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6-> ''"You replace [[Creator/MarkHamill Luke]] [[Franchise/StarWars Skywalker]] with fucking [[Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr Fred]] from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo?!'' Aw shit, Creator/MatthewLillard was in that too. It's like these chuckleheads are joined at the hip!"''
7-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]''', ''Film/WingCommander Review''
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9This trope is when two actors--or, occasionally, groups of more than two--end up working together over and over for no other reason than because directors think audiences like them. Sometimes, the two are in a RealLife relationship, but that's not the reason why they're cast together; the chemistry that gives them might help, but the essential point is audience appeal.
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11In Hollywood, this trope was more common in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood studio era]], when most actors and actresses were under contract to a particular studio, and those studios would match them up together repeatedly if they proved a success. It's still common in UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}, where ''jodi''[[note]]"couple" or "pair"[[/note]] is used to describe costars who frequently play lovers onscreen.
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13This doesn't apply when the actors work together over and over because they're part of a film franchise (like the kids in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies, for example).
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15See also DoubleActsAndGroups, ProductionPosse and OnlySoManyCanadianActors. Unrelated to, but may overlap with, ThoseTwoGuys.
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18!!Examples:
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20* Margaret Dumont appeared in eight of the thirteen Creator/TheMarxBrothers movies as Groucho's 'love interest'/sparring partner, to the point where Groucho called her "the fifth Marx Brother"
21* Creator/JanetGaynor and Charles Farrell were so charming as a screen couple in the 1927 film ''[[Film/SeventhHeaven 7th Heaven]]'' they were eventually paired in 12 movies, including ''Film/StreetAngel'' and ''Film/LuckyStar''.
22* Creator/FredAstaire and Creator/GingerRogers were cast as a BetaCouple in ''Film/FlyingDownToRio'', and made such an impression that they starred in eight more movie musicals over the next six years. ''The Barkleys of Broadway'' brought them back together once more; Ginger Rogers had been trying to put musicals behind her, but Creator/JudyGarland was unavailable. While not so much close offscreen (as she put it, "We had fun and it shows. True, we were never bosom buddies off the screen; we were different people with different interests. We were only a couple on film"), both are even interred in the same graveyard.
23* Creator/GreerGarson and Creator/WalterPidgeon were paired up in eight films, including ''Film/BlossomsInTheDust'' and 1942's Best Picture winner, ''Film/MrsMiniver''.
24* Creator/DickPowell and Ruby Keeler appeared together in seven Creator/WarnerBros musicals between 1933 and 1936. In fact, Ruby Keeler only appeared in three other feature films, one of them pairing her with then-husband Al Jolson.
25* Jeanette [=MacDonald=] and Nelson Eddy co-starred in eight Creator/{{MGM}} musicals.
26** Before teaming up with Nelson Eddy, Jeanette [=MacDonald=] had previously been paired with Creator/MauriceChevalier (mostly under Creator/ErnstLubitsch's direction) in ''Film/TheLoveParade'' (1929), ''Film/OneHourWithYou'' (1932), ''Film/LoveMeTonight'' (1932), and ''Film/TheMerryWidow1934''.
27* Creator/MattDamon and Creator/BenAffleck both appeared in ''Film/SchoolTies'' and then both became stars when they co-wrote and co-starred in ''Film/GoodWillHunting'', then co-starred again in ''Film/{{Dogma}}''. They also both appeared in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' (cameos) and Damon made cameos in Affleck vehicles ''Film/ChasingAmy'' and ''Film/JerseyGirl''. Damon's career eventually eclipsed Affleck's, to the degree that ''Website/TheOnion'' ran [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/ben-affleck-hoping-jason-bourne-has-sidekick-in-ne,2254/ an article]] entitled "Ben Affleck Hoping [[Film/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] Has Sidekick In Next Movie". Affleck's latter-day career revival as a director with films like ''Film/TheTown'' and ''Film/{{Argo}}'' may facilitate another Ben & Matt movie one day.
28** It did facilitate another Ben & Matt movie eventually, ''Film/TheLastDuel''.
29** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' by Affleck
30-->'''Jay (Jason Mewes):''' Do they say who's fuckin' playing us in the movie?\
31'''Holden (Ben Affleck):''' No, but it's Miramax. So I'm sure it'll be Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. They put those guys in a bunch of movies.\
32'''Jay:''' Who?\
33'''Holden:''' You know, those kids from ''Film/GoodWillHunting''?\
34'''Jay:''' You mean that fuckin' movie with [[Creator/RobinWilliams Mork from Ork]] in it?\
35'''Holden:''' Yeah, I wasn't a big fan either... but Affleck was the bomb in ''Literature/{{Phantoms}}''.\
36'''Jay:''' Word, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]], ''Phantoms'' like a motherfucker.
37* During TheSeventies, in Venezuela, it seemed that Lupita Ferrer and José Bardina starred in {{Soap Opera}}s as the main couple too often. That was so pervasive that years later a producer decided to reunite them in a soap, despite Bardina having been in retirement for two decades and Ferrer having pursued a successful career abroad.
38* British actors tend to work with each other quite a bit. Watch the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies, then watch some other British movies and see how many of the Harry Potter actors appear together in the same movie. It can be all but guaranteed that if a British actor wasn't in a ''Harry Potter'' film themselves, they've shared a screen with someone who was -- probably several times. This phenomenon has been nicknamed "British Actor Bingo", leading to the common Website/{{Tumblr}} wisdom that "Britain has twelve actors, six writers, three locations and ten props."
39** Creator/AlanRickman and Creator/EmmaThompson in ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'', ''Film/LoveActually'', ''Film/JudasKiss'', the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies, ''Film/ALittleChaos'', and ''Theatre/TheWinterGuest'' (which Alan directed and made a cameo).
40** Thompson also had this during her marriage with Creator/KennethBranagh: ''Film/HenryV1989'', ''Film/DeadAgain'', ''Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing1993'' and ''Peter's Friends'', as well as the TV series ''Fortunes of War'' (which came before their marriage). They both appeared in the ''Harry Potter'' series, but not in the same movie: Branagh's lone appearance as Gilderoy Lockhart was in the second film, while Thompson didn't start playing Sybil Trelawney until the third film.
41* After appearing together in ''L.I.E. (2001)'', Creator/BrianCox and Creator/PaulDano have been in several other films together, including ''The Good Heart'' and ''Series/WarAndPeace2016''.
42* Creator/SusanSarandon and her daughter Eva Amurri Martino have appeared in a few things together mainly as Mother and daughter. They appeared together on an episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', the 2003 movie ''The Banger Sisters'' and currently in NBC's ''Growing Ivy'' all as mother and daughter. They both also appeared [[TimeShiftedActor as the same character]] in ''Film/ThatsMyBoy''.
43* Creator/MichaelJeter has often appeared in supporting roles alongside Creator/RobinWilliams, e.g. ''Film/TheFisherKing'', ''Film/PatchAdams'' and ''Film/JacobTheLiar''.
44* Creator/DavidSpade and Creator/ChrisFarley appeared in three movies together: ''Film/{{Coneheads}}'', ''Film/TommyBoy'', and ''Film/BlackSheep1996''. If it weren't for Farley's untimely death, they might have appeared together again in ''Film/GrownUps'', whose script was put on indefinite hold after Farley's death and later filmed with Creator/KevinJames instead.
45* Creator/AlbertFinney and Creator/TomCourtenay were good friends in life and appeared on stage together frequently earlier in their careers. They also appeared together on screen in ''Film/TheDresser'' and ''Film/AVeryEnglishMarriage''.
46* Creator/AlbertFinney and Creator/MichaelGambon appeared together in several films, including ''Film/AmazingGrace'', ''Film/AManOfNoImportance'', and the 1994 film adaptation of ''Theatre/TheBrowningVersion''.
47* Creator/MichaelGambon and Creator/TomHollander appeared together in ''Series/WivesAndDaughters'' (playing father and son), ''Film/GosfordPark'' (playing brothers-in-law) and ''Series/TheLostPrince'' (playing father and son again).
48* Creator/TimAllen and Creator/SpencerBreslin, not counting the two ''[[Film/TheSantaClause Santa Clause]]'' movies, appeared together in ''Film/TheShaggyDog'' and ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes''.
49** Also Spencer Breslin has appeared in a few movies with his sister Creator/AbigailBreslin: ''Film/RaisingHelen'', ''The Santa Clause 3'', ''The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'' and the upcoming ''Perfect Sisters''.
50* Creator/KatharineHepburn and Creator/SpencerTracy were never married, but they were together for ''decades'', and are still remembered as one of Hollywood's most famous couples. Movies they appeared in together include ''Film/WomanOfTheYear'', ''Theatre/StateOfTheUnion'', ''Film/AdamsRib'', ''Film/PatAndMike'', ''Film/DeskSet'' and ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'', in which they play an old married couple.
