102** Creator/KarlUrban's dead-on impersonation of Creator/DeForestKelley—coupled with his physical resemblance to the original Doctor [=McCoy=] (who had died a decade previously)—was reportedly enough to make Leonard Nimoy quite emotional when he first saw him in character.
103* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
104** Darth Vader's original suit actor Creator/DavidProwse surprisingly resembles an older Creator/HaydenChristensen, who eventually portrayed Anakin Skywalker, [[FallenHero Vader's past self]], starting from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.
105** Although he's an extra in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Tarkin appears largely due to the fact that they found an actor (Wayne Pygram, most well known as Scorpius from ''Series/{{Farscape}}'') with an astonishing resemblance to Creator/PeterCushing and couldn't bear to ''not'' cast him!
106** Similarly, actress Creator/GenevieveOReilly was cast as Mon Mothma in both ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' and ''Film/RogueOne'' due to bearing a striking resemblance to Caroline Blakiston, the actress who portrayed Mon Mothma in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Sadly, her speaking role in ''Sith'' was cut, making her an extra. Fortunately her role in ''Rogue One'' was larger, and her voice is an extremely close match to Blakiston's.
107** Also from the prequels, ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' would just have Creator/NataliePortman ActingForTwo. Then they discovered Creator/KeiraKnightley and [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_natalie_vs_kiera_4928.jpg put her as the queen's decoy.]] Supposedly, even their own mothers couldn't tell them apart with the makeup on.
108** All potential actors for Obi-Wan in the prequels had their pictures compared with young Creator/AlecGuinness. Of course, Creator/EwanMcGregor fit this even more once [[https://external-preview.redd.it/doeUE01CIjRC-4KC6Rvfb-_G_8yBHT-p6dDbBjOQ0Ak.jpg?auto=webp&s=36d30ea1e3bca097736c947959a0a661c2843ec8 he had to grow Obi-Wan's beard.]]
109** [[Music/ChildishGambino Donald Glover]] is an absolute dead ringer for a younger Creator/BillyDeeWilliams in ''Film/{{Solo}}'', and he even mastered the iconic [[https://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Lando-Featured-020718.jpg Calrissian smirk.]]
110* ''Film/StuckInLove'': Creator/JenniferConnelly looks enough alike with Creator/LilyCollins that it not only makes them very plausible as being mother and daughter, but their characters get a {{strong family resemblance}}.
111* Creator/ReubenLangdon has been Creator/GideonEmery's stunt double on multiple occasions, such as in the movie ''Film/{{Takers}}''. They look like they [[http://justanotheractorinla.blogspot.com/2008/10/real-doppelganger_8876.html could be twins!]]
112* ''Film/{{Thor}}'':
113** Dakota Goyo and Ted Allpress, who play Thor and Loki as children respectively, really do resemble Creator/ChrisHemsworth and Creator/TomHiddleston.
114** While it's not obvious at first glance due to the heavy Frost Giant make-up and prosthetics, the filmmakers made an excellent choice casting Creator/ColmFeore as Laufey because his [[http://media.tumblr.com/8daa12ca92ffb26d55393e74c6ba41cf/tumblr_inline_mwfa6q5TU91qcbgrk.jpg facial bone structure is virtually identical]] to Creator/TomHiddleston's (Loki is Laufey's biological son).
115** As pointed out by ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'': Hiddleston and Creator/CateBlanchett could pass as Creator/AnthonyHopkins's biological children and Hemsworth is the one who stands out even though Loki is supposed to be the adopted one. Although Hemsworth does look a lot like the woman who plays his mom Frigga, Creator/ReneRusso.
116* ''Film/TheTwoPopes'': Upon Pope Francis' selection to the papacy, many noticed the resemblance between the Argentinian pontiff (of Italian descent) and Welshman Creator/JonathanPryce. In this feature, Pryce plays Pope Francis before his selection.
117* While filming ''Literature/WaterForElephants'', actor Hal Holbrook (who plays an older version of the character Jacob Jankowski) came up to Creator/RobertPattinson and told him "My God, you look like me as a young man!"
118* ''Film/AWedding1978'': The actors playing the three Brenner siblings, their mother, their aunt, and several of their cousins all have similar enough shades of red hair and facial features to make it believable they are really related.
119* Despite there being a sixteen year age difference, Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/FrankLangella have such a physical and vocal similarity that they played Ramesses II and his son Merneptah in the 1995 film ''Moses''.
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123* ''Series/TheUntamed'':
124** Although they were cast as either uncle and nephew or father and son, the resemblance between actors Qi Peixin (Jin Ling), Zhu Zanjin (Jin Guangyao), and Cao Yuchen (Jin Zixuan) is so uncanny that -- given their ages in RealLife -- you'd expect all three of them to be long-lost ''brothers''.
125** Ji Li (Nie Huaisang) and Wang Yizhou (Nie Mingjue) have such similar facial features that from appearance alone, they can convince any unknowing passerby that they really are brothers.
126* ''Series/{{Alias}}'':
127** Creator/VictorGarber and Creator/JenniferGarner as father and daughter.
128** From the same series, there's "Arvin Clone", a doppelganger of HeelFaceRevolvingDoor main character Arvin Sloane. The latter played by Creator/RonRifkin [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1arvin_199.png]] and the former by Creator/JoelGrey [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/15clone_5655.png]].
