History Main / YouLookFamiliar

** Other actors appearing in many roles include Creator/JoanSims (five roles), Creator/RonnieStevens (four roles), Creator/FenellaFielding and Noel Purcell (three roles), and Creator/ShirleyEaton, Creator/DonaldHouston, Michael Medwin, and Creator/IreneHandl (two roles).

* In ''WesternAnimation/RudolphAndFrostysChristmasInJuly'', Santa Claus is voiced by Creator/MickeyRooney (who previously voiced him in ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus''), while the evil sorcerer Winterbolt, who wants to [[UsurpingSanta usurp him]], is voiced by Creator/PaulFrees, who voiced Santa in ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'', ''WesternAnimation/RudolphsShinyNewYear'', and a few other Rankin/Bass specials. In effect, this makes ''Rudolph and Frosty" a battle of the Rankin/Bass Santas!

** Creator/JustinLong played the main character Wallace Bryton in the previous ''True North'' film, ''Film/{{Tusk}}''. Here he's Yogi Bayer, teaching the Colleens yoga.
** Creator/GenesisRodriguez played Ally Leon in ''Film/{{Tusk}}''. Here she plays another character, Ms. Wicklund.

* Franchise/{{Persona}}:

* InUniverse example in "Cool for Cats" by Music/{{Squeeze}}. The singer is watching ''Series/TheSweeney'', and when they get to the criminal's house comments "It's funny how the missus always looks the bleeding same."

* ''Series/OnTheBuses'' films: Pat Ashton played Sally in ''Film/OnTheBuses'' and Nymphy Norah in ''Film/MutinyOnTheBuses''.

** Creator/NathanFillion voiced an alien prisoner in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', before appearing as Master Karja in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3''. [[note]]He was also set to appear as ComicBook/WonderMan in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', but his role was cut and later recast for the Creator/DisneyPlus series with Creator/YahyaAbdulMateenII.[[/note]]

** Mikaela Hoover plays Nova Prime's assistant in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' and does the voice/motion capture for Floor in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3''.

* Tarō Ishida voiced Count Cagliostro in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' and Terry Crown in ''[[Anime/LupinIIIAlcatrazConnection Alcatraz Connection]]''.

YouALLLookFamiliar is not related, unless character sprites and models can be considered "guest actors". ActingForTwo is similar, but (usually) involves stars rather than B- or C-listers, is a good deal more blatant, and occurs within the same film or episode.

** The English dub also does this: Creator/DameonClarke, the voice of Cell, also provided the voice of the Gohan from Future Trunks's timeline in ''Anime/DragonBallZTheHistoryOfTrunks''. Creator/KyleHebert provided various voices in the original ''Dragon Ball'', including he Ox-King and General White, before voicing Gohan starting with the Majin Saga (as well as taking over as narrator and [[TheOtherDarrin Darrining]] for Future Gohan in video games). Creator/LauraBailey, similarly, was cast as the kid version of present-day Trunks before being cast as the younger version of Chi-Chi and others in the original ''Dragon Ball''. Creator/GregAyres began voicing Ginyu Force member Guldo before being cast as Frost in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''

** Creator/AtsukoTanaka has voiced several unrelated characters across the franchise. She was Karen Korosky in the ''[[Anime/LupinIIIYearlySpecials Voyage to Danger]]'' special, Kaoru in ''[[Anime/LupinIIIAngelTactics Angel Tactics]]'', Cicciolina in ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine The Woman Called Fujiko Mine]]'' and Elena Gotti in ''[[Anime/LupinIIIBlueJacket Blue Jacket]]''.
** Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka had voiced some but not all characters in-between the anime and films. He was Zenigata in the ''[[Anime/LupinIIIPilotFilm Pilot film]]'', Goemon in ''[[Anime/LupinIIIPart1 Part 1]]'' and Kowalski in ''Anime/LegendOfTheGoldOfBabylon''.
** Chikao's son Creator/AkioOtsuka had previously played inconsequential roles in the series prior to succeeding Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi as Daisuke Jigen in ''[[Anime/LupinIIIPart6 Part 6]]'' onwards including Andy in the ''[[Anime/LupinIIIAlcatrazConnection Alcatraz Connection]]'' TV special and Chris in the ''Anime/FarewellToNostradamus'' feature film.

* ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'': In the SpaghettiWestern ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'', Lee Van Cleef played the BountyHunter Colonel Douglas Mortimer, who worked as the protagonist's ally. In the prequel/sequel, ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', he played the villain Angel Eyes Sentenza. (The director originally wanted to use another actor - possibly Charles Bronson - for the latter, but was turned down. He then reportedly decided it would be fun to cast Van Cleef as a SmugSnake, since he'd already used him as a heroic character.) Of course, whether those movies are even in the same continuity remains [[ShrugOfGod ambiguous at best]].

* Writer-director John Alan Schwartz played various different roles throughout the ''Film/FacesOfDeath'' series, usually some kind of criminal. In the first film he played the leader of a flesh-eating cult, then a would-be convenience store robber in the second, followed by a serial killer on trial during the third film. For the fourth film, he decided to play one of the good guys for a change and cast himself as an ambulance driver.

** Related to the above, before Disney overtook the Brazilian dubbing, there were plenty of cases, originating from respecting who typically voices certain actors (the late Júlio Chaves with Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones and David Hasselhoff - and to avoid the issue that Jorge Lucas is both Don Cheadle and Mark Ruffalo, the latter was recast starting with ''Iron Man 3''), because it seemed fair game after roles that only lasted one movie (Mauro Ramos was Yinsen in ''Iron Man'' before becoming Drax), or how the cosmic and Earth casts rarely got together (which is why Luisa Palomanes is both Darcy Lewis and Mantis - though it caused a problem in an ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' episode with both Maria Hill and Frigga, forcing the former to get a new voice). And the Netflix side also has overlap - hence ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' starts with Mysterio's archive footage from the previous movie, and then the villain's voice is heard again when Matt Murdock appears.

* In ''Film/ProblemChild'', John Ritter's real life wife, Amy Yasbeck, played his character's wife, Flo Healy. In ''Problem Child 2'', she played his new love interest Annie.

** In ''Film/RockyBalboa'', James Binns, who plays a boxing commissioner in this film, previously played Rocky's attorney in ''Film/RockyV''.

** Simon Rex, Creator/CharlieSheen, Creator/DarrellHammond, and Creator/MollyShannon all appeared in the fifth movie, but did not reprise their roles from the previous movies (George Logan, Tom Logan, Father Muldoon, and Marilyn respectively). In ''5'', they instead played the roles of Dan Sanders, [[AsHimself Charlie Sheen]], Dr. Hall, and Heather Darcy, again respectively.

* Wrestling/{{WSU}}...''possibly'', ''probably'', definitely engaged in this with a series of "mystery" women, who were all of similar build and wrestling style: Saturyne, Jania and Wrestling/{{Hania|TheHowlingHuntress}}. Incidentally, the "former" also played a critical role in kicking off Niya's CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown gimmick.

** In ''VideoGame/Halo3'', Creator/NathanFillion, Creator/AdamBaldwin and Creator/AlanTudyk all provide their voices for generic Marines. In ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'', the three actors all return, this time playing Buck, Dutch and Mickey respectively.

** Creator/SteveBlum played Sub-Zero, Baraka and Reptile in ''Videogame/MortalKombatX'', though the latter two characters were recast in subsequent installments.

* Franchise/WatchDogs: Billy [=MacLellan=] portrays Tobias Frewer, a minor character in ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' as well as supporting character in the DLC Bad Blood. In ''VideoGame/WatchDogs2'' He portrays Jimmy Siska, an actor who Marcus is a fan of who is featured in two early operations. [[note]]While for most of his appearences [=MacLellan=] uses a more confident voice as Siska, this is particularly notable in the cut scene at the start of the final mission of the New Dawn operation, where Siska ends up sounding directly like Frewer.[[/note]]

* In ''[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE106Dangeresque3 Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, Too?]]'', the subtitular character is played by WebAnimation/HomestarRunner. In ''Decemberween Dangeresque'', the french-canadian villain Stingy Relenque is played by the very same.

** In a cross medium example, Creator/LindaCardellini plays Velma in the two live-action [[{{Film/ScoobyDoo2002}} Scooby-Doo]] [[{{Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed}} movies]] as well as Marcie (or Hot Dog Water) in Mystery Incorperated.

** Hebrew is the most painful example, apart from Poland and Hungary. For example in the later series: Lindsay became Dawn (later Sanders/Sky); Staci is Heather; Brody is Harold; Ryan and Pete were already Duncan, Chef Hatchet, Sam and TDPI!Leonard; RR!Noah is Topher; Kitty and Emma are Amy and Samey [[note]]As a bonus, both actresses [[PlayingAgainstType swapped roles]], with Amy being really nice, whilst Samey is cold towards her sister.[[/note]]; Josee is Leshawna and Blaineley; Devin is Trent; Spud and Gerry are Alejandro, Brick and Max; and Lorenzo being Dave and Cody.