51* Creator/KatharineHepburn also costarred with Creator/CaryGrant in four films: ''Film/SylviaScarlett'', ''Film/BringingUpBaby'', ''Film/{{Holiday}}'', and ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory.''
52* Speaking of Creator/CaryGrant, he and Creator/IreneDunne starred in three films together, two comedies (''Film/TheAwfulTruth'' and ''Film/MyFavoriteWife'') and one drama (''Film/PennySerenade).''
53** Dunne was also in three films with Creator/CharlesBoyer.
54* Jordan Chan and Anita Yuen have played a couple in at least 8 Hong Kong films.
55* In-universe: ''Film/AmericasSweethearts'' is centered around a romantically involved movie star couple (played by Creator/JohnCusack and Creator/CatherineZetaJones) that starred in several successful movies before suddenly splitting up, forcing their publicist to maintain the illusion to promote their latest movie.
56* Creator/WoodyHarrelson and Creator/WesleySnipes, in ''Film/WhiteMenCantJump'' and then ''Film/MoneyTrain''. Music/JenniferLopez stood in for Creator/RosiePerez in the latter.
57** They first appeared together in the Creator/GoldieHawn movie ''Film/WildCats1986'' in supporting roles.
58* Creator/BenStiller and Creator/OwenWilson seem to exist solely to appear in movies together. ''Film/MeetTheParents'', ''Film/StarskyAndHutch'', ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'', ''Film/{{Zoolander}}''....
59** This duo is even referenced in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', which [[ComicBookFantasyCasting casts them]] as the titular protagonists of the InUniverse film adaptation of the {{Defictionalized}} [[ShowWithinAShow Webcomic Within A Webcomic]] ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff''.
60** Website/TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frat_Pack convenient table-thing]] for the movies these members of the "Frat Pack" have appeared in.
61** Christine Taylor, Stiller's wife, has appeared in a number of things opposite him. ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'', ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory'', and ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.
62* Not counting the ''Thin Man'' series, Creator/WilliamPowell and Creator/MyrnaLoy were in 8 films together. Their first film together wasn't even ''Film/TheThinMan'', it was ''Film/ManhattanMelodrama''. Counting the ''Thin Man'' series, they did a whopping 14 films together, more than any other American male and female co-stars.
63* Creator/PeterLorre and Creator/SydneyGreenstreet appeared together in nine movies from 1941 to 1946, three of which starred Creator/HumphreyBogart. Bogart, Lorre and Greenstreet worked so well together on ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' that Warner Bros. would pair any combination of them or all three together, so sometimes it was Bogart and Lorre (''Film/AllThroughTheNight''), Bogart and Greenstreet (''Across the Pacific'', ''Conflict'') and then the aforementioned pairing.
64* Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss did five movies together in the early 1960s. (Prentiss is 5'10" and would have towered over a lot of leading men. Casting her opposite the 6'5" Hutton kept her from having to walk in a trench all the time.)
65* Creator/RichardDysart and David Clennon have been cast together in a number of films, most notably ''Film/BeingThere'' and ''Film/TheThing1982'' (with Dysart, as is often the case, playing medical doctors in both).
66* Chinese cinema featuring martial arts in the 1970s would frequently pair real-life BashBrothers, MrFanservice Creator/TiLung and BadassInANiceSuit Creator/DavidChiang, side-by-side, in several movies including ''Film/Vengeance1970'', ''Film/TheHeroicOnes'', ''Film/DuelOfTheIronfist'', ''Film/TheDeadlyDuo'', ''Film/HaveSwordWillTravel'', ''Film/BloodBrothers1973'', ''Film/TheWaterMargin'', ''Film/TheAnonymousHeroes'' and at least a dozen other films. As Chinese cinema entered the 80s though, due to a minor rift in dispute over popularity, and a quarrel over a love triangle gone wrong, both actors stopped appearing side-by-side, and while they do appear in the same films, like ''Shanghai 13'' and ''Film/TheNavalCommandos'', however they do not appear in the same scene or share any screentime. As time goes on, they gradually made up and went back to becoming friends again, and are happily seen having a drink together with several other martial arts alumni during reunion parties.
67* Xu Kai and Bai Lu have been cast as each other's love interests in three different television series, and had been in five series together overall. This is possibly a result of being in the same production company.
68* Xiao Zhan and Li Qin have acted together in [[Film/JadeDynasty one film]] and three television series (''Series/JoyOfLife'', ''Battle Through the Heavens'', and ''Series/TheWolf'').
69* Dilraba Dilmurat and Vin Zhang have acted together in five series so far: ''V Love'', ''Series/TenMilesOfPeachBlossoms'', ''Pretty Li Hui Zhen'', ''Series/TheKingsWoman'', and ''The Flame's Daughter''.
70* Zhao Li Ying and Feng Shao Feng have acted together in one film (''The Monkey King 3'') and four series (''A Husband and Wife'', ''The Girl in Blue'', ''Series/{{Palace}} II'', and ''Series/TheStoryOfMinglan''). In 2018 [[RomanceOnTheSet they announced their marriage]].
71* Liang Jie and Xing Zhao Lin have starred together four times: in ''Series/TheEternalLove'' and its sequels, and in ''You Are My Destiny''.
72* Liu Yi Jun and Ji Chen have acted together three times: in ''Series/NirvanaInFire'', ''Series/LostLoveInTimes'', and ''Series/TheLegendOfXiaoChuo''.
73* Italian actors Creator/SophiaLoren and Creator/MarcelloMastroianni appeared together in thirteen films, starting with ''Too Bad She's Bad'' (1954), including ''Film/MarriageItalianStyle'', ''Film/YesterdayTodayAndTomorrow'', ''Film/ASpecialDay'', and finally in English with ''Film/PretAPorter'' (1994).
74* The comic duo Massimo Boldi & Christian De Sica had starred in so many movies that the Italian media called their split up a 'divorce' and the fact ''actually made it into newspaper headlines''.
75* After Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/KathleenTurner, and Creator/DannyDeVito did ''Film/RomancingTheStone'' and ''Film/TheJewelOfTheNile'', which were related, they were all cast together in ''Film/TheWarOfTheRoses'', an unrelated movie. Some fans of the two related adventure movies mistook the unrelated black comedy for the third installment of the series.
76* Creator/NoelFielding and Creator/JulianBarratt created and starred in ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'' together, but are such a matched pair that they routinely appear in other things together-- ''Series/NathanBarley'', ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'', ''AD/BC:A Rock Opera'', films ''The Bunny and the Bull'' and ''Aaaaaaaah!'', the short film ''Sweet'', the miniseries ''Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali'', and the 90's sketch show, ''Unnatural Acts''. Such is their chemistry, that in Sweet, their two characters end up as lovers, and in Surrealissimo, they play a pair of co-dependent artists who finish each other's sentences and are nearly always touching. Expect them to be frequently accompanied by Creator/RichardAyoade, Creator/RichFulcher, and Creator/MattBerry, many of whom also appear in the aforementioned shows and films.
77* Creator/PeterCushing and Creator/ChristopherLee not only did numerous Film/HammerHorror films together, but a fair number of non-Hammer British horror films. They remained good friends, a fact Alan Davies lampshaded on ''Series/{{QI}}'' when he highlighted the surreality of [[Film/HorrorOfDracula Van Helsing and Dracula]] being so close. (They also were both in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' saga, but not in the same movies--by the time Lee appeared in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', Cushing had been dead for eight years.)
78** Lee appeared in five films with Creator/KlausKinski - ''The Devil's Daffodil'', ''Secret of the Red Orchid'', ''Psycho-Circus'', ''Five Golden Dragons'' and ''Film/CountDracula1970''.
79* The husband and wife team of Creator/VincentCassel and Creator/MonicaBellucci have appeared together in the likes of ''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'' (without sharing any scenes), ''Film/{{Irreversible}}'', ''Film/LAppartement'' and ''Film/{{Dobermann}}''.
80* William Gaxton and Victor Moore were already established stars on Broadway in 1931, when they starred in ''Theatre/OfTheeISing'', which began a partnership that lasted for fifteen years. After ''Of Thee I Sing'' and its sequel ''Let 'Em Eat Cake'', they starred in the Broadway musicals ''Theatre/AnythingGoes'', ''Leave It to Me!'', ''Louisiana Purchase'', ''Hollywood Pinafore'' and ''Nellie Bly''. They also starred with Creator/MaeWest in the 1943 movie ''The Heat's On''.
81* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/TheLadyVanishes'' had Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne, who proved such a hit as a pair of comical English twits that the pair were cast in pretty much the same roles for numerous other films in the 1940s. They actually played the ''very same characters'' in the 1940 (non-Hitchcock) thriller ''Night Train to Munich''.
82* UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} runs on this trope and have their own name for it, jodi.
83** Creator/ShahRukhKhan and Creator/{{Kajol}} in ''Film/{{Baazigar}}'', ''Film/DilwaleDulhaniaLeJayenge'', ''Film/KuchKuchHotaHai'', ''Film/KabhiKushiKabhieGham'', and ''Film/MyNameIsKhan''.