129* ''Series/Dark2017'', considering its plot is set around time travel, has too many of this to count. Many of the {{Timeshifted Actor}}s playing younger and older versions of the same characters very strongly resemble each other. For example, Winfried Glaizer [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ELw0u6_XUAAcntn.jpg is incredibly convincing]] as an older Creator/OliverMasucci (Ulrich) due to their similar cheekbones and facial structure, while Béla Gabor Lenz is [[https://i.insider.com/5ef40927988ee35b6046ea43?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp instantly recognizable]] as the younger self of Peter Benedict (Aleksander).
130* The Mitchell brothers in ''Series/EastEnders''.
131* The character of Niles on ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' was created after producers noticed David Hyde Pierce's uncanny resemblance to a younger Creator/KelseyGrammer.
132* On ''Series/{{Glee}}'':
133** A flashback depicted Kurt as a young adolescent. Adam Kolkin, the actor chosen to portray the younger Kurt bears an uncanny resemblance to a younger Creator/ChrisColfer (as pictured above right).
134*** Kolkin played a young Colfer again in ''Struck by Lightning''.
135** The character of Shelby Corcoran (Creator/IdinaMenzel) is the mother of the character Rachel Berry (Creator/LeaMichele). Menzel was presumably cast due, in part, to [[http://ll-media.tmz.com/2009/09/15/0910_lea_idina-1.jpg her striking resemblance to Michele.]]
136* Younger versions of Sam and Dean of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' [[http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/14400000/Weechester-the-weechesters-14402373-600-395.jpg nicknamed the Weechesters]] tend to look quite a bit like them, especially when the age gap is smaller. It's not incredibly hard to find a mop-top and [[AscendedMeme chisel-chest]], but it helps when they actually get the demeanors down too.
137* Creator/AntAndDec have Little Ant and Dec (their variety show ''Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' had trotted out "little [insert name here]" versions of various guests as a feature, including Little Little Ant And Dec).
138* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' and its [[Series/QuantumLeap2022 sequel series]]:
139** Jamie Walters, who plays a younger version of Al Calavicci, looks convincingly like a young Creator/DeanStockwell.
140** Janis Calavicci's actor Creator/GeorginaReilly believably looks like she could be the daughter of Creator/DeanStockwell (Al) and Creator/SusanDiol (Beth).
141** Creator/CaitlinBassett (Addison) looks like she could be related to her onscreen father Creator/BrandonRouth.
142* In the made-for-TV film ''Hawking'', Creator/StephenHawking (Creator/BenedictCumberbatch) and the actors who play his parents seriously look like they could actually be related.
143* Lori Loughlin and Shenae Grimes on ''Series/NineOhTwoOneOh'' play a mother and daughter that actually look alike.
144* Creator/GeneWilder had a short-lived sitcom called ''Series/SomethingWilder'' in the mid-Nineties where he played father to two little boys. One of whom was virtually a miniature clone of him.
145* The brothers Hank and Evan Lawson on ''Series/RoyalPains''. They're supposed to be New York Jews; while Mark Feueurstein is Jewish and from NYC, Paulo Costanzo is from Toronto and is of Italian descent.
146* Malese Jow looks so much like Music/MirandaCosgrove that Malese was chosen to play [[Series/ICarly Carly's]] lookalike in "iLookalike". Same with JadinGould, who played the young Carly.
147* Lachlan Nieboer, who played Gray, Jack Harkness's brother on ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', looked and sounded like a younger version of Creator/JohnBarrowman, despite not being related.
148* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' does this excellently.
149** Creator/GinniferGoodwin from ''Series/BigLove'' and Creator/JenniferMorrison from ''Series/{{House}}'', two actresses who for years people have said shared a resemblance and have often been confused with each other, are now playing mother and daughter. In the commentary on a season one ''[=OUAT=]'' episode, Ginnifer Goodwin said that they were mistaken for each other so often that they both, completely independently of each other, just gave up and started signing autographs and giving interviews as each other.
150** Whatever features Morrison doesn't share with Goodwin, she seems to share with Creator/JoshDallas, her onscreen father.
151** Creator/BaileeMadison played Goodwin's character as a child and the actress could easily pass for Goodwin's daughter or young sister. She also nailed some of her mannerisms.
152** And with Rena Sofer was cast as Snow's mother, it's easy to note how much she looks like Goodwin.
153** Creator/RoseMcGowan plays Young Cora and bears a striking resemblance to Creator/BarbaraHershey, as well as nailing Cora's haughty demeanor.
154** Creator/KristinBauer also looks enough like Creator/AngelinaJolie to almost provide a sense of continuity with the [[Film/{{Maleficent}} live-action Maleficent film]].
155** The actresses who play Emma as a child and teenager are dead ringers for Morrison, especially Abby Ross as teenaged Emma.
156* The boys playing a young Earl and Randy on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''.
157* Creator/CharismaCarpenter and Alexandra Chando on ''Series/TheLyingGame''.
158* Creator/AndreaBrooks, who plays the teenage version of Amelia on ''Series/TheSecretCircle'', looks likes she could be Creator/BrittRobertson's twin.
159* Elizabeth Penn Payne, the Masked Woman (aka [[spoiler: Alexis Meade]]) on ''Series/UglyBetty'' has nearly the exact same eyes as [[spoiler: Creator/RebeccaRomijn]].
