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* The original ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' Hellfire Club line-up were all based by John Byrne on actors he admired. Sebastian Shaw was based on Robert Shaw, Emma Frost on Diana Rigg ([[Main/TheAvengers Emma Peel]]), Mastermind on Peter Wyngarde, Harry Leland on Orson Welles ([[TheThirdMan Harry Lime]]), and Donald Pierce on Donald Sutherland.

* In the webcomic ''TheDreamer'', Beatrice Whaley was based on Emmy Rossum, Alan Warren was based on Jude Law, Elizabeth Winters is based on Jill Richie, Nathan Hale is based on Jamie Bamber, Yvette is based on Dawn Richard, Thomas Knowlton is based on Thorston Kaye, Benjamin Cato is based on Usher, Gen. Howe is based on Jeremy Irons, John Mulligan is based on Aaron Ashmore, and Alexander Hamilton is based on Alex Pettyfer.

* Betty from ''TheRocketeer'' and pin-up model Bettie Page.

** His sister Mary Marvel was initially modeled after Judy Garland.

* [[IronMan Tony Stark]] is not drawn to look like RobertDowneyJr in AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes, his voice is actor EricLoomis doing a pretty good inpression of him, too. [[BlatantLies No idea]] why [[Film/IronMan that would be]]...

* [[IronMan Tony Stark]] drawn by Salvador Larocca, in the current series by Matt Fraction looks [[http://joevince3.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/iron-sawyer-3.jpg A LOT]] like [[Lost Josh Holloway]]

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* Spoofed in RobertRankin's ''Armageddon: The Musical'' series: The main character resembles HarrisonFord to such an extent that [[CelebrityParadox people ask him for his autograph]] and think he's being a jerk when he signs his own name. One of the books has a subplot where a group of minor characters gain MediumAwareness and try to get the narrator to describe them as resembling various Hollywood stars; the ButtMonkey wants to be played by TomCruise but ends up as [=Danny DeVito=] instead. There's a full cast list at the end.

* In the [[DoctorWhoMagazine Eighth Doctor]] comic strips, long-running companion Izzy S was based, according to WordOfGod, initially on the singer Louise Wener and later on the actor Luisa Bradshaw-White. The strips also featured a [[spoiler: fake Ninth Doctor, in reality the Time Lord agent Shayde in disguise]], who was visually based on the Big Name Fan, spin-off actor-director, and now official Dalek voice artist Nicholas Briggs. Leighton Woodrow, an [[{{MI6}} [=MI6=]]] recurring character from that era of the comics, was closely based on Leo [=McKern=], specifically as he appeared when playing Number Two in ''ThePrisoner''.

* In the [[DoctorWhoMagazine Eighth Doctor]] comic strips, long-running companion Izzy S was based, according to WordOfGod, initially on the singer Louise Wener and later on the actor Luisa Bradshaw-White. The strips also featured a [[spoiler: fake Ninth Doctor, in reality the Time Lord agent Shayde in disguise]], who was visually based on the Big Name Fan, spin-off actor-director, and now official Dalek voice artist Nicholas Briggs. Leighton Woodrow, an MI6 recurring character from that era of the comics, was closely based on Leo McKern, specifically as he appeared when playing Number Two in ''ThePrisoner''.

* In the [[DoctorWhoMagazine Eighth Doctor]] comic strips, long-running companion Izzy S was based, according to WordOfGod, initially on the singer Louise Wener and later on the actor Luisa Bradshaw-White. The strips also featured a [[spoiler: fake Ninth Doctor, in reality the Time Lord agent Shayde in disguise]], who was visually based on the Big Name Fan, spin-off actor-director, and now official Dalek voice artist Nicholas Briggs.

* Lance Parkin, an author of DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse novels, has an acknowledged tendency toward fantasy-casting his characters; in particular, Ian Richardson gets a lot of "roles" in Parkin novels, most obviously in ''The Dying Days'', where Lord Greyhaven is quite close to his iconic role in ''HouseOfCards''.

** Subverted with Captain Marvel Junior, as Elvis Presley modeled his signature hairdo and costumes after him.

* After the success of ''BatmanBegins'', there was at least one issue of a Batman comic ([[http://www.comics.org/issue/290878/ this one]]) in which Bruce Wayne bore an unmistakable resemblance to Christian Bale.
** And the Joker got plastic surgery to look like Heath Ledger.
** Similarly, Gary Frank draws Superman to look like Christopher Reeve.

* [[AstroCity Steeljack]]'s appearance was modeled on Robert Mitchum.

* In {{Joss Whedon}}'s ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season 8, there's a character called Bayarmaa ([[spoiler:Tibetan wife of Oz]]). The artist, Georges Jeanty, made her look like the exact portrait of Dichen Lachman, a half Tibetan actress who stars in another of Whedon's shows (she's Sierra in ''{{Dollhouse}}'').

** After redesign in ''MetalGearSolid'', Snake (according to WordOfGod) now has the face of ChristopherWalken's character in ''TheDeerHunter'', with the body of JeanClaudeVanDamme (although he and his family have been subtly moving away from that look since ''MetalGearSolid 3'' and more towards Kurt Russell's character, ''Snake'' Plissken in ''EscapeFromNewYork''). Ocelot was also 'cast' as Lee Van Cleef, and dressed up similarly to his Colonel Mortimer character in ''ForAFewDollarsMore''. In ''MetalGearSolid 2'', Vamp was modelled after the flamenco dancer [[http://www.flamencoexport.com/imgx/productos/joaquin/foto5599.gif Joaquín Cortés]], and The Boss in ''MetalGearSolid 3'' was modelled after Charlotte Rampling.

* Betty from ''TheRocketeer'' and pin-up model Betty Page.