A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Misc
List of actors who play characters with the same names Many scripted
TV shows , often developed in-conjunction with their main star, feature characters that share the same name or similar name to the actor portraying them. This can also happen in film, but very rarely.
*
Jerry Seinfeld in
Seinfeld *
Drew Carey in
The Drew Carey Show *
George Lopez in
The George Lopez Show *
Will Smith in
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air *
John Malkovich in the film
Being John Malkovich (Malkovich clearly does not play himself, but rather a distorted version called "John Horatio Malkovich". Malkovich's real middle name is "Gavin".)
*
Davy Jones ,
Peter Tork ,
Michael Nesmith , and
Micky Dolenz in
The Monkees *
Adam West in
Family Guy (as Mayor Adam West, several episodes)
*
Cherie Johnson in
Punky Brewster *
Larry David in
Curb Your Enthusiasm *
Brendon Small in
Home Movies *
Ozzie Nelson ,
Harriet Nelson ,
David Nelson , and
Ricky Nelson on
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet *
Tim Brooke-Taylor ,
Graeme Garden , and
Bill Oddie in
The Goodies *
Louie Anderson on
Life with Louie *
Wayne Federman on
The X-Files *
Bette Midler on
Bette *
Christopher Titus on
Titus *
Jason Marsden on
Boy Meets World *
Darryl Lynn "D.L." Hughley on
The Hughleys *
Emeril Lagasse on
Emeril *
Jeff Foxworthy on
The Jeff Foxworthy Show *
Stephen Colbert on
The Colbert Report *
Roberto Benigni ,
Stephen Wright ,
Cate Blanchett ,
Jack White ,
Meg White ,
Bill Murray in the
Jim Jarmusch film
Coffee and Cigarettes *
Tom Petty in
The Postman *
Bob McGrath on
Sesame Street *
Linda Bove on
Sesame Street *
Steve Burns , former host of
Blue's Clues *
Audie Murphy in
To Hell and Back *
M.E.Clifton James in
I Was Monty's Double *
Garrison Keillor in
A Prairie Home Companion * Sid Abbott (
Sid James ) in
Bless This House *
Terry Scott and
June Whitfield played Terry and June Medford in
Terry and June * Lucy Ricardo (
Lucille Ball ) in
I Love Lucy * Raymond "Ray" Barone (
Ray Romano ) in
Everybody Loves Raymond * Sheriff Andy Taylor (
Andy Griffith ) in
The Andy Griffith Show * Valerie Hogan (
Valerie Harper ) in
The Hogan Family * Mary Richards (
Mary Tyler Moore ) in
The Mary Tyler Moore Show * Ted Baxter (
Ted Knight ) in
The Mary Tyler Moore Show * Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley (
Bob Newhart ) in
The Bob Newhart Show * Bob McKay (
Bob Newhart ) on
Bob * Donna Stone (
Donna Reed ) in
The Donna Reed Show * Tim "The Toolman" Taylor (
Tim Allen ) in
Home Improvement * Fran Fine (
Fran Drescher ) in
The Nanny * Roseanne Conner (
Roseanne Barr ) in
Roseanne * Many recent
English dubs of
Jackie Chan 's
Cantonese -language
Hong Kong films change the main character's name to "Jackie". Giving the main character the same name as the actor who plays them is common practice in Hong Kong films.