160* On ''Series/EightSimpleRules'', Martin Spanjers and Amy Davidson, who play brother and sister, look like they actually could be (contrast Creator/KaleyCuoco as their other sibling, who looks nothing like them ''or'' either of the parents: Creator/JohnRitter and Creator/KateySagal).
161* ''Series/FullHouse'':
162** Averted, as the three girls (all blonde) look more like the blond Dave Coulier, who plays the unrelated Joey, than either Danny (their father) or Jesse (their uncle). The girls are said to take after their blonde mother, Pam, who is Jesse's sister.
163** Continued as when Jesse's sons are born, they are blond -- again, looking more like the blond Joey.
164** However, played straight by Creator/CandaceCameronBure (DJ) and Creator/JodieSweetin (Stephanie), who resemble each other enough that they easily pass for sisters.
165* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
166** When Creator/TeriGarr was set to make a guest appearance, the producers took advantage of her resemblance to Creator/LisaKudrow by casting her as Phoebe's birth-mother.
167** Creator/ChristinaApplegate portrayed one of Rachel's sisters on the show, and the resemblance to Jennifer Aniston is hard to ignore.
168* In the episode Midvale in ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' the girls who play younger Creator/MelissaBenoist and Creator/ChylerLeigh look exactly like smaller and younger versions of them.
169* Sal Barone, the original actor for D.J. on ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'', left the show after the pilot, for various reasons; but what sealed the deal in casting Creator/MichaelFishman as his replacement was that he looked just like Roseanne Barr. (The resemblance is so strong that even Dan remarks on it in-universe, as if children looking like their parents is in any way unusual.)
170* The actor for Al's twin brother in ''Series/HomeImprovement'' is actually of no relation to Richard Karn. The producers looked ''long and hard'' for a nigh-identical guy. Jonathan Taylor Thomas was also cast as Randy partly because he looks like he could actually be Creator/TimAllen's son.
171* From ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', the mother/son duos of Creator/ColinMorgan and Caroline Faber (Merlin/Hunith) and Creator/BradleyJames and Alice Patten (Arthur/Ygraine) are jaw-droppingly similar in facial structure and eye color. John Lynch was also the perfect choice to play Merlin's father. See the [[{{Characters/Merlin|2008}} Character Sheet]] for pictures.
172* On ''Series/LastManStanding'', the actresses who played the Baxter daughters in season one (Alexandra Krosney, Molly Ephraim, and Creator/KaitlynDever) all look alike. Beginning in season two, Krosney (Kristin) was replaced by Amanda Fuller who does not resemble the other two as much. One Halloween episode features Ephraim and Dever dressing up as each other's characters and you can almost not tell the actresses switched roles.
173* From ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', Abby (Pauley Perrette, who apparently invokes this trope) and her brother (Daniel Rivas) were literally separated at birth in-universe, while the actors are childhood friends who were often mistaken for being related in RealLife. The resemblance is especially striking in their eyes.
174** And with Creator/BrightonSharbino as 10-year-old Abby.
175** [=S12E3=], "So It Goes", features a number of flashbacks to Ducky's youth. Adam Campbell, the actor chosen to play Ducky in the flashbacks, is a dead ringer for David [=McCallum=] as he looked 50 years earlier as Ilya Kuryakin in ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE''.
176** Creator/RobertWagner has appeared numerous times as Tony's father and he and Creator/MichaelWeatherly do look as though they could be father and son. This could also count as a CastingGag, as Creator/MichaelWeatherly played a younger Wagner in 2004's "The Mystery of Natalie Wood."
177* Creator/ElizaCoupe and Creator/ElishaCuthbert as sisters Jane and Alex Kerkovich on ''Series/HappyEndings''.
178* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' is noted for its excellent casting in this respect:
179** The resemblance between Lady Cora Crawley and her on-screen daughter Lady Mary is quite strong, especially considering that Creator/ElizabethMcGovern is American with no recent British relations while Michelle Dockery is English (although her father is Irish).
180** Tom Branson and his older brother Kieran have the same hair and similar facial features; Allen Leech and Ruari Conaghan are not related.
181* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': Creator/ZachBraff and Creator/TomCavanagh look so alike that it is easy to believe them as brothers. Same goes for their on-screen father, Creator/JohnRitter.
182* Exploited on ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' as Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel play mother and daughter. Lorelai and Rory have been mistaken for sisters in-universe. According to creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, she cast Graham based on the fact that she perfectly exemplified Sherman-Palladino's vision for Lorelai in terms of personality, and Bledel had a bit of an attitude during one of her callbacks (due to being sick at the time) that Sherman-Palladino quite enjoyed. The fact that they look nearly identical was just a bonus, with Sherman-Palladino herself chalking it up to "pixie dust".
183** And whatever Rory doesn't get from Lorelai, such as her coloring, she gets from her dad, played by David Sutcliffe. This is discussed in a season one episode.
184* ''Series/{{Lost}}'':
185** Sterling Beaumon, who plays young Ben Linus, bears an uncanny resemblance to Creator/MichaelEmerson.
186** Likewise Emily Rae Argenti, who plays a ten year old Kate in "[[{{Recap/LostS05E16And17TheIncident}} The Incident]]", looks very like Creator/EvangelineLilly.
187** Creator/MiraFurlan (Danielle) and Creator/TaniaRaymonde (Alex) are very believable as mother and daughter.