84** Creator/MadhuriDixit and Creator/AnilKapoor. Most famously in ''Beta''.
85** Govinda and Creator/KarismaKapoor in countless '90s movies such as ''Raja Babu'', ''Coolie No. 1'' and ''Khuddar.''
86** On the buddy pairing side of things, we have Creator/AmitabhBachchan and Creator/{{Dharmendra}} in the 70's ''Film/{{Sholay}}'', among others), and Creator/SaifAliKhan and Creator/AkshayKumar in the 90's and more recently, ''Tashan''.
87* Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter have emerged as the principal couple in Creator/TimBurton's ProductionPosse, appearing together (though not necessarily cast as a couple) in ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'', ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', ''Film/DarkShadows'', and ''Film/TheLoneRanger2013''.
88* Portuguese actors José Pedro Gomes and the late António Feio, used to appear together in the two man show ''Conversa da Treta'' (''Bull-crap Conversations'') as Toni & Zezé. After the Live Show, the TV Show and TheMovie, the two always seemed to appear together, including in the Portuguese dub of ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear''.
89* Creator/AllySheedy and Creator/JuddNelson, more so than any other pair of Creator/{{Brat Pack}}ers (''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', ''Film/StElmosFire'', ''Blue City'').
90* Creator/TomCruise and Creator/EmilioEstevez appeared together in ''Film/TheOutsiders'', ''Film/YoungGuns'' and ''Film/MissionImpossible1996''.
91* Creator/RikMayall and Creator/AdrianEdmondson both created and started in a number of stage productions, television shows, and movies, including ''Series/TheComicStripPresents'', ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', ''Series/{{Bottom}}'', ''Theatre/TheDangerousBrothers'', ''Series/FilthyRichAndCatflap'', and ''Film/GuestHouseParadiso''. They also appeared in an episode of ''Hardwicke House'' and the ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' episode "[[Recap/BlackadderS4E4PrivatePlane Private Plane]]". Mayall even made an appearance in Edmondson's sitcom ''Snakes and Ladders'', while Edmondson appeared in Mayall's special ''Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door''.
92* Creator/TonyCurtis and Creator/NatalieWood appeared in three films together (''Kings Go Forth'', ''Film/SexAndTheSingleGirl'', ''Film/TheGreatRace'') even though they absolutely ''loathed'' each other in real life.
93* Creator/JohnCusack and Creator/TimRobbins - although they've made few films in which they share the lead, they often cameo in each other's films.
94* Creator/JohnCusack and Creator/SamuelLJackson - ''The Contract'', ''[[Film/FourteenOhEight 1408]]'', and ''Cell''.
95** Also Creator/JohnCusack and his sister Creator/JoanCusack have appeared in many movies together.
96** John Cusack also made seven films with Creator/JeremyPiven. And eight with Creator/NedBellamy. He seems to like doing this.
97** Joan Cusack has also been in three films with Creator/HaydenPanettiere - ''Film/RaisingHelen'', ''Film/IcePrincess'' and in a CelebrityVoiceActor capacity ''WesternAnimation/HoodwinkedTooHoodVersusEvil''.
98* Creator/JamesCagney and Creator/JoanBlondell, early in their film careers; they were together in ''Film/SinnersHoliday'', ''Film/OtherMensWomen'', ''Film/ThePublicEnemy1931'', ''Film/BlondeCrazy'', ''Film/TheCrowdRoars'', ''Film/FootlightParade'' and ''Film/HeWasHerMan'' between 1930 and 1934.
99* Leon Ames and Creator/MaryAstor, most notably in ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis'' and ''Literature/LittleWomen'' (1949).
100* Creator/DakotaFanning and Creator/KristenStewart. First as the horrifying Jane and the helpless Bella in The {{Literature/Twilight}} Saga, then as the lovers Cherie Currie and Music/JoanJett in the {{Biopic}} ''Film/TheRunaways''. So much so that Fanning allegedly took part on the former to build a rapport with Stewart in preparation for the latter.
101* Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran were cast as brothers in five Disney movies of the late Fifties and early Sixties: ''Film/OldYeller'', ''Film/TheShaggyDog'', ''Film/SwissFamilyRobinson'', ''Bon Voyage!'', and ''Savage Sam'' (where they reprised their ''Old Yeller'' roles).
102* Creator/PierreArditi and Sabine Azéma are only good friends in real life, but you'd be forgiven for thinking they're married... Filmmakers have a thing for making these two French actors play couples. Alain Resnais paired them in almost all of his movies and they've been either husband and wife or lovers in at the very least ten films since 1983.
103* Creator/JackieChan with either Creator/SammoHung and/or Creator/YuenBiao. Sometimes all three. Which makes sense, since the trio are trained in the same martial arts academy.
104* Even before ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'', Creator/JohnSimm and Phil Glenister had done ''Series/StateOfPlay'' and ''Tuesday''. In 2010, they were reunited in ''Series/MadDogs''.
105** They were joined by Marc Warren (Danny from ''Series/{{Hustle}}'') in one episode of ''Life on Mars'', ''State of Play'' and ''Mad Dogs'', so it seems it's a trio.
106* Russian comedy trio Vicin, Nikulin and Morgunov (Coward, Booby and Hardened) appeared in total of seven movies until Nikulin decided it's overdone.
107* Creator/DannyDeVito befriended Creator/JackNicholson when they appeared in ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' together. They appeared in several other films together, including ''Film/TermsOfEndearment'', ''Film/GoinSouth'', ''Film/MarsAttacks'', and ''Film/{{Hoffa}}'', which [=DeVito=] directed.
108* Creator/ChristopherLloyd also appeared with Creator/JackNicholson in ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' and several other movies, including ''Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1981'' and ''Film/GoinSouth''.
109* Creator/JohnPRyan had supporting roles in several films starring Creator/JackNicholson, such as ''Film/FiveEasyPieces'',''Film/TheKingOfMarvinGardens'', ''Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1981'' and ''Film/{{Hoffa}}''.
110* Character actor Creator/ScatmanCrothers appeared with buddy Creator/JackNicholson in several films, including ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'', ''Film/TheShining'' and ''Film/TheKingOfMarvinGardens''.
111** A number of Creator/JackNicholson's other friends had early roles in films where Nicholson was the star, including character actors such as Jeff Morris and Tracey Walter.
112* In many anime dubs from the early 2000's, it was not uncommon to have Creator/SteveBlum and Creator/WendeeLee appear in the same series. Their most famous roles together were of Spike Spiegel and Faye Valentine in ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', but the two have also performed together in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' as Makoto Shishio and Yumi Komagata, ''Anime/TheBigO'' as Roger Smith and Angel, and ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' as Eikichi Onizuka and Azusa Fuyutsuki.
113* Creator/KenichiSuzumura and Creator/MaayaSakamoto, whose characters are often in love (sometimes one-sided, sometimes reciprocated). This became HilariousInHindsight when they got married in August 2011.
114* Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins of ''Film/GingerSnaps'' fame played sisters again in ''Film/AnotherCinderellaStory''.
115* Creator/KevinConroy and Creator/MarkHamill pulled this off playing only one role each: They took on the roles of {{Franchise/Batman}} and ComicBook/TheJoker, for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', where they proceeded to [[CantUnhearIt vocally define]] the Caped Crusader and the Clown Prince of Crime for the next thirty years. Although sometimes they're not and in DC productions where Conroy ''wasn't'' Batman they've often got Mark Hamill to play his opposite number because they work so well together. Hamill himself recognized the strength of this trope, such that when Conroy passed due to intestinal cancer in 2022, he swore off playing his iconic role as the Joker ever again.
116* Creator/DorisDay and Creator/RockHudson are well-known for starring together, despite only doing so in 3 movies: ''Film/PillowTalk'', ''Film/LoverComeBack'' and ''Send Me No Flowers'' (which all also starred Tony Randall).
117** However, she did ''five'' films with Gordon [=MacRae=]: ''Starlift,'' ''Tea For Two,'' ''The West Point Story,'' ''Film/OnMoonlightBay'' and its sequel ''By The Light of the Silvery Moon.''
118* Creator/JudyGarland and Creator/MickeyRooney first starred together in ''Thoroughbreds Don't Cry''. Over the next six years, they appeared in three movies as [[Film/AndyHardy Betsy Booth and Andy Hardy]], and also starred in the movie musicals ''Film/BabesInArms'', ''Strike Up the Band'', ''Babes on Broadway'' and ''Girl Crazy''.
119* Creator/AdamSandler seems to love working with Creator/DrewBarrymore. Currently they have starred opposite each other in three movies. First in ''Film/TheWeddingSinger'', second in ''Film/FiftyFirstDates'', and finally in ''Film/{{Blended}}''.
120** He also has this with Creator/KevinJames, Creator/ChrisRock and used to have this with Creator/RobSchneider.
