List of actors who play characters with the same names
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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.
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Characters with the same full name as their actor
- Jerry Seinfeld in Seinfeld
- Drew Carey in The Drew Carey 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
- Bernie Mac in The Bernie Mac Show
- 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
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Characters with the same or similar first name as their actor
- Sid Abbott (Sid James) in Bless This House
- 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 Wilson (Shirley Hemphill in What's Happening!!
- Mabel Thomas (Mabel King in What's Happening!!
- Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson) in Cheers
- Jack Torrence (Jack Nicholson) in The Shining
- Danny Torrence (Danny Lloyd) in The Shining
- Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) in All the President's Men
- Gabe Kotter (Gabe Kaplan) in Welcome Back Kotter
- Jim Stark (James Dean) in Rebel Without a Cause
- Rick (Rik Mayall) in The Young Ones
- Marion Cunningham (Marion Ross) in Happy Days
- Alfred 'Al' Delvecchio (Al Molinaro) in Happy Days
- Martin Payne (Martin Lawrence) in Martin
- Joel Robinson (Joel Hodgson) in Mystery Science Theater 3000
- TV's Frank (Frank Conniff) in Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Dave Nelson (Dave Foley) in Newsradio
- Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) in Night Court
- Patty Lane (Patty Duke) in The Patty Duke Show
- Raven Baxter (Raven Symone) in That's So Raven
- David Kessler (David Naughton) in An American Werewolf in London
- Jack "The Joker" Napier (Jack Nicholson) in Batman
- Steve Andrews (Steve McQueen) in The Blob
- Martin Solo (Martin Benson) in Goldfinger
- Alex Pruett (Alex D Linz) in Home Alone 3
- Angela Doolan(Angela Goethals) in Phenom
- Dylan Shaw(Dylan Neal) in The Bold And The Beautiful
- Joey Donovan(Joey Lawrence) and Matthew Donovan(Matthew Lawrence) on Gimme A Break
- Joey Russo(Joey Lawrence) on Blossom
- Joe Roman(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 Williams (Danny Thomas) in The Danny Thomas Show
- Grant Chambers (Charles Grant) on The Bold And The Beautiful. Note: Last name of Actor is the same as the characters first name.
- Sharon Collins-Newman (Sharon Case) on The Young And The Restless
- Sammo Law(Sammo Hung) on Martial Law
- Beth Spaulding (Beth Chamberlin) on Guiding Light
- Nell Harper(Nell Carter) on Gimme A Break
- Michael "Mike" Horton(Michael T. Weiss) on Days Of Our Lives in the late 1980's.
- Tia Landry (Tia Mowry) on Sister Sister
- Tamera Campbell (Tamera Mowry on Sister Sister
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Characters With The Same Last Name As Their Actor
- Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx, whose birth name was John Sanford) on Sanford and Son
- Bubba Bexley (Donald Bexley) on Sanford and Son
- Enrique Alvarez (George Alvarez) on The Bold And The Beautiful
- Roger Thomas (Ernest Thomas on What's Happening!!
- Dwayne Nelson (Haywood Nelson on What's Happening!!
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Guest Starring
- Mark 'Jacko' Jackson in several sitcoms and commercials
- Bruce Willis in Ocean's Twelve
- Lou Ferrigno in The King Of Queens
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Variety Shows
- 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
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