188* Creator/DominicPurcell and Creator/WentworthMiller had already been cast in ''Series/PrisonBreak'' as brothers Lincoln Burrows and Michael Schofield ''before'' they both arrived on set with matching haircuts, which even further confirms the perfect casting of the two.
189* ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'':
190** Creator/RayRomano and Creator/BradGarrett on could so easily be brothers in real life. It helps that both stand well over six feet tall, Garrett (Robert Barone) exceptionally so. In an episode where Romano plays a younger version of the Barones' father, Frank, in a "flashback" scene, he is exceptionally convincing as a younger version of Peter Boyle, who played Frank. In the same flashback, the actor playing young Robert pulls off an incredibly convincing young Garrett.
191** Fred Stoller, who plays Ray's cousin Gerard, looks and sounds like him - which was a plot point to the episode where he first appears.
192** Averted with Madylin, Sullivan, and Sawyer Sweeten, the real-life siblings who play Ray and Debra's kids, a group of blondes to Ray Romano and Patricia Heaton's brunettes, which became a joke to the cast.
193--->'''Robert/Brad''': Hahaha, they still don't look like either of ya!
194* While most of the time the casting agency doesn't bother with accuracy for the various historical figures featured on ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', Lovell Adams-Gray is a dead ringer for a young UsefulNotes/BarackObama, and his voice is a damn-near perfect impersonation.
195* ''Series/ModernFamily'':
196** Creator/SarahHyland and Creator/ArielWinter, otherwise known as the Dunphy sisters both bear a strong resemblance to Creator/TyBurrell, their on-screen dad. While Hyland and Winter don't look that much alike (mostly due to Hyland's darker skin tone), they ''sound'' nearly identical.
197** Likewise, Creator/TyBurrell bears a strong enough resemblance to Fred Willard that they can realistically portray a father and son.
198* Not only does Creator/TraceyGold of ''Series/GrowingPains'' look like she could believably be Kirk Cameron's sister, but she also looks like Kirk's actual sister, Creator/CandaceCameronBure.
199* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
200** Creator/NatalieDormer looks enough like a young Creator/DianaRigg that they could realistically play grandmother and granddaughter on the show.
201** Likewise, Creator/FinnJones and Creator/NatalieDormer could pass for [[http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/game-of-thrones-margery-loras-555x325.jpg brother and sister]] in real life, despite not being related.
202** Creator/EmiliaClarke and Creator/HarryLloyd as siblings Daenerys and Viserys Targaryen have an uncanny similarity. It's partially the wigs though. The white hair masks the differences in complexion between them that would normally be more apparent. The difference in height between them is also more dramatic in real life than it appears on camera. Still, even without the wigs they could pass for siblings.
203** Creator/PilouAsbaek (Euron Greyjoy) and his on-screen nephew Creator/AlfieAllen (Theon Greyjoy) also bear an uncanny resemblance. More than a few viewers and reviewers agreed that Euron pretty much looks like Theon but about 15 years older and after having put about 25-30 pounds onto Theon's rather lanky frame.
204** Creator/JackGleeson (Joffrey Baratheon) bears a strong resemblance to Creator/LenaHeadey (Cersei Lannister), his on-screen mother, especially in terms of their facial structure. In-story, this is pronounced because Joffrey is the product of incest between HalfIdenticalTwins. Once Cersei cuts her hair in season 5, the resemblance becomes even more apparent.
205** All over the place in the Stark family, depending on who takes after whom:
206*** Creator/MichelleFairley and Creator/SophieTurner as mother and daughter Catelyn and Sansa Stark. When Petyr Baelish says Sansa looks just like a younger Cat, with the traditional House Tully appearance (red hair, porcelain skin, elfin features, and big blue eyes, etc.), the audience can definitely agree with that assessment. Fairley also bears some resemblance to Creator/KateDickie, who plays Catelyn's sister Lysa Arryn (as seen [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e5/60/47/e56047e823ffa41e9c44d1c0be07ce65.jpg here]]).
207*** Creator/RichardMadden (Robb Stark) and his in-show half-brother [[spoiler:(who is later revealed to actually be his cousin)]] Creator/KitHarington (Jon Snow) look similar enough that a common criticism of the first few episodes is that it's hard to tell which is which when they're in the same scene.
208*** Creator/MaisieWilliams (Arya Stark) and Creator/IsaacHempsteadWright (Bran Stark), who play the younger Stark siblings, have very similar facial features, particularly high cheekbones, long noses and bushy eyebrows, as well as sharing Madden and Harington's dark hair and pale skin which is acknowledged in-universe as the signature Stark look.
209*** Robb and Bran's looks are actually a change from the books where only Jon and Arya look alike in inheriting the Stark long face and coloring, while Robb and Bran have Catelyn's Tully features and look more like Sansa and Rickon. Notably, Catelyn is resentful that Ned's illegitimate son looks more like him than any of the trueborn sons she bore, and Arya feels like an outcast partially because she has inherited the Stark look while her other siblings, except for Jon (Ned Stark's son by [[MissingMom another woman]]), have all inherited the Tully look.
210*** When she finally appears in flashbacks portrayed by Aisling Franciosi, Ned's sister Lyanna Stark bears a striking resemblance to [[spoiler:her son]] Jon Snow. Also, she has facial traits [[http://pm1.narvii.com/6143/ecf4f10095bded37b616cfe6eb03c6a5fe061d76_hq.jpg very reminiscent of Maisie Williams']], who in the books is said to be Lyanna's spitting image.
