| 1 | [[quoteright:330:[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mst3k_credits.png]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:330:[-[[Creator/MikeNelson He]][[ComicallyMissingThePoint 's the most troublesome puppet to operate, too]]-].]] |
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| 4 | ->''"He said, 'Whatever your character's name is, people are gonna call you that for the rest of your life.' He said, 'Make your character's name "Will Smith".' You know. And he was so right. And, you know, when we go out together, people are like, 'Will! Will!' (yes, hello) 'Carlton!' [makes face]"'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Creator/WillSmith''' quoting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFjwbKMlmF4#t=37 valuable advice]] from Creator/AlfonsoRibeiro on ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' |
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| 7 | A character whose name is clearly taken from the performer portraying them. This shows up on TV a lot in shows designed as a vehicle for an actor's fame. By lending their name to the fictional character, there's some familiarity created already. The most obvious way to spot this is to see if the title of the show incorporates the lead actor's name, but not always. This seemed to hit its peak in the sitcoms of the late eighties and early nineties. A good majority of sitcoms were based on a stand-up comedian's routine (Creator/TimAllen, Creator/RoseanneBarr) and many of these comics already were developing fanbases. Creating the Danza was a way to leverage their fame as a comic into success as an actor. |
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| 9 | Another common reason for doing this is that if an actor is famous enough, [[IAmNotLeonardNimoy people will always refer to them by their real name even when discussing them as a fictional character]] (unless, of course, [[ActorIsTheTitleCharacter the character they are portraying is even]] ''[[ActorIsTheTitleCharacter more]]'' [[ActorIsTheTitleCharacter iconic]], with the exception of [[TheOtherDarrin said character being played by different actors and/or in multiple media]]). To avoid the annoyance or awkwardness of this character being constantly referred to as "[Famous name's] character", it's often best to just give them the same first name. |
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| 11 | Sometimes this is used for child actors, to make things a little less confusing around the set. This change can happen very late in the production when during shooting it's found that the (very young) child actor does not grasp the concept of a character name different from their real name at all: to give an example, the character name of a toddler actress called Ava being changed to Ava from the originally planned Elizabeth when young Ava doesn't respond or react to Elizabeth. |
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| 13 | Also sometimes used for token ethnic minority characters, where it seemed that the program's staff were frightened to think up an original name and just used the name of the actor. In rare cases, it's an accident -- the actor chosen to play the character just happened to share a name with the character. |
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| 15 | From a directing point of view, using this trope also reduces the number of filming errors, since the actors all go by their real name (or at least, real first name), so the very real (and surprisingly common) mistake of accidentally addressing their colleagues by their real name instead of their character's name is ruled out, cutting down the need of retakes. This was the main advantage of the trope back in the day when film (which cannot be reused and have to be disposed of or archived if a mistake was made) was the main recording medium and has since been lessened with the advent of erasable magnetic media and later, digital. However, it does still save time and effort with the minimization of retakes. |
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| 17 | It's not a Danza if the character already has the name from an adaptation; in such a case the character is not being named for the actor. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Additionally, it's not The Danza if a performer uses their real first name as part of a StageName. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Not to be confused with an actor or celebrity actually playing themselves. That's AsHimself (if they're a main character) or SpecialGuest (if they show up for a single episode). How to differentiate? Is Bob the Actor playing Bob the Actor? Or does he just happen to be playing a character that's also named Bob? The second one is The Danza. |
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| 23 | Compare CharacterAsHimself, AdamWesting, InkSuitActor. See also AuthorAvatar. If The Danza is the writer, then it may be WriteWhoYouKnow as well as AuthorAvatar. |
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| 25 | Named for Creator/TonyDanza, whose frequent portrayal of people named Tony (see ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' and ''Series/WhosTheBoss'') has made him the butt of a few jokes, for example, [[http://web.archive.org/web/20001023203628/http://www.teevee.org/archive/1999/04/01/sunday.html this one]] for April Fools Day from Teevee.org. See [[http://www.imdb.com/keyword/actor-shares-first-name-with-character/ this article]] at Website/{{IMDB}} for another list. |
| 26 | ---- |
| 27 | !!Examples: |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 32 | * The original Advertising/JakeFromStateFarm (from the "State of Unrest" commercial) was played by real-life State Farm agent Jake Stone. He then gets a RemakeCameo in the version with the new Jake. |
| 33 | * The Nescafe Gold Blend couple played by Creator/AnthonyStewartHead and Creator/SharonMaughan were named Tony and Sharon. |
| 34 | [[/folder]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 37 | * In TBS's version of ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'', one of Retsuko's coworkers is an axolotl named Yokosawa, voiced by actress and comedian Natsuko Yokosawa. |
| 38 | * A borderline case is [[Creator/ShinichiWatanabe Nabeshin]] in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' and ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi'', who is voiced by director Wata''nabe Shin''ichi.[[note]]Not to be confused with "Watanabe Shinichi'rou'", who directed Anime/CowboyBebop.[[/note]] Furthermore, Watanabe himself appears a few times in both shows with the same character model. |
| 39 | ** ''Nabeshin'' was Watanabe's real nickname from ''before'' ''Excel Saga'' times, and he still uses it. And he ''[[TruthInTelevision indeed]]'' dresses [[AlterEgoActing like his animated counterpart]]. |
| 40 | * A weird twist would be Poemi of ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi'', who believes that she is actually [[CelebrityParadox her voice actress]] Creator/YumikoKobayashi, and continually refers to herself by that name. (She's also convinced that her father, Nabeshin, is actually the director and her boss...) |
| 41 | * Music/MegumiHayashibara as Megumi Amatsuka in ''Manga/CheekyAngel'', although this is likely a coincidence, as the character existed in the original manga long before Hayashibara was cast in the anime. |
| 42 | * Sakura Tange played [[CherryBlossomGirl Sakura]] Kinomoto of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', who is also obviously not based on her. |
| 43 | * ''Manga/LuckyStar'': |
| 44 | ** Minoru Shiraishi is voiced... by Creator/MinoruShiraishi. It goes further than that, since Shiraishi plays himself (or a version of himself that's only slightly older than Akira) in the ''Lucky Channel'' segments... who plays a character named Minoru Shiraishi in the main program. |
| 45 | ** Patricia Martin's character has been confirmed to be inspired by [[Franchise/PowerRangers Patricia]] [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Ja]] [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Lee]]. And then, in the English dub, was ''actually'' voiced by Patricia Ja Lee. |
| 46 | ** Clerk Sugita is voiced by Creator/TomokazuSugita. |
| 47 | ** Shiraishi also played an aspiring voice actor named Shiraishi in ''Anime/KiddyGirlAnd''. |
| 48 | * ''Anime/AkahoriGedouHourLovege'' has Creator/TomokazuSeki starring as himself. Mostly. |
| 49 | * ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has Inoue, Kento Sugiyama and Nagisa Chiba who are voiced by Creator/KikukoInoue, Creator/NoriakiSugiyama and Creator/SaekoChiba respectively. In their case, the characters were named for their actors. The English dub has a coincidental version with Kallen Stadtfeld (played by [[InconsistentSpelling Karen]] [[Creator/KarenStrassman Strassman]]). |
| 50 | * As an in-joke, many of the characters in the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' SpinOff ''Anime/PrettySammy'' have the same last name as their voice actors. |
| 51 | * In another coincidental one (or maybe a casting director was being cute), in the English dub of ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh'', Yuri was voiced by Creator/YuriLowenthal. |
| 52 | * In ''[[Manga/CaseClosed Detective Conan]]'' (AKA ''Case Closed'' in North America): |
| 53 | ** Several police officers were named after their voice actors. Detective Wataru Takagi is named after [[Creator/WataruTakagi his voice actor]], but other minor police officers bear the surnames of their respective voice actors (for example, Creator/IsshinChiba). |
| 54 | ** Conan's voice actor double-roles in a two-parter [[AsHimself as herself]], the lead singer for the band Two-Mix. |
| 55 | ** Shuichi [[ColorfulThemeNaming Akai]] is named after both, [[ShoutOutThemeNaming Char Aznable]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and his voice actor Creator/ShuichiIkeda. Ikeda eventually voices Akai. |
| 56 | ** Akai's opponent Tooru Amuro is named after both, Amuro Ray from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and his voice actor Creator/ToruFuruya. Furuya eventually voices Tooru Amuro. [[spoiler:This name turns out to be a fake, and his real name is Rei Furuya, still named after both, Amuro Ray and Toru Furuya.]] |
| 57 | * In ''Anime/GunBuster'', Noriko Takaya was voiced by Creator/NorikoHidaka. Many of the characters, in fact, were named after people involved in the production. |
| 58 | * The Latin American dub of ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' has Kana (renamed Karla) voiced by Karla Falcon. |
| 59 | * Shigeo "Shige" Shiba in ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' was voiced by Creator/ShigeruChiba. |
| 60 | ** Natsunagu has the even more evident "Shigezou" Chiba, likewise voiced by the same actor. |
| 61 | * In yet another coincidental one in the dub of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' President Brian Stegmeyer is voiced (among other minor roles) by Creator/BrianDrummond. Also, rivals Kati Mannequin and Leesa Kujoh [[spoiler: (aka Sumeragi Lee Noriega)]] are voiced by Creator/CathyWeseluck and Creator/LisaAnnBeley respectively. |
| 62 | ** And before Kati Mannequin, Cathy Weseluck voiced Catherine Bloom in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]''. |
| 63 | * Creator/HideyukiTanaka was the voice of Hideyuki Makimura in ''Manga/CityHunter''. Tsukasa Hojo intentionally named the character after him in the manga long before the anime version was made. |
| 64 | * Creator/MaiNakahara is the voice behind ''Anime/MyHime''[='s=] lead heroine, Mai Tokiha. |
| 65 | * To voice Momoko Touyoko of ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', they chose... Creator/MomokoSaito. The character usually goes by "Momo" in-universe, but Kaori calls her "Momoko-san." |
| 66 | * In ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', Saki is voiced by Creator/SakiNakajima. |
| 67 | * Everybody in ''[[Manga/SpecialDutyCombatUnitShinesman Shinesman]]'' -- at least in the original Japanese version. This was an intentional ploy on the part of the mangaka which worked out handily when the manga was adapted for an OAV. |
| 68 | * ''Manga/TenjhoTenge'' has Creator/SoichiroHoshi as Soichiro Nagi. |
| 69 | * Maya in ''[[Anime/BurnUp Burn-Up! W & Burn-Up! Excess]]'' is voiced by Creator/MayaOkamoto. |
| 70 | * ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' did this for some of the kids' parents' first names. The parents were probably named after their voice actors, as most of the parents' voices were the same as some of the kids or their Digimon, and some of their names were AllThereInTheManual. Creator/YukoMizutani (Sora) as Yuko Yagami, Creator/HiroakiHirata (Narrator) as Hiroaki Ishida, Creator/ToshikoFujita (Taichi) as Toshiko Takenouchi, Creator/MasamiKikuchi (Jou) as Masami Izumi... |
| 71 | ** The dub of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' renamed the Australian boy [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Dingo]] as "Derek", voiced by Creator/DerekStephenPrince. |
| 72 | * In the English dub of ''Anime/ProjectBlueEarthSOS'', Maggie is voiced by Creator/MaggieFlecknoe. |
| 73 | * Aya Stanford from ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula SIN'' is voiced by Creator/AyaHisakawa. |
| 74 | ** In the Korean dub of the same series, Hayato Kazami was renamed as ''Gang Jin-u'' who is voiced in Korean by '''Gang''' Su-'''jin''' |
| 75 | * In ''Literature/GroundControlToPsychoelectricGirl'', Creator/KanaHanazawa provides the voice of a minor character named Hanazawa. |
| 76 | * In ''Literature/BookGirl'', Creator/MiyuIrino provides the voice of Konoha, [[spoiler: whose pen name is Miu Inoue]]. |
| 77 | %%* Zenjiro in ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}''. |
| 78 | * In ''Manga/KOn'', Mugi shares her last name (Kotobuki) with that of her voice actress, Creator/MinakoKotobuki. Definitely a coincidence though, seeing how the manga came first. Now, if they could have gotten Hikaru Kotobuki from P-Model to ([[CrossDressingVoice somehow]]) play the role... [[note]]For those who don't know, the members of Houkago Tea Time are all named after members of P-Model, while other notable cast members are named after members of The Pillows.[[/note]] |
| 79 | * Creator/AkiraKamiya as Akira Hibiki in ''[[Anime/{{Raideen}} Yuusha Raideen]]''. |
| 80 | * In the dub of ''Anime/{{Pokemon 3}}'', Creator/LisaOrtiz voices Lisa (Rin in the Japanese version). Could possibly have been named after her. |
| 81 | ** Since [=TPCi=] took over the dubbing rights in season 9, James is voiced by James Carter Cathcart. |
| 82 | ** In ''Anime/PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions'', Shoko Nakagawa voices a character named Proof. The Japanese word for proof is "shouko" (written with different kanji than Nakagawa's first name). [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/features/nakagawa_shouko_pokemon_meaning_life.html According to Nakagawa's book]], this was intentional. |
| 83 | ** Half this trope and half-{{Tuckerization}}, the Johto episode "Power Play!" ([=EP171=]) features a brief battle between Gary Oak and a Trainer from Cherrygrove City named Noboru. In the English dub, his voice is provided by one Alex Davis, the winner of a British competition at the time, and the character's {{dub name|Change}} is shared with his VA. |
| 84 | ** It took nineteen seasons for the Latin-Spanish dub to get a Danza, with character of the day Emilio being voiced by Emilio Treviño. |
| 85 | * ''Anime/SevenOfSeven'' has Nana Suzuki voiced by Creator/NanaMizuki. This is probably intentional (at least the surname, the name Nana is a pun on the show's title). |
| 86 | ** Speaking of Creator/NanaMizuki, she also plays Nanami Takatsuki from ''Anime/DogDays'' and [[PunnyName Nanami Madobe]], a.k.a. [[OSTan Windows 7-tan]]. |
| 87 | * In ''Anime/PsychoPass'', we were given Hiroko Fuji, a victim who was murdered. She was voiced by Hiro Nakajima, whose real first name was Hiroko and she was named after her voice actress. |
| 88 | * In ''Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix'' (at least the English version), the doctor who cares for Amy is named Dr. Blum and voiced by Creator/SteveBlum. |
| 89 | * In ''Anime/{{Noein}}'' the protagonist Haruka Kaminogi is voiced by Haruka Kudou. |
| 90 | * The ''[[RealTrailerFakeMovie Iryou Shoujo Medical Shamal]]'' [[BonusMaterial Omake]] in the ''Anime/{{Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd As}}'' DVD/Blu-Ray featured a daughter and mother duo played by Shamal and Hayate, who are given the original names "Yuzuko" and "Kanae" respectively. Rather strange choices, until you realize that Shamal is voiced by Creator/{{Ryoka|Yuzuki}} ''[[Creator/RyokaYuzuki Yuzuki]]'' while Hayate is voiced by ''[[Creator/KanaUeda Kana]]'' [[Creator/KanaUeda Ueda]]. |
| 91 | * ''Manga/SakuraTrick'' has Creator/HarukaTomatsu playing Haruka Takayama. The other heroine is a partial match--Yuu Sonoda, played by Creator/YukaIguchi--so this probably wasn't a coincidence. |
| 92 | * ''Manga/KidsOnTheSlope'' has Junichi voiced by Creator/JunichiSuwabe. |
| 93 | * ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' has a version that crosses with ComicBookFantasyCasting: The original light novels note that the AI in [[HandsomeLech Kurz]]'s Arm Slave is named "Yukari" and based on a Japanese idol, complete with its voice being based on samples of said idol. When the AI "appears" in ''The Second Raid'', it's voiced by Creator/YukariTamura, implying that she was Kurz's inspiration. |
| 94 | * Appears in-universe in ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' when each of the named characters in the SOS Brigade's movie ''The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina: Episode 00'' is named for the brigade members who play them, and has roles appropriate to the actor's secret identity. (Also a mild case of MyNaymeIs, since in Japanese the characters' names are in [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem katakana, while the actors' names are in kanji/hiragana]]). |
| 95 | * All of the titular ''Anime/WakeUpGirls'' are named after their respective voice actresses. |
| 96 | * In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Ryunosuke, a dragon created by Kanjuro, is voiced by Ryunosuke Yamaguchi. (He is the son of Usopp's voice actor, Creator/KappeiYamaguchi.) |
| 97 | * ''Anime/PrettyCure'': |
| 98 | ** In ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', Akane Fujita is voiced by Mikako Fujita. |
| 99 | ** ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' has Megumi Aino, played by Creator/MegumiNakajima. Funny enough, Hime's voice actress is also named [[Creator/MegumiHan Megumi]]. |
| 100 | * Happens InUniverse in ''Manga/YuriIsMyJob''. The salon employees, who roleplay as students at a prestigious all-girls school, keep their first names, and take on a similar-sounding surname. For example, Hime Shiraki, the main character, plays Hime Shirasagi while working in the salon. |
| 101 | * ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'': Middle sister Miku Nakano is voiced by Creator/MikuItou. |
| 102 | * In ''Anime/OddTaxi'', Creator/TakayaKuroda voices Kuroda, a tapir who also happens to be a member of the {{yakuza}}. |
| 103 | * A coincidental example for ''Anime/LupinIII'': Creator/GoroNaya's [[TheOtherDarrin successor]] as Kōichi Zenigata is Creator/KoichiYamadera. |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 107 | * In ''Franchise/TheMuppets Robin Hood'', Janice/Willa Scarlet thinks the narrator is a voice in her head which she calls Jerry. The intent is presumably that he's this setting's version of the announcer from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', voiced by the late Jerry Nelson. |
| 108 | * In ''ComicBook/DaredevilCharlesSoule'' run, there's a recurring cop character modeled on Creator/DeborahAnnWoll's real-life boyfriend E.J. Scott, named...[[https://i.redd.it/039l6zpr1az11.jpg "Officer Scott"]]. |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Fan Fic]] |
| 112 | * ScriptFic ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' has Creator/AndrewLawrence and Robert Klein voicing Andy and Klein, respectively. |
| 113 | * ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' fanfic "Zoey 1803" has a last name version with Zoey Martin played by Meaghan Martin. |
| 114 | * This is often seen in fanfics in general that have the characters as actors with the franchise being a show that they're in. |
| 115 | * ''Fanfic/LucinaReacts'': [[spoiler: Male Morgan's preferred name is Todd. In the original [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening game]], he's voiced by Creator/ToddHaberkorn.]] |
| 116 | * Another last name version, in the [[Fanfic/TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds Hasbroverse]], [[Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce Minerva]] shares the same last name as her Japanese voice actress Yuriko Yamamoto. |
| 117 | * In the Arrow story 'A Different Shade of Green", Oliver Queen goes to another universe where he is Olivia Queen, played by Olivia Holt. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Fan Film]] |
| 121 | * A 2018 fan film based on ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' cast Creator/NathanFillion as Nathan Drake. But the character was already named that in the games, so it's either a coincidence or the makers of the film were attracted to Fillion due to him also being named Nathan. |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 125 | * Penthouse pet Creator/JulieStrain voiced the main character of Julie in ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal2000''. The character later changed her name to "FAKK-2", but what're you gonna do? She DID change it back to Julie after saving her sister though. |
| 126 | * In-universe example: [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]] as Ebenezer Scrooge from ''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol''. This was inevitable since Scrooge [=McDuck=] was named in honor of [[TheScrooge that other Scrooge]] in the first place.[[note]]First appearance: a 1947 WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck story called "Christmas On Bear Mountain"[[/note]] |
| 127 | * Several Creator/{{Pixar}} examples: |
| 128 | ** Mary Gibbs as Boo (according to WordOfGod and supported by a painting in her bedroom) from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' |
| 129 | ** Katharine Ringgold as Kathy the Chickenfish from ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. |
| 130 | ** Guido Quaroni as Guido from ''Franchise/{{Cars}}''. |
| 131 | ** [[Series/SportsNation Colin Cowherd]] as Colin Cowling from ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}''. In the European release, the character was called Lofty Crofty and was voiced by [[UsefulNotes/FormulaOne David Croft]]. |
| 132 | ** John Ratzenberger as (SURPRISE!) John from ''WesternAnimation/{{WallE}}''. |
| 133 | ** In the Norwegian dub of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', Lotso is called [[DubNameChange Kalle]], played by Kalle Øby. |
| 134 | ** Elie Docter as young Ellie in ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''. |
| 135 | ** Hyein Park as Abby Park in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''. |
| 136 | ** Many of the minor characters in ''WesternAnimation/Cars3''. Some only a couple of letters away from being full name Danzas. |
| 137 | --->Bob Costas as Bob Cutlass\ |
| 138 | Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip\ |
| 139 | Guido Quaroni as Guido\ |
| 140 | Lewis Hamilton as Hamilton\ |
| 141 | Junior Johnson as Junior Moon\ |
| 142 | Shannon Spake as Shannon Spokes\ |
| 143 | Madeleine [=McGraw=] as [=Maddy McGear=]\ |
| 144 | Mike Joy as Mike Joyride\ |
| 145 | Jeff Gordon as Jeff Gorvette\ |
| 146 | Daniel Suarez as Danny Swervez\ |
| 147 | Ryan Blaney as Ryan 'Inside' Laney\ |
| 148 | Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. as Bubba Wheelhouse\ |
| 149 | Chase Elliott as Chase Racelott |
| 150 | * A few [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney animated features]] have this trope as well, including: |
| 151 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', Professor Holloway is voiced by Creator/SterlingHolloway, of course. |
