Mary Louise Parker & Sarah Jessica Parker (They don't anything alike, but the names do it)

Ralph Fiennes & Liam Neeson (I guess because both were in SCHINDLER'S LIST)

Embeth Davidz & Rachel Weisz (I have no idea why)

Gael Garcia Bernal & Diego Luna (Co-stars from Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN; Bernal has had the better career).

i used to confuse kurt russell with jeff bridges, a long time ago... also cate blanchett with the one who plays the bad queen in narnia and the archangel in constantine...why? no idea

I don't confuse them, but Tom Hanks and Juliette Lewis look an awful lot alike.

Not film stars, but I've never been able to distinguish tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.

Back to film, how about Ice Cube & Ice T? They don't look anything alike, but both were (c)rappers turned actors (both good actors) with similar names who came on the scene at roughly the same time.

I sometimes confuse Paz Vega and Penélope Cruz despite the fact I'm completely aware Paz Vega is much more attractive.

Kirsten Dunst and Claire Danes.

Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer.

The Baldwin Brothers.

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I sometimes confuse Paz Vega and Penélope Cruz despite the fact I'm completely aware Paz Vega is much more attractive.

I'm with you on both ideas.

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The Baldwin Brothers.

Aren't there four Baldwin brothers who are actors? But there is another actor whose last name is "Baldwin" who is not related to the Baldwin brothers.

The only two Baldwin brothers I know are Alec Baldwin and William Baldwin. I don't know the others and which ones are related and which one isn't.

The other 2 are Daniel and Stephen. I'm not aware of an unrelated actor with the same last name.

Adam Baldwin of My Bodyguard, Full Metal Jacket, and Firefly fame is a Baldwin, but not a Baldwin Brother(tm).

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The other 2 are Daniel and Stephen. I'm not aware of an unrelated actor with the same last name.

I don't believe Stephen is acting anymore. He found God and he's producing Christian skateboarding videos. I think he also gave up going to the gym.

He found God?

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The other 2 are Daniel and Stephen. I'm not aware of an unrelated actor with the same last name.

I don't believe Stephen is acting anymore. He found God and he's producing Christian skateboarding videos. I think he also gave up going to the gym.

Alec also looks like he stopped going to the gym as well.

Billy Baldwin is married to Chynna Phillips, son of two members of the Mamas and the Popas. She was also in a pop band that had some success in the late 80s/early 90s.

Billy Crudup & Jason Patrick.

Edmund Gwenn & Monty Whooley.

Jessica Biel & Jessica Alba.

Jessica Biel and Jennifer Beals.

I know they look completely different from one another, but their names are so easy to mix up.

Throw Rachel Bilson and Nora Zehetner at me and I would start looking for matching lockets or tattoos or pictures ripped apart in 2. Also, until about 3 years after watching "Beloved", I couldn't figure out which one was Kimberley and which one was Thandie until MI2 came along.

My wife gets EVERYONE mixed up. Even ones who look nothing alike! Take, for instance, she once thought Eddie Murphy was Wesley Snipes. With me being an interracial half black, half white man & she's a full blooded white woman, for awhile I would joke about how all black people must look the same to her. However, she even gets the white guys mixed up. I guess she's just not good with faces, period.

Me? I used to always get Mel Gibson & Kurt Russell mixed up. Don't ask me why. Nowadays, I know one from the other but, back in the day, I was constantly stumped.

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Me? I used to always get Mel Gibson & Kurt Russell mixed up. Don't ask me why. Nowadays, I know one from the other but, back in the day, I was constantly stumped.

Maybe because they were in the film TEQUILA SUNRISE. Mel was the good bad guy (reformed drug dealer) and Kurt was the bad good guy (cop) and they sparred over Michelle Pfeiffer. Kurt's performance was modeled on NBA coach Pat Riley. The film's director, Robert Towne, is a big Laker fan and Riles was the Laker coach when TS came out.

I sometimes mix up Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett, maybe because I think both are very mediocre actresses and rather bland.

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sometimes mix up Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett, maybe because I think both are very mediocre actresses and rather bland.

I second that. One of them was walking the red carpet on one of those pre-Oscar shows and I couldn't tell which of those two it was.

Denis Quaid and Randy Quaid. Only because of their names, they look nothing alike.

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i used to confuse kurt russell with jeff bridges, a long time ago... also cate blanchett with the one who plays the bad queen in narnia and the archangel in constantine...why? no idea

Ditto. I confuse Kurt Russell and Jeff Bridges, too.