211** Creator/GethinAnthony (Renly Baratheon) and Creator/JoeDempsie (Gendry) also bear more than a passing resemblance to one another, with their characters having inherited the trademark Baratheon TallDarkAndHandsome look. In fact, in the books, Brienne at one point mistook Gendry for Renly.
212** The [[TimeShiftedActor younger version]] of Ned Stark. The showrunners searched high and low for an actor who could play a young Creator/SeanBean, and found it with [[https://images.hellogiggles.com/uploads/2016/06/29063144/ned.jpg Robert Aramayo]].
213* The casting department on ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' really must be commended. Creator/CillianMurphy, Paul Anderson, and Joe Cole as the three eldest Shelby brothers all share the same blue eyes and jawline, and Anderson, in particular, is a dead ringer for a younger Tommy Flanagan, who plays their father. Among the ladies, Helen [=McCrory=] and Sophie Rundle could play mother and daughter, not aunt and niece, and they both share similar features with the men of the family. Youngest Shelby brother Finn as played by Alfie Evans-Meese wasn't as close a fit, resemblance-wise, but [[http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/schoolboy-harry-kirtons-delight-peaky-6802957 Harry Kirton]] as the teenage Finn looks ''exactly'' like Cole.
214* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'':
215** Emmalee Thompson plays Prue as a young child in three episodes. The resemblance between her and Creator/ShannenDoherty is striking -- they even have the same smile. Creator/JenniferRhodes, who plays the grandmother Penny, also looks incredibly like Doherty.
216** Meanwhile, Creator/FinolaHughes plays the girls' mother Patty. She has quite the resemblance to her onscreen youngest daughter Creator/AlyssaMilano, especially when Phoebe's hair is long and light brown.
217* In the Belgian series ''Series/{{Salamander}}'', one of the [[AntiVillain anti villains]], Gil Wolfs, is played by Vic de Wachter. The father of Gil Wolfs, Harry, was played in Gil's flash backs by Geert van Rampelberg, who greatly resembles (a younger version of) Vic de Wachter in both appearance and timbre. The two are, nevertheless, not related to one another.
218* On ''Series/TheSopranos,'' Rocco Sisto plays a younger version of Uncle Junior because the resemblance to Dominic Chianese is uncanny. The over-sized glasses help.
219* In the ''Series/SilentWitness'' story "A Body of Work", one plotline featured Harry's old college girlfriend and her [[spoiler: son, who bore a distinct resemblance to Harry. Harry turned out not to be the father, but they looked enough alike that the prospect was thoroughly believable.]]
220* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'':
221** Creator/DichenLachman, the actress cast to play Skye's mother in flashbacks, bears an incredible resemblance to her fictional daughter. [[spoiler:It gets even more impressive when Dichen Lachmann's character shows up very much alive (if not unharmed) in the present and you get to see her acting alongside her kid.]] The resemblance between her and Skye is uncanny. Creator/ChloeBennet, who's mixed-race in real life, really does look like she could be the daughter of Lachmann and Creator/KyleMacLachlan.
222** Adam Faison, the TimeShiftedActor who played a young version of [[Film/{{Thor}} Agent]] [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Jasper]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Sitwell]] in one episode of Season 5, not only bears a jaw-droppingly [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/e/ef/Young_Sitwell.png/revision/latest?cb=20180401181415 close resemblance]] to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/f/fa/Eob6.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170313004235 Maximiliano Hernandez]] but manages to capture his mannerisms almost exactly.
223* On the E! series ''Series/TheRoyals'', Alexandra Park, who plays Princess Eleanora, looks like she could actually be the daughter of Creator/ElizabethHurley, who plays the Queen of England.
224* ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'': The show uses a lot of flashbacks, and the show is known for casting [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/scottybryan/the-child-actors-in-the-orange-is-the-new-black-flashbacks-l#.ehdoP6YOM child actors with an uncanny resemblance to their adult counterparts.]]
225* On ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'', SixthRanger Eric Myers's actor Creator/DanSouthworth and his Japanese counterpart, Shinji Kasahara as Naoto Takizawa, look enough alike that at several points the series uses faraway shots of Naoto directly from Timeranger. Probably one of the few times-if not the only-that this happens with casting, especially with extra Rangers. Most of the time, any extra shots of Rangers in and out of morph, have to be done with either the Power Rangers actors themselves or their stunt doubles if the scene is supposed to be set in the season's CityOfAdventure unless they're doing a shot that can be taken from the season's Sentai footage.
226* On ''Series/TheFosters'', actresses Creator/MaiaMitchell and Creator/BaileeMadison play half-sisters. They really [[http://www.dis411.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bailee-madison-maia-mitchell-oct-15-2014.jpg look the part]].
227* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
228** In the episode "Fragile Balance", Michael Welch plays a teenaged O'Neill and matches Richard Dean Anderson's speech patterns and mannerisms so well that it's a bit surprising that the other characters don't believe it's him at first.
229** In the episode "1969", Aaron Pearl as the young George Hammond. He looked and sounded so much like him that people were convinced that Creator/DonSDavis dubbed the voice over. He didn't.