121* Creator/JamesStewart starred in four films with Margaret Sullavan (''Next Time We Love'', ''Film/TheShopwornAngel'', ''Film/TheMortalStorm'', ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner''), and three with June Allyson (''The Stratton Story'', ''The Glenn Miller Story'', ''Film/StrategicAirCommand'').
122* Creator/LaurenBacall's first role on the screen was as Creator/HumphreyBogart's love interest in ''Film/ToHaveAndHaveNot''. They got married and subsequently co-starred in ''Film/TheBigSleep'', ''Film/DarkPassage'' and ''Film/KeyLargo''.
123* Creator/DannyKaye and Virginia Mayo appeared together in ''Wonder Man'', ''The Kid from Brooklyn'', ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty1947'' and ''Film/ASongIsBorn''. Mayo also had a bit part in Kaye's first feature film, ''Film/UpInArms''.
124* Creator/ErrolFlynn and Creator/OliviaDeHavilland were in eight films together between 1935 and 1941 -- mostly because she was one of the few women who could put up with him, but they also had fantastic chemistry and were actually very good friends. [[TwiceShy And both had unrequited crushes on each other]]. Darn.
125** Flynn appeared opposite Creator/BasilRathbone in ''Film/CaptainBlood'', ''Film/TheDawnPatrol'' and ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood''.
126* Creator/JeanHarlow, in her too-brief film career, starred in six movies with Creator/ClarkGable: ''Film/TheSecretSix'', ''Film/RedDust'', ''Film/HoldYourMan'', ''Film/ChinaSeas'', ''Film/WifeVsSecretary'' and ''Film/{{Saratoga}}''. Una Merkel co-starred in four Harlow films: ''Film/RedHeadedWoman'', ''Film/Bombshell1933'', ''Rifraff'' and ''Saratoga''. Both probably would have made more films if not for Harlow's sudden death from kidney failure at age 26.
127* Creator/BetteDavis named Creator/ClaudeRains as her favorite person to work with; Rains appeared in four movies Davis starred in, playing second to Paul Henreid in ''Film/NowVoyager'' and ''Film/Deception1946''.
128* Creator/JohnHurt and Creator/RayWinstone have appeared in several films together (though not always sharing scenes), i.e. ''Film/TheProposition'', ''44 Inch Chest'', and ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''.
129* Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/WalterMatthau starred together in ''Film/TheFortuneCookie'', ''Film/TheOddCouple1968'' and ''Film/TheOddCoupleII'', ''Film/TheFrontPage'', ''Buddy Buddy'', ''Film/GrumpyOldMen'' (and [[Film/GrumpierOldMen its sequel]], which actually sparked a revival of the pairing for a few more movies in the '90s), ''The Grass Harp'' and ''Film/OutToSea''. They both had parts in ''Film/{{JFK}}'', but shared no scenes together. The [[OneBookAuthor one movie Lemmon directed]], ''Film/{{Kotch}}'', starred Matthau. After both actors passed away, they were even buried in the same graveyard, near each other.
130* Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/GeneWilder did four films together: ''Film/SilverStreak'', ''Film/StirCrazy'', ''Film/SeeNoEvilHearNoEvil'', and ''Film/AnotherYou''. They would have also starred together in ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' if not for ExecutiveMeddling, though Pryor did remain on the film as a writer.
131* Tim Conway and Creator/DonKnotts starred together in the two ''Film/TheAppleDumplingGang'' movies, along with ''Film/ThePrivateEyes'' and ''Film/ThePrizeFighter''. Both actors also appeared in ''Film/{{Gus}}'', though they didn't share any scenes together.
132* Brazilian actors Wagner Moura (best known for his roles in ''Film/TheEliteSquad'' and ''Series/{{Narcos}}'') and Lázaro Ramos, going as early as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekS27ZEAdus 1998]] and even extending to the Creator/PenelopeCruz film ''Woman on Top'' (2000).
133* Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/ChrisEvans have been in eight films together so far: ''Film/ThePerfectScore'', ''Film/TheNannyDiaries'', ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'', ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
134* Creator/KirkDouglas and Creator/BurtLancaster starred in six movies together: ''Film/IWalkAlone'' (1948), ''Film/GunfightAtTheOKCorral'' (1957), ''Film/TheDevilsDisciple'' (1959), ''The List of Adrian Messenger'' (1963), ''Literature/SevenDaysInMay'' (1964), and ''Film/ToughGuys'' (1986).
135* Creator/AmandaSeyfried, Music/JustinTimberlake, Creator/VincentKartheiser, and Creator/OliviaWilde were in ''Film/AlphaDog'' and ''Film/InTime''.
136* Creator/ElliotPage and Maxwell [=McCabe=]-Lokos. They were in both ''The Tracey Fragments'' and ''Mouth to Mouth'' together, both times playing fucked up people on good terms with one another. In the former, [=McCabe=]-Lokos helps Page's character, and in the latter, it's the opposite.
137* Italian actors Creator/BudSpencer and Creator/TerenceHill worked so well as a screen couple, they made over a dozen films together from the late 60s to the 80s. They first appeared together in the 1959 film ''Hannibal'', under their original names of Carlo Pedersoli and Mario Girotti. There's even a [[VideoGame/SlapsAndBeans video game]] made in the likeness of the two kicking ass side-by-side!
138* Creator/EmmaRoberts has been in three films with Creator/RoryCulkin - ''Film/{{Lymelife}}'', ''Film/Twelve2010'' and ''Film/{{Scream 4}}'' (the latter also counts as a reunion for Creator/MaryMcDonnell and Creator/HaydenPanettiere, as both were in the PoorlyDisguisedPilot / MadeForTVMovie ''Film/ChestnutHill'').
139* Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/AlPacino in ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' (although they never appeared together in this one), ''Film/{{Heat}}'', ''Film/RighteousKill'' and ''Film/TheIrishman''.
140** [=De Niro=] and Creator/JoePesci in ''Film/RagingBull'', ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica'', ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'', ''Film/ABronxTale'', ''Film/{{Casino}}'', ''Film/TheGoodShepherd'' and ''Film/TheIrishman''.
141*** ''Film/RagingBull'', ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' and ''Film/{{Casino}}'' also feature Frank Vincent, typically on the receiving end of violence from Pesci's character. Pesci and Vincent previously appeared together in ''The Death Collector'' (which got them their ''Raging Bull'' gigs after De Niro saw it), and later in ''Film/EasyMoney'' and ''Dear Mr. Wonderful'', and had been longtime collaborators even before their film careers as musicians and as a Creator/MartinAndLewis-style comedy team (Pesci was the Creator/JerryLewis-type figure).
142** [=De Niro=] and Creator/HarveyKeitel in ''Film/MeanStreets'', ''Film/TaxiDriver'', ''Falling in Love'', ''Film/CopLand'', ''Film/ArthurAndTheInvisibles'', ''Film/LittleFockers'', ''Film/TheComedian'' and ''The Irishman''.
143* Before their deaths, Creator/AnthonyPerkins is paired up with Creator/MartinBalsam in three movies: ''{{Film/Psycho}}'', ''Film/CatchTwentyTwo'', and ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress1974''.
144* Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger is buddies with Creator/SvenOleThorsen in numerous films, including ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'', ''Film/{{Predator}}'', ''Film/{{Eraser}}'', and ''Film/EndOfDays''.
145** Ahhnold also seems to have a connection with Creator/BillPaxton, who appeared in the films ''Film/{{Commando}}'', ''Film/TheTerminator'' and ''Film/TrueLies''.
146** And Arnold has also cultivated such a relationship with Creator/SylvesterStallone, after enjoying a FriendlyRivalry with him for years; both played in all three ''[[Film/TheExpendables Expendables]]'' movies as well as ''Film/EscapePlan.''
147* Creator/TomHanks and Creator/MegRyan in ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'' (1990), ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle'' (1993) and ''Film/YouveGotMail'' (1998).
148** Also Hanks and Creator/GarySinise in ''Film/ForrestGump'' (1994), ''Film/Apollo13'' (1995) and ''Film/TheGreenMile'' (1999).
149* Creator/BurtReynolds and Creator/DomDeLuise have a number of co-starring roles, including ''Film/TheEnd'', the second ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'', ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' and both ''Film/CannonballRun'' films. The fact that they were good friends makes this not surprising. For a lesser interpretation of "co-starring," Reynolds also played a part (as himself) in Mel Brooks' ''Film/SilentMovie'', which [=DeLuise=] played a major part in.
150* The two "Coreys" ''Creator/CoreyHaim'' and ''Creator/CoreyFeldman''. Their credits together include ''Film/TheLostBoys'', ''Film/LicenseToDrive'', and ''Film/DreamALittleDream''. And their RealityShow.
151* Creator/BurtReynolds and Creator/NedBeatty first appeared together in ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'', and in ''Film/WhiteLightning'' the following year. They would go on to appear in four more films together.