| 152 | ** Peggy Lee as Peg from ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp''. |
| 153 | ** Louis Prima as King Louie from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967''. Disney originally intended to cast Music/LouisArmstrong for the role until they realized the UnfortunateImplications of casting a black man as an ape and chose Prima (who was Italian-American) instead, who coincidentally also fit this trope. |
| 154 | ** Scatman Crothers as Scat Cat from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''. The character was originally named Satchmo Cat and intended to be voiced by Music/LouisArmstrong. |
| 155 | ** Susan Hegarty as the Rescue Lady from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''. While her name is not verbally mentioned, it does appear on Lilo's adoption paper for Stitch. |
| 156 | ** Annette Bening and Catherine O'Hara, respectively as Anda and Kata the female moose from ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear2''. |
| 157 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' provides a variation: the titular dog stars in the ''[[ShowWithinAShow Bolt]]'' TV show, where he plays (or more accurately, has been convinced he ''is'') a superpowered dog named Bolt. His owner, who's adopted Bolt some time before the show and who plays Penny in the same show, is another variant: while her real name is never spoken by any humans outside the show, the show uses EnforcedMethodActing to convince Bolt everything in the show is real, so her real name is probably also Penny. |
| 158 | ** An unusual and ingenious case is with marine Markowski in the Polish dub version of ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Markowski is voiced by the lead singer of the legendary rock band named Perfect. The real name of the singer is Grzegorz Markowski! |
| 159 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' has Bonnie Hopps played by Bonnie Hunt. |
| 160 | ** In the Polish dub of ''[[WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle Chicken Little]]'' Melvin and Tina are renamed Piotruś and Edytka after their voice actors, Piotr Machalica and Edyta Olszówka. |
| 161 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' sees Rob, a member of the Mutant Gang, voiced by Rob Paulsen. |
| 162 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTwoFace'' sees Commissioner James Gordon voiced by Jim Ward, with Jim simply being a less formal way to say James. In a similar vein, he's voiced by Creator/JimMeskimen in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''. |
| 163 | * In ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', John Clive was the voice of Music/JohnLennon. There was a Paul in the voice credits (Paul Angelis), but he didn't voice [[Music/PaulMcCartney McCartney]]. He was Ringo and George while Geoffrey Hughes was Paul. |
| 164 | * [[WesternAnimation/LegoDCComicsSuperHeroes Lego DC Batman: Family Matters]] sees Creator/JasonSpisak voice Jason [[spoiler: Todd/Red Hood]]. |
| 165 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'', Teeny Tiny Tony is voiced by Creator/TonyHale. |
| 166 | * Played for laughs in the bonus material for Danish movie "Terkel i knibe". [[https://youtu.be/F6auGy6k3vg There are "audition tapes"]] where the characters audition to play themselves, and they naturally have the same names as their characters. All the characters are voiced by Anders Matthesen, who does not share a name with any of the characters. |
| 167 | * In Under the Boardwalk, Bobby Marinara is voiced by Creator/BobbyCannavale |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 171 | * ''Film/EightBallClown'': The actress who plays the news reporter uses her own name for the role, Anita Foster. |
| 172 | * ''Film/AxeMurderingWithHackley'': The character Hackley is played by Allen Hackley. |
| 173 | * Possibly the oldest example in film: Creator/CharlieChaplin's "Charlie" character, the center of many of his movies. |
| 174 | * [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy]] usually played full-name versions of this in their films (as "Stan and Ollie"). |
| 175 | * Frankie Avalon in ''Film/BeachParty'' and its sequels. |
| 176 | * ''Film/BladeII'' has Creator/KarelRoden as Karel Kounen. |
| 177 | * The Creator/MarxBrothers did this in some of their films, and on stage. Notably, in ''Film/DuckSoup'', Chico's character is named Chicolini. |
| 178 | * Subverted in ''Film/BackToTheBeach'' where Annette Funicello (known as Dee Dee in the classic Beach films) is called Annette while Frankie (her husband) is called "The Big Kahuna". |
| 179 | * Long before Creator/SandraOh was cast in ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', she won a Best Actress Genie Award (the modern-day Canadian equivalent of the Oscars) for her role in ''Film/LastNight''... playing a character named just Sandra. |
| 180 | * All the main characters from ''Film/TheWrongGuys''. In case you haven't seen it (quite likely) Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Franklyn Ajaye and Tim Thomerson play lifelong friends and former Boy Scouts called... Louie, Richard, Belz, Franklyn and Tim. |
| 181 | * To cash in even further on the fame of its cast, the entire cast of ''Love, Honour and Obey'' were named after the actors who play them. This may not have been just to cash in on the fame of the cast... the directors, Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis, directed a previous movie, ''Final Cut'', starring much of the same cast (Creator/JudeLaw, Creator/SadieFrost, Creator/RayWinstone, etc) which also had the majority of the characters named after their actors. The films are clearly not sequels to each other, however -- Ray is an actor in one film and a gangster in another, Sadie is with Ray in one film and Jude in the other, and most significantly, Jude dies at the beginning of one film (the film cuts between his funeral and a video being screened at his funeral which Jude made before his death), and is alive and well in the other. |
| 182 | * Creator/LarryTheCableGuy is especially guilty of this trope in most of his films. |
| 183 | ** His character's name in Film/WitlessProtection? Larry. |
| 184 | ** His character's name in Film/DeltaFarce? Larry. |
| 185 | ** His character's name in [[Film/LarryTheCableGuyHealthInspector Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector]]? Take a guess. |
| 186 | ** His character's name in Film/JingleAllTheWay2? Larry. |
| 187 | ** His character's name in Film/ToothFairy2? You get it by now. |
| 188 | *** While not to the same extent, Larry's fellow Series/BlueCollarComedy partner Creator/BillEngvall's roles sometimes gives him his own first name. Most notably, Film/DeltaFarce and Film/BaitShop. |
| 189 | * In ''Fira and Ice'', Suzy is played by Suzy Chaffee and John is played by John Eaves. |
| 190 | * ''Film/NancyGoesToRio'': Creator/ScottyBeckett as Scotty Sheridan. |
| 191 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 192 | ** The films offer many examples, usually background characters with little importance. These are often [[SignificantAnagram anagrams]]. Some examples: Cin Drallig (Nick Gillard), Roth-Del Masona (Leonard Thomas), Dannl Faytonni (Anthony Daniels), Nicanas Tassu (Nic Anastassiou), Jeremoch Colton (Jeremy Bulloch). An especially notable example is Amy Allen (mostly known for her portrayal of Aayla Secura, a character taken from a comic series), who has three characters she portrayed named after her: Mya Nalle, Yma Nalle, and Lela Mayn. |
| 193 | ** Borderline case: in one of the books, there was a character named "Entoo Needaan E-elz" (the author has actually confirmed that he was named after Creator/AnthonyDaniels). |
| 194 | ** In the expanded universe, the full name of Wicket the Ewok (played by Creator/WarwickDavis) is revealed to be Wicket Wystri Warrick. |
| 195 | ** Temiri Blagg, a character in ''Film/TheLastJedi'' often referred to by fans as "Broom Boy", was named after the child actor who portrayed him, Temirlan Blaev. |
| 196 | * All three leads in ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject''. |
| 197 | * Bizarre example: The characters of ''Film/BookOfShadowsBlairWitch2'' are all first-name Danzas. It had been originally intended for them to be full-name Danzas, carrying on the previous film's gimmick of "No, this is really happening to the actual people you see on film", but the director decided this was "dishonest" and changed their last names -- he would have changed their first names too, but too much of the movie had already been filmed. The change was made so late in the day, however, that the new last names only appear in the credits, and we see the actor's last names on-screen briefly in a police report. |
| 198 | * Often happens to Creator/JackieChan in his movies -- especially those ported from Hong Kong to the Western market. Jackie Chan plays either a "Jackie" or a "Mr. Chan" in movies such as ''Film/OperationCondor'', ''Film/SuperCop'' & ''Film/Supercop2'', ''Film/TheMyth'', ''Film/WhoAmI1998'', ''Film/CannonballRunII'', ''Film/JackieChansFirstStrike'', etc. Additionally, in ''First Strike'', Jackson and Annie Tsui are played by Jackson Lou and Annie Wu, respectively, and in ''Film/MrNiceGuy'', Miki is played by Miki Lee. |
| 199 | ** It's so common you can't blame the HilariousOuttakes from ''Film/RushHour2'' featuring Creator/ChrisTucker mistakenly referring to him as "Jackie" (Creator/DonCheadle even corrects with "His name is Lee, goddamn it!"). |
| 200 | * Two throwaway examples in the first ten minutes of ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'': [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Drummond Alice Drummond]] plays Alice the librarian, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Runyon Jennifer Runyon]] is Jennifer, a test subject whom Dr. Venkman just wants to date, causing him to compromise scientific integrity. |
| 201 | * [[Creator/DanielDayLewis Daniel "Plainview" Day-Lewis]], ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', went one better than Sandra's Genie win, winning an Oscar for that role. Also in that film, we have Paul Dano as Paul Sunday (and as Sunday's twin brother). |
| 202 | * Much of the movies in the ''Film/CarryOnSeries'' had characters that had the same name as the actors. The actor that got this the most was Creator/SidJames, who had six characters named "Sid". ''Film/CarryOnCamping'', meanwhile, had the most with Creator/{{Sid|James}} Boggle, {{Creator/Joan|Sims}} Fussey, {{Creator/Bern|ardBresslaw}}ie Lugg, {{Creator/Charl|esHawtrey}}ie Muggins, {{Creator/Ba|rbaraWindsor}}bs, and Dr. Creator/{{Kenneth|Williams}} Soaper (the latter being confirmed by WordOfGod). Additionally, Jim Tanner (played by Creator/JulianHolloway) was intended to played by Creator/JimDale. |
| 203 | * Reggie Banister plays Reggie Banister in all four of the ''Film/{{Phantasm}}'' films. Also the character of Michael is played by Michael A. Baldwin in the first, third, and fourth installments. |
| 204 | * Captain Sawada in ''Film/StreetFighter'' is played by Kenya Sawada. |
| 205 | * Betty Garrett as Betty Barrett in ''[[Film/NeptunesDaughter Neptune's Daughter]]''. This single-letter difference might have been to not mislead audiences into thinking that Eve Barrett (Esther Williams) was her sister in RealLife as well as in the movie. |
| 206 | * Justified in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. Toby was originally named Freddie, but the infant playing him--Toby Froud, son of puppet designer Brian Froud--would only respond to his own name. |
| 207 | * Speaking of Creator/JenniferConnelly movies, in ''Film/{{Phenomena}}'', her character is named Jennifer Corvino. |
| 208 | * Neil Connery as Dr. Neil Connery in the Film/JamesBond parody ''OK Connery'' (aka ''Operation Kid Brother''--or to use the title of its ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, ''Film/OperationDouble007''). And yes, the CastingGag of having Sean's younger brother play an unnamed agent's younger brother is the plot. In the same film Lois "Miss Moneypenny" Maxwell plays "Miss Maxwell". |
| 209 | * Creator/JasonMewes plays a character named "Jay" in Film/TheViewAskewniverse movies, as well as some other characters also named "Jay" -- and in the 2006 film ''Jack's Law'', a character named Bobby Mewes. |
| 210 | * Many of Creator/HaroldLloyd's characters have the first name Harold, with various last names. Once this even bled into the title: ''The Sin of Harold Diddlebock''. |
| 211 | * Creator/SteveCoogan and Creator/RobBrydon in ''Film/ACockAndBullStory'', as well as playing Tristram Shandy and his brother, also play "Steve Coogan" and "Rob Brydon". |
| 212 | * David Della Rocco in ''Film/TheBoondockSaints''. The role was written specifically for him, but then again he was friends with the writer before they even started. |
| 213 | * David Hewlett as David Worth in ''Film/{{Cube}}''. This might be chalked up to coincidence if not for the fact that Hewlett and director Vincenzo Natali have been good friends since high school -- because of this he probably had some input in choosing his character's full name. |
| 214 | * In ''Film/{{Desperado}},'' Creator/SteveBuscemi plays a character called "Buscemi". |
| 215 | * Subverted in ''Film/ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno'', with two gay lovers with the name of one being a play on the name of the actor playing another: Bobby ''Long'' played by Creator/BrandonRouth and ''Brandon'' St. Randy played by Creator/JustinLong. |
| 216 | * In ''Film/ObserveAndReport'' the twin security guards John and Matt are played by John and Matthew Yuan. |
| 217 | * Egyptian American actor Ahmed Ahmed has played a few roles as Ahmed, and many others as himself. |
| 218 | * Every single character in ''Film/PurpleRain'' shares their actor's first name except for that played by Music/{{Prince}} (his name is The Kid) and his movie mother and father (they have fictional names). |
| 219 | * Creator/StephenChow directs and plays a character named Stephen Chow in ''Film/GodOfCookery''. A particularly brave example since he sets himself up as an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist from the beginning. |
| 220 | ** Considering his birth name was Sing, his characters in ''Film/ShaolinSoccer'' and ''Film/KungFuHustle'' are also The Danza. |
| 221 | ** Also for many of his older Cantonese movies, his character is also named Sing, such as the ''Fight Back to School'' franchise (with the last name Chow), ''All for the Winner'' franchise, ''The Magnificent Scoundrels''. His character in his latest movie ''Film/CJ7'' has the last name Chow. |
| 222 | * Rudy Del Campo plays a character named simply "Del Campo" in the 1961 film version of ''Film/{{West Side Story|1961}}''. |
| 223 | * ''China Strike Force''. In the English dub, at least three characters are named for the actor: Coolio plays Coolio, Norika Fujiwara plays Norika, and Ken Lo plays Ken Lo. |
| 224 | * Stella Stevens as Stella Purdy in Creator/JerryLewis's ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor|1963}}''. |
| 225 | * Done backwards in Creator/KennethBranagh's ''Theatre/HenryV'', where Michael Williams plays "Michael Williams". |
| 226 | * Subverted in Creator/RobertAltman's ''Images'', where every major cast member plays a character with the same first name as ''another'' major cast member. |
| 227 | * The Creator/VincenzoNatali movie ''Film/{{Nothing}}'', and its two protagonists: Andrew (Miller) and Dave (Hewlett). |
| 228 | * In ''Film/HomeAlone3'' the lead character is named Alex after the actor portraying him, Creator/AlexDLinz. |
| 229 | * In ''Film/KnockedUp'', the main character's friends all keep the first names of the actors portraying them. |
| 230 | * Creator/SteveMcQueenActor in ''Film/TheBlob1958''. |
| 231 | * From 1932 to 1936, Creator/JohnWayne played many characters named "John", and one named "Wayne". One of his lesser-known roles is a romantic comedy called [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036092/ A Lady Takes A Chance]] where he plays a rodeo cowboy named Duke, which became his iconic nickname. |
| 232 | * Jessie Royce Landis as Jessie Stevens in ''Film/ToCatchAThief''. |
| 233 | * Happened the other way around in ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny''. Donna Lee Hickey, who played May Wynn, liked the name so much that she adopted it as her stage name. (May Wynn is a stage name in the original novel). |
| 234 | * In ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'', Tom Georgeson plays the character George Thomason. |
| 235 | * Justin Long played Justin in ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''. |
| 236 | * Creator/DannyTrejo in ''Film/{{Heat}}'' plays a character named Trejo. |
| 237 | * This trope applies to everyone appearing in the first ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' (later films ditched this in favor of different names). |
| 238 | * In Carlos Saura's ''Film/{{Carmen}}'', the dancers Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, and Juan Antonio Jimenez play dancers named Antonio, Cristina, and Juan, while musician Paco de Lucia plays a musician named Paco. And InUniverse, the actress hired for the theater troupe's production of ''Carmen'' is named Carmen. |
| 239 | * Subverted in ''Film/SnowCake'': Angela Pell wrote the screenplay with Creator/AlanRickman so much in mind that the main character was originally named "Alan Hughes". Rickman suggested the name change; the character is now called "Alex Hughes". |
| 240 | * With the exceptions of Hicks and Ripley, all of the Marines in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' named on the hypersleep capsule readout share their first initial with the actor or actress playing them. ''Including'' Bishop the android, who is given the first initial "L". WordOfGod says their whole first names match up. |
| 241 | * A reverse Danza happens in Creator/RidleyScott's ''{{Film/Robin Hood|2010}}''. Canadian singer Alan Doyle (a buddy of the film's lead Creator/RussellCrowe) plays the minstrel Alan-a-Dale, a legendary character who had that name centuries before Alan Doyle was born. |
| 242 | ** Though the character's name in the end credits is spelled Alan a'Dayle, so they did Danza it up a bit. |
| 243 | * Speaking of Myth/RobinHood, in ''Film/RobinAndMarian'' the part of King Richard the Lionheart is played by Creator/RichardHarris. |
| 244 | * And speaking of Richard Harris movies, ''Film/PatriotGames'' features Creator/SeanBean as Sean Miller. |
| 245 | * Creator/LiamNeeson plays "Randy Father Liam" in ''Film/BreakfastOnPluto''. Seeing as this character was named Father ''Bernard'' in the original novel, we can only assume this was done deliberately... |
| 246 | * Several movies by German comedian Didi Hallervorden, often containing "Didi" in the title |
| 247 | * In ''Film/TheBasket'', the character of Frederick Treadway was played by Patrick Treadway. This is because the character originally didn't have a name, so in the script, he was simply referred to as Patrick Treadway, with the intention of coming up with a name later. Everyone got so used to it that it simply became the character's name until the real Patrick asked for it to be altered at least partially so it wouldn't feel like he was playing himself. |
| 248 | * Scott "Scotty" Thomas in ''Film/EuroTrip'' is played by Scott Mechlowicz. |
| 249 | * Creator/SamRockwell stars as Sam Bell in ''Film/{{Moon}}''. Deliberate as Creator/DuncanJones specifically wrote the part for him. |
| 250 | * Dragan Mićanović plays a Serbian gangster, Dragan, in ''Film/LayerCake'', and amusingly enough, is TheDragon. |
| 251 | * In ''Film/MenInBlackII'', it's ambiguous whether Music/MichaelJackson is playing himself or a fictional character in his cameo -- but he's an aspiring MIB agent who wants to become "Agent M". |
| 252 | * In ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', Creator/BruceLee plays a character named "Mr. Lee". |
| 253 | * In Mexico, there is a famous actress and comedienne named "María Elena Velasco". She has been cast a Danza in everything she has been in. Specifically, she plays "La India Maria", a character she herself created. |
| 254 | * Film/TheThreeStooges were almost always this in their films. The names were a bit of a change situation but were their main professional ones. The Horowitz boys were Moses ('Moe'), Jerome (nicknamed 'Curly' for his hair after his then-current nickname 'Babe' was taken), and Samuel (their mother's attempts to say it ended up as 'Shemp', and it stuck). Louis Feinberg had already taken the name 'Larry Fine' before joining the act. Joe Besser was the only one who didn't have to change anything at all. Joseph Wardell had used 'Joe [=DeRita=]' well before meeting the Stooges. Emil Sitka would've been the only one to make a name out of whole cloth ('Harry'), but the act died (with Moe) before any films could be made. RARE exceptions include ''Woman Haters'' (the first short, and part of another lineup of films Columbia was doing; they had character names) and the rare time when they would play actual others (opposite themselves), especially in drag. |
| 255 | * [[SleazyPolitician Corrupt town councilman]] Bill Heslop in ''Film/MurielsWedding'' is played by the veteran Australian actor Bill Hunter. |
| 256 | * ''Film/SilentMovie'' features Creator/MelBrooks as Mel Funn, Creator/MartyFeldman as Marty Eggs, and Creator/DomDeluise as Dom Bell. |
| 257 | * Norman Wisdom played characters called Norman in a total of 13 films during the '50s and '60s. He is probably best remembered playing Norman Pitkin, opposite Edward Chapman as [[PhraseCatcher Mr. Grimsdale]]. |
| 258 | * Glenn Morshower as "General Morshower" in the second and third ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' films. |
| 259 | * Reggae singer Willi One Blood plays a henchman in ''Film/TheProfessional''. Stansfield calls him "Blood", and another character calls him "Willi". |
| 260 | * In ''Film/StarterForTen'' Creator/AliceEve plays Alice and Rebecca Hall plays Rebecca. |
| 261 | * In ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'', French actress Corinne Cléry portrays Corinne Dufour. |
| 262 | * British wartime comedian George Formby played a character named George in 18 of his 21 starring roles, including several where he is name-checked in the title (''Come On George!'', ''Let George Do It!''). |
| 263 | * In ''Film/BadBoys1995'', Creator/TheresaRandle plays Theresa Burnett. |
| 264 | * ''Film/LaDolceVita'': Creator/MarcelloMastroianni (Marcello Rubini) and Riccardo Garrone (Riccardo). |
| 265 | * In ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'', David is played by David Bower. |
| 266 | * ''Film/LadiesOfTheChorus'': Rand Brooks as Randy Carroll. |
| 267 | * In ''Film/TrueLies'', Jean-Claude Parachino plays a bit part as... Jean-Claude. He's the guy who records the lines Harry plays back when Helen poses as a prostitute in the suite. |
| 268 | * Creator/JohnMalkovich as John Horatio Malkovich in '' Film/BeingJohnMalkovich'', obviously. He isn't ''quite'' playing himself since the actor's real middle name is Gavin. |
| 269 | * In Brazilian film ''Film/TheEliteSquad'' André Ramiro plays André Matias (though the first name rarely shows up due to LastNameBasis). Captain Matias returns in the sequel, keeping the trope running. |
| 270 | * Creator/MichaelDouglas as Michael Andropolis in ''Running''. |
| 271 | * ''Film/FromJustinToKelly'' stars Justin Guarini as Justin Bell (a full-name Danza; Guarini is his stage name) and Music/KellyClarkson as Kelly Taylor. |
| 272 | * ''Film/MyDinnerWithAndre'' has Creator/WallaceShawn and Andre Gregory playing...well, Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory. However, the actors, who wrote the script, [[WordOfGod have repeatedly stated]] that the characters in the film are not representative of their real-life personalities. |
| 273 | * Creator/ShirleyTemple in four of her early films. |
| 274 | * Creator/BabyPeggy predated the above example a decade before Temple went mainstream, like in ''Peg o' the Mounted'' and in the feature film ''Film/TheFamilySecret'', where she played the role of, well, you guessed it, ''Peggy'' Holmes. |
| 275 | * Although the character existed long before the actress who played her, in an early film version of ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'', Anne Shirley was played by... Anne Shirley (which was the actress's stage name). The actress, née Dawn Evelyeen Paris, adopted the stage name as a consequence of being cast in the movie. She had been previously acting as Dawn O'Day. |
