Have you ever been told that you look like a famous person and which one have you been told that you look like?
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Not myself but my female friend was told by someone when we were down the pub that she has a similar face to Sydney Sweeney. She thought it was the nicest thing anybody has ever said to her.
lost-in-midgard@reddit
Two unrelated people told me I looked like Brad Pitt 20 years ago and I've lived on that ever since.
I'm now bald, bearded and 19st.
Longjumping_Food_210@reddit
When I was younger,I was likened physically to Robbie Williams.
sarcasticseductress@reddit
I got told I look like Holly Valance. Whilst flattering, all we have in common is dark hair.
the-green-dahlia@reddit
But Holly Valance is blonde?
sarcasticseductress@reddit
Back when I was told this she was brunette
48thgenerationroman@reddit
Jeff Goldblum
Not when he was the fly
gogoluke@reddit
Drunk woman. "Phwoar. You look gorgeous. You look just like... Dane Bowers!"
AffectionateAd8377@reddit
When I was younger the lads at work said I looked like Jim Carrey, until the fittest lass there said I should take it as a compliment as she thought Jim Carrey was cute.
Most recently though while I was in Vegas in February a lad came out of a buffalo wild wings for his break and told me I looked like one of the Kelce brothers. I assume he didn't mean Travis... đ¤Ł
Legitimate-Fruit-609@reddit
Rose West and Arlene fosters love child. Apparently.
IansGotNothingLeft@reddit
Recently lost weight and two separate people have told me that I suddenly look like Emma Stone. I certainly do not. After the second person told me that, I put my photo next to hers and everything is different. I'm confused.
the-green-dahlia@reddit
Are you ginger? On the Doppelgänger sub, anyone ginger gets told they look like either Emma Stone.
IansGotNothingLeft@reddit
I am not, but l have parental ginger genes!
Alarming-Bee87@reddit
Rik Mayall, which I was very pleased with. I don't see it myself but it was nice anyway.
DogtasticLife@reddit
Woof!
vipros42@reddit
Jesus, quite a lot. I do have long hair and a beard
Midget-muncher@reddit
I got told I looked like Sam allardyce...when I was 18
jonviper123@reddit
Apparently even Sam Allardyce didnt look like Sam allerdyce when he was 18
Midget-muncher@reddit
cries in 442 I know!
Most-Island-7043@reddit
Big Midget Muncher
Some_Artichoke_8148@reddit
I was told âyou look like the dead Bee Geeâ - when most of them were alive
sockhead99@reddit
Commander ryker from star trek
Open-Butterfly-5288@reddit
Seedos out of Viva Pinata
Remarkable-Drop8818@reddit
Mia khalifa
Bastrato@reddit
Your poor inbox
PowerApp101@reddit
And outbox
Embarrassed_Law_6737@reddit
Back box?
rice_fish_and_eggs@reddit
She didnt do the outbox.
SmugMiddleClarse@reddit
Emilia Clarke and Jessie J. I don't think they even look like each other let alone me!
gamergrid@reddit
How you doin' đ
PM-ME-HANDBRA-PICS@reddit
Stay horny Reddit x
gamergrid@reddit
Meant to be a reference from Matt le Blanc when he speaks to Emilia Clarke. đ˘
SlightlyIncandescent@reddit
I used to get Daniel Radcliffe/Harry Potter until I started lifting weights and buzzed my hair.
foxfunk@reddit
Not me, but my brother used to get told a lot he looks like Lewis Capaldi. After a random guy in a club told my brother this, his friend took ao much offence on his' behalf, that he punched the guy and it started a brawl.
I got mistaken for Karen Gillan when I was like 18 by a little girl and it was the highlight of my life probably.
Upbeat_Branch_4231@reddit
Mr Bean. I've even signed autographs as "Mr Bean".
Brilliant_Charity_29@reddit
Lorraine Kelly and Cameron Diaz (separate occasions and the latter was at 2am in a nightclubâŚ.)
OPGR1234@reddit
Mowgli from the jungle book
El_Bastardo_Grande@reddit
Literally anyone Chinese, but I always tell them they look like Jimmy Savile or Bill Cosby in response.
Hack_Shuck@reddit
Apparently I look like a Tik Tok star called General G. I have no idea who/what this is, but you have no idea how many kids shout it at me all the time. Some ask for selfies
Motor-Platform295@reddit
Sheridan Smith by a nice person and Olive from On The Buses by a bitch.