** The Romanian dub isn't any better, with ''Ridonculous Race'' being the only instalment of the franchise which averts this trope. Owen becomes ''All-Stars'' Mike, Heather becomes Zoey for the first episodes of season 4 and [[TheOtherDarrin is later replaced]] by Lindsay, Izzy becomes Anne-Maria, Alejandro becomes season 4 Mike and Cody becomes Cameron (which becomes HilariousInHindsight in season 5). The most egregious example is ''Pahkitew Island'', where nearly every character shares their voice actors with a previous character. Sky is Jo, Jasmine is ''All-Stars'' Gwen, Ella is ''All-Stars'' Courtney, Sugar and Scarlett are Izzy, Anne-Maria and ''All-Stars'' Sierra, Max is Scott and Leonard and Shawn are Owen and ''All-Stars'' Mike.

** Other actors appearing in many smaller roles include Creator/JoanSims (five roles), Creator/RonnieStevens (four roles), Creator/FenellaFielding and Noel Purcell (three roles), and Creator/ShirleyEaton, Creator/DonaldHouston, and Michael Medwin (two roles).

** Other actors appearing in many smaller roles include Creator/JoanSims (five roles) and Creator/RonnieStevens (four roles).

** Miriam Shor played Alisa Jones in a Season 1 episode of ''Series/JessicaJones'' (before the character was [[TheOtherDarrin recast]] with Janet [=McTeer=] for Season 2), and played Vim in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3''.

** Creator/TonyCurran portrayed Thor's grandfather Bor in the prologue of ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. He later appeared as Finn Cooley in season 2 of ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'', then as Derrik in ''Series/SecretInvasion''.

** Randall P. Havens played a driving instructor in episode 1 of ''Series/MsMarvel'' and Till, an inhabitant of Counter-Earth in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3''.

** Creator/JudyGreer played Maggie Lang in ''Film/AntMan'' and ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', then later voiced War Pig in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3''.

* Creator/KoichiYamadera has appeared in every single ''{{Film/Pokemon}}'' movie, each time in a different role (except the 22nd movie, which was a [=CGI=] remake of the first movie and he reprised his role as Mew).

** Creator/LakeBell voiced Comicbook/BlackWidow in ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf'' and portrayed Dr. Graham, [[spoiler:the CIA scientist that gets killed by [[Comicbook/SubMariner Namor]]]] in ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever''.

** According to Creator/MarioCastaneda (the Hulk's Mexican Spanish voice actor), Disney has a strict policy of not reusing the foreign voice actors of any of the main characters. This hasn't stopped Creator/{{Netflix}} from giving Film/IronMan's French voice actor (Bernard Gabay) to Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}, and Castañeda himself voices Agent Coulson on [[DuelingDubs the Sony Channel's version]] of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''. This is because those dubs aren't under Disney's control.

** In the Latin American Spanish dub of ''Film/AntMan1'', Hank Pym is voiced by Creator/JoseLuisOrozco, who dubbed Obadiah Stane back in Iron Man.

* ''Videogame/MortalKombat'':

** Creator/KellyHu voiced D'Vorah, Sindel and Frost in ''Videogame/MortalKombatX'', though the latter two characters were recast in ''Videogame/MortalKombat11''. She would also voice Li Mei in ''Videogame/MortalKombat1''.

** Creator/StevenBlum played Sub-Zero, Baraka and Reptile in ''Videogame/MortalKombatX'', though the latter two characters were recast in subsequent installments.
** Creator/KellyHu voiced D'Vorah, Sindel and Frost in ''Videogame/MortalKombatX'', though the latter two characters were recast in ''Videogame/MortalKombat11''. She would also voice Li Mei in ''Videogame/MortalKombat1''.

** Creator/EdBoon has voiced Scorpion since the series' inception (though these days he mostly just provides the character's trademark "[[CatchPhrase Get over here!]]"), but also provided vocal effects for Jax from ''Videogame/MortalKombatII'' to ''Videogame/MortalKombat4''.
** In the early days of the franchise, the actors would often perform multiple characters. For instance, the male {{Palette Swap}}ped ninjas (Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Reptile, etc.) were all performed by Daniel Pesina in the first two games and John Turk in [[Videogame/MortalKombat3 the third]], while the female ninjas (Kitana, Jade and Mileena) were portrayed by Katalin Zamiar in ''Videogame/MortalKombatII'' and Becky Gable in ''3''.