| 276 | * In the Swedish film, ''Film/PelleTheConqueror'', the title role was played by Pelle Hvenegaard. Hvenegaard was actually named for the character since his parents were fans of the book the movie was based on. |
| 277 | * ''Film/ZabriskiePoint'': lead characters Mark and Daria (Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin), and also supporting character Kathleen (Kathleen Cleaver). |
| 278 | * Creator/SeanConnery played Captain John Conner in ''Film/RisingSun''. The similar-sounding name is not a coincidence because author Creator/MichaelCrichton named the character John Conner in his book with the hope that Connery would play him in the eventual film version. |
| 279 | * In ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'', Creator/BelaLugosi plays a fortune teller named Bela. |
| 280 | * Reverse Danza: Actor Byron Barr changed his professional name to Creator/GigYoung after playing a character of that name in the 1942 film ''The Gay Sisters''. |
| 281 | * Creator/KeithDavid as Agent Keith in ''Film/{{Gamer}}''. |
| 282 | * Peter Serafinowicz as Pete in ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''. Lampshaded (sort of) in an outtake included on the DVD, in which Creator/SimonPegg and Nick Frost refer to the character by the actor's full name while delivering their dialogue. |
| 283 | * Creator/RachelWeisz's role in ''Literature/AboutABoy'' is Rachel. |
| 284 | * Creator/JeffBridges as Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in ''Film/TheBigLebowski''. |
| 285 | ** He also played John L. Bridges in ''Film/HeavensGate'', a character that's supposed to be his own great-grandfather dropped into the semi-fictional storyline. |
| 286 | * In ''Film/LaHaine'', Vinz, Saïd and Hubert are played by Creator/VincentCassel, '''Saïd''' Taghmaoui and '''Hubert''' Koundé, respectively. |
| 287 | * In ''Film/ProjectX2012'', all of the characters except Costa share the same first names as their actors. |
| 288 | * Probably coincidental since the character actually is a real person, but in ''Literature/TheBlindSide'': '''Collins''' Tuohy is played by Creator/LilyCollins (daughter of Music/PhilCollins). |
| 289 | * In ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', the modern-time crew (aside from Brock Lovett, played by Creator/BillPaxton) are named after the actors portraying them, e.g. Lewis Bodine is played by Lewis Abernathy. The crew in question is also the real-life crew of the ship. |
| 290 | * Creator/EddieRedmayne as "Eddie" in ''Film/{{Hick}}''. |
| 291 | * Magazine/{{Playboy}} Playmate Dona Speir played Agent Donna Hamilton in several of Andy Sidaris' Triple B movies, including ''Film/HardTicketToHawaii''. |
| 292 | * Creator/PaulGiamatti as Paul Gill in ''Film/RockOfAges''. |
| 293 | * Sara Paxton as Sara Houski in ''Film/SharkNight''. |
| 294 | * Creator/FrankLangella as the "Frank" of the title in ''Film/RobotAndFrank''. |
| 295 | * Creator/JosephGordonLevitt as "Joseph Simmons" in ''Film/{{Looper}}''. |
| 296 | * Creator/SarahJessicaParker as Sarah Sanderson in ''Film/HocusPocus''. |
| 297 | * Creator/PaulBartel and Creator/MaryWoronov as Paul and Mary Bland in ''Film/EatingRaoul'' and ''Film/ChoppingMall''. |
| 298 | * In the live-action ''Film/ScoobyDoo2002'' movies, Fred is played by Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr Possibly a CastingGag. |
| 299 | * In ''Film/{{Elf}}'', Buddy's real name is William, and he is played by Creator/WillFerrell. |
| 300 | * ''Film/{{Twister}}'' with Bill Harding (Creator/BillPaxton) |
| 301 | * ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' with Phil Fimple (Creator/PhilHartman). |
| 302 | * In ''Film/ColdCreekManor'', Creator/KristenStewart played a character called Kristen Tilson. |
| 303 | * In ''Film/TheKingOfComedy'', Creator/JerryLewis plays a character named Jerry Langford. The character was named Robert Langford in the script, and Lewis suggested the change upon learning that they would be filming scenes in the streets of New York City; Lewis' character is supposed to be a celebrity in-universe, so if any passers-by recognized him and shouted "Jerry!" during a scene, they could just ThrowItIn instead of having to do another take. |
| 304 | * Maria Thayer as Rory Thayer in ''Film/{{Accepted}}''. |
| 305 | * ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': Joseph Gatt's character was originally called [=GATT2000=], although by the time of the film's release, the character's name was changed to Science Officer 0718. |
| 306 | * ''Film/TheExpendables2'' villain Jean Vilain shares part of Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme's given name. |
| 307 | * In ''Film/{{REC}}'', Pablo is played by Pablo Rosso, who is a cameraman in RealLife. |
| 308 | * In ''[[Film/TheCelebration Festen]]'' ''(The Celebration)'', the receptionist Lars and Helene's boyfriend Gbatokai are portrayed by Lars Brygmann and Gbatokai Dakinah, respectively. |
| 309 | * Dianne Wiest as Dianne Booker in ''Film/TheHorseWhisperer''. |
| 310 | * Another coincidental example: Tommy Pender as Tom (AKA: Thomas) in ''The Water Babies''. |
| 311 | * In ''Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'': |
| 312 | ** The protagonist Clémentine is renamed Adèle after her actress Adèle Exarchopoulos because the director included scenes where the actress wasn't acting for the camera and was being called by name by the crew, feeling it was very natural and suited the movie. |
| 313 | ** Averted by Creator/LeaSeydoux. She refused to have her character's name be changed to her own name as one of the conditions she had for playing the part of Emma. Among these other conditions are: she will not smoke real cigarettes because she has quit smoking two years before, she will not have real sex on camera, and she will not wear her own clothes for the film. Apart from these, she said that she is ready to do anything that Kechiche will require her for any of the scenes. |
| 314 | * Young Max in ''Film/{{Elysium}}'' is played by Maxwell Perry Cotton. |
| 315 | * Koh Jia Ler as Jia Ler in ''Ilo Ilo''. |
| 316 | * Creator/EdHarris plays Ed Du Bois in ''Film/PainAndGain'', who is a real person involved with the story. |
| 317 | * ''Film/TheBay'': One of the women interviewed by Dr. Abrams right after the outbreak is a woman named Lamya Jezek... played by Lamya Jezek. |
| 318 | * Creator/SeanPenn as Sean O'Connell in ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty''. |
| 319 | * [[NonActorVehicle Georges St-Pierre]] as Georges Batroc in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. This is a coincidence though, as Georges Batroc is an existing character from the ''Comicbook/CaptainAmerica'' comics. |
| 320 | * ''Film/KickAss'' has Creator/ChristopherMintzPlasse playing Christopher "Chris" D'Amico aka Red Mist, later The Motherfucker, and Stu Riley playing Stu. |
| 321 | * In-universe example: in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'', Mr. Arrow's first name[[note]]Which was unknown in the original book.[[/note]] is given as Samuel - and he's "played" by Sam the Eagle. Also, Billy Bones is played by Creator/BillyConnolly. |
| 322 | * Michael Corleone's son Anthony in ''Film/TheGodfather'' film series (the character doesn't exist in the Mario Puzo novels) was so named because the 3-year-old boy who played him in the first film was also named Anthony. It was found that he responded best to his own name. |
| 323 | * [[Creator/DianeKeaton Diane "Annie" Hall]], better known by her stage name Diane Keaton, as the title character in ''Film/AnnieHall''. |
| 324 | * In ''{{Film/Outbreak}}'', Creator/DonaldSutherland plays Major General Donald "Donnie" [=McClintock=]. |
| 325 | * Music/FrankSinatra's first leading role in a film was as "Frank Sinatra" in ''Higher and Higher'' (the equivalent character in the unsuccessful Broadway musical was named Patrick O'Toole). In his later years, Sinatra would play Frankie Machine in ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenArm'', François Durnais in ''Can-Can'', and Frank Hovannes in ''Contract on Cherry Street''. |
| 326 | * Reverse Danza: Simon [=MacCorkindale=] plays Simon Doyle in the 1978 film of Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile''. |
| 327 | * In the 1965 version of Christie's ''Literature/TenLittleIndians'', the character Philip Lombard is renamed to "Hugh" Lombard, in obvious service to Hugh O'Brian who was portraying him in that film. This name change is used again for Creator/OliverReed's portrayal in the 1974 remake. |
| 328 | * Moskowitz from ''Film/MinnieAndMoscowitz'' had the same first name as his actor, Seymour Cassel. |
| 329 | * In ''Film/UpTheDownStaircase'', "Juan Rodriguez as Juan Rodriguez". |
| 330 | * In ''Film/IntoTheWoods'', Lucinda is played by Creator/LucyPunch |
| 331 | * In ''Film/AnimalHouse'', Creator/JohnVernon plays Dean Vernon Wormer, and Creator/JohnBelushi plays John "Bluto" Blutarski. |
| 332 | * Played with in ''Film/TheBlackHole'' (1979). While commander Hans Reinhardt is played by Maximilian Schell, he has a right-hand robot named Maximilian. Significantly, the two characters are sort of merged together later in the film. |
| 333 | * In ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' (1980), the owner of Ray's Music Exchange is played by Music/RayCharles. (No name is listed for the character.) Additionally, all of the band members except for leads Jake and Elwood use their real-life first and last names, though they usually go by nicknames in the film. |
| 334 | * In ''Film/{{Imaginaerum}}'', main character Thomas Whitman is played by Tuomas Holopainen, and his friend and former bandmate Ann is played by Tuomas' real-life friend and now former bandmate Anette Olzon. |
| 335 | * In ''Film/{{Resurrection|1980}}'' (the original movie from 1980), Edna Mae [=McCauley=] is played by Ellen Burstyn, whose real name is Edna Rae Gillooly. |
| 336 | * In ''Film/{{Trainwreck}}'', star/screenwriter Creator/AmySchumer's character is called Amy. |
| 337 | * In ''Film/MomsNightOut'', Kevin Downes plays a character named Kevin. |
| 338 | * One of the strangest examples: in ''Film/MajorDundee'', Creator/CharltonHeston (whose real name was John Charles Carter) shares a middle name with character, Major Amos Charles Dundee. |
| 339 | * In ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', Madeline Stuart (director Mel Stuart's daughter) plays Madeline Durkin, the girl in Charlie Bucket's class who tells Mr. Turkentine she opened "about 100" Wonka bars. |
| 340 | * In ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'', Creator/BenedictWong plays a character named "Wong". This may just be a same name or a casting gag however, the character in the film was based on an established character from the ComicBook/DoctorStrange comics. |
| 341 | * Creator/TatianaMaslany as a character named Tatiana in '' Film/EasternPromises''. |
| 342 | * The inaugural ''Film/TheMarine'' film had two; Creator/JohnCena as the titular protagonist John Triton and Creator/ManuBennett as {{Elite Mook|s}} Bennett. |
| 343 | * ''Film/{{Warrior}}'' had two; Creator/TomHardy as Tommy Conlon, one of the two protagonists, and Creator/FrankGrillo as Frank Campana, TheMentor of the other protagonist. |
| 344 | * Played with in ''Film/LiberalArts''. Creator/ElizabethOlsen's character is named Elizabeth but is [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname exclusively addressed as Zibby]]. There's also [[Creator/ElizabethReaser Elizabeth Ann Reaser]] playing a character named Anna. |
| 345 | * Subverted in ''Film/{{Defendor}}''. Creator/KatDennings plays Kat Debrofkowitz, but her real name is Katherine Litwack while the character's full name is Katerina. |
| 346 | * In ''Film/GrossePointeBlank'' Basque–American kickboxer and stuntman Benny "The Jet" Urquidez plays a Basque hitman named Benny. |
| 347 | * ''Film/{{Twinky}}'', a 1969 British "sex comedy" has two characters played by famous comedians - Norman Vaughn as Jimmy Tarbuck, and Jimmy Tarbuck as Norman Vaughn. |
| 348 | * Creator/FelicityJones as Felicia Hardy in '' Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''. It's possible this was a CastingGag off the ComicBook/SpiderMan [[DatingCatwoman love interest]] Felicia Hardy - better know as Characters/{{Black Cat|MarvelComics}}. |
| 349 | * The 1973 version of ''Film/MiracleOn34thStreet'' has a sort of example with "Susan" Walker being played by "Suzanne" Davidson. |
| 350 | * In ''Film/{{Grimm}}'' the main character called Jacob is played by Jacob Derwig. |
| 351 | * ''Film/Baghead2008'' has Jett Garner as a filmmaker/actor named Jett. |
| 352 | * Due to a copyright issue over the use of the character, the final three films in Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller's long-running ''Jungle Jim'' series of adventure B-movies saw the lead character renamed. Rather than come up with an original name, the filmmakers played it safe by simply renaming the character ... Johnny Weissmuller, while stressing that this version of Weissmuller was purely fictional. |
| 353 | * In 1960 film ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Kittens_Go_to_College Sex Kittens Go to College]]'' Norman Grabowski played Woo Woo Grabowski. |
| 354 | * The 1994 comedy ''The New Age'' has Creator/PeterWeller as Peter Witner. |
| 355 | * In the [[NoBudget low-budget]] horror film ''Things'', porn star Amber Lynn [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfKp2YvdkSc#t=0m3s plays]] TV news anchor Amber Lynn. |
| 356 | * ''Film/SnowDogs'' has Creator/JamesCoburn as James "Thunder Jack" Johnson. |
| 357 | * In ''Film/{{Boar}}'', Ernie Dingo plays a character named Ernie. |
| 358 | * Wrestling/{{WWE}} film ''Film/SeeNoEvil'' features Glenn "Wrestling/{{Kane}}" Jacobs as Jacob Goodnight. The character Christine is portrayed by Creator/ChristinaVidal. |
| 359 | * ''Film/DiaryOfAMadBlackWoman'': Brian's daughter Tiffany is played by Creator/TiffanyEvans. Creator/TylerPerry says that the names being the same was pure coincidence. |
| 360 | * ''Film/{{Darkdrive}}'': Julie Falcon, played by... Creator/JulieBenz. |
| 361 | * In ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', Dany Ramos's brother Diego is played by Diego Boneta (who is included in the opening credits as a starring cast member, but is [[DeadStarWalking killed off quickly]]). The minor role of Carl's wife Alicia is played by Alicia Borrachero. |
| 362 | * ''Film/RoomInRome'': Natasha is portrayed by Natasha Yarovenko. |
| 363 | * ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'' stars Lazar Ristovski, Jasna Žalica, and Jovana Mitić as Lazar, Jasna, and Jovana. |
| 364 | * In ''Film/Seven1979'', martial artist Ed Parker plays a martial artist named Ed Parker. It's not clear if he is supposed to be playing himself, or a different character who happens to have the same name. |
| 365 | * ''Film/MoneyMovers'' has Creator/BryanBrown as Brian Jackson. This is almost certainly a coincidence as Brian was a very common Australian name at the time. |
| 366 | * ''Film/TheMagicDoor'': Liam is played by Liam Matthews. |
| 367 | * In the 1977 version of ''Film/FunWithDickAndJane'', Creator/JaneFonda plays Jane Harper. |
| 368 | * Noah/Susan from ''Film/ASafePlace1971'' is played by Tuesday Weld, whose birth name was Susan. |
| 369 | * ''Film/VoyageOfTheRockAliens'' features Spyder Mittleman as Spyder. |
| 370 | * Thandiwe Adjewa from the 1991 Australian film ''Film/{{Flirting}}'' is played by Creator/ThandiweNewton, whose name was misspelt in posters for the film, thus being credited as Thandie Newton for three decades until reclaiming the original spelling of her name in April 2021. |
| 371 | * ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' has Creator/RyanZheng as [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ryan Choi]]. |
| 372 | * ''Film/Jimmie2008'' has Michael Neuenschwander as Jimmie's father Michael Berger. |
| 373 | * ''Film/AlohaBobbyAndRose'' has Erick Hines as Rose's five-year-old son Erick. |
| 374 | * ''Film/ThePeanutButterFalcon'' features Zack Gottsagen as Zak. |
| 375 | * ''Film/TheEndless'': Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead play the two main characters who are brothers, Justin and Aaron. |
| 376 | * In ''Film/HighHeelsAndLowLifes'', Danny Dyer plays Danny Robinson. |
| 377 | * ''Film/TheArcher'': Michael Grant Terry plays Michael Patrice. |
| 378 | * ''Film/TheBlueIguana'' has Yano Anaya as Yano, as we learn during a GivenNameReveal at the end. |
| 379 | * ''Film/MrsBrownYouveGotALovelyDaughter'' stars Music/HermansHermits. With the exception of Peter Noone as Herman Tulley, all the band members play characters with the same first names as themselves. |
| 380 | * ''Film/TheTallBlondManWithOneBlackShoe'' has Creator/BernardBlier as Colonel Bernard Milan. |
| 381 | * ''Film/{{Winterskin}}'': John Carver is played by John Lomas. |
| 382 | * ''Film/LicoricePizza'' has Alana Music/{{Haim}} as Alana Kane. |
| 383 | * ''Film/TheFather'' stars Creator/AnthonyHopkins as Anthony. He was called André in the original stage play, but director Florian Zeller [[AdaptationNameChange renamed the character to entice him.]] |
| 384 | * ''Film/{{Toomorrow}}'': All the band members have the same names as their actors: Music/OliviaNewtonJohn, Benny Thomas, Vic Cooper, and Karl Chambers. |
| 385 | * In the first two ''Film/AirBuddies'' movies, the Buddies' mother Molly is voiced by Molly Shannon. (This is the coincidence version since Molly first appeared in ''Film/AirBud: World Pup'', where the canine characters were unvoiced.) |
| 386 | * ''Film/{{Backdraft}}'': Jennifer Vaitkus, played by Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh. |
| 387 | * ''Film/AGoodWomanIsHardToFind'': Creator/SarahBolger plays the lead character, also named Sarah. |
| 388 | * ''Film/{{Aftershock}}'': Ariel was played by Ariel Levy. |
| 389 | * ''Mothering Sunday'' (2021): Creator/EmmaDArcy as Emma Hobday. |
| 390 | * ''Film/TheTallGuy'' has a borderline example with Creator/RowanAtkinson as Ron Anderson, Dexter King's comedy partner. Reportedly, when Richard Curtis, formerly the straight man in a double-act with Atkinson, sent him the script, Atkinson asked which part he was up for. |
| 391 | * In ''Film/TheDevilCommands'', Richard Fiske plays Dr. Richard Sayles. |
| 392 | * ''Film/InspectorBlunder'' has Michel Colucci (Creator/{{Coluche}}) as Michel Clément. |
| 393 | * ''Film/StrangeGardens'' has Creator/JacquesVilleret as Jacques Pouzay, Creator/AndreDussollier as André Designy and Creator/ThierryLhermitte as Thierry Plaisance. |
| 394 | * ''Film/LaTourMontparnasseInfernale'' has Éric Judor and Creator/RamzyBedia as Éric and Ramzy. |
| 395 | * ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'': At the football game [[BigBad Bane]] crashes, the kicker for the opposing team has "Ravenstahl" on the back of his jersey. The movie was filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} and the kicker is played by then-mayor Luke Ravenstahl. |
| 396 | * ''Film/GuardianAngels has Creator/YvesRenier as Yvon Radmilo. |
| 397 | * ''Les Fantasmes'' (2021) has Creator/ShirineBoutella as Shirine. |
| 398 | * ''Film/BurntByTheSun'' has Nadezhda "Nadya" Mikhalkova, the [[RealLifeRelative real-life daughter]] of director and lead actor Nikita Mikhalkov, as Nadya Kotova. |
| 399 | * ''Film/LostAndFound2009'': Creator/HaleyMancini plays Haley. |
| 400 | * Creator/JessMcLeod played two characters named Jess in ''Film/ShallWePlay'' and ''A Little Vacation'' so far. |
| 401 | * Four minor characters from ''Film/DadsArmy1971'' - Franz, and Privates Hastings, Hancock, and Lesley - were named for their actors - Franz Van Norde, Hugh Hastings, George Hancock, and Leslie Noyes. |
| 402 | * ''Film/DoctorSeries'': |
| 403 | ** Jill from ''Film/DoctorAtSea'' was played by Jill Adams. |
| 404 | ** Caterina - the wife in the French FilmWithinAFilm in ''Film/DoctorInClover'' - is played by Catherine Feller. |
| 405 | ** Mr. Fleming from ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'' was played by Michael Fleming. |
| 406 | * ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'': Sandra was played by Sandra Bryant. |
| 407 | * ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'' stars Ted Ray as Edward Halliday. |
| 408 | * ''Film/RaisingTheWind'' has Creator/SidJames playing Sid, a music publisher. |
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| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 412 | * Robert Newton Peck has at least two protagonists with his exact name, one from the humorous ''Soup'' series, one from the much grimmer ''A Day No Pigs Would Die''. Both live in Learning, Vermont with their parents and an aunt. |
| 413 | ** Both books are semi-autobiographical, however, so it stands to reason the main characters would have his name. |
| 414 | * Author self-insertion characters tend to follow this naming convention (e.g. "Herald Myste," who represents [[Creator/MercedesLackey Mercedes "Misty" Lackey]] in the [[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Valdemar series]]). |
| 415 | * The playwright Creator/{{Moliere}} sometimes named characters after the original actors that played them. |
| 416 | * The novel ''Literature/TheBonePeople'' by Keri Hulme has a protagonist named Kerewin Holmes. |
| 417 | * The name of an Austrian emperor indicates a use of this in Kafka's ''The Trial'' -- compare Creator/FranzKafka with (Franz) Josef K(afka); the protagonist of another novel, ''The Castle,'' is called simply "K". |
| 418 | * Creator/PhilipKDick's protagonist "Horselover Fat" in ''Literature/{{VALIS}}''. This story proceeds as a first-person framing of a third-person narrative until a character [[NoFourthWall actually calls him out]] and shows how "Horselover" is a [[LampshadeHanging thinly-veiled translation]] of Dick's own name, and the two men are really the same person. |
| 419 | * David Wong, main character of ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'', by David Wong. (Not necessarily, as David Wong is just a PenName.) |
| 420 | * Portia da Costa's RomanceNovel ''[[http://www.portiadacosta.com/thestranger.html The Stranger]]'' features an obvious {{expy}} of Creator/PaulMcGann's [[Series/DoctorWho Eighth Doctor]]. (so obvious it's WordOfGod) You could just call it a published smut fic. The expy is also named Paul... and the heroine of the novel is named Claudia [[Film/WithnailAndI Marwood]]. |
| 421 | * William Lee, [[AuthorAvatar the protagonist of several works]] by Creator/WilliamSBurroughs. |
| 422 | ** Similarly, Creator/JackKerouac wrote many novels starring a protagonist named Jack Duluoz. |
| 423 | * Charles Yu, time-machine repairman in ''Literature/HowToLiveSafelyInAScienceFictionalUniverse'' by Charles Yu. It really says something that this is one of the ''[[MindScrew less confusing]]'' things about the book. |
| 424 | * A couple of author Creator/JohnIrving's characters are named John: Johnny Wheelwright, narrator of ''Literature/APrayerForOwenMeany'' and John Berry, narrator of ''Literature/TheHotelNewHampshire''. |
| 425 | * Darren O'Shaughnessy (who usually writes under the pen name Darren Shan) is best known for a book series about a young vampire named [[Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan Darren Shan]]. |
| 426 | * Creator/TanithLee, who wrote for British SF series ''Series/BlakesSeven'', penned a novella called "Kill the Dead." The story's protagonist was named Parl Dro. He bore a striking resemblance to ''Series/BlakesSeven'' actor Creator/PaulDarrow, and his personality was much like that of Darrow's character, Avon. |
| 427 | * J(ames) G(raham) Ballard in his novels ''Literature/EmpireOfTheSun'' and 'The Kindness of Women'' has the protagonist "Jim Graham". |
| 428 | * In Creator/BramStoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', Abraham Van Helsing. Note that Bram is short for Abraham. |
| 429 | * ''Literature/StarTrekNovelverse'': |
| 430 | ** The ''Literature/StarTrekTheLostEra'' novel ''Serpents Among the Ruins'' gives the name of the unnamed Starfleet captain played by Madge Sinclair in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' as Madge Sinclair-Alexander (the "Alexander" coming from the ''Voyage Home'' {{Novelization}}.) |