230* Late in the series ''Series/ParksAndRecreation,'' feckless layabout Jean-Ralphio Saperstein, played by Creator/BenSchwartz, introduces his twin sister, Mona Lisa, played by Creator/JennySlate, who he describes as "''the wo-o-o-orst." Despite not being related, they practically match the trope for HalfIdenticalTwins.
231* French "back from the dead" show ''Series/LesRevenants'' has twin sisters as two of its main characters, Lena and Camille. One dies, but comes back to life 4 years later, when her sister is played by an unrelated actress who looks very similar, but [[http://www.purebreak.com/media/photo-les-revenants-saison-2-jerome-407467.html older and taller.]]
232* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' had a flashback episode with younger versions of Gideon and Rossi. Robert Dunne was good as Rossi, but Ben Savage was spot on perfect as Gideon.
233* ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'' cast Kelly [=AuCoin=] as Doug Stamper's brother Gary due to his similar appearance to Michael Kelly.
234* On ''Series/GoodEats'', John Herina had a recurring role as Alton's nephew, Elton, as well as playing a young Alton in one episode. One could easily believe them to be related in real life (Herina could easily be taken for Brown's (nonexistent) son), but they're not.
235* On ''Series/EmptyNest'', Kristy [=McNichol=] and Dinah Manoff actually look like they could be sisters.
236* ''Series/IronFist2017'': It's easy to believe that Ward Meachum is Harold Meachum's son, since Creator/DavidWenham (Harold) and Creator/TomPelphrey (Ward) bear similar facial features and even the same slicked-back hair.
237* ''Series/Daredevil2015'':
238** Skyler Gaertner, who plays young Matt Murdock as a child in season 1 and season 3 flashbacks, [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DA7ZqBDWAAAw6Bc.jpg does have a bit of a resemblance]] to Creator/CharlieCox.
239** For "[[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E8ShadowsInTheGlass Shadows in the Glass]]", the flashbacks to Wilson Fisk's childhood run on this. Cole Jensen, who plays the young Fisk, bears resemblance to one of Creator/VincentDOnofrio's sons. Meanwhile, Fisk's father is played by Dominick Lombardozzi, whose resemblance to D'Onofrio is very apparent you compare photos of Fisk to photos of bald-headed Lombardozzi from his days as Herc in ''Series/TheWire''.
240** Peter Halpin, who plays Foggy Nelson's brother Theo in season 3, bears a strong resemblance to one of Creator/EldenHenson's brothers. His hairstyle also clearly evokes Foggy's hairstyle from seasons 1 and 2.
241* In ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', the character of Synthia was created because Rebecca Hanson resembled a young Pearl Forrester, who was played by Mary Jo Phel.
242* On ''Series/StrangerThings'', Noah Schnapp (Will Byers) could easily pass as Creator/WinonaRyder's (Joyce Byers) real-life son with their shared brown doe eyes, straight brown hair, pale skin, and nose shapes. Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers) also looks very believable as Joyce's son and Will's older brother, sharing Schnapp and Ryder's brown hair (and similar haircuts) but also clearly taking heavily after his estranged dad Lonnie (Ross Partridge.) Heaton and Schnapp also have fairly similar voices with their soft-spoken, gentle tones, more apparent in season 3 after Will's voice cracks.
243* ''Series/{{Skins}}'':
244** Creator/NicholasHoult and Kaya Scodelario are ''very'' convincing on-screen siblings with those IcyBlueEyes, [[RavenHairIvorySkin their pale skin and dark hair]] and as a credit to their acting, they manage to have also the same mannerisms.
245** Chris' father is played by Mark Heap, who definitely looks like Creator/JoeDempsie, as Jal [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] in-universe.
246* On ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', Creator/IslaFisher plays Creator/RonHoward's fictional illegitimate daughter Rebel Alley. Fisher looks enough like Howard's real-life daughters Creator/BryceDallasHoward and Paige Carlyle Howard that it makes it look believable.
247* On ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'', the title character is played by Creator/KiernanShipka, but during a Christmas episode flashback, she is played by 12-year-old Creator/MckennaGrace, who looks so much like Shipka she might as well be her clone.
248** Mckenna Grace falls under this trope quite a bit, playing many TimeShiftedActor roles in both live-action film and TV.
249* ''Series/MidnightCaller'': Scott Valentine, who plays Jack's younger brother Frankie, bears an uncanny resemblance to Gary Cole.
250* ''{{Series/Manifest}}'': Creator/LunaBlaise (Olive) and Jack Messina (Cal) really do look a lot like Athena Karkaris as their on-screen mom Grace. To a lesser extent they also resemble Creator/JoshDallas as well, who plays their dad Ben. You can believe that these kids could be their real children more than most castings.
251* ''Series/Batwoman2019'': Dougray Scott bears a fair amount of resemblance to Creator/RubyRose. Creator/RachelSkarsten is also believable in playing his daughter/her sister. Creator/WallisDay, who replaced Rose as Kate, is also close in looks to Scott and Skarsten.
252* On one of Music/JohnDenver's TV specials, Creator/DickVanDyke performed a magic trick that shrunk Denver into a little boy. The boy was played by [[Series/TheBradyBunch Cousin Oliver himself]], Robbie Rist, whose straight blond hair and round-framed glasses were as iconic as Denver's own.