152* Between 1942 and 1945, Creator/DonaldOConnor and Creator/PeggyRyan were in 12 movies together, not counting their guest spots in ''Film/BoweryToBroadway'' or ''Film/FollowTheBoys''. Of those 12, the first three (''[[Film/WhatsCookin What's Cookin'?]]'', ''Film/PrivateBuckaroo'', ''[[Film/GiveOutSisters Give Out, Sisters]]'') had them as mere supporting players in Andrews Sisters vehicles, and four of them also featured Creator/GloriaJean.
153* Creator/RyanGosling and Creator/EmmaStone in ''Film/GangsterSquad'', ''Film/CrazyStupidLove'', and ''Film/LaLaLand''. Playing couples in Los Angeles in all three!
154* Creator/JaneFonda and Creator/RobertRedford appeared in four films together over the course of five decades: ''The Chase'' (1966), ''Theatre/BarefootInThePark'' (1967), ''Film/TheElectricHorseman'' (1979) and ''Our Souls at Night'' (2017).
155* Fonda and Creator/LilyTomlin appeared in three movies (''Film/NineToFive'', ''Moving On'' and ''Film/EightyForBrady'') and the TV series ''Series/GraceAndFrankie''.
156* Creator/EmilyRose from ''Series/{{Haven}}'' starred with Creator/LucasBryant in ''Perfect Plan (2010)''. She also worked with Creator/NolanNorth and Creator/ClaudiaBlack in ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}''.
157* ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' examples:
158** Many, many cast members also appear in ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker''.
159** Creator/ManuBennett (Crixus) was in an episode of ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', where his character has an affair with Xena, just like Crixus has an affair with Lucretia, played by Creator/LucyLawless.
160** Creator/VivaBianca (Ilithyia) and Creator/HannaManganLawrence (Seppia) starred in ''X: Night of Vengeance''.
161* Creator/JamesFranco and Creator/MilaKunis are in ''Film/DateNight'', ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', ''Tar'' and ''Third Person''.
162* Music/FrankSinatra and Creator/GeneKelly in the musicals ''Film/AnchorsAweigh'', ''Film/OnTheTown'', and ''Take Me Out to The Ball Game''.
163** Kelly starred opposite Creator/JudyGarland in the musicals ''Film/ForMeAndMyGal'', ''Thousands Cheer'', ''Film/ZiegfeldFollies1945'', ''Film/ThePirate'', ''Words and Music'' and ''Film/SummerStock''. They would have re-teamed again for ''Film/EasterParade'', but Kelly injured his ankle, prompting Creator/FredAstaire to come out of retirement.
164* The success of ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'' was in large part due to the chemistry between leads Creator/PaulNewman and Creator/RobertRedford. Little wonder they were paired again in ''Film/TheSting''.
165* The box office value of film pairings such as these was established early on, as recognized by the in-universe example of Don Lockwood & Lina Lamont from ''Film/SinginInTheRain''.
166* Creator/JenniferConnelly and Creator/RussellCrowe in ''Film/ABeautifulMind'', ''Film/WintersTale'' and ''Film/{{Noah}}''. Russell also worked with Connelly's husband Creator/PaulBettany in ''Film/ABeautifulMind'' and ''Film/MasterAndCommander''.
167* Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/BradleyCooper in ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook'', ''Film/AmericanHustle'', ''Film/{{Serena}}'' (which they shot in between the other two) and ''Film/Joy2015''.
168* Creator/JesseEisenberg and Creator/WoodyHarrelson, in both the ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' and ''Film/NowYouSeeMe'' duologies.
169* Creator/MarkWahlberg and Creator/MilaKunis appeared in ''Film/MaxPayne'', ''Film/DateNight'' and ''Film/{{Ted}}''.
170* Other than the two live-action ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' movies, Creator/MatthewLillard and Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr worked together on ''Film/ShesAllThat'', ''Film/WingCommander'' and ''Film/SummerCatch''.
171* Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/NickFrost have been in the ''Film/ThreeFlavoursCornettoTrilogy'' (''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'', ''Film/HotFuzz'', ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'') and the movie ''Film/{{Paul}}'', as well as the television series ''Series/{{Spaced}}''. They also starred together in a Creator/{{Dropout}} sketch, where they played [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2 and C-3PO]]. In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'' they played the twins Thompson and Thomson and in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'' both appear, but their characters never actually meet.
172* Although their partnership was tragically cut short, Creator/JohnBelushi and Creator/DanAykroyd made three films together (''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979'', ''Film/{{Neighbors|1981}}'' and ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'') and would certainly have gone on to do more - had he lived, Belushi would have been in at least two more films with Aykroyd (he would have been in ''Film/BluesBrothers2000'' and played Venkman in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''). Hell, at one point, Creator/MartinScorsese wanted them to be in ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' together. (Yes, Scorsese has been working on the idea ''that long''.)
173** Fellow SNL alumni and frequent co-collaborators Creator/HaroldRamis and Creator/BillMurray were also this early in their careers.
174* Creator/AshleyJudd and Creator/MorganFreeman have appeared together in five films (''Film/KissTheGirls'', ''High Crimes'', ''Film/DolphinTale'', ''Film/OlympusHasFallen'' and ''Dolphin Tale 2'').
175* Creator/RichardGere and Creator/DianeLane first starred together in ''Film/TheCottonClub'' in 1984. 18 years later, they reunited for ''Film/{{Unfaithful}}'', which is essentially a GenderFlip of ''Film/FatalAttraction''. Six years later, they worked together again on the Creator/NicholasSparks film ''Film/NightsInRodanthe''.
176* Creator/BobHope and Music/BingCrosby made several ''Film/RoadTo'' pictures together, and often swapped or shared cameos in other films.
177* Other than ''Film/LethalWeapon3'' and ''Film/LethalWeapon4'', Creator/MelGibson and Creator/ReneRusso also made ''Film/{{Ransom}}'' together in between these two films.
178* Creator/DennisQuaid and Creator/MegRyan hooked up on the set of ''Film/{{Innerspace}}'', and worked together twice more with the remake of ''Film/{{DOA}}'' and ''Film/FleshAndBone1993''.
179* Creator/GabrielByrne and Creator/EllenBarkin fell in love on the set of ''Film/{{Siesta}}'', and did two more movies together with ''Film/IntoTheWest'' and ''Film/MadDogTime'' before calling it quits.
180* Creator/RitaHayworth and Creator/GlennFord appeared in five films together: ''The Lady In Question'', ''Film/{{Gilda}}'', ''The Loves of Carmen'', ''Affair In Trinidad'' and finally ''The Money Trap''.
181* Creator/BenedictCumberbatch and Creator/MartinFreeman. First they were together in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. Then, they ended up in ''Film/TheHobbit''. Now, though they're not in the same film, they have joined the Marvel universe, with Cumberbatch playing ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' and Freeman as Everett Ross in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/BlackPanther2018''.
182** Freeman did reunite with someone from the first ''The Hobbit'', Creator/AndySerkis, in ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}''.
183* [[Film/AnimalKingdom Ben Mendelsohn]] and Scoot [=McNairy=] have appeared in ''Film/KillingThemSoftly'', ''Black Sea'' and ''WesternAnimation/AxeCop'' where they played characters named... [[TheDanza Ben and Scoot]].
184* Creator/MatthewBroderick and Creator/NathanLane, mainly on Broadway, where they played Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock in ''Theatre/TheProducers'' (reprising those roles in the [[RecursiveAdaptation 2005 movie version]]), Felix Unger and Oscar Madison in a revival of ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', and Peter Austin and James Wicker in ''It's Only a Play''. Oddly enough, their first collaboration was different--Broderick voiced adult Simba and Lane voiced Timon in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. They were given adjacent stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
185* Creator/PeterDinklage and Creator/LenaHeadey both star together in ''Series/GameOfThrones'', playing brother and sister. They have also appeared in two movies together - ''Pete Smalls Is Dead'' and ''Low Down'' - and also made appearances on the same episode of ''Series/SesameStreet''.
186* Creator/ChanningTatum and Creator/JonahHill appear together in ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet'', the sequel ''Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet'', ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', ''Film/HailCaesar'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart''.
187* Andy Mientus and Krysta Rodriguez have been in ''Series/{{Smash}}'', Series/ChasingLife, and Theatre/SpringAwakening together.
188* Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/PaulBettany have worked together on ''Film/TheTourist'', ''Film/{{Transcendence}}'' and ''Film/{{Mortdecai}}''.
189* Creator/NeilPatrickHarris and Patti [=LuPone=] have made a habit of doing Sondheim shows together. First was the concert production of ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'' (where he was Toby to her Mrs. Lovett), then the Lincoln Center revival of ''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Company]]'' (as Bobby to her Joanne).