| 431 | ** The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' novel ''Burning Dreams'', about the life of Captain Pike, says he was born Christopher [=McKinnies=]. [=McKinnies=] was Jeffrey Hunter's real surname. |
| 432 | ** The ''Original Series'' novel ''Crucible: Kirk - The Star To Every Wandering'' gives Antonia from ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' the surname Salvatori, after actress Lynn Salvatori. |
| 433 | * The audiobook of Larry Correia's "Tom Stranger: Interdimensional Insurance Agent" features President Baldwin, read by Creator/AdamBaldwin. |
| 434 | * ''The Essential Book of Series/{{K9}}'' includes a short story which gives K9's creator Professor Marius (played by Creator/FrederickJaeger in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E2TheInvisibleEnemy The Invisible Enemy]]") the first name of Frederick. |
| 435 | [[/folder]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 438 | * TropeNamer Creator/TonyDanza has portrayed: |
| 439 | ** Tony in ''Fast Lane Blues'' |
| 440 | ** Tony Banta in ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' |
| 441 | ** Tony Micelli in ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' |
| 442 | ** Tony Canetti in ''Hudson Street'' |
| 443 | ** Tony [=DiMeo=] in ''The Tony Danza Show'' |
| 444 | ** Tony Caruso in ''Series/TheGoodCop'' |
| 445 | * [[Creator/JamesBelushi Jim Belushi]] as Jim in ''Series/AccordingToJim''. |
| 446 | * ''Series/{{Alias}}'' had Michael Vaughn (played by Creator/MichaelVartan) and Rachel Gibson (played by Creator/RachelNichols). |
| 447 | * Creator/TraceyUllman as Dr. Tracey West in ''Series/AllyMcBeal''. |
| 448 | * Creator/AndyGriffith as Andy Taylor in ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''. |
| 449 | * Peggy Lipton as Peggy Tribeca in ''Series/AngieTribeca'', playing the mother of her [[RealLifeRelative real-life daughter's]] character. |
| 450 | * Creator/ChinaAnneMcClain plays Chyna Parks on ''Series/AntFarm''. Different spelling but it still counts, although in real life she goes by China Anne instead of just China. |
| 451 | * ''Series/BabylonFive'' |
| 452 | ** Done retroactively with the Centauri Emperor (played by Turhan Bey) and Prime Minister (played by Malachi Throne). When they appeared in the episode "The Coming of Shadows", they were not named and only credited as "Emperor" and "Prime Minister". Later episodes called them "Emperor Turhan" and "Prime Minister Malachi". |
| 453 | ** In the episode "Learning Curve", Turhan Bey played a Minbari Ranger instructor named Turval, alongside another named Durhan played by Brian [=McDermott=], both of whose names sound like variations on "Turhan". |
| 454 | * Creator/RonGlass as Sgt. Ron Harris on ''Series/BarneyMiller''. |
| 455 | * Diane Martin, the first Miss America, in ''Series/BattleFeverJ''. Both the character ''and'' the actress are called Diane Martin. |
| 456 | ** Mai Ooishi as Mai Tsubasa in ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' |
| 457 | ** Megumi Mori as Megumi Misaki in ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' |
| 458 | ** In ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan,'' all four heroes (Red changes midseason, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot actor's contract ran out]]) share a given name with their actors. |
| 459 | ** There's a weird aversion in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger''. There's the character Tetsu, whose full name is actually Tekkan Aira. However, Creator/TetsuInada is not Tetsu's actor, but voice acting Doggie Kruger instead. |
| 460 | ** In ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'', the pink ranger, Kasumi Momochi, is played by Kasumi Yamaya. |
| 461 | * ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'': A great many one-shot guests kept their actors' full names. One such character goes on to become a regular (Michael Newman, aka Michael "Newmie" Newman. Blazing a trail for Donna D'Errico as Donna Marco, and Creator/JasonMomoa as Jason Ioane. |
| 462 | * ''Series/BestOfFriends1963'' starred Creator/CharlesHawtrey and Hylda Baker as Charles and Hylda, with Sheena Marshe in a recurring role as Sheena. |
| 463 | * ''Series/BettysDiagnose'' has main character Bettina "Betty" Dewald played by Bettina Lamprecht. |
| 464 | * The little-known sitcom ''Big Brother Jake'' features fitness personality Jake Steinfeld as Jake Rosner. |
| 465 | * Kendall Knight, James Diamond, Carlos Garcia, and Logan Mitchell in ''Series/BigTimeRush'' are named after their respective actors Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena, and Logan Henderson. |
| 466 | * Steve from ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues''--his actor's name was Steven in real life. Oddly enough, his SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute is named Joe in the show but has the real-life name of Donovan. |
| 467 | ** The reboot, ''WesternAnimation/BluesCluesAndYou'', also qualifies, with Josh being played by Joshua Dela Cruz. |
| 468 | * ''Series/TheBlacklist'' had Mozhan Marnò play Samir Navabi. Navabi is her real surname - she reverted back to using it in 2023, commenting she'd changed it because of some bad professional advice earlier in her career. At the time of her casting, the producers asked her for options for an Iranian surname and in the list of 15, she threw in "Navabi" as a joke and that was the one they went for. |
| 469 | * Creator/BobNewhart as Bob Hartley on ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'', and Bob [=McKay=] on ''Series/{{Bob}}''. His other show was named ''Series/{{Newhart}}'', but the character's name was Dick Loudon. In ''Series/GeorgeAndLeo'', his character was George, the actor's actual birth name. |
| 470 | * Creator/JimJarmusch on ''Series/BoredToDeath.'' |
| 471 | * Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt guest-starred in an episode of ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', "And Then There was Shawn", as Jennifer Love Fefferman. |
| 472 | ** Creator/JasonMarsden as Jason Marsden. |
| 473 | * One of the most well-known versions of the ''[[Series/TheBozoShow Bozo the Clown]]'' franchise is the series made in Chicago. Here, Norbert "Ned" Locke played the show's MC Ringmaster Ned for many, many years (from 1961 to 1976 according to [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]]). |
| 474 | * Zig-zagged in ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', where Mike Brady was played by Creator/{{Robert Reed|Actor}}, while his son Bobby was played by Creator/MikeLookinland. |
| 475 | * Brian Stepanek as Brian O'Brian in the mini-show of the same name. |
| 476 | * On ''Series/BroadCity'', Creator/AbbiJacobson and Creator/IlanaGlazer play Abbi Abrams and Ilana Wexler. |
| 477 | * Creator/TerryCrews as Sgt. Terry Jeffords in ''Series/BrooklynNineNine''. |
| 478 | * ''{{Series/Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'': |
| 479 | ** Larry Bagby III as Larry Blaisdell, although the character was named before Larry Bagby III was cast. Bagby joked that he should get the part because the character was named for him. |
| 480 | ** Robin Wood is played by Creator/DBWoodside. |
| 481 | * ''Series/{{Bunheads}}'' has a student at the ballet academy named Matisse, played by dancer/actress Matisse Love. |
| 482 | * {{Subverted|Trope}} in an episode of ''Series/BurnNotice'' in which actor Michael Weston guest-starred as the client of the week. His character was named Spencer but the actor's name is nearly identical to that of the lead character (whose last name is spelled "Westen"). |
| 483 | * In the '70s British spy serial ''Series/{{Callan}}'' (starring Edward Woodward, later the suspiciously similar [=McCall=] in ''Series/TheEqualizer'') the character Liz was played by Lisa Langdon. For about half the four-season run, she was credited only as "Hunter's Secretary". |
| 484 | * In the Italian version of ''Series/CameraCafe'', Luca Bitta and Paolo Nervi are played by Luca Bizzarri and Paolo Kessisoglu. |
| 485 | * ''Series/ACaseForTwo'' had Rainer Hunold as Rainer Franck. |
| 486 | * In ''Series/{{Catastrophe}}'', Sharon Horgan and Creator/RobDelaney both play characters who have the same first name as theirs. |
| 487 | * ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' once had a chameleon demon named Alastair, played by Creator/AlastairDuncan. |
| 488 | * The 2018 reboot of ''Series/{{Charmed|2018}}'' has Creator/MelonieDiaz playing Mel Vera, and Jordan Donica playing Jordan Chase. |
| 489 | * ''Series/CheckItOutWithDrSteveBrule'' has the newsreaders Doug Prishpreed (Doug Foster), Carol Krabit (Carol Kraft), and Scott Clam (Scott Stewart). In particular Foster found the name Prishpreed very odd and seems to struggle to pronounce it every time he appears, adding to the awkwardness of his character. |
| 490 | * ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': |
| 491 | ** Creator/HarryAnderson as "Harry the Hat". Anderson had used "Harry the Hat" as a stage name for years before appearing on TV, when he was a stage magician and real-life con man, making it in some ways even ''more'' of a Danza than usual. |
| 492 | ** Several background characters were named after their actors, such as Paul Wilson as Paul, Paul Vaughn as a different Paul, Thomas Babson as Tom, [[RealLifeRelative Phil Perlman]] as Phil, etc. |
| 493 | ** In [[Recap/CheersS8E9 one episode]], Woody is cast in ''Theatre/OurTown'' and has this to say of his costar: "The girl who's playing Emily is a terrific actress. I mean, actually, she's got kind of an advantage because her real name is Emily. She don't even have to learn to answer to a different name." |
| 494 | * Kelly Vrooman of ''Series/TheChicaShow''. She even voices herself in the cartoon segments! |
| 495 | * ''Series/{{Cobra|2020}}'' sees Creator/RobertCarlyle playing British Prime Minster Robert Sutherland. |
| 496 | * Craig Cackowski plays Officer Cackowski in a few episodes of ''Series/{{Community}}''. |
| 497 | * ''Series/ControlZ'': Luis is played by Luis Cariel. |
| 498 | * Brent Butt as Brent Leroy on ''Series/CornerGas''. |
| 499 | * ''Series/CoronationStreet'' has long-running star Betty Driver as Betty Williams. |
| 500 | ** Also Sally Dynevor as Sally Webster. |
| 501 | * Notably averted by Creator/BillCosby: Despite having three different sitcoms with "Cosby" in their titles, his character name is always completely unrelated. |
| 502 | ** ''Series/TheCosbyShow'' also had an episode called "The Slumber Party" where Dana, Kyle, Peter, Naoka, Desiree and Sing are actually named after the actors and actresses they were played by. |
| 503 | * ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' has a variant: characters Steve and Susan share the names of ''writer'' Creator/StevenMoffat and ''producer'' Sue Vertue, on whom they're [[{{Dramatization}} loosely modeled]]. |
| 504 | * ''Series/{{CSI}}'': |
| 505 | ** Not a main character, but Archie Johnson, played by Creator/ArchieKao. |
| 506 | ** Also David Phillips, played by David Berman. |
| 507 | ** In the episode "A Kiss Before Frying", guest star Dita Von Teese [[spoiler: works as nude dancer under the name Rita Von Squeeze]]. |
| 508 | * ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': |
| 509 | ** Also not a main character, but they briefly had a lab rat named Chad Willingham played by Creator/ChadLindberg. |
| 510 | ** In the episode, "Right Next Door", Stella's neighbor is a boy called Austin Tanner who is played by a young actor named Austin Whitlock. |
| 511 | * Creator/CybillShephard as Cybill Sheridan in... ''Series/{{Cybill}}''. |
| 512 | * ''Series/DadsArmy'' has Creator/BillPertwee as Warden William Hodges. |
| 513 | * ''Series/DaisyJonesAndTheSix'': Camila Morrone plays Camila Alvarez. |
| 514 | * In the series ''Series/{{Delocated}}'', Eugene Mirman portrays a [[TheMafiya Russian hitman]] named "Yvgeny Mirminsky." |
| 515 | * Creator/ErnieHudson as Ernie, the mayor's father, in ''Series/HartOfDixie''. |
| 516 | * On the revival of ''{{Series/Dallas}}'', Creator/JudithLight played Judith Brown Ryland and Creator/EmmaBell played Emma Brown. |
| 517 | * In ''Series/DanisHouse'', Max is played by Sebastian Applewhite. His ''middle'' name is Sebastian (S4E7). And of course, Dani Hamner as Dani. |
| 518 | * Creator/FredWillard played a bartender named Fred (or Freddie, as the Nixon puppet would refer to him) on ''Series/DCFollies''. |
| 519 | * ''Series/DeadlyClass'': |
| 520 | ** Maria Gabriela de Faria as Maria Esperanza Salazar. |
| 521 | ** Juan Grey as Juan. |
| 522 | * ''Series/{{Decoy}}'': |
| 523 | ** In "Necklace of Glass", Casey Jones, played by Beverly Garland, goes undercover as the socialite Beverly Cazwell. |
| 524 | ** Michele Holland from "Night of Fire" is played by Betty Lou Holland. |
| 525 | * In ''Series/DekhBhaiDekh'', the character Daisy Mausi is played by Daisy Irani. |
| 526 | * Delores Hall as Nurse Delores Mitchell in ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' |
| 527 | ** There was also the episode "''[[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS4E23ComedyIsMurder Comedy is Murder]]''", in which Creator/TimConway and Creator/HarveyKorman play characters named "Tim Con'''rad'''" and "Harvey '''Huckaby'''". |
| 528 | * ''Series/ADiscoveryOfWitches'': Creator/MatthewGoode plays vampire Matthew Clairmont. |
| 529 | * Martin Clunes as Dr Martin Ellingham in ''Series/DocMartin''. Further variant in that the character's surname is an anagram of series creator Dominic Minghella. |
| 530 | * Rhodri Meilir played a character called Rhodri in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Runaway Bride". |
| 531 | ** A coincidental surname Danza: Rory's dad Brian Williams is played by Mark Williams, but he was cast long after Rory's surname was established. |
| 532 | ** Rory's middle name is revealed to be Arthur, which is also shared by the actor playing him (goes by Creator/ArthurDarvill professionally, but his first name is Thomas). |
| 533 | *** Arthur Darvill was also the Danza on ''Sooty'' in the early 2000s, where his character was named Tom. |
| 534 | ** Sgt. John Benton of UNIT, a recurring character during the Second, Third, and Fourth Doctor eras, was played by Creator/JohnLevene, although Benton's first name was not given on screen and only revealed in expanded universe material. |
| 535 | ** Not an exact example, but related: a number of people have pointed out that the [=TENth=] doctor is played by David [=TENnant=]. |
| 536 | ** When the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip wanted to use the Time Lord General from "Hell Bent" (played first by Ken Bones, [[TheNthDoctor and then]] by T'Nia Miller), they asked Creator/StevenMoffat, as her creator, to provide a name. He came up with "Kenossium", derived from "Ken" + "ossium", the Latin word for "bones". |
| 537 | * Creator/DonnaReed's character in ''Series/TheDonnaReedShow'' was a Danza called "Donna Stone". |
| 538 | * Harriet Walter played Harriet Vane in Creator/TheBBC 's ''A Creator/DorothyLSayers Mystery''. |
| 539 | * ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', starring Creator/DrakeBell and Creator/JoshPeck as Drake Parker and Josh Nichols, respectively. |
| 540 | * In many episodes of ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'', the supporting cast is named after the actors who play them: therefore, we have Carlos Villagrán as Carlos, Ramón Valdés as Ramón, Rubén Aguirre as Rubén and so on. Roberto Gomez Bolaños (a.k.a. Chespirito) once explained he did this to allow the actors to form a bond with their characters (even though they were mostly just innocent bystanders). Conversely, in ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', Doña Florinda, Don Ramón and Doña Nieves are respectively played by Florinda Meza, Ramón Valdés and Maria Antonieta de las Nieves. |
| 541 | * Creator/EllenDeGeneres played "Ellen Morgan" in the 1993-98 sitcom ''Series/{{Ellen}}'', which was known as ''These Friends Of Mine'' for the first season. In 2001, she played "Ellen Richmond" in the sitcom ''The Ellen Show''. |
| 542 | * Two of Station 51's firefighters in ''Series/{{Emergency}}'', Marco Lopez and Mike Stoker, simply used the actor's name. Stoker, the driver of Engine 51, actually ''was'' an LA County firefighter at the time of filming (he retired in 1996), because the fire department wanted the engine on the show to be operated by a certified driver rather than risk an actor damaging it. They thought Marco's name just sounded like a firefighter's. |
| 543 | * ''Series/{{Entourage}}'': Creator/ScottCaan as Scott Levin. |
| 544 | * Subverted on the UPN show ''Series/{{Eve|2003}}'', where the rapper Eve's character was named... Shelley. (The series was originally called ''The Opposite Sex'' until the title change.) |
| 545 | * Interesting variation in ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' – Chris Rock narrates AsHimself, while the [[TimeshiftedActor young Chris Rock]] is played by Tyler James Williams. |
| 546 | * Creator/RayRomano as Ray Barone in ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond''. Plus occasional supporting characters played by Kevin James and Andy Kindler. |
| 547 | * Mocked on ''Series/{{Extras}}'' where (both InUniverse and Out-) [[TheCameo Celebrity Cameo]] Keith Chegwin's character has his name changed to Keith after the actor repeatedly fails to comprehend that the character has a different name to him. |
| 548 | * ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'': Creator/AlyciaDebnamCarey plays Alicia. |
| 549 | * Creator/AnniePotts as Flatbed Annie in the 1979 Creator/{{CBS}} MadeForTVMovie ''Flatbed Annie & [=Sweetiepie=]: Lady Truckers''. |
| 550 | * Both members of ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords'': Jemaine Clement plays Jemaine Clemaine; Bret [=McKenzie=] plays Bret [=McClegnie=]. Additionally, a few guest characters have been Danzas: Demetri (Demetri Martin), Todd (Todd Barry), and Jim (Jim Gaffigan). |
| 551 | * ''Series/FourSquare'' had Helen Farmer as Helen and Pay Chen as Pay. |
| 552 | * Almost every single bloody sketch on ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'' has Dawn and Jennifer as... Dawn and Jennifer. Even in the film spoofs.[[note]]Giving us Dawn and Jennifer playing hammier versions of themselves playing their characters as themselves.[[/note]] |
| 553 | ** Oh, and also Jen in ''Girls on Top''. |
| 554 | * In-universe example: In an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Ross encourages Joey to write a play for himself to star in, prompting the following exchange: |
| 555 | -->'''Ross''': All right, we'll start off slow. The only thing you have to do tonight is come up with the name of your main character. |
| 556 | -->'''Joey''': Done!\ |
| 557 | '''Ross''': And it can't be Joey.\ |
| 558 | '''Joey''': It's not. |
| 559 | -->'''Ross''': Or Joseph. |
| 560 | -->'''Joey''': Oh. |
| 561 | * Every character in the Australian {{mockumentary}} series ''Series/TheGames'' is named for their actor -- for example, [[Series/TheAdventuresOfLanoAndWoodley Frank Woodley]] playing, well, Dr. Frank Woodley (who is "partially" a TV vet in the episode). This was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the second season when the actor Creator/JohnHoward played a political representative pretending to be then real-life Prime Minister John Howard, making a public apology for Australia's historically poor treatment of indigenous people (something the actual Prime Minister Howard refused to do), for the benefit of various foreign dignitaries; Brian remarks on the fraud, since he's not the Prime Minister, to which Gina replies "He didn't say he ''was''; he said he was John Howard speaking to you from Sydney, Australia", making the point that no one outside Australia would be expected to know what the Prime Minister looks like. |
| 562 | * ''Series/GetALife'' had Creator/ChrisElliott as Chris Peterson. |
| 563 | * ''Series/GettingTogether'' stars Creator/BobbySherman as Bobb Conway. |
| 564 | * On ''Series/GilmoreGirls,'' Sookie's husband Jackson is played by Jackson Douglas. His real-life girlfriend almost played Sookie. |
| 565 | * ''Series/GimmeABreak'' with Creator/NellCarter as Nell Harper and Creator/JoeyLawrence as Joey Donovan. |
| 566 | * Creator/AdamDriver as Adam Sackler in ''Series/{{Girls}}''. Arguably, since this was his breakout role, it helped his name recognition early on in his career. |
| 567 | * On the Swedish version of ''Series/AmericanGladiators'', called simply ''Gladiatorerna'' (The Gladiators) a female gladiator called Bjørk/Björk first appeared in the ninth season in the mid-2010s. The commentators would frequently introduce her as "the unknown daughter of Odin". Her name really is Björk Odinsdottir ("Odinsdaughter"), presumably being of Icelandic origin. |
| 568 | * ''Series/{{Glee}}'': |
| 569 | ** Another variant-- The character Kurt Hummel is so named because the actor who plays him, Creator/ChrisColfer, once played Kurt Von Trapp in ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' and looks like a Hummel figurine. |
| 570 | ** Brad ThePianoPlayer is played by Brad Ellis. |
| 571 | ** Jake Puckerman is played by Creator/JacobArtist. |
| 572 | * ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': Season 2 has a "B" plot involving two shop owners called Maggie and Nina, played by Maggie Service and Nina Sosanya. They had previously played different characters in Season 1. Creator/NeilGaiman created the roles especially for them. |
| 573 | * ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': Creator/JameelaJamil, who plays Tahani, has almost the same surname as hers: Al-Jamil. |
| 574 | * ''Series/TheGoodies'' -- Tim (Brooke-Taylor), Graeme (Garden), and Bill (Oddie). Plus, the books that spun off from the show give their full names in appropriate places, and their "brochure" in ''The Goodies File'' lists their real-life years and places of birth. Needless to say, the characters are just highly exaggerated versions of themselves. |
| 575 | * Simon Anstell as Simon in ''Series/GrandmasHouse''; his first major writing and acting gig since leaving ''Series/NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'', the fictional Simon is a TV presenter who just left a PanelGame and is looking for something else to do with his life. |
| 576 | * Creator/MaxBurkholder as Max Braverman in ''Series/{{Parenthood}}''. |
| 577 | * ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' Playmate Julie [=McCullough=] as Mike's girlfriend Julie Costello on ''Series/GrowingPains'' in the 1989-1990 season. |
| 578 | * The cult ''Guest from the Future'' Soviet sci-fi miniseries, though obscure to Western audiences, has a particularly fun example. The two despicable [[SpacePirates space pirates]] named Fun-Loving Y and Ratty are also credited as genuinely [[GloriousMotherRussia Russian-sounding]] Vyacheslav Mikhailovich and Mikhail Ivanovich[[note]]: Mikhailovich and Ivanovich are not surnames, but patronyms; basically, second names that point to one's father.[[/note]]. The mystery is easily solved: at the very start of the show, the pirates (being hideous aliens) take the form of two innocent space port employees – before chasing the protagonist Alice back to the 20th century. And it just so happens that [[BodySnatcher poor (probably deceased) body templates]] are named exactly like the popular comedy actors playing them: Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinnyi and Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov. [[BlackComedy Morbid]] indeed!* Comedian Mark Curry as Mark Cooper in ''Series/HanginWithMrCooper''. |
| 579 | * Music/MileyCyrus as Miley Stewart in ''Series/HannahMontana'' -- this also counts as AlterEgoActing because Miley is seen performing as Hannah onstage in real life too. More so since she legally changed her name to "Miley" from her birth name of "Destiny Hope Cyrus". ("Smiley Miley" was a nickname [[Music/BillyRayCyrus her father]] gave her as an infant.) The character was named ''Chloe Stewart''. WordOfGod says the writers changed it to "Miley" as there were too many names for a 12-year-old to remember. |
| 580 | * ''Series/HappyDays'' had Al Molinaro as Al Delvecchio and Creator/MarionRoss as Marion Cunningham. |
| 581 | ** In an episode arc Creator/HeatherORourke as Heather Pfizer. |
| 582 | ** And one episode Tammy O'Rourke as Tammy. |
