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Look-alike

A selfie of American senator Chris Coons (left) and German chancellor Olaf Scholz, who have been noted to resemble each other[1]

A look-alike, or double, 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.

Look-alikes of Stalin and Lenin posing with tourists in Moscow

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.[2]

Close physical resemblance between individuals is also a common plot point in works of fiction.

Research

Illustration from the paper "Look-alike humans identified by facial recognition algorithms show genetic similarities"

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.[3][4]

With the advent of social media, there have been several reported cases of people finding their "twin stranger" online.[5][6] There are several websites where users can upload a photo of themselves and facial recognition software attempts to match them with another user of like appearance. Some of these sites report that they have found numerous living doppelgängers.[7][8]

Notable look-alikes

Fictional look-alikes

Literature

Film

Television

Musicals

Video games

Web series

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Drenon, Brandon (2024-02-09). "US Senator Chris Coons finds doppelganger in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz". Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  2. ^ Kent, Simon (2002-05-01). Odd Jobs: Unusual Ways to Earn a Living. Kogan Page Ltd. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7494-3705-3. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  3. ^ "Look-alike humans identified by facial recognition algorithms show genetic similarities". Cell Reports.
  4. ^ "Doppelgängers Don't Just Look Alike—They Also Share DNA". Smithsonian magazine.
  5. ^ Contrera, Jessica (21 April 2015). "How to find your doppelganger on Facebook". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. ^ Alderson, Maggie (2015-10-29). "Twin Strangers: The new website can find your doppelganger – but you may not be pleased with your matches". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  7. ^ "Twin Strangers Exist". twinstrangers.net. Archived from the original on 2017-05-21. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  8. ^ Geaney, Niamh (20 November 2015). Niamh meets her THIRD doppelgänger (YouTube video). Archived from the original on 8 May 2017.
  9. ^ a b Leith, Sam (4 April 2011). "A brief history of coincidence". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  10. ^ The Times (London), Friday, 7 July 1893, p. 5.
  11. ^ "When Charlie Chaplin Entered a Chaplin Look-Alike Contest and Came in 20th Place". Open Culture. June 21, 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Fifty Years of Falling: Meeting the Most Prolific Stuntman of All Time". Vice magazine. 11 February 2016.
  13. ^ Lucy Rock (January 29, 2006). "From Nobody Much to Someone Special". The Observer. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  14. ^ "Dolly Parton Explains How She Lost Dolly Parton Look-a-Like Contest (VIDEO)". Aoltv.com. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  15. ^ Adams, James (2014-05-02). "'If you trimmed your hair, you'd look just like this Obama guy'". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  16. ^ "Can you tell Bernard Drainville and Bertrand St-Arnaud apart?". CBC News. April 3, 2014.
  17. ^ Leibowitz, Ben. "Celebrity Doppelgangers for NBA Stars". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2022-04-17. Kidding aside, Andrew Bynum and Tracy Morgan look extremely alike. It's almost as if Morgan could be Bynum's long-lost father.
  18. ^ "Tracy Morgan Plays for the Lakers?!?". TMZ. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  19. ^ Riding, Alan (2001-02-20). "Undaunted By the Legend; A Young Actress Finds the Spirit Of Anne Frank in a New Mini-Series". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  20. ^ Bolesław Prus, Pharaoh, translated from the Polish by Christopher Kasparek, 2nd, revised ed., Warsaw, Polestar Publications, ISBN 83-88177-01-X, and New York, Hippocrene Books, 2001.
  21. ^ Private Eye#Regular sections
  22. ^ Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema [1]
  23. ^ Buchanan, Jason. "Keira Knightley". MSN Movies. Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2006.
  24. ^ "Svenalike.co.uk". Svenalike.co.uk. 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2012-12-28.