253* Proof this has been going on for a while: Vicki Lawrence was cast on ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' in 1967 almost entirely due to her uncanny resemblance to a younger Burnett (in Burnett's own words: "she looked more like me than I did"), as the producers were planning a recurring "Carol and Sis" sketch. Lawrence, who was 17 and had little experience with acting or sketch comedy, didn't do much besides the "Carol and Sis" sketches and musical numbers (she had been a member of the Young Americans) for the first few years, before finally coming into her own later on (most notably by playing Mama in ''[[Series/MamasFamily The Family]]'' sketches - where this trope still applies, as Burnett played Mama's daughter Eunice).
254* ''Literature/Nos4a2'': Ashleigh Cummings (Vic) looks like Jason David (Vic's son Wayne) with their facial structure, eyes and hair close enough that it was quite believable she is his mother.
255* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
256** Ten-year-old Judith Grimes' actress [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7282126/mediaviewer/rm2350543616 Cailey Fleming]] does look like a younger version of [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LG-HCD1Sp-A/TrBwZ3aL5zI/AAAAAAAADJo/-vPPcQUuz_Q/s1600/SarahWayneCallies.jpg Sarah Wayne Callies.]]
257** [[https://imgix.bustle.com/2017/2/8/81f14971-aa3b-4c69-b2a3-a58800185e95.jpg?w=970&h=546&fit=crop&crop=faces&auto=format&q=70&dpr=2 Logan Miller]], who played Henry's older brother Benjamin, does look fairly similar to [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e8/03/b7/e803b75b23f01c62423fbe3e908cddb3.jpg Matt Lintz]], albeit without the freckles.
258* In the final season of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' when they decided to finally introduce Sheldon's brother George Jr, or "Georgie" they cast Creator/JerryOConnell, who does look like an older Montana Jordan, who plays the character on ''Series/YoungSheldon.''
259* ''Series/{{Rake}}'': Kate Box plays Nicole, while Celia Pacquola later appears as her sister Nadia in one episode. They look very similar, making it extremely believable.
260* ''Series/TheFlash2014'':
261** The resemblance between Sean Poague (Accelerated Man) and Creator/TeddySears (Hunter Zolomon) is so strong that some think Accelerated Man is a good twin of Hunter Zolomon.
262** Creator/JessicaParkerKennedy, who plays Barry and Iris' daughter Nora, looks incredibly similar to both her on-screen parents Creator/GrantGustin and Creator/CandicePatton. Patton has stated in interviews that both she and Kennedy have even been mistaken for one another on set due to their voices also sounding incredibly alike.
263* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
264** Creator/AdrianPasdar auditioned to play Creator/MiloVentimiglia's father in the proposed ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' spin-off. The casting director at the time made the comment that Adrian could pass for Milo's brother because of their strong resemblance.
265** Creator/HaydenPanettiere looks close enough her onscreen birth parents Creator/AdrianPasdar and Jessalyn Gelsig she's wholly believable as their child.
266* ''Series/{{Rizzoli And Isles}}'':
267** Creator/SashaAlexander is 100% believable as the child of Creator/SharonLawrence and Creator/JohnDoman. It's noted in universe that she looks just like Lawrence and, while unremarked upon in universe, she and Doman have remarkably similar facial structures.
268* ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'':
269** The actors cast to play Daphne's four brothers, Anthony, Benedict, and Colin Bridgerton all look similar enough to convincingly pass as brothers. In fact, some viewers even [[https://www.tvguide.com/news/the-essential-bridgerton-guide-to-telling-daphnes-brothers-apart/ have trouble telling them apart.]]
270** The prequel ''Series/QueenCharlotteABridgertonStory'' cast India Amarteifio as a young Queen Charlotte, who is played in the series by Golda Reshuevel. The resemblance is ''uncanny'', right down to the characters' mannerisms.
271* ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'': Creator/EmeraudeToubia, Creator/MatthewDaddario and Creator/NicolaCorreiaDamude all look similar enough it's very believable they're relatives.
272* ''Series/That70sShow'':
273** In the episode "Backstage Pass", [[RashomonStyle Red and Kitty Forman argue about how they first met one another]]. The actors who play them in the flashback scenes, Corey Landis and Ashley Peldon, respectively, each strongly resemble Creator/KurtwoodSmith and Creator/DebraJoRupp, with Peldon perfectly recreating Rupp's SignatureLaugh as Kitty.
274** In the SequelSeries ''Series/That90sShow'', Callie Haverda as Leia Forman has an incredibly strong resemblance to her on-screen father, Creator/TopherGrace. Meanwhile, Mace Coronel as Jay Kelso looks remarkably like the actors of his on-screen parents, Creator/AshtonKutcher (Michael Kelso) and Creator/MilaKunis (Jackie Burkhart); even having a similar facial structure as Kutcher and hair color and lips as Kunis.
275* ''Series/RoswellNewMexico'': Creator/JeanineMason and Creator/AmberMidthunder look enough alike that they're completely believable in playing sisters.
276* In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Winston Story has a recurring role as Bill, a male prostitute with an uncanny resemblance to Charles Boyle, played by Creator/JoeLoTruglio. Other characters sometimes refer to Bill as "fake Boyle," and the resemblance is often exploited for plot purposes.
277* Creator/RebeccaFerguson plays Elizabeth Woodville in ''Series/TheWhiteQueen'', while Creator/JodieComer plays her now-grown daughter Elizabeth of York in the sequel series ''Series/TheWhitePrincess''. Ferguson and Comer look enough alike that they really could pass for mother and daughter, although in ''The White Princess'' Elizabeth Senior is played by Creator/EssieDavies due to the character [[TimeShiftedActor having aged]].