| 583 | * Creator/WhitneyBlake played Dorothy Baxter on ''Series/{{Hazel}}'', and was a former "Mrs. Baxter" in real life (Creator/MeredithBaxter of ''Series/FamilyTies'' fame is her daughter). |
| 584 | * Creator/BillyConnolly again as Billy [=MacGregor=] in ''Series/HeadOfTheClass'' and ''Series/{{Billy}}''. |
| 585 | * Creator/JohnRitter as John Hartman and Creator/BillyBobThornton as Billy Bob Davis in ''Series/HeartsAfire''. |
| 586 | * Creator/JackBlack as Jack Austin as well as Creator/RonSilver playing a fictional variant of himself in ''Series/HeatVisionAndJack''. |
| 587 | * The French series ''Hénaut Président'' is made of this trope; of the 7 main characters, SIX are playing characters with whom they share a first name -- every major character other than the lead (the eponymous Hénaut). |
| 588 | * In ''Series/HenryDanger'', recurring antagonist Frankini is played by Frankie Grande (who is incidentally the older brother of singer and former Nickelodeon star Music/ArianaGrande). |
| 589 | * In ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Kimiko Nakamura, Hiro's sister, is played by Saemi Nakamura. This is probably an unintentional example, as Kimiko is a minor character who was probably given her surname before the casting call went out. |
| 590 | * Barry Stuart-Hargreaves from ''Series/HiDeHi'' was played by Creator/BarryHoward. |
| 591 | * In one episode of ''Series/HogansHeroes'', actor Karl Swenson played scientist Karl S'''v'''enson. |
| 592 | * ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}'': |
| 593 | ** In order to promote Summer Strallen taking over the lead role in ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' on the West End, its producer Creator/AndrewLloydWebber had her written into the show as a character called Summer Shaw. The character was then talent spotted by Lloyd Webber appearing as himself on the show. |
| 594 | ** Cameron Moore has twice been a Danza on Hollyoaks: first as the face of "Cameron", a guy India Longford met online (but who turns out to have been a fake profile created by Silas Blissett to lure and murder her), later as the character Cameron Campbell. |
| 595 | * Creator/TimAllen as Tim Taylor in ''Series/HomeImprovement''. |
| 596 | * Subversion: ''Series/HopeAndFaith'' starred Creator/KellyRipa and Creator/FaithFord in the title roles... but Faith played Hope and Kelly played Faith. |
| 597 | * ''Series/HorribleHistories'' had a sketch (based on ''Abigail's Party'') in which Laurence Rickard played a character named Laurence. |
| 598 | * Dr. Lisa Cuddy from ''Series/{{House}}'' was played by actress Creator/LisaEdelstein. |
| 599 | * In ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'', prostitute Rachel Posner is played by Creator/RachelBrosnahan. |
| 600 | * ''Series/HowardsWay'': Jan Harvey plays Jan Howard. Possibly a unique variant as the character's maiden name was Harvey too. |
| 601 | * Creator/LucilleBall as, variously, Lucy Ricardo (''Series/ILoveLucy''), Lucy Carmichael (''Series/TheLucyShow''), Lucy Carter (''Here's Lucy''), and Lucy Barker (''Series/LifeWithLucy''). Indeed, this trope could also be called "The Lucy". |
| 602 | * Vivian Vance played Vivian Bunson (''née'' Vivian Bagley) on ''Series/TheLucyShow'', and had a recurring guest role as Vivian Jones on ''Here's Lucy''. This was a direct result of her being fed up with fans calling her [[Series/ILoveLucy "Ethel"]] all the time, and demanding that her subsequent second-banana characters be known by her real name. |
| 603 | * Foster from ''Series/IfItMovesFileIt'' was played by Dudley Foster. |
| 604 | * ''Series/InPlainSight'' has lead character Mary Shannon played by Creator/MaryMcCormack. Whenever she needs an alias-to testify in court, let's say-she goes by "Mary [[MeaningfulName Shepherd]]". |
| 605 | * Whenever Creator/AmySchumer does a sketch on ''Inside Amy Schumer'' where her character has a name, it's always Amy. Sometimes, the character is an exaggerated version of Schumer, at other times all they have in common is the name. |
| 606 | * In ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'', Creator/JohnClegg played Gunner Jonathan Graham. |
| 607 | * Charlie on ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', and to a lesser extent Mac. When Glenn Howerton was asked about his character being named Dennis, he remarked on how it seemed like a good idea and has proven so far to have been a good decision. Also, Artemis is played by Artemis Pebdani. |
| 608 | * ''Series/JamAndJerusalem'': Freya and Beattie Edmondson as Freya and Beattie Martin. |
| 609 | * Christina Moore as Christina Ross in ''Series/{{Jessie}}''. |
| 610 | * ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' features the character Will Simpson, played by Creator/WilTraval. It's somewhat of an unusual example because, while the character is adapted from [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse the comics]], [[AdaptationNameChange his first name is Frank there]]. The show also had an in-universe case where Patricia "Trish" Walker was the child star of the show ''It's Comicbook/{{Patsy|Walker}}!''. |
| 611 | * [[Music/TheJonasBrothers Nick, Joe, and Kevin Jonas]] play alternate universe versions of themselves on ''Series/{{Jonas}}'', which includes keeping their real names. |
| 612 | * Simon Templeman plays Simon Leeds in ''Series/JustShootMe''. |
| 613 | * Keisuke Kato as Keisuke Nago/Kamen Rider IXA in ''Series/KamenRiderKiva''. Yui Koike, who went on to play [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger GokaiPink]], appeared as Yui Aoyama in the final episode of ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''. |
| 614 | * Both Creator/KenanThompson and Creator/KelMitchell as Kenan Rockmore and Kel Kimble, respectively, in ''Series/KenanAndKel''. |
| 615 | ** Kenan also had his own sitcom called Kenan where he played Kenan Williams. |
| 616 | * Most of the ''Series/KidsIncorporated'' kids. When a NoNameGiven character had his name revealed in an episode, it was that of the actor Rahsaan Patterson. |
| 617 | * Creator/RigoSanchez as Rigo Vasquez in ''Series/Station19''. |
| 618 | * ''Series/HoneyWest'' has Bruce the ocelot as Bruce the ocelot, sometimes credited AsHimself. |
| 619 | * The obscure Creator/ChannelFour sitcom ''The Lady is a Tramp'' (13 episodes in the channel's first year) starred two bag ladies, both named Pat (distinguished as "Old Pat" and "Lanky Pat") and played by Creator/PatriciaHayes and Creator/PatCoombs. |
| 620 | * Although the character's first name [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname was rarely mentioned]], Creator/BillOwen as William "Compo" Simmonite in ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''. Also his son, Tom Owen, as the character's son Tom Simmonite. |
| 621 | * Creator/TaylorSpreitler guest-starred in the ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Friending Emily" as the victim's sister, Taylor Culphers. |
| 622 | * ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': |
| 623 | ** Almost a case with Hawkgirl. Her real name is "Chay-Ara" (pronounced somewhere between "Shay-arra" and "Shee-arra"), and her actress has the similar first name "Ciara" (pronounced "See-arra"). Since Chay-Ara is a character from the comics, this is entirely a coincidence, presuming Creator/CiaraRenee wasn't hired for her name. |
| 624 | ** Creator/RamonaYoung plays Mona Wu, an original character presumably named after her actress. |
| 625 | * Creator/JoeyBragg as Joey Rooney on ''Series/LivAndMaddie''. |
| 626 | * All the known real names of the girls in ''Series/MajisukaGakuen'' are the actresses' real names, but in-universe most of them are OnlyKnownByTheirNickname. |
| 627 | * In ''Make Room for Daddy'' (aka ''The Danny Thomas Show''), Danny Thomas starred as Danny Williams. |
| 628 | * ''Series/ManhattanLoveStory'': Chloe Cooper was played by Chloé Wepper. |
| 629 | * ''Series/MarieAntoinette2022'' has Louis Cunningham (Lord Corning in ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'') as the [[UsefulNotes/LouisXVI Dauphin Louis of France]]. Cunningham is actually a descendant of UsefulNotes/LouisXIV, amusingly enough. |
| 630 | * Creator/SammoHung as Sammo Law in ''Series/MartialLaw''. |
| 631 | * Creator/MartinLawrence played Martin Payne on ''Series/{{Martin}}''. Character Tommy was played by actor Thomas Michael Ford. |
| 632 | * Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns as essentially themselves in the very first TV SitCom, ''Mary Kay and Johnny'', which first aired in 1947 on the Dumont Network. Their son Christopher was written into the show weeks after his birth in 1948. Yes, he was called Christopher in-universe as well. |
| 633 | * ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' had Creator/MaryTylerMoore as Mary Richards and Creator/TedKnight as Ted Baxter. |
| 634 | * Recurring nurse First Lt. Kealani Kellye (also known as Kellye Yamoto, and in one episode, as Nurse Nakahara) on ''Series/{{MASH}}'' was played by Creator/KellyeNakahara, making this an example of the actress's first name being the character's last name. |
| 635 | ** And the full name version -- Corpsman Roy Goldman was played by..... Roy Goldman. |
| 636 | ** There's more. Nurse Shari was played by Shari Saba, Nurse Jo Ann was played by Jo Ann Thompson, and Nurse Sheila was played by Sheila Lauritsen. |
| 637 | * Spoofed on ''WebVideo/Mega64'', with Rocco Botte as Rocko Boaty, Derrick Acosta as Derek Ackawzdha, and Shawn Chatfield as Sean Chatfield. In other words, the same names, yet different spellings. |
| 638 | * Music/PhilCollins as Phil Mayhew in ''Series/MiamiVice''. This could be a nod to John Mayhew, Collins' predecessor as drummer for the rock band Music/{{Genesis|Band}}. |
| 639 | * ''Series/MidnightCaller'' has bartender Jerado, played by Jerado Carmona. |
| 640 | * Hugh "[[Series/DowntonAbbey Lord Grantham]]" Bonneville, playing Hugh Barton in the ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' episode "Ring Out Your Dead". |
| 641 | * In episodes 59 and 60 of ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'', actor Dian Sidik guest stars as Bambang's cousin Dian. |
| 642 | * Creator/MindyKaling as Mindy Lahiri on ''Series/TheMindyProject'' |
| 643 | * Creator/MirandaHart as the title character of ''Series/Miranda2009''. |
| 644 | * A case of the almost-Danza: The character of Rollin Hand in ''Series/MissionImpossible'' was written for actor Creator/MartinLandau, and was almost named "Martin Land". These are something of a fictionalized version of [[AsHimself as themselves]] |
| 645 | * Two ''Series/MrShow'' sketches have all the characters in the sketch share the names with their actors. The "Coupon: The Movie" sketch (during the scene with the movie execs) has Creator/{{David|Cross}}, Bob, Creator/{{Tom|Kenny}}, Jill, Paul, and Jay (John Ennis is not referred to by name). The "Intervention" sketch, three seasons later, has[[note]]all of which are the same actors, save Tom and Jay for Becky, being sketch comedy[[/note]] David, Bob, John, Jill, Paul, and Becky. |
| 646 | * Creator/RuthWilson portrays the titular Alison Wilson in the miniseries ''Mrs. Wilson''. In this case, though, Alison Wilson was her real grandmother and the miniseries is an adaptation of her true life story. |
| 647 | * ''Series/TheMonkees'': Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Music/MichaelNesmith, were played by Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Michael Nesmith. |
| 648 | * Almost every character on the 60s sitcom ''The Mothers-in-Law'' had the same first name as the actor that played them. Eve Arden as Eve, Kaye Ballard as Kaye, Roger C. Carmel as Roger, Herbert Rudley as Herb, and Jerry Fogel as Jerry. Subverted with Deborah Walley as Susie (also in Season 2, when [[TheOtherDarrin Richard Deacon]] replaced Carmel). |
| 649 | * Creator/KateMulgrew as... |
| 650 | ** Kate Columbo in ''Series/MrsColumbo''. |
| 651 | ** Kathryn Janeway in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. |
| 652 | ** Creator/KatharineHepburn on stage in two different plays. |
| 653 | * A borderline example: In ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', Jessica Fletcher's maiden name is [=MacGill=]. Creator/AngelaLansbury's mother was the actress Moyna [=MacGill=]. |
| 654 | * ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': Thomas Craig as Thomas Brakenreid is a coincidence, since that was the name of the character in the books, who in turn was based on a historical figure. However, the Highland Games episode reveals Brakenreid is a member of the Craig clan through his mother. |
| 655 | * ''Series/TheMurders'': Actor Terry Chen plays Bill Chen. |
| 656 | * Inverted with Mutya Orquia, real name Ruelleen Angel Olano, when she played the role of the titular mermaid in ''Series/{{Mutya}}''. |
| 657 | * Creator/NiaVardalos's character in ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'' was named Toula in the movie, but changed to Nia for the TV series. |
| 658 | * An episode of ''Series/MyTwoDads'' had a guest appearance by Scott Baio as Scott Cameo. |
| 659 | * Comedian Joel Hodgson as Joel Robinson (from ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' and ''Series/LostInSpace'') in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. The last name was only changed because Hodgson was considered hard to pronounce. [[Creator/MikeNelson Michael J. Nelson]], his replacement... played Mike Nelson. And "TV's Frank" was played by Frank Conniff. In the 2017 continuation, Jonah J. Heston is played by comedian Jonah Ray. |
| 660 | * Pretty much the whole band as fictional versions of themselves in ''Series/TheNakedBrothersBand''. The one exception is Allie [=DiMeco=], who plays Rosalina. |
| 661 | * Claire Keelan as Claire Ashcroft in ''Series/NathanBarley''. |
| 662 | * Creator/FranDrescher played Fran Fine on ''Series/TheNanny''. In addition, her character's parents, Morty and Sylvia Fine, were named after her parents, Morty and Silvia Drescher. And again as Fran Reeves on ''Series/LivingWithFran''. And for the hat trick, as Fran Lovett on ''Series/HappilyDivorced''. |
| 663 | * Creator/DickVanDyke as Dick Preston in ''Series/TheNewDickVanDykeShow''. It was subverted in his previous sitcom, ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', which used his name for the title but not the character (Rob Petrie). |
| 664 | * In ''Series/NewsRadio'', Dave Nelson was played by Dave Foley and Joe Garelli was played by Joe Rogan. Creator/PhilHartman's character Bill [=McNeal=] was intentionally named to be ''almost'' a Danza. In the episode "Chock", Dave's old a cappella singing group stops by, the other three members being named David, Bob, and Brian. They were played by ''Series/MrShow'' alums Creator/DavidCross, Bob Odenkirk, and Creator/BrianPosehn. |
| 665 | * '' Series/NightCourt'': |
| 666 | ** Creator/HarryAnderson as Harry Stone is a subversion. According to [[WordOfGod series creator]] Reinhold Weege, the character was already called Harry, already a magician, and already a devoted Mel Tormé fan before Anderson was cast. |
| 667 | ** Selma Diamond as Bailiff Selma Hacker and her replacement Bailiff Florence Kleiner played by Florence Halop. |
| 668 | ** Charles Robinson shares the same last name as his character Mac Robinson. |
| 669 | ** One could also argue Yakov Smirnoff as Yakov Korplenko. |
| 670 | * Creator/NikkiCox plays Nikki White in ''Series/{{Nikki}}''. |
| 671 | * Neil (Buchanan) and Kim (Goody) on ''No 73'', a 1980s Creator/{{ITV}} kids' SitCom MagazineShow. None of the other main characters were Danzas. Possibly this was because Neil and Kim were generally more involved with the magazine show elements (artwork and interviewing popstars respectively) than the plots (at least to begin with), and were therefore more presenters than characters. |
| 672 | * ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' had Katie Boland play Kate Tomten. |
| 673 | * Creator/NormMacDonald played Norm Henderson on ''Series/TheNormShow''. An early commercial showed Norm not responding to his character's original name, forcing the showrunner to change it to his real name to avoid confusion. |
| 674 | * Lee and Tim from ''Series/NotGoingOut'' are played by Lee Mack and Tim Vine respectively. There is also Tim and Lucy's father, Geoffrey, who is played by Geoffrey Whitehead, but this is an odd case as he was originally played by Timothy West. |
| 675 | * ''Series/Numb3rs'': [[Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy Bill Nye]] as Bill Waldie. |
| 676 | * Many of the supporting cast on ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' share first names with their characters, including Phyllis, Angela, and Oscar. Creed Bratton plays a fictionalized version of himself, so he skirts into AsHimself territory. |
| 677 | ** The reason for some supporting officemates retaining first names is that many of them are {{Ascended Extra}}s. Also, Michael screens a movie starring himself as Michael Scarn, an obvious AuthorAvatar. |
| 678 | * Derek from Series 2 of ''Series/OnTheHouse'' was played by Derek Griffiths. |
| 679 | * Several minor characters on ''Series/OneTreeHill'' were guilty of this: Creator/BevinPrince portrayed the character of Bevin Mirskey and Creator/AntwonTanner played Antwon "Skills" Taylor, both of whom were part of the show for several years. In a much smaller case, bartender/musician Grubbs was played by real-life musician Michael Grubbs. |
| 680 | * ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'': Half the cast would use their own names for their characters; Creator/DonnaPescow as Donna Garland, Buzz Belmondo as Buzz, and Peter Petofsky as Peter. |
| 681 | * ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' writer, Michael Schur, revealed that Creator/AubreyPlaza's character, April Ludgate, was initially written as a character named Aubrey. |
| 682 | ** Ann's amazing lawyer friend Justin was played by Creator/JustinTheroux. |
| 683 | * ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' stars Creator/ShirleyJones[[note]]Who had previously appeared in ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}''[[/note]] as Shirley Partridge, the mother, and features Creator/DannyBonaduce as Danny Partridge, the middle son. |
| 684 | * Creator/PattyDuke as Patty Lane in ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow''. |
| 685 | * The ''Franchise/PerryMason'' episode "The Case of the Gambling Lady" atypically has two examples in its guest cast: Peter Breck plays Peter Warren and Myrna Fahey plays Myrna Warren. |
| 686 | * Paddy from ''Series/PhoenixNights'' is played by Patrick "Paddy" [=McGuinness=], who when the show began had no acting experience and was given the role on the strength of being Creator/PeterKay's good friend; ostensibly, his character shared his name because neither he nor Kay was confident that he would be able to react naturally to a different one. |
| 687 | * ''Series/PlanetAjay'': The main character, Ajay, is played by Ajay Chhabra. |
| 688 | * This only happened once in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', because in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' through ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', Catherine Sutherland played Katherine "Kat" Hillard; likely a coincidence, considering it started as a MeaningfulName (she could turn into a cat in her introductory arc)... It has technically happened twice but only if you know that Austin St. John's real name is Jason Geiger. Most fans, unless they find the information out as an adult, don't realize it until they google it, as the actor uses his stage name. He played Jason Lee Scott in the first and second seasons, plus subsequent appearances in ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'', ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'', ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'', and ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers''. |
| 689 | * In ''Series/ThePretender'', Andrea Parker plays female lead character Miss Parker, but this is apparently a genuine coincidence. On the other hand, her {{mooks}} are first-name Danzas (with [[NoNameGiven no last name]]) to a man, apparently as an acknowledgement that it's not worth the effort of giving them real names. |
| 690 | * The ''entire'' cast of the Japanese television series ''Playgirl''. |
| 691 | * ''Series/PleaseLikeMe'' has Josh Thomas, Thomas Ward, and Hannah Gadsby, as well as Shaniqua the Rabbit and John the Dog. |
| 692 | * Derek Van Der Lint as Derek Raine in ''Series/PoltergeistTheLegacy''. |
| 693 | * Mr. Mackay in ''Series/{{Porridge}}'' was played by Fulton Mackay. |
| 694 | * Creator/MelvynHayes was Melvyn Didsbury in ''Potter's Picture Palace''. |
| 695 | * ''Series/{{Powerless}}'' featured Ron Funches as Ron. |
| 696 | * Lucy Brown as Claudia Brown on ''Series/{{Primeval}}''. |
| 697 | * ''Series/PrisonBreak'' featured Creator/PaulAdelstein as Paul Kellerman and Creator/SarahWayneCallies as Sarah Tancredi. |
| 698 | * Creator/CherieJohnson as Cherie Johnson on ''Series/PunkyBrewster''. |
| 699 | * The PBS series ''Series/ThePuzzlePlace'' combines this with SdrawkcabName. One of the characters is named "Leon [=MacNeal=]", and is played by Noel [=MacNeal=]. |
| 700 | * Music/RebaMcEntire as Reba Hart in ''Series/{{Reba}}''. This is a clear case of The Danza: the character was originally named Sally until Reba was signed to play the part. |
| 701 | ** She did it again with her second sitcom, ''Series/MalibuCountry''. |
| 702 | * The Scottish series ''Series/RabCNesbitt'' has an odd {{Rule63}}-ish variant with Creator/DavidTennant as the lovely transwoman barmaid, ''Davina''. |
| 703 | * A short-lived syndicated half-hour serial called ''Rituals'' (that was on from 1984 to 1985) had a variant: Creator/DennisPatrick played Patrick Chapin, patriarch of the Chapin family (meaning that the character's first name was the portrayer's last name). |
| 704 | * Mayko Tran on ''Series/ReGenesis'' is played by Creator/MaykoNgyuen. |
| 705 | * Australian 1980s soap ''Return to Eden'' - the credits list in the opening titles ended with "and Angelo D'Angelo as Angelo". |
| 706 | * ''Series/{{Revenge}}'' has Creator/EmilyVanCamp as Emily Thorne, Creator/EmilyAlynLind as the flashback version of Emily, and Creator/AshleyMadekwe as Ashley. However, it should be noted Emily is an alias of Amanda Clark. |
| 707 | * ''Series/TheRookie2018'': Creator/KatyOBrian played LAPD officer Katie Barnes in "New Blood". |
| 708 | * ''Series/RoswellNewMexico'': Michael Vlamis plays Michael Guerin. |
| 709 | * Creator/SandyDuncan as Sandy Stockton in ''Series/FunnyFace'' (later called ''The Sandy Duncan Show''). Duncan was also Sandy Hogan in her SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute role on the show known variously as ''Valerie'', ''Valerie's Family'', and ''Series/TheHoganFamily''. |
| 710 | ** Speaking of which, Creator/ValerieHarper as Valerie Hogan in the early seasons of the same show. In fact, it was her firing and her character being killed off that led the series to its title changes. |
| 711 | * AscendedExtra Ramona in ''Series/SantaClaritaDiet'' is played by Creator/RamonaYoung. |
| 712 | * Most of the main characters of ''Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram''. |
| 713 | * In one [[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL sketch]], Creator/NataliePortman plays a girl at a Bar Mitzvah called Rebecca Hershlag, Hershlag being her real surname. |
| 714 | * Another especially convoluted example would be Creator/ReddFoxx (born John Elroy Sanford), playing Fred Sanford in ''Series/SanfordAndSon''. |
| 715 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'': |
| 716 | ** Bob [=McGrath=] as Bob Johnson and Linda Bove as Linda. |
| 717 | ** In a roundabout way, the character Gordon's last name was eventually revealed to be Robinson. This was long after Matt Robinson's term as the character, and this is thus more of a MythologyGag (Gordon is currently played by Roscoe Orman). Miles Orman (who was also Roscoe Orman's [[RealLifeRelative real-life son]]) was Miles Robinson. |
| 718 | ** Music/BuffySainteMarie as Buffy in early seasons, probably because she was basically Buffy Sainte-Marie living on Sesame Street. Her then-husband Sheldon Wolfchild and their son Dakota also appeared as Sheldon and Cody. |