190** If you continue along that line, Creator/PattiLuPone, Michael Cerveris and Music/AudraMcDonald did several Sondheim shows together (''Theatre/{{Passion}}'', ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'', and ''Theatre/AnyoneCanWhistle'') over a few years, mostly at the Ravinia Festival. Furthermore, Patti [=LuPone=] and Michael Cerveris starred together in the 2005 revival of ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'', and she also worked with Audra [=McDonald=] at LA Opera in ''Theatre/TheRiseAndFallOfTheCityOfMahagonny'' and the previous concert production of ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'' (although only in New York, not the filmed San Francisco concert version). Furthermore, the Sweeney in the concert productions was George Hearn, who starred opposite [=LuPone=] at the Ravinia production of ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic'', another Sondheim show.
191* Creator/JamesCaan and Creator/RobertDuvall were onetime roommates, and appeared together in five films: ''Film/{{Countdown|1967}}'', ''Film/TheRainPeople'', ''Film/TheGodfather'', ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' and the 1975 version of ''Film/TheKillerElite''.
192* Creator/RobertDuvall and Creator/BillyBobThornton appeared together in ''Film/TheStarsFellOnHenrietta'', ''Film/SlingBlade'',''Film/TheApostle'', and ''Film/TheJudge''.
193* Creator/RobertDuvall and Creator/WilfordBrimley, good friends in life, appeared together in ''Film/{{Lawman}}'', ''Film/TheStoneBoy'', ''Film/TenderMercies'' and ''Film/TheNatural''. Brimley also had an uncredited role in ''Film/TrueGrit'', which was one of Duvall's earlier movie roles.
194* Creator/MaryMcDonnell and Creator/AlfreWoodard were together in ''Film/GrandCanyon'', ''Film/PassionFish'', ''Film/BlueChips'' and ''Film/{{Mumford}}''.
195* Creator/WentworthMiller and Creator/DominicPurcell. They first got together playing the leads in ''Series/PrisonBreak''. Later they joined the Series/ArrowVerse playing DC super villains Captain Cold and Heatwave first in ''Series/TheFlash2014'' and then ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.
196* Creator/StephenFry and Creator/HughLaurie, enough that Website/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry_and_Laurie has a page on them]]. they have [[Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie their own sketch show]], they're the eponymous duo of ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'', numerous recurring roles in ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', the Narrator and Newton in ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 3''...
197** WordOfGod states that Stephen Fry was eventually meant to appear in ''Series/{{House}}'' as the even smarter and more irritable older brother of Laurie's titular character, in a reference to Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. Scheduling conflicts meant this never became a reality, however; and later seasons more firmly established House as an only child.
198** Laurie also appeared on the first episode of ''Series/{{QI}}''.
199* ''Series/MadTV'' veterans Creator/KeeganMichaelKey and Creator/JordanPeele of ''Series/KeyAndPeele'', whenever one of them as much a has a guest role in a TV show such as WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers or WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty they will usually find a role for the other one.
200* Creator/CharlesBronson and Creator/JamesCoburn in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960'', ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' and ''Film/HardTimes''.
201** On a similar note, Creator/SteveMcQueenActor and Creator/RobertVaughn in ''The Magnificent Seven'', ''Film/{{Bullitt}}'' and ''Film/TheToweringInferno''.
202** Bronson and Coburn also made guest appearances in [=McQueen=]'s TV series ''Series/WantedDeadOrAlive''.
203* Real life couple Creator/RichardBurton and Creator/ElizabethTaylor starred in several films together - ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'', ''Film/TheVIPs'', ''The Sandpiper'', ''Film/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'', ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'', ''Film/AnneOfTheThousandDays'', ''Doctor Faustus'', ''Boom!'', ''Under Milk Wood'' and the MadeForTVMovie ''Divorce His - Divorce Hers''. They also appeared on stage together in 1983 revival of ''Theatre/PrivateLives''.
204* Creator/MichaelHordern often appeared in films with Creator/RichardBurton, e.g. ''Film/AlexanderTheGreat1956'', ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'', ''Literature/TheSpyWhoCameInFromTheCold'', ''Film/WhereEaglesDare'', ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'', and ''Film/TheMedusaTouch''.
205* Creator/CyrilCusack had several supporting roles in films starring Creator/RichardBurton, including ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'', ''Literature/TheSpyWhoCameInFromTheCold'' and ''Film/LoveSpell''.
206* Creator/MichaelHordern appeared in over a half-dozen films with Creator/HarryAndrews.
207* Creator/WoodyAllen often worked with former girlfriend Creator/DianeKeaton - ''Film/PlayItAgainSam'', ''Film/{{Sleeper}}'', ''Film/LoveAndDeath'', ''Film/AnnieHall'', ''Film/{{Manhattan}}'' and ''Film/ManhattanMurderMystery''.
208** Allen also worked with former wife Creator/MiaFarrow on a lot of films - ''Film/AMidsummerNightsSexComedy'', ''Film/{{Zelig}}'', ''Film/BroadwayDannyRose'', ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'', ''Film/CrimesAndMisdemeanors'', ''Film/ShadowsAndFog'' and ''Film/HusbandsAndWives''.
209* Real life couple Creator/WarrenBeatty and Creator/JulieChristie in ''Film/McCabeAndMrsMiller'', ''Film/{{Shampoo}}'' and ''Film/HeavenCanWait1978''.
210* Creator/ShaileneWoodley and Creator/AnselElgort have appeared together in the [[Literature/{{Divergent}} Divergent quartet]] and ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars''. They would've been in ''Film/Carrie2013'' together as well if she had been chosen for the title role; instead, it was given to Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz.
211* Creator/MichaelCaine and Creator/MorganFreeman have appeared together in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', ''Film/NowYouSeeMe'' and now ''Film/GoingInStyle2017''.
212* Creator/AmyPoehler and Creator/TinaFey originally achieved fame as a double act on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s Weekend Update, and have appeared in a half a dozen films together, frequently as co-leads. They're also a popular double act for hosting awards shows.
213* Creator/TimRoth and Creator/GaryOldman appeared in several films together early in their careers, most notably as the title characters of ''Film/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'', but have not shared the screen so far this century.
214* Despite their great political differences, Creator/JohnWayne appeared in three films with Creator/KirkDouglas - ''Film/InHarmsWay'', ''Cast a Giant Shadow'' and ''Film/TheWarWagon''.
215* Creator/ColinFirth and Creator/HughGrant have been in four films together - the three ''Literature/BridgetJones'' films and ''Film/LoveActually''.
216* Creator/HughBonneville and Creator/ElizabethMcGovern have played a married couple no less than ''three'' times: ''Thursday the 12th'', ''Freezing'', and most famously ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
217* Creator/HughBonneville and Creator/SallyHawkins are now down on the same path -- they played couples in ''Film/Paddington2014'' as well as ''[[Series/TheHollowCrown The Hollow Crown: The War of the Roses]]''.
218* Creator/IdinaMenzel and Creator/JonathanGroff made special guest appearances on ''Series/{{Glee}}''. They’ve also lent their voices to Elsa and Kristoff in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' and [[WesternAnimation/FrozenFever all]] [[WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure subsequent]] [[WesternAnimation/FrozenII installments]] of that [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} franchise]].
219* Creator/JohnWayne and Creator/MaureenOHara starred together in ''Film/RioGrande'', ''Film/TheQuietMan'', ''Film/McLintock'', and ''Film/BigJake''. Wayne also had quite a few other actors he worked with multiple times. Among them are Creator/BenJohnson, Creator/WardBond, Creator/JohnCarradine and Creator/VictorMcLaglen were just a few of his many frequent co-stars.
220* Creator/CatherineTate and Creator/DavidTennant have been pretty much inseparable after they met on ''Series/DoctorWho'' as Donna Noble and the Tenth Doctor. They've played opposite from each other as Beatrice and Benedick in ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' (among other Shakespeare-adaptations), ''UsefulNotes/ComicRelief'', ''Series/TheCatherineTateShow'', ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' (with Tate's Magica De Spell being antagonist to Tennant's Scrooge [=McDuck=]) and ''many'' more.
221* Creator/DeborahKerr and Creator/RobertMitchum made four films together: ''Film/HeavenKnowsMrAllison'' (1957), ''Film/TheSundowners'' (1960), ''The Grass is Greener'' (1960), and ''Reunion at Fairborough'' (1985). They were lifelong friends, and Mitchum would later cite her as the favourite leading lady of his career.
222* Creator/RebelWilson and Creator/AdamDevine have played love interests in ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'', ''Film/PitchPerfect'', ''[[Film/PitchPerfect Pitch Perfect 2]]'' and ''Film/IsntItRomantic''.
223* This is almost enforced with the Top Star system in Creator/TakarazukaRevue. Typically, the top ''otokoyaku'' (male role actress) and top ''musumeyaku'' (female role actress) would play the biggest male and female roles of the production that their troupe puts on while they are top. Often, these would be the protagonist/antagonist and their love interest, but there have been aversions[[note]]For the adaptation of ''Manga/ThePoeClan'', top stars Asumi Rio and Senna Ayase played Edgar Portsnell and Baroness Sheila Portsnell. Sheila is a CoolBigSis who becomes adoptive mother to Edgar.[[/note]].