Admirable_Star9086@reddit
Kirsten Dunst. I have aged a lot better so not pleased with that!
Psychological-Bag272@reddit
Lucy Liu.
We look nothing alike. Being Asian is the only thing we have in common.
Admirable_Star9086@reddit
My Chinese friend gets this all the time as well, looking nothing like her, must be really annoying
Odd-Quail01@reddit
Anne Hathaway but specifically pre-glow up in The Princess Diaries or in One Day when she had a wavy long bob and glasses.
Also a bit Julia Roberts because I have a big mouth and wavy red hair.
AdhesivenessFlat7666@reddit
Chris pontius!
cockerspannerell@reddit
Fucking David Walliams
Radiant_Chart3163@reddit
Oh good lord! đ
mad_saffer@reddit
You pood sod
ThisIsAnAccount2306@reddit
That takes some talent
eikerir@reddit
Was called Khal Drogo for a while when Jason Momoa first showed up in GOT years ago. Now he's famous so just get called Jason Momoe or Aquaman on a regular basis.
Radiant_Chart3163@reddit
I was told I looked like Denise from EastEnders by a few kids I taught but my daughter's neighbour said I look like Patti Boulaye. The latter was the biggest compliment because Patti is a very elegant lady.
Careful_Mammoth_6808@reddit
Used to get Diego Jota until he sadly passed
Personal-Assistant-6@reddit
Jason Statham. To the point I got starred at on holiday and 2 separate people asking whether I was indeed him.Â
KLAE-Resource@reddit
Morph
ConnectAd9903@reddit
Wait, Sidney Sweeney has a face?
Brilliant_Bowler_994@reddit
Im a man but i shaved my head when I was 14 and got called Sinead o Connor for a couple of years. Ricky Martin, people would shout living la vida loca in my face.Â
TransportationFun219@reddit
I got asked if I was Roy Keane when both he and I were in our 20âs
ChrisRR@reddit
I was told I looked like Robert Webb, with the personality of David Mitchell
F1nut92@reddit
Guy Martin, donât see it at all personally, think it was mainly down to when I had longer hair during Covid.
PotentialInfinite55@reddit
I've been told I'm a cross between Jack Black and Kelly Osborne
TheOrchidsAreAlright@reddit
What's your gender?
PotentialInfinite55@reddit
Female
TheOrchidsAreAlright@reddit
Ah ok, sorry buddy. Is it historic Osborne or the new version?
PotentialInfinite55@reddit
Ah this was many years back so rounded face Kelly. Basically I have a round, square face minus Jack's face fuzz đ
TheOrchidsAreAlright@reddit
Oh that's the best possible versions then! New Kelly would be brutal, and a lot of women wouldn't want a beard like Jack's. Not to attack Kelly Osborne, but I think she's so thin it's concerning.
MahatmaAndhi@reddit
I was called Meatloaf as a teenager. Then I cut off my long hair.
... Then Fight Club was released.
BCF13@reddit
His name is Robert Paulson
PotentialInfinite55@reddit
His name is Robert Paulson
Majick_L@reddit
Had someone come up to me years ago in the street and say I look like Adam Deacon lol
Recently put a post on here with a before and after photo from my cancer and multiple people commented saying I look like Bruce Springsteen
811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit
A friend of ours thinks I look like Mister Maker (Phil Gallagher) from kids TV. I managed to meet him once when my kids were little, and got a photo of us together.
Yeh, I do a bit.
cheesetrees101@reddit
Sandra Bullock when i was younger. More recently been told I look like Pep Guardiola.
Beautiful_Spot_2103@reddit
An assistant in Hamleys told me I looked like Joan Plowright . Iâm 30 years her junior so Iâm hoping he meant a younger version .
Live_Lifeguard1267@reddit
1983 - David Sylvian.
Fuck yeah I took that. As a fat 60 year old I do wonder what happenedâŚ.
know-need@reddit
In my early 20s (which was early 2000s), women would sometimes say I looked like Chris Martin from Coldplay. I soon discovered that any woman that said that, fancied me. Not saying the likeness was accurate, or that heâs good looking, or that he was cool, or that they said it in a way that sounded like a compliment. But I noticed a pattern and realised that this comment meant, subconsciously or not, that they were actively noticing me physically, that they were weighing me up in some way, that there was a compliment in there somewhere because to liken somebody to somebody else would otherwise be kinda rude. From that point on, any time a woman made the comparison, I would ask her out straight away and they always enthusiastically said yes. I think this happened maybe 5 times, the ââŚChris MartinâŚâ - âdo you fancy going for a drink tonight?â - âyes!â thing. Just an observation that I found interesting at the time. Iâd guess that it holds true for everyone, so if you get compared to any celebrity, congratulations, youâve just pulled. These days nobodyâs telling me I look like anyone, thatâs for sure!