| 719 | * In an episode of ''Series/ShakeItUp'', Larry Miller plays the character Larry Diller. |
| 720 | * Reverse Danza with a slight change in spelling: Creator/LouisFerreira plays Captain-General Ferriera in Creator/FXNetworks' 2022 adaptation of [[Literature/AsianSaga Shōgun]]. |
| 721 | * Emilia Fox as Ms. Sylvia Fox in ''Series/SignoraVolpe''. "Volpe" is "fox" in Italian. |
| 722 | * [[Creator/RickSchroeder Ricky Schroeder]] as Ricky Stratton and Creator/AlfonsoRibeiro as Alfonso Spears on ''Series/SilverSpoons''. |
| 723 | * Creator/TiaAndTameraMowry as Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell in ''Series/SisterSister'' (in the series, they're twins SeparatedAtBirth and adopted by different people, hence different surnames). |
| 724 | * Alan the cab driver is played by Alan George in ''Series/{{Skins}}''. |
| 725 | * On ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'', Music/CourtneyLove -- born Courtney Harrison -- has a recurring role as Ms. Harrison. |
| 726 | * Rare last-name Danza: Creator/MackenziePhillips as Molly Phillips in ''Series/SoWeird''. |
| 727 | * Yasuko Nagazami as Yasko and Alibe Parsons as Alibe in ''Series/{{Space 1999}}''. |
| 728 | * Creator/CharlieSheen has played characters named Charlie on several occasions, notably on ''Series/SpinCity'' and ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen''. He even played "Charlie" in the sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven''. It extends to ''Series/AngerManagement'', where he plays Charlie Goodson, which doubles as a PunnyName (due to being more famous than Emilio Estevez) and a NonIndicativeName (as he wouldn't be considered the good son) |
| 729 | ** On ''Anger Management'', his father Creator/MartinSheen plays his father Martin Goodson. |
| 730 | ** Before Charlie, Creator/MichaelJFox played Michael Flaherty for four seasons on ''Series/SpinCity''. |
| 731 | * In-universe example in ''The Spoils of Babylon'', with Dixie Mellonworth as Dixie Mellonworth (played by Creator/JessicaAlba). |
| 732 | * In ''Series/{{Spooks}}'', Creator/MatthewMacfadyen starred as Tom Quinn, who entered into a relationship using the pseudonym Matthew Archer. |
| 733 | * Kathryn Janeway in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', who was named Elisabeth Janeway and Nicole Janeway before actress [[Creator/KateMulgrew Katherine Kiernan Maria 'Kate' Mulgrew]] suggested Kathryn. |
| 734 | * In-universe example on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': in Benjamin Sisko's (hallucination? Prophet experience? alternate lifetime?) of the racist 1950s, his "character" is named Benny Russell. [[AndYouWereThere Some of his colleagues' counterparts]] also have related names: Kay for Kira, Darlene for Dax, Julius for Julian, Cassie for Kasidy; but others don't. |
| 735 | * Chuck Campbell plays Chuck the Gate Tech on ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', though this may actually have been a mistake. The character was without a name for quite a while, and it's rumored that another actor dropped his name into a line. He is, however, later called Chuck again by another character. Notable in that fans had been calling him Chuck the Gate Tech (or, alternately, "Chucknician") for some time previous. |
| 736 | * Carrying on the tradition from ''Series/{{Stella|US}}'', ''Michael and Michael Have Issues'' stars Michael Showalter and Creator/MichaelIanBlack. |
| 737 | * Creator/SteveHarvey and Creator/CedricTheEntertainer's characters on ''Series/TheSteveHarveyShow'' are Steve Hightower and Cedric Jackie Robinson. Also Merlin Santana as Romeo Santana. |
| 738 | * ''Series/TheStrangeCalls'': Toby Banks is played by Tony Truslove. |
| 739 | * Creator/MatthewPerry's character Matt in ''Series/Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip''. Sorkin has actually stated that he called the character "Matt" because when he was writing he couldn't think of another actor to play the part. |
| 740 | * Subverted in ''Series/{{Suits}}'' with the actress then known as Rachel Meghan Markle. Her character's name was Rachel, but she went by Creator/{{Meghan|Markle}} in real life. |
| 741 | * Patrick Bristow as the Tipton Hotel maître d' Patrick on ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''. |
| 742 | * The {{Britcom}} ''Series/TerryAndJune'' starred Creator/TerryScott and Creator/JuneWhitfield as Terry and June Medford. They ''also'' starred as Terry and June ''Fletcher'' in an earlier {{Britcom}} ''Happy Ever After'' -- the same couple in a different house with a troublesome aunt and her mynah bird. ([[CaptainErsatz This was not accidental.]]) |
| 743 | ** ''Series/BlessThisHouse'' featured Creator/SidJames (of ''Film/CarryOn'' fame) as Sid Abbott, and Creator/SallyGeeson as Sally Abbott. Plus, the 1972 feature film version contains a meta-''aversion'' (by virtue of the fact that it became a notable example later): Creator/TerryScott and Creator/JuneWhitfield played new neighbours Ronald and Vera Baines -- the first outing of (and virtually identical to) the on-screen couple that would later make them a Britcom cliché (see ''Series/TerryAndJune'' above). |
| 744 | * ''Series/That80sShow'': Margaret Smith as Margaret. |
| 745 | * Creator/RavenSymone as Raven Baxter in ''Series/ThatsSoRaven''. |
| 746 | * Sam in ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' is played by Samantha Harrington; it's possible that the character is named after the actress since this isn't uncommon in supporting roles on semi-improvised shows. |
| 747 | * ''Series/ThirdWatch'' had paramedics Bobby Caffey and Kim Zambrano played by... Creator/BobbyCannavale and Creator/KimRaver. The minor firefighter characters shared their full names with their actors: Firefighter Billy Walsh was played by Bill Walsh, Derek "DK" Kitson by Derek Kelly. |
| 748 | * Felix from the ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'' episodes "Christmas Club Books" and "The Window" was played by Creator/FelixBowness. |
| 749 | * Creator/TracyMorgan plays Tracy Jordan in ''Series/ThirtyRock''. Tracy Jordan is essentially an [[AdamWesting exaggerated, simple-minded caricature]] of Tracy Morgan. |
| 750 | ** Furthermore, it features Grizz Chapman as Grizz Griswold, one half of Tracy's loyal "entourage". |
| 751 | ** Creator/TinaFey, who plays character Elizabeth ("Liz") Lemon, was born as Elizabeth Stamatina ("Tina") Fey. |
| 752 | ** Then you have John Lutz playing... John Lutz. |
| 753 | * Jeff Hyslop as Jeff the mannequin on the Canadian children's show ''Series/TodaysSpecial''. |
| 754 | * Interesting usage in the German kids' show ''Series/TomTurbo''. Many of the kids use their real names for their characters. |
| 755 | * In ''Series/TheTomorrowPeople1973'' Elizabeth was played by Elizabeth Adare and Mike by Michael Holloway. |
| 756 | * On ''Series/TrueBlood'', Sam Merlotte is played by actor Sam Trammell--a coincidence since the character was named by Charlaine Harris, author of the novels on which the show is based. |
| 757 | * Kopelman from ''Series/TrueJacksonVP'' is played by Executive Producer Dan Kopelman. |
| 758 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': |
| 759 | ** Creator/LoriPetty played Lori Pendleton in "The Library". |
| 760 | ** Steven Andrade played Steve in "The Hunters". |
| 761 | ** Lisa Schrage played Candy (whose real name is Lisa) and Elena Kudaba played Mrs. Kudaba in "The Trunk". |
| 762 | ** Lisa Jakub played Lisa Cranston in "Street of Shadows". |
| 763 | * Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen as Mary-Kate and Ashley Burke in ''Series/TwoOfAKind''. |
| 764 | * ''Series/UFO1970'' had several first-name Danzas: Ed Bishop played Ed Straker, Gabrielle Drake (nicknamed "Gay" by her agent) played Gay Ellis, Keith Alexander played Keith Ford and Peter Gordeno played Peter Carlin. Also, "The Psychobombs" featured a last-name Danza, Lt. Blythe played by Peter Blythe. There's also a borderline case with Ayshea Broughs, whose character is never referred to by name, and is credited only as "SHADO operative", but according to the script is called Ayshea Johnson. |
| 765 | * In ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'' has Titus Andromedon, played by Tituss Burgess. Zigzagged when we later find out that his birth name was Ronald Effin Wilkerson. |
| 766 | * ''Series/UnGarsUneFille'' ("A Guy, A Girl")'s lead characters Guy and Sylvie are played by Guy A. Lepage and Sylvie Léonard. |
| 767 | ** The French-French version had Jean and Alex played by Creator/JeanDujardin and Alexandra Lamy. |
| 768 | * The entire cast of Korean sitcom ''Series/VampireIdol''. |
| 769 | * ''Series/VeronicaMars'' had a surname Danza appearance by Patty Hearst, playing [[Characters/TheSimpsonsTheSimpsonFamily Selma]] Hearst Rose, the granddaughter of millionaire Mr. Hearst, married to [[Film/CitizenKane Bud]] [[ItWasHisSled Rose]]. |
| 770 | * In the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} sitcom ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', Music/VictoriaJustice plays Victoria "Tori" Vega. |
| 771 | * ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'': Creator/KatyObrian played a Savior named Katy in two episodes. |
| 772 | * Victoria Jackson as Victoria in the failed 1984 ''Series/{{MASH}}'' spinoff, ''W* A* L* T* E* R''. |
| 773 | * In ''Series/TheWaltons'', Creator/WilfordBrimley played mountain man Horace Brimley, in a last name version. |
| 774 | * Wanda Sykes, like so many other comedians, played a character named after herself on ''Wanda at Large'', as [[ShapedLikeItself a stand-up comedian]]. |
| 775 | * Marlon and Shawn Wayans as Marlon and Shawn Williams in ''Series/TheWayansBros''. |
| 776 | * ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'' starred Gabe Kaplan as Gabe Kotter. (Justified as the series was based upon Kaplan's youth.) |
| 777 | ** Sissy Walker, a very minor character who appeared only five times between 1975 and 1978, was played by Cissy Wellman. |
| 778 | * All three main characters of ''Series/WellingtonParanormal'': |
| 779 | ** Karen O'Leary plays Officer O'Leary. |
| 780 | ** Mike Minogue plays Officer Kyle Minogue. |
| 781 | ** Maaka Pohatu plays Sergeant Maaka. |
| 782 | * Oliver Babish on ''Series/TheWestWing'' is played by Oliver Platt. |
| 783 | * Almost all the main characters in the '70s show ''Series/WhatsHappening'' Two had the same last name, three the same first name. And one just used the initial of her first name. |
| 784 | * ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'': The Vampiric Council is mostly comprised of first name Danzas of famous actors who have played vampires. Tilda Swinton (''Film/OnlyLoversLeftAlive'') as Tilda, Paul Reubens (''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'') as Paul, Danny Trejo (''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'') as Danny, Evan Rachel Wood (''Series/TrueBlood'') as Evan, and Wesley Snipes (''Film/{{Blade|Trilogy}}'') by Skype as half-vampire daywalker Wesley. Members [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Robert]], [[Film/TheLostBoys Keifer]], [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire Tom and Brad]] did not turn up. |
| 785 | * In ''Where's Raymond'', Creator/RayBolger plays Ray Wallace. |
| 786 | * As well as creating ''Series/{{Whitney}}'' (plus executive producing and writing several episodes), Whitney Cummings plays... Whitney Cummings. |
| 787 | * ''Series/TheWire'': |
| 788 | ** Felicia "Snoop" Pearson is played by [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1787519/ Felicia "Snoop" Pearson]] -- who also happens to be a former Baltimore drug dealer with [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/24/the.wire.season.five a conviction for second-degree murder]]. |
| 789 | ** Also Detective Ed(ward) Norris is played by Ed Norris, former Baltimore City chief of police ([[http://www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/ Cast List]]). |
| 790 | ** And while Jay Landsman is played by Delaney Williams, from Season 3 the character Dennis Mello is played by Jay Landsman. |
| 791 | ** Well-renowned attorney Billy Murphy more-or-less AsHimself playing the role of Clay Davis's lawyer. |
| 792 | * ''Series/WomenOfTheMovement'' has Dan Byrd as Dan Wakefield. |
| 793 | * On ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'', Blake Anderson plays Blake Henderson, Creator/AdamDeVine plays Adam Demamp, Anders Holm plays Anders Holmvik, Jillian Bell plays Jillian Belk, Waymond Lee plays Waymond, Kyle Newachek plays Karl Hevachek, Jet Set Hudson plays Jet Set and Billy Stevenson plays Bill. |
| 794 | * ''Series/AYearAtTheTop'' stars Greg Evigan and Paul Shaffer as struggling musicians Greg and Paul. |
| 795 | * Ben Vereen as Mayor Ben in ''Series/ZoobileeZoo''. |
| 796 | * Creator/JoeyLawrence made guest appearances on both ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'' and ''Series/SilverSpoons'' as a kid named Joey before landing the role of Joey Donovan on ''Series/GimmeABreak''. This was followed by Joey Russo on ''Series/{{Blossom}}'' and Joe Roman on ''Brotherly Love'' (in which brothers [[Creator/MatthewLawrence Matt]] and [[Creator/AndyLawrence Andy]] play Matt and Andy Roman). He ices the cake by playing himself in the 2008 horror/comedy ''Killer Pad''. As of 2010, he is playing a character called Joe Longo on the sitcom ''Series/MelissaAndJoey'', alongside Creator/MelissaJoanHart. |
| 797 | * Creator/RikMayall's characters in ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' (Rick), ''Series/FilthyRichAndCatflap'' (Richie Rich) and ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' (Richard Richard). Additionally, in ''The Young Ones'' Nigel Planer's character was Neil Pye, and in the latter two Adrian Edmondson's character was Eddie, a nickname based on his surname. (And, while it's not strictly this trope, it's no coincidence that his wife played a character called [[Series/AbsolutelyFabulous Eddy (Edina) Monsoon]].) |
| 798 | ** Edmondson actually played a psychotic ex-talk show host called Eddie Monsoon in ''Series/TheComicStripPresents'' {{Mockumentary}} episode "Eddie Monsoon -- A Life?" (The show was originally intended to be an episode of his talk show "Back To Normal", but it was judged too obscene even for Creator/{{Channel 4}}, so it was turned into a mock biopic instead.) |
| 799 | ** Mayall changed his first name in his teens -- he was born Richard Mayall, fitting this trope even better. |
| 800 | * ''Series/{{Vikings}}'': Creator/{{Eric Johnson|Actor}} as Erik Thorvaldsson. |
| 801 | * Full-name Danzas include: |
| 802 | ** Andy Richter in ''Series/AndyRichterControlsTheUniverse'' (and partially in ''Andy Barker, P.I.''). |
| 803 | ** Creator/LarryDavid in ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' is actually an AsHimself, but the show has a number of Danzas -- regular characters, Cheryl David (Cheryl Hines), Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin), Susie Greene (Susie Essman), plus some one-shot characters with just one name, which happens to be the actor's. |
| 804 | *** This one at least has a good explanation, as most of the dialog on Curb is improvised, and it's much easier to improvise when you only have to remember one name. |
| 805 | ** Creator/EdBegleyJr guest starred as Ed Begley Jr. on ''Series/DharmaAndGreg''. He was always addressed on-screen by his full name, "Ed Begley Jr.", not Ed or Mr Begley. |
| 806 | ** Creator/NormanLovett in ''I Lovett''. |
| 807 | ** Creator/JenniferGrey in ''It's Like, You Know...'' (In an odd subversion, Grey claimed more than once that the character she played was ''not'' based on herself.) |
| 808 | ** Jack Dee and Jeremy Hardy in ''Jack And Jeremy's Real Lives''. |
| 809 | ** Creator/FredRogers in ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'', although it's really more of an AsHimself. This also applies to most of his supporting cast: Betty Aberlin (Lady Aberlin), Don Brockett (Chef Brockett), Bob Trow (Bob Dog/Robert Troll), Chuck Aber (Neighbor Aber), and so forth. These may not be AsHimself examples, as Betty Aberlin has asserted that "Lady Aberlin" is not a representation of her real-life personality. Also, some of the actors would appear in character during the Make Believe segments, and out of character during the main part of the show. Initially, David Newell, who played Mr. [=McFeely=], was the only regular actor on the show to avert this trope. His character's last name was actually Fred Rogers' middle name. However, later episodes revealed that Mr. [=McFeely=]'s first name is David, dropping him into the trope as well. |
| 810 | ** Tim Stack as "TV's Tim Stack" in ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''. Whether he's as much of a raging drunk in real life remains to be seen, right? Right? |
| 811 | ** ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' had a few of these in the early years, including Headmaster of the New York School for the Hard of Hearing, Garrett Morris. (The first six or seven years had a lot of first-name examples as well -- the 'WASP Translator' sketch with Ray Sharkey centered around a couple named Charles and Ann. Guess which cast members played them.) Later on, in a move of notable laziness, Chris Farley's character was referred to simply as "Farley". |
| 812 | ** Sean Hughes in ''Sean's Show''. |
| 813 | ** Creator/JerrySeinfeld in ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. Estelle Costanza fits the trope too, though her real life surname is Harris. |
| 814 | ** Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain in ''Series/{{Stella|US}}''. Oddly, the show was adapted from their comedy act and short films where they're playing exaggerated versions of themselves (e.g. they're still comedians in an act named "Stella"), but on the TV show itself, they were usually unemployed and picked up different, bizarre moneymaking schemes in nearly every episode. |
| 815 | ** [[Creator/AbbottAndCostello Bud Abbott and Lou Costello]] in ''The Abbott and Costello Show''. |
| 816 | ** Ozzie Nelson's entire family, in ''Series/TheAdventuresOfOzzieAndHarriet''. |
| 817 | ** Bernie Mac on ''Series/TheBernieMacShow''. |
| 818 | ** Creator/StephenColbert of ''Series/TheColbertReport''. |
| 819 | *** This created an interesting situation during his run on ''Series/{{The Late Show|WithStephenColbert}}'' when he wanted to perform segments as his prior character, but they were warned that "Stephen Colbert" was still owned by Comedy Central. In response, rather than having Stephen Colbert's Stephen Colbert appear, Stephen Colbert introduced Stephen Colbert's suspiciously similar cousin, Stephen Colbert. They made it very clear that the character was a coincidentally-identically-named relative of the other, and they were therefore not violating Comedy Central's intellectual property claim. |
| 820 | ** Nicholas Parsons in ''Series/TheComicStripPresents'' episode "Mr Jolly Lives Next Door". |
| 821 | ** Creator/DrewCarey in ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow''. (Yes, that includes "[[EmbarrassingMiddleName Alison]]".) |
| 822 | ** Creator/WillSmith in ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' (the only difference being that in the show "Will" was short for "William"; the actor's first name is actually Willard). {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode when he tells a story about a certain Wilbert Smith''sonian''. |
| 823 | *** The page quote comes from an interview Will did with [[Series/TheGrahamNortonShow Graham Norton]], where he says Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton) told him to use this trope. |
| 824 | ** George Lopez in ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow''. George's boss Jack Powers was portrayed by Jack Blessing. |
| 825 | *** George Lopez also played a ''different'' George Lopez in the short-lived 2014 sitcom ''Saint George''. |
| 826 | ** Jack Benny in ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram''. |
| 827 | ** Jon Dore on ''The Jon Dore Television Show''. |
| 828 | ** Sarah ''and'' Laura Silverman in ''Series/TheSarahSilvermanProgram''. |
| 829 | ** Music/WeirdAlYankovic in ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow''. |
| 830 | ** The kids on ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision''. |
| 831 | ** Creator/TheBBC spoof police series ''Lazarus and Dingwall'' starred Stephen Frost as Steve Lazarus and Mark Arden as Mark Dingwall. |
| 832 | [[/folder]] |
| 833 | |
| 834 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 835 | * In the video for "Hello" by Music/LionelRichie, the blind student played by actress Laura Carrington[[note]]who actually isn't blind[[/note]] who (in the video) makes a sculpture of her drama teacher (played by Lionel)[[note]]It was actually made by a professional artist who never actually met Lionel.[[/note]] is named Laura. |
| 836 | * Several cases in Vocaloid products: |
| 837 | ** Megpoid (product) and Gumi (character) names come from her voice provider, Creator/MegumiNakajima. |
| 838 | ** Gackpoid (product) and Camui Gakupo/Gackpo (character) is named after the singer [[{{Creator/Gackt}} Gackt Camui]]. |
| 839 | ** Meiko's voice provider is named Meiko Haigo. |
| 840 | ** Miriam's voice provider is Miriam Stockley.[[note]]Best remembered for "Perfect Day" ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks not the same as]] the Film/LegallyBlonde theme by Hoku), the ending theme song from "The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends" specials.[[/note]] |
| 841 | ** SF-A2 miki's voice provider is named Miki Furukawa. |
| 842 | ** Utatane Piko's voice provider is NND singer Piko. |
| 843 | ** Yohioloid got his name from the singer Yohio. |
| 844 | ** Chika's name comes from her voice provider, Chiaki Ito from Music/{{AAA}}. |
| 845 | ** Sachiko's voice provider is the Enka singer Sachiko Kobayashi. |
| 846 | ** Fukase's voice provider is SEKAI NO OWARI vocalist Fukase. |
| 847 | ** Kano Akira is named after OH-SE's "Kano Akira" persona in ARSMAGNA. |
| 848 | ** Hiyama Kiyoteru is voiced by Hiyama Kiyoshi. |
| 849 | * The performers in the band Music/TheMechanisms took on characters during their performances rather than perform as themselves, but Jonathan Sims (Jonny D'Ville) and Tim Ledsam (Gunpowder Tim) used their real first names as their characters' names. |
| 850 | * In Music/KatyPerry's "Last Friday Night" video, in addition to protagonist Kathy Beth Terry deriving her first and middle names from Perry (Kathryn Elizabeth) herself, saxophonist Music/KennyG plays her uncle Kenny. |
| 851 | [[/folder]] |
| 852 | |
| 853 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 854 | * In Creator/DataEast's ''[[Pinball/TheWhosTommy The Who's Tommy]],'' the "Lyman Bonus" named after one of the game's programmers, Lyman F. Sheats Jr. |
| 855 | ** Pinball/MonsterBash has "Lyman's Lament" which is not only named after him but he can be heard giving commentary on the player's performance as well. |
| 856 | [[/folder]] |
| 857 | |
| 858 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 859 | * In the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''The Wreck'', Alan plays the AI of the game named ALAN. |
| 860 | ** In ''Homeward Bound 4'', Jake, Josh, and Shannon all play animals named Jake, Josh, and Shannon. |
| 861 | * ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'': |
| 862 | ** Cecil Palmer is voiced by Cecil Baldwin. Until episode 34, the general assumption was that character and actor shared the same surname as well. Amusingly enough, Baldwin didn't actually know the character's name at first (the credits just listed him as "The Voice of Night Vale", and it wasn't really important). A few episodes in the script finally revealed his name was Cecil, and Baldwin had to go check with the creator to find out whether or not NV-Cecil was meant to be someone other than himself. |
| 863 | ** It's pretty common on WTNV. Intern Maureen is played by Maureen Johnson, Kevin is played by Kevin R. Free, and Lauren Mallard is played by Lauren Sharp. |
| 864 | * [[Podcast/TheMagnusArchives The Magnus Archives]] focuses on head archivist Jonathan Sims, played by Jonathan Sims. Similar to Night Vale in that he was the sole narrator of a horror story for a while, but unlike Cecil, he was named from episode 1. |
| 865 | [[/folder]] |
| 866 | |