224* Creator/WilliamHurt and Creator/MariaBello have worked together on three occasions: in 2005's ''Film/AHistoryOfViolence'' (where their characters didn't share any scenes); 2008's ''Film/TheYellowHandkerchief'', an indie drama/romance; and the 2016 legal drama ''Goliath''.
225* Creator/EugeneLevy and Creator/CatherineOHara have starred in multiple projects together over four decades, often playing husband and wife. This includes ''Series/{{SCTV}}'', ''Series/SchittsCreek'', ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' and multiple films as part of Creator/ChristopherGuest's ProductionPosse. They capped off their run on ''Schitt's Creek'' by winning Emmys for Best Actor and Actress in a Comedy, respectively.
226* Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/WinonaRyder in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', ''Literature/AScannerDarkly'' and ''Film/DestinationWedding''.
227* Kate Ritchie and Martin Dingle Wall have twice played a romantic couple (Sally and Flynn on ''Series/HomeAndAway'' (though Flynn had been [[TheOtherDarrin recast]] by the time the two got engaged) and Les and Judi Kane in ''Series/{{Underbelly}}: A Tale of Two Cities'') and once played two (platonic) partnered police detectives (''Series/CopsLAC'').
228* Conrad Coleby and Josh Quong Tart have played best friends on ''Series/AllSaints'', ''headLand'' and ''Series/HomeAndAway''.
229* Creator/MerylStreep and Creator/EmilyBlunt have co- starred in ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada'', ''Film/IntoTheWoods'' and ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns''.
230* Creator/JohnnyYongBosch and Creator/DanSouthworth are both ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' alumni. Even though their respective Rangers did not appear in the same series, the two have acted together in video games, most famously as Nero and Vergil in the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series. The two also got to show off their stunt work and martial arts against each other in the indie film ''Broken Path''.
231* Legendary character actor Strother Martin had a career defined by this. He appeared in six films each with Creator/PaulNewman and Creator/JohnWayne. He also did six films (and a couple TV episodes) with fellow character actor L.Q. Jones, often in ThoseTwoGuys pairings.
232* Creator/PeterCook and Creator/DudleyMoore were a beloved double act in England, appearing on television (''Series/BeyondTheFringe'', ''Series/NotOnlyButAlso''), films (''Film/TheWrongBox'', ''Film/Bedazzled1967'', ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''), albums (''Derek and Clive'') and numerous stage shows.
233* Creator/BorisKarloff and Creator/BelaLugosi co-starred in several horror films -- ''Film/TheBlackCat'', ''Gift of Gab'', ''Film/TheRaven1935'', ''Film/TheInvisibleRay'', ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein'', ''Black Friday'', ''You'll Find Out'' and ''Film/TheBodySnatcher''.
234* Creator/LaurenceOlivier and Creator/VivienLeigh starred together on stage and screen, including ''Film/FireOverEngland'', ''21 Days Together'' and ''Film/ThatHamiltonWoman''.
235* Outside of the ''Film/OceansEleven'' trilogy, Creator/BradPitt and Creator/MattDamon appeared in ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeetTwo''.
236* Creator/MichaelBiehn and Creator/BillPaxton appeared in ''Film/TheTerminator'', ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'' and ''Film/NavySeals1990''.
237* Creator/RogerMoore and Creator/PatrickMacnee in ''Film/SherlockHolmesInNewYork'', ''The Sea Wolves'' and ''Film/AViewToAKill''.
238** Robert Brown played Moore's squire in ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'', made two guest appearances on ''Series/TheSaint'' and appeared in three of his Bond films (first as an admiral, then as M).
239** Creator/LoisMaxwell was Moore's classmate at RADA. She made two guest appearances on ''The Saint'' and one on ''Series/ThePersuaders'' before becoming his Moneypenny.
240** Creator/DavidHedison appeared opposite Moore in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', ''Film/NorthSeaHijack'', ''The Naked Face'' and an episode of ''The Saint''.
241* Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/MichellePfeiffer in ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', ''Film/NewYearsEve'' and ''Film/TheFamily''.
242* Creator/JasonStatham, Creator/JasonFlemyng and Creator/VinnieJones in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'', ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' and ''Film/MeanMachine''. Statham and Flemyng also appeared in ''Film/Transporter2''.
243* Creator/JasonFlemyng and Creator/DexterFletcher in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'', ''Tube Tales'', ''Below'', ''Film/LayerCake'', ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', ''Film/KickAss'', ''Dead Cert'', ''Jack Falls'', ''Film/WildBill'', ''Sunshine on Leith'' and ''Eat Locals''.
244* Real-life married couple James Bolam and Susan Jameson in ''Series/WhenTheBoatComesIn'', ''Close and True'', ''Series/NewTricks'' and ''Series/GrandpaInMyPocket''.
245* Creator/PeterOToole and Creator/OmarSharif in ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'', ''Film/TheNightOfTheGenerals'', ''Film/TheRainbowThief'', ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' and ''One Night with the King''.
246* Creator/SeanConnery and Creator/RobertShaw in an Creator/{{ITV}} Play of the Week ("The Pets"), ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' and ''Film/RobinAndMarian''.
247* Outside of ''Series/{{Minder}}'', Dennis Waterman and George Cole co-starred in the horror film ''Fright'' and provided the voices for a children's cartoon series called ''Tube Mice''. Cole also made guest appearances in Waterman's shows ''Series/TheSweeney'' and ''Series/NewTricks''.
248* Creator/AnthonyHopkins and Creator/BobHoskins appeared together in the BBC production of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', the made-for-TV movie ''Mussolini and I'', and in Creator/OliverStone's ''Film/{{Nixon}}''.
249* Creator/MichaelCaine and Creator/BobHoskins appeared together in ''Beyond the Limit'', ''Film/MonaLisa'', ''Film/SweetLiberty'', ''Film/BlueIce'', ''Film/LastOrders'' and the MadeForTVMovie ''World War II: When Lions Roared''.
250* Joseph Kosala and Ron Dean were in ''Film/CodeOfSilence'', ''Film/AboveTheLaw1988'', ''Film/ThePackage'', ''Film/TheFugitive'', ''Film/StealBigStealLittle'', and ''Film/ChainReaction'' together, and often in the same scene. Not by coincidence, all six movies were Creator/AndrewDavis films.
251* Creator/WillFerrell and Creator/JohnCReilly starred in ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'', ''Film/StepBrothers'', and ''Film/HolmesAndWatson'', all three of which were distributed by Creator/{{Sony}}/Creator/ColumbiaPictures. Reilly also appeared in ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues''.
252* Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/MartinShort appear together in ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', ''Film/FatherOfTheBride1991'', and ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'', and both have voice roles in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''.
253* Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/RickMoranis have also appeared in multiple films together: e.g. ''Film/{{Parenthood}}'', ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', ''Film/MyBlueHeaven'', and ''Film/LAStory''.
254* Creator/AnneHathaway and Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter have co-starred in ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' and its sequel ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'', along with ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' and ''Film/OceansEight''.
255* German actors Creator/TilSchweiger and Creator/MatthiasSchweighofer have often starred in each other's movies (they're both [[DirectedBycastMember directors-actors]]), often sharing the screen (also in films not directed by either, such as ''Film/FourAgainstTheBank'').
256* Creator/ShemarMoore and Creator/RochelleAytes played a couple on ''Series/CriminalMinds''. When Moore moved to ''Series/SWAT2017'' Aytes followed and played his LoveInterest Nichelle. This was probably because they did so well before.
257* Creator/HarryLennix and Creator/ChristinaWren have appeared in ''Film/ManOfSteel'', ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', ''Rehabilitation of the Hill'', the short ''Lazaretto'' and ''Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas'' (an animated series set in the same universe as ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'').
258* Creator/StephenRoot and Creator/BradleyWhitford appeared together in ''Film/RoboCop3'', ''Film/BicentennialMan'', ''Film/GetOut2017'' and ''Film/ThreeChrists''.
259* Creator/RooneyMara's done two films with Creator/CaseyAffleck and three opposite Creator/JoaquinPhoenix.
260* Creator/DanielCraig and Creator/BenWhishaw have co-starred together in three ''Film/JamesBond'' films (''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'') , along with ''The Trench'', ''Film/LayerCake'', and ''Film/EnduringLove''.
261* Music/SelenaGomez and Music/DemiLovato have appeared in ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' and ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'' together. Selena even guest-starred on Demi’s show ''Series/SonnyWithAChance''. They were also both given prominent roles in the same episode of ''Studio DC: Almost Live''.
262* Creator/SarahPaulson and Creator/LilyRabe have co-starred together on several seasons of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''. They have also appeared in the plays ''Colder Than Here'' and ''Theatre/CrimesOfTheHeart'' together. Paulson has also appeared opposite Creator/CateBlanchett in ''Film/OceansEight'', ''Film/{{Carol}}'' and ''Series/MrsAmerica''. Paulson has also starred alongside Creator/SandraBullock in both ''Film/OceansEight'' and ''Film/BirdBox''.