Few_House_5201@reddit
Sanjay from Eastenders. To the point it became my nickname at school.
Then Titanic came out and everyone told me that I was the absolute spit of Fabrizio - I liked that one a lot more.
ReallyIntriguing@reddit
Ronaldinho, Henry
bigbadaboomleigh@reddit
Nicole Kidman when I was younger. At age 20, I got asked to audition to be her lookalike for a show artist Alison Jackson was doing on TV. I got through and almost did it, but dropped out when they said they wanted me to pretend to be her giving Robbie Williams head. It felt mean, so I said no. This is in the UK.
No-Television-9862@reddit
Michael Jackson
Optimal-Room-8586@reddit
Moby
InkedDoll1@reddit
Once I was at a party with a lot of people from my husband's then work and one guy after being introduced to me told me I look just like Kate Bush. He even said confidently "I bet you get that all the time though". Not only have I never heard it before or since, but I don't think I look remotely like her.
Jimbob136925@reddit
Apparently I look like Antoine griezmann
jordanbsach@reddit
Ryan Reynolds all the time by customers at work. I don't see it and sadly my wife doesn't see it either.
stm2657@reddit
I used to look like Rick Astley, was told it all the time. Now I look, well, not like Rick Astley.
El_John_Nada@reddit
Did you give up? Did you let yourself down?
stm2657@reddit
I canât say. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
El_John_Nada@reddit
A friend of mine told me that I looked like Nicholas Hoult (during his Skins years). Met him in a bar a few years after that, took a pic with him and yeah, on it, I look like his way less handsome brother.
I've also been told that I look like Will Poulter (before he had a massive glow up) and same, I can see why.
Honest-Cover9513@reddit
I used to work in a big office where the security guard on the desk insisted I looked like Sigourney Weaver. I was a blonde, short, curvy young woman, and i dont think it's facially resembled her either. He always called me Sigourney instead of my name. Weird lol
the-green-dahlia@reddit
I had something similar - one of my colleagues insisted that I look like Kelly Brook and always called me Kelly. While my face looks a little like hers, I was short, not curvy, had itty bitties, and was baffled by his insistence.
Tonybham01@reddit
In the 1980âs I went into BBC Pebble Mill to do a radio interview. As I was taken into the studio, the presenter, with an open mike, said. âRobert Redford has just arrived.â
Swamp_Donkey82@reddit
Ricky Gervais, depressingly.
But when I then interact with people, they say I remind them of Jimmy Carr. Donât particularly like either of them to be honestâŚ
The Jimmy Carr one has happened so often my wife laughs when people start to say âYou really remind me ofâŚâ because she knows whatâs coming.
I do not die my hair and I have had no work done on my face so not sure why!
HumanBe-in@reddit
My partner looks very like Robert Plant and is always being told that by strangers. Trouble is they mean RP as he is now not the young, fit version, which my old man sobbingly accepts even though he is a good bit younger than Mr P. I think both of them are smashing regardless.
Substantial-Bug-4998@reddit
Dec...from Ant and Dec
Awkward-Tax102@reddit
Louis Theroux i get a lot
Open-Trip@reddit
Curly Watts or Chris Evans đ˘
ronnie-rocket-1969@reddit
Was mistaken for Ronnie OâSullivan a few times.
AndyOf77@reddit
I got told once that I look like ian Huntley (I don't), the guy did apologise though after he was forced to pick up his jaw off the deck.
dismaldunc@reddit
Johnny Vegas ( fat version) , doesn't help that I sound like him too.
Aggravating-Day-2864@reddit
Michael Ball đ˘
Glandular-Slaughter@reddit
Iâve had David Baddiel and super vet Noel Fitzpatrick levelled at me.
PM_MOI_UR_BIRD_PICS@reddit
When I put my glasses on, Mia Khalifa
Known-Expression-342@reddit
John Travolta - Grease!
-C80-@reddit
On here specifically (never in person) Iâve been called âStifflerâs momâ. Like⌠really? Thereâs no resemblance at all.