| 867 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 868 | * Almost too common to mention in wrestling, where a performer will often simply tweak his/her real name a bit to come up with a stage name. Also counts for wrestlers who use their own names, but [[PlayingAgainstType play characters totally unlike their true personalities]]. |
| 869 | * Examples: Chris Irvine as Wrestling/ChrisJericho |
| 870 | * Richard Fliehr is better known as Wrestling/RicFlair. And his three children who went into the business—David, Reid (now deceased), and Ashley—also use the "Flair" name, with Ashley known instead as Wrestling/CharlotteFlair. (Incidentally, "Flair" is how the family pronounces its name.) |
| 871 | * Cody Runnels as Wrestling/CodyRhodes |
| 872 | ** Before he became Wrestling/{{Goldust}} (itself an example because of the "dust"), Dustin Runnels wrestled as Dustin Rhodes. |
| 873 | * Variants: |
| 874 | ** Michael Shawn Hickenbottom as Wrestling/ShawnMichaels |
| 875 | ** Wrestling/BryanDanielson as Daniel Bryan |
| 876 | ** Page Falkinburg as Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage. He's since legally changed his name to Dallas Page. |
| 877 | ** Daniel Christopher Covell as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels |
| 878 | ** Scott Colton as Wrestling/ColtCabana and Scotty Goldman |
| 879 | ** Ryan Reeves as Wrestling/{{Ryback}} -- "Silverback" was his teenage nickname. |
| 880 | ** Before becoming Wrestling/{{Fandango}}, Curtis Jonathan Hussey as Johnny Curtis. |
| 881 | ** Before becoming Wrestling/PeytonRoyce, Cassie [=McIntosh=] wrestled as KC Cassidy. Following her Wrestling/{{WWE}} release in 2021, she started going by Cassie Lee. |
| 882 | ** Jessica [=McKay=] as Wrestling/BillieKay |
| 883 | ** Joseph Ryan Meehan as Wrestling/JoeyRyan |
| 884 | ** Macey Estrella-Kadlec (née Evans) as Wrestling/LaceyEvans. Lacey was actually [[WriteWhoYouKnow her sister's maiden name]]. |
| 885 | * Patricia Stratigeas as Wrestling/TrishStratus |
| 886 | * James Cox as Wrestling/JamesStorm |
| 887 | * Wrestling/{{P|roWrestlingGuerilla}}WG wrestler Brian Bullard as Brian Cage |
| 888 | * Allen Jones as Wrestling/AJStyles |
| 889 | * Robert Booker Tio Huffman as Wrestling/BookerT |
| 890 | * Maven Huffman as Maven (unrelated to the aforementioned Booker T) |
| 891 | * Perry Satullo as Wrestling/PerrySaturn |
| 892 | * Rodney Begnaud as Rodney Mack |
| 893 | * Kevin Fertig as Kevin Thorn |
| 894 | * John Hennigan as Johnny Nitro, Wrestling/JohnMorrison, Johnny Mundo, Johnny Impact, John Superstar, Johnny Elite, and Johnny TV. |
| 895 | * Christopher Mordetzky as Chris Masters |
| 896 | * Lance Evers as Wrestling/LanceStorm |
| 897 | * Eric Pérez as Eric Escobar |
| 898 | * Judy Hardee as Judy Martin |
| 899 | * Before Paul Levesque became [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]] in WWF, he was ''Jean''-Paul Levesque in WCW. |
| 900 | * Steve Williams as Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, as there already was a Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams. He's since legally adopted Steve Austin (without the "Stone Cold" part). |
| 901 | * Before jobbing it out as [[Wrestling/MattCardona Zack Ryder]] (Matthew Brett Cardona) and Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers) respectively, they were kayfabe brothers Brett and Brian Majors. |
| 902 | * James Reiher as Wrestling/JimmySnuka |
| 903 | * Kenneth Doane as Kenny Dykstra |
| 904 | * Before he became Wrestling/DamienSandow, Aaron Steven Haddad as Aaron Stevens. Now back to being TheDanza, first as Aron Rex in Wrestling/ImpactWrestling and then Aron Stevens in the [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]]. |
| 905 | * José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan as Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio and Alberto el Patrón. |
| 906 | * Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza as Wrestling/AndradeCienAlmas, just plain Andrade, and Andrade El Ídolo. |
| 907 | * Heath Miller as Wrestling/HeathSlater |
| 908 | * Michael Coulthard as Wrestling/MichaelCole |
| 909 | * Robert and Scott Rechsteiner as Rick and Wrestling/ScottSteiner, with "Rick Steiner" being a homophone of the brothers' real surname. |
| 910 | * Wrestling/SidEudy as Sid Vicious, Sycho Sid, or Sid Justice. |
| 911 | * Jorge González as Wrestling/GiantGonzalez |
| 912 | * The Adkisson wrestling clan of Texas as the Wrestling/VonErichFamily, save for patriarch Jack Adkisson/Fritz Von Erich, who used a completely different ring name. |
| 913 | * Jonathan Good as Wrestling/JonMoxley. He wrestled as Dean Ambrose in WWE but has returned to his original ring name since leaving WWE. |
| 914 | * Nicole and Brianna Garcia-Colace as The Wrestling/BellaTwins, Nikki and Brie. |
| 915 | * Rebecca Quin as Rebecca Knox and Wrestling/BeckyLynch. |
| 916 | * Andrew "Drew" Galloway as Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre in WWE. (He used his real name in TNA.) |
| 917 | * Kevin Steen became an indie darling under his real name. He now competes in WWE under the name Wrestling/KevinOwens. |
| 918 | * Alexis Kaufman as Wrestling/AlexaBliss. |
| 919 | * April Jeanette Mendez-[[Wrestling/CMPunk Brooks]] as Wrestling/AJLee. |
| 920 | * Before becoming Wrestling/DolphZiggler, Nick Nemeth wrestled as Spirit Squad Member Nicky. |
| 921 | * Before becoming Wrestling/TheUndertaker, Mark Calaway wrestled as Mean Mark Callous. %% His family name is Calaway, not Calloway. |
| 922 | * Elizabeth Koncianski-[[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler Copeland]] as Wrestling/BethPhoenix. |
| 923 | * Natalie Neidhart wrestles using different variations of her first name ([[RealNameAsAnAlias Natalie]], Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}}, Nattie) and is mostly addressed in FirstNameBasis. |
| 924 | * Dean Simon as Wrestling/DeanMalenko |
| 925 | * Wrestling/KenAnderson as Ken Kennedy (Kennedy!). |
| 926 | * Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis wrestled as Johnny Ace. |
| 927 | * The late Roderick "Roddy" Toombs as Wrestling/RoddyPiper |
| 928 | * Frank Gerdelman as Wrestling/FrankieKazarian |
| 929 | * Joe Seanoa as Wrestling/SamoaJoe |
| 930 | * [[Creator/DaveBautista David Bautista]] as Wrestling/{{Batista}}. |
| 931 | * Mike Mizanin as Wrestling/TheMiz |
| 932 | * Keiko Nakano as Wrestling/BullNakano |
| 933 | * Before becoming Emma, Wrestling/TenilleDashwood wrestled as Tenille Tayla and Tenille Williams. |
| 934 | * Before becoming Asuka, Wrestling/KanakoUrai wrestled as KANA. |
| 935 | * Before becoming Wrestling/SashaBanks, Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado wrestled as Mercedes KV. Once she left WWE, she began wrestling as Mercedes Moné. |
| 936 | * Ettore Ewen as Wrestling/BigELangston (who later dropped "Langston") |
| 937 | * The late Frederick Blassman as "Classy" Wrestling/FreddieBlassie |
| 938 | * Before becoming Wrestling/EvanBourne, Matt Korklan wrestled as Matt Sydal and did so again upon leaving WWE. |
| 939 | * Melissa Anderson as Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa |
| 940 | * Sara Amato as Wrestling/SaraDelRey |
| 941 | * Tom Laughlin as Wrestling/TommyDreamer |
| 942 | * Richard Rood as Wrestling/RickRude |
| 943 | * Jillian Fletcher as Wrestling/JillianHall |
| 944 | * Chris Spardin as Wrestling/ChrisHero |
| 945 | * Jim Morris as Wrestling/HillbillyJim |
| 946 | * Bob Howard as [[Wrestling/BobHolly Bob "Hardcore" Holly]] |
| 947 | * Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah as Wrestling/KofiKingston |
| 948 | * The late Sherri Schrull as Wrestling/SherriMartel |
| 949 | * Terri Boatright as Wrestling/TerriRunnels |
| 950 | * Candice Beckman-Ehrlich as Wrestling/CandiceMichelle |
| 951 | * The late Randy Poffo as Wrestling/RandySavage |
| 952 | * Richard Blood as Wrestling/RickySteamboat |
| 953 | * The late John Monton as Wrestling/BigJohnStudd |
| 954 | * Joseph Bonsignore as Wrestling/JoeyStyles |
| 955 | * Jake Hager as Wrestling/JackSwagger in WWE. Now using his real name as an [[UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts MMA]] fighter and in [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling AEW]]. |
| 956 | * Hiroyoshi Yamamoto as Wrestling/HiroyoshiTenzan |
| 957 | * Before becoming Wrestling/{{Bayley}}, Pamela Rose Martinez wrestled as Davina Rose. |
| 958 | * Austin Watson as Austin Creed before becoming Wrestling/XavierWoods. |
| 959 | * Brittany Baker wrestles as Dr. Wrestling/BrittBaker DMD. And uses "Dr." and "DMD" outside the ring as well, since she's an actual practicing dentist. |
| 960 | * Nicola Glencross as Nikki Storm, Wrestling/NikkiCross, and Nikki A.S.H. |
| 961 | * Tommaso Whitney as Wrestling/TommasoCiampa. |
| 962 | * Amanda Rose Saccomanno as Wrestling/MandyRose. |
| 963 | * Toni Rossal as Wrestling/ToniStorm. |
| 964 | * Candice [[Wrestling/JohnnyGargano Gargano]] (née Dawson) as Wrestling/CandiceLeRae. |
| 965 | * Maxwell Tyler Friedman as Maxwell Jacob Friedman, or Wrestling/{{MJF}}. |
| 966 | * Wrestling/KatarinaWaters as Katie Lea (Burchill). |
| 967 | * Nicholas Wilson as Wrestling/NickGage. |
| 968 | * Wrestling/KrisStatlander wrestled as a {{Jobber}} named Kristen in WWE. |
| 969 | * Wrestling/FergalDevitt wrestled as Prince Devitt in Japan. |
| 970 | * Bianca Blair as Wrestling/BiancaBelair. |
| 971 | * Trinity [[Wrestling/TheUsos Fatu]] (née [=McCray=]) wrestled as Trinity Starr before going by Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}}. Once she lives WWE, she began wrestling as Trinity. |
| 972 | * Terry Allen as Wrestling/MagnumTA. |
| 973 | * Saraya Jade Bevis first entered the business as [[Film/FightingWithMyFamily Britani Knight]] before finding WWE fame as Wrestling/{{Paige}}. She became a Danza after [[TenMinuteRetirement ending a five-year retirement]] and signing with AEW as Saraya. |
| 974 | [[/folder]] |
| 975 | |
| 976 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 977 | * All three of the central characters in the radio sitcom ''Radio/TheNavyLark'' had the same names as the actors who played them. |
| 978 | * The main duo of ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'', Richard Lamb and Deryck Lennox-Brown, are played by Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler respectively. |
| 979 | * ''Radio/HancocksHalfHour'' starred Tony Hancock as Anthony Aloysius St. John Hancock, Creator/SidJames as Sidney Balmoral James, and Bill Kerr as William Montmorency Beaumont Kerr. The only other regular character was Griselda Pugh, played by {{Creator/Hattie|Jacques}} (not Griselda) Jacques. Creator/KennethWilliams played several bit-parts, none of them called Kenneth. The main characters' elaborate middle names are fictitious. |
| 980 | * The sitcom ''Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting'' starred Linda Smith as Linda Smith. Like many of the full-name TV examples above, the character was essentially a fictionalised version of the comedienne herself. There's also Chris the builder, played by Chris Neill. |
| 981 | * Ben Lyon, his wife Bebe Daniels, and their children in ''Life With The Lyons'', also a fictionalised version of the actors. |
| 982 | * And Jeremy Hardy and Kit Hollerbach as Jeremy and Kit in ''Unnatural Acts'' (later retitled ''At Home With The Hardys'' in parody of ''Life With The Lyons''). |
| 983 | * MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfRadio (1920-1950) was filled with shows like this, mostly comedy sitcoms: Jack Benny, George Burns and Creator/GracieAllen, Fred Allen, Abbott and Costello, Edgar Bergen and Charlie [=McCarthy=], and many others. |
| 984 | * Justin Moorhouse as Justin in ''Everybody Quite Likes Justin''. |
| 985 | * The main characters of the sketch show ''Radio/HelloCheeky'' all shared the name of their actor. The characters were also treated as the real actors, blending this with AsHimself. |
| 986 | * Rita Rudner {{As H|imself}}erself in ''The Rita Rudner Show'' and co-writer Martin Bergman as Martin Trenaman. |
| 987 | * The cops who try to stop Crowley's Bentley in the AudioAdaptation of ''Literature/GoodOmens'' are a CreatorCameo by Creator/NeilGaiman and Creator/TerryPratchett. NamedByTheAdaptation as Neil and Terry. Adam Young is played by Adam Thomas Wright. |
| 988 | * Tom Wrigglesworth as Tom Wrigglesworth in ''Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups'', another fictionalised version of the actor (with, one hopes, even more fictionalised parents). |
| 989 | * When TheStoryteller in ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme'' is named over the course of the story, he's called John Finnemore (or, since the stories are generally told in a turn-of-the-century clubland where everyone's on LastNameBasis, just Finnemore). |
| 990 | * ''Whatever Next? With Miles Jupp'' is a parody of a MagazineShow, with sketches that parody various other radio and podcast formats, supposedly as clips from Miles's work. It is therefore built into the premise that he's always playing Miles Jupp. |
| 991 | [[/folder]] |
| 992 | |
| 993 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 994 | * The cast of ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}'', sans Jesus and John/Judas, are named after the actors who portrayed them in the original cast. Newer performances of this show often change character names to match their own casts. |
| 995 | * ''Theatre/FiniansRainbow'' has a harmonica-playing minor character named Sunny, originally played by Sonny Terry. |
| 996 | * In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' stage play ''Seven Keys to Doomsday'', the companions were going to be called Dave and Jenny; but when James Mathews was cast, his character was renamed Jimmy. Later stage revivals reverted to "Dave", but in the Creator/BigFinish audio version he's "Jimmy" again. |
| 997 | * The short-lived yet wildly popular Broadway musical ''Theatre/TitleOfShow''. In fact, the show takes it up a notch with it being "a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical" (guess how many guys wrote this musical?) and the song "I Am Playing Me." |
| 998 | * In ''Music/AmericanIdiot'', the rock opera featuring Music/GreenDay's music, the main character Johnny was named after the actor who plays him -- John "Johnny" Gallagher Jr. |
| 999 | * Most Creator/CirqueDuSoleil clowns use their own names for their characters, and occasionally more serious character roles get the same treatment, in which case the name may stick with the character after the original performer leaves. Notable examples: |
| 1000 | ** ''Theatre/{{Mystere}}'': Brian Le Petit (Dewhurst) and Bebe Francois (Dupuis). |
| 1001 | ** ''Theatre/{{Quidam}}'': John (Gilkey), the emcee. |
| 1002 | ** ''Theatre/{{O}}'': Le Vieux, the emcee, was long known as Eugen after original performer Eugene Brim. |
| 1003 | * A strange inversion: Born Joseph Lane, a name that was already in use by another actor, Creator/NathanLane took his stage name after, Nathan Detroit, his favorite character in Broadway classic ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''. Years later, his Broadway career reached new heights when he received rave notices for playing Nathan Detroit in a revival. |
| 1004 | * In the 1936 Broadway musical ''Red, Hot and Blue!'', Creator/BobHope played a character named Bob Hale. |
| 1005 | * The original Broadway production of ''Theatre/TheCatAndTheFiddle'' had Odette Myrtil as Odette. |
| 1006 | * On ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'''s 2015 US tour, Miss Honey, whose first name is Jennifer, coincidentally was played by Jennifer Blood. In the West End run, Matilda Shapland was in the rotation for the title role from September 2014 to September 2015. |
| 1007 | * ''Theatre/PrinceKaguya'': Creator/ShoutaAoi plays Aoi, Kaguya's birth mother. |
| 1008 | * In the original production of ''Theatre/StateOfTheUnion'', Kay Thorndyke was played by Kay Johnson. |
| 1009 | * The ''Theatre/FarndaleAvenue'' plays are a series of supposedly amateur productions that always descend into (actually carefully choreographed) chaos. At least once in each play, the production's harried director, David, will emerge from backstage to try and get things back under control. In the original stagings, David was played by the actual director and co-writer David [=McGillivray=]. |
| 1010 | * ''Theatre/SpiesAreForever'': Curt Mega as Agent Curt Mega. |
| 1011 | [[/folder]] |
| 1012 | |
| 1013 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 1014 | * Madame Leota, the OracularHead in ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'', is named after Leota [[MeaningfulName Toombs]], the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Imagineer]] who provides her head. |
| 1015 | [[/folder]] |
| 1016 | |
| 1017 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 1018 | * In ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'', Julia Heine was played by Julia Tucker. |
| 1019 | * ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'': The voice actress for Kaniehtí:io, Connor's Mohawk mother, is Kaniehtiio Horn. |
| 1020 | * ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' has Shawn Flynn, head of the toy department. He's voiced by WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}}, whose real name is Seán... but game creator theMeatly has since revealed that he named the character before taking auditions for the role, and Jack's voice was simply the closest fit for the voice he had in mind. |
| 1021 | * Staff Sergeant Griggs in ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' is voiced by and [[InkSuitActor modeled after]] Mark Grigsby. Most of the RedShirt allies in the games' American campaigns are likewise named after other dev team members. |
| 1022 | * Aremy Jendrew, who composed the SourceMusic in ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'' and whom Rachel collaborates with in Episode 2, is named after [[{{Spoonerism}} Andrew Jeremy]], the real-life composer of the soundtrack. |
| 1023 | * Brad, the main villain from ''VideoGame/{{Comic Jumper|TheAdventuresOfCaptainSmiley}}'', is voiced by Brad Hawkins. |
| 1024 | * In ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'', the most prominent GDI characters in cutscenes are General James Solomon, played by Creator/JamesEarlJones, and Michael [=McNeil=], played by Creator/MichaelBiehn. |
| 1025 | * ''VideoGame/CrystalCrisis'': In his first playable appearance, ComicBook/JohnnyTurbo is voiced by the man he was based on in the first place, Jonathan Brandsetter. |
| 1026 | * Creator/GideonEmery as Sam Gideon in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' and Cpt. Gideon in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare''. The trend seems to have stuck with him. |
| 1027 | * In ''VideoGame/EverythingOrNothing'', R&B singer Music/{{Mya}}, in addition to [[DoItYourselfThemeTune singing the theme song]], voiced NSA double-agent Mya Starling. |
| 1028 | * ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has Katy Townsend as the voice of Cait. |
| 1029 | * ''VideoGame/TheFrontier'' had [[Creator/MikeBurnFireAndZachHazard Mike BurnFire]] voicing a trader named Burns. |
| 1030 | * In ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'', Dr. Doak was named and modeled after developer David Doak. |
| 1031 | * In ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', recurring marine sergeant Marcus P. Stacker (the white, southern accented counterpart to Sgt. Johnson) is voiced by Pete Stacker.[[note]]He also voiced Captain Jacob Keyes in both ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' and ''VideoGame/HaloReach.''[[/note]] |
| 1032 | * Some of ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'''s [=NPCs=] are named after the Kickstarter backers who designed them, e.g. Tiso by Tiso Spencer, Joni by Joni Kunelius, and Marissa by Marissa Brice. |
| 1033 | * In ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw'', internet musician Erik "Music/HotDad" Helwig plays the role of internet musician Erick "Chowder Man" Helman, while the tracks for Ray "Basidia" Dolan are written and performed by Jay Tholen. In a downplayed example, Swedish musician Casper Sunderberg is portrayed by Californian musician Chris Schlarb; note the initials. |
| 1034 | * In ''VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject'', Megan Love, heard on the radio during the intro, was voiced by Megan Wheeler. |
| 1035 | * Rochelle in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' is voiced by Creator/RochelleAytes. |
| 1036 | * Creator/JenniferHale was Jennifer Mui in ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}}''. |
| 1037 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' has a coincidental example with Solid Snake's real name of "David", which happens to be the first name of his English voice actor, Creator/DavidHayter. In reality, the name "David" was already decided during the Japanese voice recording, which was completed before the English voice actor for Snake was even chosen. It actually came from the main character in ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', as well as Meryl Silverburgh's partner from ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}''. |
| 1038 | * The arcade game ''VideoGame/PitFighter'' is an early example where the sprites are digitised images of real actors. It has four Danzas: "Southside Jim" is played by one James Thompson, "Chainman Eddie" by Eddie Venancio, "Mad Miles" by Miles [=McGowan=], and "Angel" by Angela Stellato. |
| 1039 | * In ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest4OpenSeason'', the actress who played Barbie Cann was named Barbara Shannon ("Barbie" is a nickname for Barbara). |
| 1040 | * ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'' has an in-universe example: Clank as "Secret Agent Clank" in a series of Franchise/JamesBond-like movies he stars in. |
| 1041 | * In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' Barry Gjerde was the voice of Barry Burton. |
| 1042 | * In ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', Saika Magoichi's real name is revealed to be Sayaka. In the original Japanese, she is voiced by Creator/SayakaOhara. |
| 1043 | * ''[[VideoGame/SenranKagura Senran Kagura Estival Versus]]'': Yumi is voiced by Creator/YumiHara. |
| 1044 | * A really bizarre version of this trope involves the Japanese voice actor Creator/NobunagaShimazaki: While he ''hasn't'' voiced any character with his obvious and infamous [[UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga namesake]], he, on the other hand, has voiced characters in video games who are intimately related with the historical Nobunaga, overlapping with both CastingGag and HilariousInHindsight at the same time: |
| 1045 | ** He voiced Akechi Mitsuhide, one of Nobunaga's followers, in the otome game ''Sengoku Night Blood''. In RealLife Mitsuhide was the one who betrayed him, leading to his death. |
| 1046 | ** He also worked in another otome game named ''Geten no Hana'', when he voiced Mori Ranmaru, Nobunaga's most closest follower and very likely [[HoYay something else]] in RealLife. |
| 1047 | ** Finally played straight twice in both ''VideoGame/SoulReverseZero'' and ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 5'', when he is finally voicing his historical namesake. Needless to say, the Japanese internet went ''bonkers'' with this. |
| 1048 | * Heather Mason in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' is actually named after her voice actress, Heather Morris. |
| 1049 | * Games made by Skip Ltd. (such as ''VideoGame/ChibiRobo'' and ''VideoGame/CaptainRainbow'') frequently feature a black-and-white dog named Tao, who is usually portrayed as somewhat lazy and often very hungry. Tao was the actual dog of Skip's creative director, looked exactly like his fictional counterparts, and... was somewhat lazy and often very hungry. (The real dog died in 2009, but the fictional version will live on in games forevermore.) |
| 1050 | * Music/MichaelJackson as the voice of Space Michael in ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'' (although in this case, he was essentially playing himself). Jackson was the inspiration for that particular character and, when approached about voicing him, he said, "Yes!" because he absolutely loved the [[ShoutOut tribute]]. His appearance in the first game amounted to little more than a quick cameo, but his role was greatly expanded in the sequel. |
