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Your face is familiar... Hey, isn't that Hugh Jackman?
No, that's your cousin, but there is a resemblance.
It's a relatively common phenomenon. Some people do look alike, but since celebrities have such well known faces, people tend to see their resemblances in other people.
In magazines, this is often poked fun at with side by side photos of celebrities with people who resemble them, often with the caption "Switched at Birth?", and often with the labels swapped.
In a brilliant (of course) bit of Refuge in Audacity, Albert Einstein would invoke this to anyone who approached him in the street, asking him to explain his theories. He would reply "Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein."
It can be helpful for actors trying to break into Hollywood to already have this aspect. Some casting agencies will be asked by studios to look for someone who looks like [whatever] celebrity.
The ultimate repository for these can be found at http://totallylookslike.com—Arsenic and Old Lace (repeatedly said to the villain, originally played by Boris Karloff) .
Compare Textual Celebrity Resemblance, Separated At Birth Casting. Not to be confused with Identical Stranger.
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