ThisIsAnAccount2306@reddit
Been told I look like Seth Rogen so many times that when someone says "Excuse me, has anyone ever told you that you...." I am tempted to say *look like Seth Rogen?..yes, yes they have". Seriously it must be 100 times over the years, sometimes 3 or 4 people in a night. Almost always drunk people, so may be a little visually impaired.
I don't get it as I don't have the curly hair. I do have a similar build, beard and glasses though I guess.
Greyday67@reddit
The people ive been mistaken for : Roger Black,Kenneth Branagh,Gary Webster, Warren Barton and last " that bloke of the yelly".
MrJones-@reddit
Nic Cage
Ok_Contest3903@reddit
Not Sydney Sweeney... Syd James perhaps
Remarkable-Cod8130@reddit
People say James Franco looks like me
Early_Enthusiasm_787@reddit
I get prince harris and James Norton
CentralSaltServices@reddit
I had a guy who was very excited to tell me I looked like Ragnor from the TV Show Vikings. Assume it's because of my beard
GrumpyOldFart74@reddit
I had both Ian Hislop and Jimmy Somerville, when I was in my mid 20s
In fact, when we first built a company website and had headshots of key staff, the lad putting it together used a photo of Jimmy Somerville for me and it was months before anybody noticed!
PsychologicalDrone@reddit
My boss once told me I look like Mikhail Gorbachev. Didnât really know how to take thatâŚ
numerousimoress@reddit
Sheena Easton
Feisty_Cricket_665@reddit
Woody from Toy Story/mark Zuckerberg/inspector gadget/dory from finding nemo/prince william/Laurence fox/ralf little
Basically in bald with a long pointy face, big forehead and prince Williamâs nose
Expensive-Article328@reddit
At various times in my life: Marc Almond, Daniel Day-Lewis, Alfred Molina & Prince
Honest-Cover9513@reddit
Wow, im trying to picture you, but.....
mad_saffer@reddit
Meg Ryan, 30.years agi
alexanderbeswick@reddit
I always get told I look like Daniel Wakeford from the UndateablesÂ
Glittering_Swan2205@reddit
Oof
Glittering_Swan2205@reddit
Jack Whitehall, most often when I have havenât brushed my hair lol.
TelephoneOrnery1394@reddit
Ian Huntley. I had to grow a beard the moment he became infamous. Grew my hair as well. 25 years later, ive still got the beard
PowerApp101@reddit
It's safe to shave it now
Lanesra8989@reddit
When I was in my mid teens My late auntie always said I looked like Oliver Reed , fast forward 30 years , and now I have had several strangers stop me in the street , over the past few years and tell me the same thing
PowerApp101@reddit
Peak Olly Reed was a handsome fella. Castaway version not so much.
_Cridders_@reddit
I got told I look like a cross between Santa and Paul Scholes
PowerApp101@reddit
Haha I've been called Paul Scholes as well. I think it's common for slightly stubbly fair haired older guys. At least when he was still playing.
TelephoneOrnery1394@reddit
Wayne Rooney?
Bastrato@reddit
Without a beard Mark Owen , with one Connor mcgreggor. I can see the resemblance of the former but not latter
l0stlabyrinth@reddit
I've had a few people tell me I look a bit like Joel Dommett. I don't really see it personally, but I'll take it as a compliment.
Though unlike him, I don't have a wanking video on the internet lol.
DrMangosteen@reddit
Hold on a second
DelosHR@reddit
Give it time.
stepsmcgee@reddit
Shrek
Queen_of_London@reddit
I've been told that I look an awful lot like Donna Tarrtt, the writer. I do, especially when I straighten my hair, which I don't do that often. It's a fairly ordinary look for my age group and background. I'm a few inches taller than her though.
I did go to an event with Donna Tartt once, about 20 years ago at a book group in a lesbian bar, and at that event I was initially treated like a queen and given lots of free booze. They never said why, so I didn't question it.
Then Donna Tartt arrived very late, and I had to leave because it had run on so late and I had other places to be. I put in a question, went to the loo, waited till the stairway was clear, waved my apologies to the writer, and scurried out.
It took many years for me to realise why people were nice to me that night and then weird with me after, because they thought I'd been pretending to be Donna Tartt. This was at the beginnings of her fame and I had no idea what she looked like, so IMO she was impersonating me.