| 1051 | * Vanessa Duvelle in ''VideoGame/SpyHunter2'' (the sequel to the remake, not the arcade game) was based on Music/VanessaCarlton, who sang the game's theme tune. |
| 1052 | * In the first ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/RebelAssault'', Ru Murleen was named after the actress who played her. Averted with the sequel, which used [[TheOtherDarrin a different actress]], Julie Eccles. |
| 1053 | * ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': |
| 1054 | ** Makoto in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike]]'' is voiced by Makoto Tsumura. She reprised her role as her Japanese voice actress in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]''. |
| 1055 | ** As of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', Ed's English voice actor has been Creator/EdwardBosco. This was averted during his appearance in Balrog's ''[=Super SFIV=]'' ending, where he was younger and voiced by Creator/LauraBailey. |
| 1056 | * Notable aversion in the English dub of ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', with the main character Yuri Lowell '''not''' being played by veteran ''Tales'' voice actor Creator/YuriLowenthal. The actual voice actor, Creator/TroyBaker, did get some joke mileage out of this one though: "How bad is it when they start naming characters after voice actors? 'I wanna read for this guy, what's his name?' 'Er...Creator/{{Vic Mign|ogna}}a.'" |
| 1057 | * ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': [[AllThereInTheManual Supplemental material]] has revealed that the Administrator's real name is Helen, a clear nod to her voice actress, Creator/EllenMcLain. |
| 1058 | * One of the models to portray Lara Croft during publicity for the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' games was named Lara Weller. Her friends suggested that she try out for the part partially because she shared the character's first name. |
| 1059 | * Interesting example: the developers of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale'' held a contest for the game. The winner of the contest, Brie Rosenholm, was awarded [[ContestWinnerCameo by getting a virtual double]] named after her to appear in the game, and this being [[AnyoneCanDie The Walking Dead]], overlapping with DeathByCameo. |
| 1060 | [[/folder]] |
| 1061 | |
| 1062 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 1063 | * In-universe example: in the post-Scratch universe of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', John Crocker took Harry Anderson's role as the judge in ''Series/NightCourt''. So in this version, it was Judge ''Johnny'' Stone. |
| 1064 | * ''Webcomic/BasicInstructions'': The characters [[WriteWhoYouKnow based on Scott Meyer, his wife Missy, and his friend Ric]], traced from photos of them, are named Scott, Missy, and Rick. Several other characters ended up this way; most notably, the character drawn from photos of a guy named Graham was briefly referred to as "Smitty" before just becoming Graham for the rest of the strip. |
| 1065 | [[/folder]] |
| 1066 | |
| 1067 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 1068 | * Clyde Cash, Jason Kendrick Howell, and Jack Thaddeus voice themselves in the ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' audiobooks. |
| 1069 | * ''WebVideo/CorruptingTheClassicsWithContemporaryCrap'' is hosted by Angus Hepburn as Angus Leech and Natalia Fedner as Natalie Knickerbocker. |
| 1070 | * Franchise/TheFearMythos features characters named after their actors: Jordan and Nathan from ''Jordan Eats Normally Now'', and Seann of ''Cryptid 417''. |
| 1071 | * The webseries ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'' features characters named Tom, Zack, and Dana. They are played by Tom Pike, Zack Wallnau, and Dana Shaw. |
| 1072 | * WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic is named "Doug" as is shown through his Nicktoons review, and the person who plays him is Creator/DougWalker. However, Creator/DougWalker has said that the critic IS a character, and is a separate entity from Walker himself. Walker also plays many characters on [[Website/ChannelAwesome That Guy With The Glasses]], and the Nostalgia Critic is the only one to share his name. |
| 1073 | * Half the cast of ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' does this. We have Tim, Jessica, Brian, and Seth. Played by Tim Sutton, Jessica May, Brian Haight, and Seth [=McCay=]. |
| 1074 | ** Brian is a double example. In the original ''Marble Hornets'' film, he would be playing a character named Brian. |
| 1075 | * {{Discussed|Trope}} (as "The Tony Danza Corollary") in the Podcast/RiffTrax of ''Film/PlanetOfTheDinosaurs''. |
| 1076 | -->"Was every character just named after the person who played them?!"\ |
| 1077 | "It's the number one sign you're watching a quality movie." |
| 1078 | * ''WebAnimation/LucasTheSpider'' was originally voiced by Lucas Slice, the nephew of series creator/animator Joshua Slice. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by the TV adaptation, [[TheOtherDarrin which replaced Lucas with Simon Webster.]] |
| 1079 | * WebVideo/MatthewSantoro is played by a man named Matthew Santoro. |
| 1080 | * Flynt Coal from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' was voiced by rapper Flynt Flossy. This one's coincidental, as the character's name [[LetsPlay/AchievementHunterMinecraftSeries predates]] [[WebAnimation/XRayAndVav the show]]. |
| 1081 | * LetsPlay/BobLennon always names his characters (when their names are not explicitly given), "Bob" or some variations (such as in WebVideo/{{Aventures}} where his robot character is named [[LeetLingo 808]]). Likewise, any cat he finds tends to be named Wilfried after [[TributeToFido his real-life cat]]. |
| 1082 | * In most ''FanWorks/{{Minecraft}}'' roleplay and Let's Play series, most if not all of the perspective characters share a name with the content creator that portrays them. This is mainly because the characters are often based on their content creator counterparts, and share many traits with them. While social media fan posts initially only implied the differentiation between the character and the real-life counterparts, in late 2020, fans coined [[FanNickname the "c![X]" (character) and "cc![X]" (content creator) tags]] to more explicitly differentiate between the counterparts. |
| 1083 | ** The character-tagging phenomenon began in the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'' fandom. It started during the Exile Arc, to prevent people outside the fandom from assuming Dream the content creator is a child abuser like his roleplay character counterpart. However, the ''full'' names of the characters are usually distinct from those of the content creators, as the characters' full names are typically based on their screen names and/or any nicknames they accumulated, e.g. Philza Minecraft being portrayed by Philip Watson. |
| 1084 | *** Speaking of Phil specifically, in the spin-off series ''Tales From the SMP'' episode "The Pit", there is a character named Watson, who is evidently named after Philza, who played him and has 'Watson' as his surname in real life (as stated above). |
| 1085 | ** The phenomenon has spread [[FriendlyFandoms by osmosis]] to the greater MCYT community, such that variations of the character tag have popped up to differentiate between the content creators' characters in different series. These include "hc![X]" for WebVideo/{{Hermitcraft}}, "e![X]" for the WebVideo/EmpiresSMP (though some take it a step further to differentiate by ''season''), "al![X]" for the WebVideo/AfterlifeSMP, "r![X]" for the WebVideo/RatsSMP, "k![X]" for Karmaland, and many, many more. |
| 1086 | * There is a porn actress known as [[https://twitter.com/undeux April O'Neil]]. Of course she had to play the [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles]] [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BFFAxlDgWj3/ character in]] ''[[ParallelPornTitles Ten Inch Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', even co-producing the thing. |
| 1087 | * In ''Podcast/TheOrbitingHumanCircusOfTheAir,'' Julian the Janitor is played by series creator Creator/JulianKoster, while the eponymous variety show's showrunner and host John Cameron is played by Creator/JohnCameronMitchell. |
| 1088 | * WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, played by Creator/JamesRolfe, can be seen typing "Jame" on the name entry screen of ''Winter Games'' before realizing there's a four-character limit, and Spider-man calls him James while making fun of him. For added fun, Rolfe plays ''another'' character named WebVideo/BoardJames, who may or may not be the Nerd's alter-ego, thus making both of them the same James (but still a different James from James Rolfe). |
| 1089 | * ''WebVideo/OutWithDad'': "New Vanessa" is portrayed by Vanessa Salazar. |
| 1090 | * ''{{WebVideo/AFK}}'': Ivan Essin plays Vanya (Vanya is a nickname for Ivan-it's basically "Johnny" for "John"). |
| 1091 | * The human characters on ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'' (such as Chris, Ian, or Michael) often have the names of their respective voice actors. |
| 1092 | * ''WebAnimation/HunterTheParenting'': Big-D is voiced by one of the lead writers, [=SpeakerD=]. |
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| 1095 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 1096 | * Spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "...Or Die Trying". A fictitious sequel to ''Film/SoulPlane'' has Music/FiftyCent play "Air Marshal 50 Cent". |
| 1097 | * Creator/JohnCandy in ''Camp Candy''. |
| 1098 | * Arianna Huffington as ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'''s Arianna the Bear. |
| 1099 | * ''WesternAnimation/GlitchTechs'': Not completely so, but Zahra has an almost identical name to her voice actress Creator/ZehraFazal. |
| 1100 | * ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' character Eric The Triangle was voiced by one Eric Meyers. |
| 1101 | * One Danza that is not the main character (and isn't their biggest part in the show) is Cree Lincoln from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' who is voiced by Creator/CreeSummer, [[ActingForTwo who also voices her little sister, Abby/Numbuh 5]]). Another minor character, Numbuh 362, is voiced by Creator/RachaelMacFarlane and given the name Rachel. |
| 1102 | * The ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}'' primetime specials featured Creator/KathleenWilhoite as Cathy Andrews, and [[RealLifeRelative creator Cathy Guisewite's father William]] as the voice of Cathy's father Bill. |
| 1103 | * In ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'', Ash Graven is voiced by Ashly Burch. |
| 1104 | * In several episodes of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Creator/TaraStrong has played a character named "Tara". |
| 1105 | * Also Julie Brown as Julie [[StealthPun Bruin]] in ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''. In this case, she's effectively [[AdamWesting parodying herself]]. |
| 1106 | * ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' has its main characters playing characters with the same name in the ShowWithinAShow. As a bonus, Mikey Simon's voice actor is Michael Sinterniklaas, setting up a recursive Danza. |
| 1107 | * ''WesternAnimation/HamsterAndGretel'': |
| 1108 | ** Carolina Ravassa voices Carolina Grant-Gomez. |
| 1109 | ** Kevin's crush Hiromi is voiced by Creator/RomiDames (whose full name is Hiromi). |
| 1110 | * ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' through the entire cast, though Paula became an exception when her original voice actress, Paula Poundstone, was replaced. |
| 1111 | * Almost the entire cast of ''WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist'' is named after their voice actor's first name with no last name given (Laura Silverman as Laura, Todd Barry as Todd). Even the guests that appear on the show [[SpecialGuest are credited as "Dave as Dave Attell".]] There are only three exceptions to this rule: Dr. Jonathan Katz uses his full name, Benjamin Katz was named after his actor's last name (most likely because his first name is Jon and that would be confusing), and Stanley's voice actor is Will Le Bow. |
| 1112 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 1113 | ** Creator/RayRomano voices a character named Ray Magini in the episode "Don't Fear the Roofer". His name turns out to {{subvert|edTrope}} SignificantAnagram as everyone but Homer simply missed seeing him due to a series of increasingly improbable circumstances. |
| 1114 | ** Creator/JohnWaters voices a character named John (though with no surname given) in the earlier episode "Homer's Phobia". (Amusingly, Homer befriends both of these characters in their respective appearances only to renounce those relationships.) |
| 1115 | ** And Carice van Houten supplies the voice of Milhouse's cousin Annika Van Houten in "Let's Go Fly A Coot." |
| 1116 | ** Lunchlady Doris was originally voiced by script supervisor Doris Grau. Grau also voiced Doris Grossman, Jay Sherman's makeup lady on ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''. |
| 1117 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' has a partial case, as Harley Quinn was loosely based on her voice actress Creator/ArleenSorkin (who was a friend of the episode's writer, Creator/PaulDini); her real name was later revealed as Harleen Quinzel, with her first name being just one letter away from Arleen's. |
| 1118 | * A computer expert in ''WesternAnimation/{{Phantom 2040}}'', voiced by Creator/HarlanEllison(!) was named after one of Ellison's ''pseudonyms'': Cordwainer Bird. |
| 1119 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''. Reuben is voiced by Creator/PaulReubens. |
| 1120 | * Lisa Lougheed as Lisa Raccoon on ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons''. She also sang the better-known version of the EndingTheme. |
| 1121 | * In the Norwegian dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', Marcy (who is renamed [[DubNameChange Malin]] in the dub) is voiced by Malin Pettersen. |
| 1122 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', Creator/ChristianPotenza as Chris [=McLean=] [[TheOtherDarrin until the 2023 reboot, where he was replaced by Terry McGurrin]]. In [[spoiler:season five]], Alex House as Alejandro Burromuerto. In season six, Creator/ChristopherJacot as Topher. In the 2023 reboot, Julie Sype as Julia. |
| 1123 | ** In the French Canadian dub, Don (who is named Joel in said dub) is voiced by Joel Legendre. |
| 1124 | * Creator/SalliRichardsonWhitfield voices Elisa Maza in ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', and also a minor character named Salli. Amusingly, in ''Turf'', Elisa goes undercover with the fake name Salli. |
| 1125 | * Guy Hadley as Guy Graham on Disney's version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''. |
| 1126 | * From the original series in 1962 to [[WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie the movie in 1990]][[note]]In fact, he had passed on in mid-production[[/note]], [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons George Jetson]] was voiced by George O'Hanlon. |
| 1127 | * After [[TheOtherDarrin Recasting]] for ''WesternAnimation/WhatsWithAndy'', [[TokenBlackFriend Danny Pickett]] was now voiced by Danny Brochu. The original voice actor (Creator/BumperRobinson)'s real name is "Larry". |
| 1128 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' reveals that the titular character's favorite {{Old Superhero}}es', Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's, real names are Ernie and Tim respectively. Their respective voice actors are Creator/ErnestBorgnine and Tim Conway. (Though it's a retcon in Barnacle Boy's case since a previous episode established his first name was Kyle). |
| 1129 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has JerkassGenie Norm being voiced by Creator/NormMacDonald until "Fairy Idol". |
| 1130 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'', Norbert and Daggett's younger sisters, Chelsea and Stacy, are named after and voiced by creator Mitch Schauer's daughters. |
| 1131 | * ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' episode "Terriers and Tiaras" features a dog named [[PunnyName Sam U.L.]], voiced by Samuel Vincent. |
| 1132 | * ''Series/{{Bagpuss}}'': Emily, the little girl who owns Bagpuss and the shop, and is seen in the title montage of sepiatone photos, was played by Emily Firmin, daughter of series illustrator Peter Firmin. |
| 1133 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Pigeon Man," Creator/VincentSchiavelli voices the Pigeon Man, who tells Arnold, "You can call me Vincent." |
| 1134 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'', the leader of the Mama's Boys gang Junior, is voiced by Richard Christy Jr. |
| 1135 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' had the late Creator/AdamWest, obviously. |
| 1136 | * In ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', when we meet Margaret's father, we learn her family name is Smith. The father is voiced by Creator/RogerCraigSmith who also voiced Thomas/Nikolai. |
| 1137 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstoneKids'', Betty Jean Bricker[[note]]or "[=McBricker=]"; it hasn't been constant[[/note]] was voiced by [[Creator/BJWard Betty Jean ("B.J.") Ward]]. |
| 1138 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' has Creator/BruceGreenwood voicing Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}, whose real name (as many of you know) is Bruce Wayne. Again, a coincidence as the character had been around well before he was cast. |
| 1139 | * Gene Belcher from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', who is voiced by Eugene Mirman. Originally Dan Mintz's character Tina was going to be a boy named Daniel, as well. |
| 1140 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has a horse named James Baxter, who is not only voiced by James Baxter but animated by him as well. |
| 1141 | * Besides his usual role as Robin, one episode of Creator/{{Filmation}}'s 1968 Batman series had Creator/CaseyKasem playing a security guard named Casey. |
| 1142 | * Creator/AndreaLibman voiced [[WesternAnimation/ReBoot the young AndrAIa]]. |
| 1143 | * "[[Wrestling/SgtSlaughter Sgt. Slaughter]] as [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero Sgt. Slaughter]]". This is an important distinction, as the G.I. Joe character [[note]]Who rarely, if ever, used any wrestling moves.[[/note]] is not meant to be reflective of what the real Sgt. Slaughter is all about (in {{Kayfabe}} or otherwise). Moreover, this is exactly how he is credited in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie''. On the other hand, the real one did appear in live-action wraparound segments on the [[Creator/DICEntertainment DIC]]-era series.[[note]]However, this was before he (in kayfabe) [[FaceHeelTurn became an Iraqi sympathizer]].[[/note]] |
| 1144 | * In the TV special ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldGoesHollywood'', one of the contestants is named "Desiree the Classical Cat". Her performance was done by Desiree Goyette (who had appeared in other Garfield projects as well). |
| 1145 | * In ''WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero'', Principal Larry is voiced by Larry Wilmore. |
| 1146 | * In the Swedish dub of ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'', Charlotte is now voiced by Creator/CharlotteArdaiJennefors. |
| 1147 | * In WesternAnimation/JuliusJr, Music/SherylCrow appears as ''Sheryl Butterflow'' in one episode. |
| 1148 | * On the old Creator/USANetwork series ''Calliope", the show's host Gene was played by Eugene Francis. |
| 1149 | * Of the many characters Creator/BillCosby played on WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids, one of them was named "Bill" (also an example of AuthorAvatar[[note]]The show was based on his stand-up comedy, which in turn consisted mainly of anecdotes about his life experiences.[[/note]]). |
| 1150 | * In-Universe: In ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', Mr Peanutbutter's sitcom, ''Mr Peanutbutter's House'', uses the actor's real name. |
| 1151 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicPudding'': Creator/SamNeill playing Sam Sawnoff. Subverted in that the source material was written decades before Neill was born. |
| 1152 | * Creator/EricaLuttrell as Erica Wang in ''WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants''. |
| 1153 | * ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' has a variant with the show's narrator Ben Plotz, whose name rhymes with that of his voice actor Ken Schatz. |
| 1154 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' had a sketch featuring a character named Billy the Beef Tallow Boy, who was voiced by Creator/BillyWest. |
| 1155 | * On ''WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheRoadsterRacers'', Nina Glitter's manager Jess is voiced by Creator/JessHarnell. |
| 1156 | * In the Norwegian dub of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', Lena is voiced by Lena Meieran. |
| 1157 | * Kate Mulgrowl the cat in ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' is named after her voice actress, Kate Mulgrew. Doubles as a PunnyName. [[spoiler:Subverted when Book 3 reveals her name is actually Samantha]]. |
| 1158 | * In the Greek dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1992'', Ariel is voiced by Ariel Konstantinidi. |
| 1159 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'', Nick Birch is voiced by Creator/NickKroll. Nick is also voiced by Nicolas Matthys in the European French dub. |
| 1160 | * ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' has a last name version, with Jade Chan being voiced by Stacie Chan (no relation to Creator/JackieChan). The in-show Jackie Chan [[NotQuiteStarring isn't an example]], since the character is voiced by Creator/JamesSie. |
| 1161 | * In the Greek dub of ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurferTheAnimatedSeries'', Thanos is voiced by Creator/ChristosThanos. |
| 1162 | * The ''WesternAnimation/HeroElementary'' episode "Forces Of Nature" reveals that Dr. Inventorman's first name is Martin, much like his voice actor Martin Roach. |
| 1163 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'': |
| 1164 | ** Carlos Casagrande is voiced by Creator/CarlosAlazraqui. |
| 1165 | ** Katherine Mulligan is voiced and played by Creator/CatherineTaber. |
| 1166 | ** Grant (the employee at Burpin' Burger) is voiced by Grant Palmer. |
| 1167 | ** In ''A Loud House Christmas'', Gayle [=McBride=] is played by Gail Everett Smith. |
| 1168 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/RockPaperScissorsNickelodeon Rock, Paper, Scissors]]'': Carla Tassara voices a janitor named Carla. |
| 1169 | * One of the voice actors to play Marshall in ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' is named Kingsley Marshall. |
| 1170 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': |
| 1171 | ** Principal Bump is voiced by Bumper Robinson. |
| 1172 | ** Luz's history teacher Mr. Sandoval is voiced by Stephen Sandoval. |
| 1173 | ** There's also a variation with the in-universe book series ''Cosmic Frontier'', which is [[WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore an obvious parody]] of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. Naturally, Sisko's counterpart is named Captain Avery after Creator/AveryBrooks. |
| 1174 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': |
| 1175 | ** Kenny Star is voiced by Creator/TomKenny. |
| 1176 | ** In the Hungarian dub, Andrea Davenport is voiced by Andrea Laudon. |
| 1177 | * The ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'' episode "April Fools" guest-stars an uncredited Creator/MauriceLaMarche as a boy named Maurice who auditions for the monsters' play, assists One, Two, Three, Six and Seven in pulling a prank to get back at Four and Five and [[spoiler:turns out to be an alien]]. |
| 1178 | * In the Norwegian dub of the 2015 animated ''{{Literature/Heidi}}'' tv series, the main titular character is voiced by Heidi Ruud Ellingsen. |
| 1179 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Jeff Fischer's voice actor is, well, Jeff Fischer. |
| 1180 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Ruthless", Mike is voiced by Creator/MichaelBell. |
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