263* Creator/DeanJones and Creator/SuzannePleshette played the leads in several Creator/WaltDisneyPictures comedies, including ''Film/TheUglyDachshund'', ''Film/BlackbeardsGhost'' and ''[[Film/TheShaggyDog The Shaggy D.A.]]''.
264* Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter and Creator/SachaBaronCohen have co-starred together in ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', ''Film/LesMiserables2012'', and ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass''.
265* Creator/LaurenceFishburne and Creator/AngelaBassett have appeared together in ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'', ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt1993'', ''Film/AkeelahAndTheBee'' and on the stage. They also appeared in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, albeit not together (Bassett in ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Fishburne in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'').
266* Creator/SidneyPoitier and Creator/BillCosby co-starred in ''Uptown Saturday Night'', ''Let's Do it Again'' and ''A Piece of the Action''.
267* Creator/SamuelLJackson and Creator/BruceWillis both starred in ''Film/PulpFiction'' (though without ever sharing the screen); ''Film/DieHardWithAVengeance''; and ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and its sequel ''Film/Glass2019''. Willis also had an uncredited cameo in ''Film/LoadedWeapon1'', in which Jackson starred.
268* Creator/KevinJames and Creator/LeahRemini starred in ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' and ''Series/KevinCanWait'' together (though Remini originally only had a guest role in the latter show, before being promoted to the main cast in season 2).
269* Creator/ChowYunFat and Creator/DannyLee appeared in six movies together - ''The Executor'', ''Film/TragicHero'', ''City on Fire'', ''Code of Honour'', ''Film/RichAndFamous'' and ''Film/TheKiller1989''.
270** Chow and Creator/AndyLau appeared together in ''Tragic Hero'', ''Rich and Famous'', ''The Romancing Star II'', ''Film/GodOfGamblers'' and its sequel, ''Beginning of the Great Revival'' and ''From Vegas to Macau II'' and ''III''.
271** Chow appeared opposite Creator/TonyLeungChiuWai in ''The Lunatics'', ''Love Unto Waste'' and ''Film/HardBoiled''.
272* Creator/TaikaWaititi and Creator/RhysDarby have co-starred together in ''Series/{{Radiradirah}}'', ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'', ''Film/HuntForTheWilderpeople'' and ''Series/OurFlagMeansDeath''.
273* Creator/DennisChristopher and Creator/PaulDooley play different father-son duos in ''Film/AWedding1978'' and the 1979 Academy Award winner ''Film/BreakingAway.''
274* Creator/PeterCullen and Creator/FrankWelker first worked together on ''Mighty Man and Yukk'' as the respective duo, but the two would continue to collaborate on further cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony'', ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' and most famously ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', where they solidified themselves as the original voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron respectively. The two would collaborate on the ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'' [[note]]Though Cullen would appear as Prime in all five films, Welker had scheduling conflicts that prevented him from voicing Megatron in the first movie (though he would do it for the first two video games). He would reprise his other famous role as Soundwave starting with the second, then take over from Creator/HugoWeaving during the fourth film as Megatron's reformatted state Galvatron before he would come back as Megatron in the fifth[[/note]] and again on ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. Cullen even convinced Welker to join him on the convention circuit, and the duo frequently appear together at various cons.
275* French actors Creator/ThierryLhermitte and Patrick Timsit appeared in ''Film/LittleIndianBigCity'' in 1994, ''Marquise'' in 1997, ''The Prince of the Pacific'' in 2000, ''L'Américain'' in 2004, ''Incontrôlable'' in 2006, ''A nos âges'' in 2020 and ''Alors on danse'' in 2021. Lhermitte also had a VoiceOnlyCameo in Timsit's ''Film/QuasimodoDelParis''.
276* Creator/BenjaminWalker and Creator/JosephMawle play together in ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'' as father and son, and in ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' as Elves.
277* Creator/GeorgeClooney and Creator/JuliaRoberts worked together in five films -- ''Film/OceansEleven'', ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' (which Clooney directed), ''Ocean's Twelve'', ''Film/MoneyMonster'' and ''Film/TicketToParadise''.
278* Creator/ShozoIizuka and Creator/MitsuoAndo are two popular villain actors in {{Toku}} who are often cast together, with Iizuka's LargeHam playing nicely off of Ando's ColdHam. Their roles vary between [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger master and subordinate]], [[Series/{{Kikaider}} villains who are at odds]], [[Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan or both]].
279* Iizuka has also been often cast together with Creator/MachikoSoga, another LargeHam Toku actor, with one usually playing the BigBad and the other TheDragon. ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'' and ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'' being two examples.
280* French comedy giant Creator/LouisDeFunes was frequently paired with the same actors, even in unrelated films:
281** Notably, Robert Dhéry, Creator/MichelGalabru, Paul Préboist, Creator/JeanLefebvre and Maurice Risch as a {{Foil}}, BumblingSidekick or HamToHamCombat adversary. Sometimes, De Funès felt the need to have someone to comedically dialogue with in pictures where it wasn't in the script, phoned his good friend Galabru, and the latter came on set without even having been originally cast.
282** Creator/ClaudeGensac played his wife in seven movies, including three times in the ''[[Film/LeGendarmeDeSaintTropez Gendarme]]'' series. And she still had minor roles in three others (''Film/TheWingOrTheThigh'', ''Theatre/TheMiser'' and ''Film/LaSoupeAuxChoux''), not counting theater plays (where they first met). Sometimes you'll find [[ActorRoleConfusion people who think they were married]] in RealLife (it wasn't the case).
283** His two highest-grossing movies (''Film/TheSucker'' and ''Film/LaGrandeVadrouille'') were with another French comedy superstar, André Raimbourg, better known as Creator/{{Bourvil}}. They also played together in ''[[Film/TheTripAcrossParis La Traversée de Paris]]'' (1956) and ''Poisson d'avril'' (1954), where De Funès had smaller roles. A third Creator/GerardOury film, ''Film/DelusionsOfGrandeur'', was planned to be their fifth together, but it was derailed by Bourvil's death. Creator/YvesMontand took his place after his wife Creator/SimoneSignoret told Oury about him, and the whole story was rewritten to match differences between Montand and Bourvil.
284** After his memorable scene with Creator/JeanGabin in ''[[Film/TheTripAcrossParis La Traversée de Paris]]'' (1956), they were reunited in ''Film/LeGentlemanDEpsom'' (1962) and ''Film/TheTattoo'' (1968), where they're an OddCouple for the whole last movie.
285** In both ''Film/{{Jo}}'' and ''Film/TheBigRestaurant'', he's facing Creator/BernardBlier as a SympatheticInspectorAntagonist (and StraightMan).
286* Creator/MarlaGibbs and Jackée Harry have appeared together in ''Series/TwoTwoSeven'', ''The First Family'', and ''Series/DaysOfOurLives''. In fact, the latter two series both cast them as mother and daughter.
287* Creator/AnaDeArmas and Creator/ChrisEvans have appeared together in ''Film/KnivesOut'', ''Film/{{The Gray Man|2022}}'' and ''Film/{{Ghosted|2023}}''.
288* A wild SoapOpera example is Jane Elliot and Wally Kurth. Elliot took a break from her role as Tracy Quartermaine on ''Series/GeneralHospital'' and joined the cast of ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' from 1987-89 to play Anjelica Deveraux, who had an AgeGapRomance with Kurth's character Justin Kiriakis. Then after Elliot went back to ''GH'', Kurth rejoined her in 1991 to take over the role of Tracy's ''son'' Ned Ashton.
289* Creator/DavidTennant and Creator/MichaelSheen have appeared together multiple times. While they first worked together on ''Film/BrightYoungThings'' (2003), it was ''Series/{{Good Omens|2019}}'' that solidified them as a duo. They also collaborated on the meta comedy ''Series/{{Staged}}'' and ''AudioPlay/{{The Sandman|2020}}'' audio adaptations.
290* Creator/CillianMurphy and Creator/TomHardy have appeared in several projects together over the years. Their most high profile collaborations are in the Creator/ChristopherNolan-directed films ''Film/{{Inception}}'', ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', and ''Film/{{Dunkirk}}''. However, Hardy also played the recurring role of Alfie Solomons on ''Series/PeakyBlinders'', while Murphy played the lead character in the show.
291* Creator/TerryScott and Creator/HughLloyd starred together in ''Hugh and I'', the follow-up series ''Hugh and I Spy'', and ''Series/TheGnomesOfDulwich''.
292* Creator/DonaldHewlett and Creator/MichaelKnowles were often partnered together in David Croft's sitcoms. They played upper-class British army officers Colonel Reynolds and Captain Ashwood in ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'', mathematicians Carstairs and Fanshaw in ''Series/ComeBackMrsNoah'', and aristocratic brothers Lord Meldrum and Teddy Meldrum in ''Series/YouRangMLord''.

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