Look-alike explained

A look-alike, double, or doppelgänger is a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another person, excluding cases like twins and other instances of family resemblance.

Some look-alikes have been notable individuals in their own right. Other notable look-alikes have been notable solely for resembling well-known individuals, such as Clifton James, who acted as a double for British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery during World War II.

Some look-alikes who have resembled celebrities have worked as entertainers, impersonating them on stage or screen, or at venues like parties and corporate functions. Professional look-alikes have often been represented by talent agencies specializing in celebrity impersonators.[1] Close physical resemblance between individuals is also a common plot point in works of fiction.

Genetic research of look-alikes

According to a paper published in 2022 in the journal Cell Reports, look-alikes share many common genetic variations and are more likely than non-look-alikes to have characteristics in common.[2] [3]

Notable look-alikes

Fictional look-alikes

Literature

Film

Television

Musicals

Video games

Web series

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kent, Simon . Odd Jobs: Unusual Ways to Earn a Living . 2002-05-01 . Kogan Page Ltd . 86 . en . 978-0-7494-3705-3 . 2018-02-07.
  2. Web site: Look-alike humans identified by facial recognition algorithms show genetic similarities. Cell Reports.
  3. Web site: Doppelgängers Don't Just Look Alike—They Also Share DNA . Smithsonian magazine.
  4. The Times (London), Friday, 7 July 1893, p. 5.
  5. Web site: When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest and Came in 20th Place . Open Culture . 18 January 2023 . en . June 21, 2016.
  6. Web site: Fifty Years of Falling: Meeting the Most Prolific Stuntman of All Time. Vice magazine. 11 February 2016.
  7. Web site: From Nobody Much to Someone Special . Lucy Rock . January 29, 2006 . The Observer . 3 September 2010.
  8. Web site: Dolly Parton Explains How She Lost Dolly Parton Look-a-Like Contest (VIDEO) . Aoltv.com . 2012-12-28.
  9. Web site: 'If you trimmed your hair, you'd look just like this Obama guy' . Adams . James . The Globe and Mail . 2014-05-02 . 2022-12-16.
  10. Web site: Can you tell Bernard Drainville and Bertrand St-Arnaud apart?. April 3, 2014. CBC News.
  11. Web site: Leibowitz . Ben . Celebrity Doppelgangers for NBA Stars . 2022-04-17 . Bleacher Report . en . Kidding aside, Andrew Bynum and Tracy Morgan look extremely alike. It's almost as if Morgan could be Bynum's long-lost father..
  12. Web site: Tracy Morgan Plays for the Lakers?!? . 2022-04-17 . TMZ . 4 June 2009 . en.
  13. News: Riding . Alan . 2001-02-20 . Undaunted By the Legend; A Young Actress Finds the Spirit Of Anne Frank in a New Mini-Series . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-15 . 0362-4331.
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  16. [Martin Scorsese]
  17. Web site: MSN Movies. Keira Knightley. 17 March 2006. Jason. Buchanan. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090315161136/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/keira-knightley/?gallery=9700&stab=3. 15 March 2009. dmy-all.
  18. Web site: Svenalike.co.uk . Svenalike.co.uk . 2005-08-25 . 2012-12-28.