278* ''Series/TheLWord'': Max's sisters Maggie and Sioban are played by actresses who look close enough to his actor (plus each other) that one can easily believe they're all siblings.
279* ''Series/TheExpanse'': Jasai Chase Owens plays the son of characters played by Creator/DominiqueTipper and Keon Alexander and manages to be a dead ringer for both of them. If you ran into [[https://i.imgur.com/0G1MHLW.png these three]] in person, would you doubt that the guy on the left was the child of the other two?
280* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Both Creator/MorfyddClark and Amelie Child-Villiers bear a striking resemblance to each other as they play adult and child version of Galadriel. And despite the show taking place into a different continuity, is not too far stretched to believe that their resemblance to Creator/CateBlanchett played an important role in casting them as Galadriel.
281** While, as mentioned previously, the series is in a different continuity from the Creator/PeterJackson movies, [[https://www.tvinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LordOfTheRings-Daniel-Weyman-NYCC-2022.jpg Daniel Weyman]] as The Stranger is so ''incredibly'' convincing as a young [[spoiler:Creator/IanMcKellen]] that many viewers guessed his true identity from Weyman's appearance alone. When he gets a chance to speak [[YouNoTakeCandle in complete sentences]] in the finale, he also utterly nails the other actor's mannerisms.
282* ''Series/{{Willow}}'': Creator/ErinKellyman (Jade) and Adwoa Aboah (Scorpia) [[spoiler:play long-lost sisters]]. Both actresses are biracial and have similar enough looks that it's very plausible.
283** Creator/RubyCruz and Dempsey Bryk have similar facial structure and lips, and as such are reasonably believable as fraternal twins Kit and Airk, respectively.
284* ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023'': Many viewers noted that Creator/BellaRamsey, who plays Ellie, looks startlingly similar to Creator/AshleyJohnson who plays the character's mother (and was the voice of Ellie in [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs the video game the series is based on]]).
285* ''Series/TheSpencerSisters'': Creator/LeaThompson and Creator/StaceyFarber, who star as mother and daughter duo Victoria and Darby Spencer, [[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/lea-thompson-and-stacey-farber-on-playing-two-nosy-redheads-in-ctv-series-the-spencer/article_51b8dea4-9322-5041-9e85-d8365ad55716.html strongly resemble each another]].
286* ''Series/GenV'': Some people assumed that Derek Luh and London Thor (the male and female versions of SexShifter Jordan Li respectively) were brother and sister, they look so much alike.
287* ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'': Creator/VickiLawrence was hired because she looked like a younger Burnett, which made her perfect for the "Carol and Sis" sketches.
288* On the short-lived show Back to You, Laura Marano was very believable as Kelsey Grammer's daughter. However, the character was later recast with someone who less of a resemblance.
289* The casting directors of Pretty Little Liars seemed to have a very good eye of casting actors who could be siblings in real life. First was Lucy Hale and Cody Christian who were very convincing as Aria and Mike Montgomery. The second case was Sasha Pieterse who bares a strong resemblance to both actors who play her siblings: Drew Van Acker and Vanessa Ray.
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293* Young Music/EdSheeran in the music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ibBPhiaG0 Castle on the Hill]]" looks a lot like adult Ed Sheeran, a similarity very apparent in the transition cut near the end of the video.
294* Finn Wolfhard of ''Series/StrangerThings'' fame was cast as a young Danny Sexbang of Music/NinjaSexParty in their video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT8cX2-_7pQ Danny Don't You Know]]". The resemblance is uncanny.
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298* Lyricist Lorenz Hart was constantly being told that his brother Teddy, a comedian, had an uncanny resemblance to a famous comedian of the day, Jimmy Savo. When Richard Rodgers suggested that he and Hart do a musical based on Shakespeare, Hart immediately pitched the idea of ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors'', with Jimmy Savo and Teddy as the two Dromios. Thus ''The Boys from Syracuse'' was born, and Teddy Hart got his BigBreak.
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302* ''WebVideo/EconomyWatch'': Creator/DavidJohnson and Matthew Stratton (Nathan Booth) do look similar.
303* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'', a setting update of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'':
304** The Bennet sisters, Jane, Lizzie, and Lydia. Jane's actress, in particular, looks very similar to both her sisters.
305** William Darcy and his sister, Gigi, are two peas in a pod. It's hard to believe they are not related in real life.
306* "[[https://youtu.be/2YH1gzAHdps Captain Spirit]]" is a fan-made adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheAwesomeAdventuresOfCaptainSpirit'', and it stars Shep Lowry and Ashton Johnson, who could easily pass as father and son in real life.
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310* Creator/TLSherred's "Literature/EForEffort": Two inventors create a [[{{Chronoscope}} time viewer]], which can see anything in history. InUniverse, they use their device for making hyper-realistic films, filming historical events like UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte during the battle of Waterloo, then find an actor through Central Casting [[note]]a casting agency which has headshots of everyone in Hollywood[[/note]] who bears a striking similarity to Napoleon in order to film some close-ups and voice all the dialogue. However, this is only to generate funds for their long-term plans.
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314* Once invoked by twin actors James and Oliver Phelps, who upon being asked if they were twins in real-life too, replied that [[SarcasmMode they actually met on set]].
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