Fluffy-Inside-4191@reddit
I look like tiny Tim. That guy with the baby voice who does prank calls.
It's actually frightening. I thought it was me first time I saw him.
cold_tap_hot_brew@reddit
I have been told throughout my life that I look like for Alicia Silverstone and Helena Christensen.
MyAlt4WomanyStuff@reddit
I've been told I look like Victoria Coren Mitchell
kewpiemoon@reddit
Emily Browning, Marion Cotillard
Personally I donât think I look like any celebrity
No_Watercress8123@reddit
Gerard Butler. A lot. When I was younger, thinner and didn't have grey hair. Getting old sucks haha
silentv0ices@reddit
My ex wife used to get told she looked like Anna kournikova (she did) by guys trying to bang her. Telling her she looked like Anna kournikova worked for at least one guy that's why ex.
Resident-Stevel@reddit
When I was younger I was told I looked like footballer Terry Cook.
Last week I got told I look like the darts player Stephen Bunting.
Oh how the mighty have fallen...
Jcw28@reddit
A young Barry Manilow. It isn't the proudest I've ever felt, got to admit.
Different-Employ9651@reddit
Diane Morgan. I get called Mandy & Philomena a lot.
DoctorOctagonapus@reddit
When I was in school I apparently looked like Ben from Eastenders.
Renew3DUK@reddit
Matt Smith a few years ago.
Bob Mortimer more recently.
The trick is Male Pattern Baldness.
surfermark99@reddit
Was sitting in a beer garden on a blustery day by the coast sinking a pint with the missus when an old bloke came out the dive to meet Sam Warburton. Could be worse I guess.
oscarx-ray@reddit
gummibear853@reddit
Daniel Radcliffe Lofty from Eastenders Juan Mata The Proclaimers
oldskoollondon@reddit
Back in the early 90's I was constantly recognised as Shaun Ryder. I don't think I looked much like him, but it was fun!
CLWggg@reddit
If people still think you look like him now, youâve got problems!
oldskoollondon@reddit
Luckily, there's no chance now!
Independent-Ad-3385@reddit
Sally from Home and Away
DisastrousTurnip3553@reddit
Vinnie Jones. Never saw it myself then i saw him on Wogan (it was that long ago) and it was like looking at my twin. Now I look like fat Vinnie Jones
TongueDemon75@reddit
I was mistaken for the actor that played Frank-N-Furter from The Rocky Horror Picture show in Newcastle 20 odd years ago - Jason Donovan has broken his ankle or something so his understudy took over.
I was dressed up in full Frank-N-Furter and we went for a drink at a pub next door. Sitting there with eyeliner melting on my face, drinking a pint and over walked two very obviously gay German chaps, thought I was the actor and asked for my autograph - obviously I signed it and went on with my evening.
gazchap@reddit
I've been told that I look like Christopher Lloyd, and also (not sure how famous this one is) vegan activist Gary Yourofsky.
NewChapterBeginning@reddit
Cerys Matthews and Jessie J
Lower_Inspector_9213@reddit
Kevin Spacey đ
CLWggg@reddit
While driving slowly past a pub with my windows down, someone shouted âOi! Are you Jon Culshaw?â I am not Jon Culshaw.
Inside-Sprinkles3235@reddit
Velma
Atgett@reddit
My wife regularly gets told she looks like young Gillian Anderson, which is fine by me although I only see a faint resemblance.
MountainMuffin1980@reddit
I once got told I look like Ryan Phillippe, specifically from Cruel intentions. I didn't, but I still think about it ebery now and then.
Stock_Mushroom8837@reddit
Jurgen Klopp. Multiple times by multiple people. I have glasses and a stubbly chin. Cunts are lazy.
Pockysocks@reddit
Jason Statham from wish
Melodicmat@reddit
On nights out, I've had 'Patrick Swayze' a few times, but i've also had 'Gordon Ramsay' which honestly makes me wanna go home lol. I don't like how I look. I avoid mirrors! lol
Asleep-Software-4160@reddit
Jason Statham, which is to say I'm bald, unshaven, and quite big. I do not own a leopard print pair of Y-fronts though.
SignatureFull5096@reddit
got told i look like a âcrackhead version of margot robbieâ. iâll take it
Proud_Durian6956@reddit
I've been told that I look like Sheldon from the big bang theory in the past. I don't see it
Phil1889Blades@reddit
I was told by a Laos airport check in fella that I looked like Jason Statham.
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