* Robert Hogan (
Bob Crane ) in
Hogan's Heroes * Tony Banta (
Tony Danza ) in
Taxi * Tony Micelli (
Tony Danza ) in
Who's the Boss? * Shirley Partridge (
Shirley Jones ) in
The Partridge Family * Danny Partridge (
Danny Bonaduce ) in
The Partridge Family * Fred "Rerun" Stubbs (
Fred Berry ) in
What's Happening Shirley Hemphill ) in What's Happening Mabel King ) in What's Happening Woody Harrelson ) in Cheers Jack Nicholson ) in The Shining Danny Lloyd ) in The Shining Bob Woodward (Robert Redford ) in All the President's Men Gabe Kaplan ) in Welcome Back Kotter James Dean ) in Rebel Without a Cause Rik Mayall ) in The Young Ones Marion Ross ) in Happy Days Al Molinaro ) in Happy Days Martin Lawrence ) on Martin Joel Hodgson ) in Mystery Science Theater 3000 Frank Conniff ) in Mystery Science Theater 3000 Dave Foley ) in Newsradio Harry Anderson ) in Night Court Patty Duke ) in The Patty Duke Show Raven Symone ) in That's So Raven David Naughton ) in An American Werewolf in London The Joker " Napier (Jack Nicholson ) in Batman Steve McQueen ) in The Blob Martin Benson ) in Goldfinger Alex D Linz ) in Home Alone 3 Angela Doolan (Angela Goethals ) in Phenom Dylan Neal ) in The Bold And The Beautiful Joey Lawrence ) and Matthew Donovan(Matthew Lawrence ) on Gimme a Break! Joey Lawrence ) on Blossom Joey Lawrence ), Matt Roman(Matthew Lawrence ), and Andy Roman (Andrew Lawrence ) on Brotherly Love .Austin Reed (Austin Peck ) on Days Of Our Lives .Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen ) on Two And A Half Men Sandy Hogan (Sandy Duncan ) in The Hogan Family John Silva (John Castellanos ) on The Young And The Restless Danny Thomas ) in The Danny Thomas Show Charles Grant ) on The Bold And The Beautiful . Note: Last name of Actor is the same as the characters first name.Sharon Case ) on The Young And The Restless Sammo Hung ) on Martial Law Beth Chamberlin ) on Guiding Light Nell Carter ) on Gimme a Break! Michael T. Weiss ) on Days Of Our Lives in the late 1980's.Tia Mowry ) and Tamera Campbell (Tamera Mowry ) on Sister Sister .Paul Reiser ) on Mad About You .Nathan Purdee ) on The Young And The Restless . Character named after the actor who originated the role.Reba McEntire ) on Reba Archie Kao ) on .Aiden Turner ) on All My Children .Tom Cavanagh ) on Love Monkey Michael J. Fox ) on Spin City .Jennifer Ferrin ) on As The World Turns .Wanda Sykes ) on Wanda At Large .Bernie Mac ) on The Bernie Mac Show .Kip Marcus ) on The New Leave It To Beaver .Michael Easton ) on Port Charles .Rick Hearst ) on General Hospital .Fred Jones (Freddie Prinze, Jr. ) on Scooby Doo (2002 ).Vincent Price ) on The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo .Miley Cyrus ) on Hannah Montana .Frank Cooper (Frank Dicopoulos ) on Guiding Light .Heather O'Rourke ) on Happy Days .Steve Harvey ) on The Steve Harvey Show Rick Schroder ) on Silver Spoons .Alfonso Ribeiro ) on Silver Spoons Geri Jewell ) on The Facts Of Life Note: Geri may have also used her own last name as well.Ellen DeGeneres ) on Ellen Catherine Sutherland ) on Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers .Jennifer Garner ) on 13 Going On 30 . Note: Jenna could be considered a similar name to Jennifer.Malcolm-Jamal Warner ) and Eddie Sherman(Eddie Griffin ) on Malcolm & Eddie .Jason London ) on Jason and the Argonauts Katie Volding ) in Brink! Teen Angel Amy Brenneman ) on Judging Amy Philip Whitchurch ) on The Bill Ben Peyton ) on The Bill Clint Ritchie ) on One Life To Live .Danny Ponce ) on Happy Days .Cybill Shepherd ) on ''Cybill .Cree Lincoln (Cree Summer ) on Codename: Kids Next Door Donna Pescow ) on Out Of This World .John Larroquette ) on The John Larroquette Show .Peter Barton ) on Burke's Law (1990's).Caryl Kristensen ) on The Mommies .Marilyn Kentz ) on The Mommies .Mary-Kate Olsen ) and Ashley Burke(Ashley Olsen ) on Two Of A Kind .Jane Fonda ) on Fun with Dick and Jane (1977 )Susan Richardson ) on Eight Is Enough .Bonnie Bramlett ) on Roseanne Carrie Nye ) on Guiding Light (2003 -2004 )Redd Foxx , whose birth name was John Sanford) on Sanford and Son Sanford Donald Bexley ) on Sanford and Son George Alvarez ) on The Bold And The Beautiful Ernest Thomas ) on What's Happening Haywood Nelson ) on What's Happening Mackenzie Phillips ) on So Weird Andrea Parker ) on The Pretender Charita Bauer ) on Guiding Light Esai Morales ) on La Bamba Doris Roberts ) in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Bruce Lee (Jason Scott Lee ) in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story * Mark 'Jacko' Jackson in several sitcoms and commercialsBruce Willis in Ocean's Twelve Lou Ferrigno in The King Of Queens Sandra Bernhard in Will & Grace Tony Hancock , Sid James and Bill Kerr in Hancock's Half Hour Michael J. Nelson , popularly known as Mike Nelson, played a character named Mike Nelson on Mystery Science Theater 3000
