15 Character Pairs That Were Played By The Same Actor And Many Didn’t Notice

Some actors are known to be true chameleons and manage to adapt very well to the characters. In some cases, we end up not even realizing that we’ve already seen the professional in another job. This could be because of the use of special effects, the work of the makeup team, or just because the roles end up being so different that we don’t immediately make the connection.

Thinking about it, the awesome.club separated 15 pairs of characters from different works, which were played by the same actor and you can remember. Check out!

Actor Karl Urban is best known for his portrayal of Billy Butcher on The Boys. However, but before that he played Éomer in the films The Lord of the Rings and the Two Towers and in The Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King. He also played the character Leonard McCoy on Star Trek and even made a few appearances on Xena: Warrior Princess.

Benedict Cumberbatch, who gives life to Doctor Strange in the cinemas, has also played the dragon Smaug and the Necromancer, through image and voice capture technology in the adaptations for the big screens of The Hobbit, and the detective Sherlock Holmes for the TV series. same name. He also participated in the film Star Trek: Into Darkness, in which he played the villainous Khan Noonien Singh.

Gary Oldman was etched in the hearts of fans of the Harry Potter franchise for bringing the character of Sirius Black to life. But his career also included appearances on the Innocent or Guilty series, as Ben Chase. Other of his roles were Count Dracula in Bran Stocker’s Dracula, and Commissioner Jim Gordon in the Batman film trilogy which was directed by Christopher Nolan.

Actress Emma Thompson shows that she is not afraid to transform herself to live iconic roles in theaters. In addition to playing Professor Sybil Trelawney in the Harry Potter franchise, and nanny Nanny McPhee in the films of the same name, she played Madame Samovar in the adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, lent the voice to Queen Elinor of Brave, and gave life to to the role of Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility.

Another who is not afraid to change, to the point of becoming almost unrecognizable, is Zoë Saldaña, who played Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers and Neytiri in Avatar. Other outstanding characters of the actress were Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean and the Curse of the Black Pearl, and Lieutenant Uhura in the new film adaptations of the Star Trek franchise.

Lizzy Caplan, who is well remembered for the character Janis from Mean Girls, has also participated in the movie Truque de Mestre 2, in which she played Lula. Her other appearances on TV and film were as Marlena Diamond in Cloverfield, Sonja Ralston in 127 Hours, and Tina Greer in Smallville.

Andy Serkis, who gave life to the butler Alfred in the Batman movie, is well remembered for roles in which he interprets the characters through motion capture, as was the case of Caesar in the films Planet of the Apes, Sméagol in the franchise The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and King Kong and Godzilla, in the films of the same name. He also played Ulysses Klaw in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Black Panther.

Zachary Levi, who brought Shazam to life in the film of the same name, has played Fandral in Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok. Another character played by him was Toby Seville in Alvin and the Chipmunks 2.

Karen Gillan, who appeared in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle living the character Ruby, appeared unrecognizable in the films of the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy franchises, in the skin of Nebula. Another participation of hers was in the series Dr. Who, like Amy Pond.

Linda Cardellini, Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo movies, was also Laura Barton in the Avengers franchise. Other characters of hers were Sara de Pai in Dose Dupla, Sylvia Rosen in Mad Men: Inventando Verdades, and Chutney in Legally Blonde.

Lucius Malfoy, from the Harry Potter franchise, shares the same actor, Jason Isaacs, with characters like Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Peter Groff from Sex Education, Dr. Hunter Aloysius Percy from The OA, and Captain Gabriel Lorca from Star Trek: Discovery.

Stanley Tucci, Dr. Erskine from Captain America: The First Avenger, and Caesar from the Hunger Games franchise, he was also Nigel from The Devil Wears Prada, Dionysus in Percy Jackson and the Sea of ​​Monsters, and Joshua Joyce in Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Harry Melling began his career bringing Dudley Dursley to life in the Harry Potter films. Other characters played by the actor were Bastien in The Musketeers series, Sysselmean in His Dark Materials, and Harry Beltik in The Queen’s Gambit.

In addition to bringing Mr. Tummus in the Chronicles of Narnia, James McAvoy was Professor Charles Xavier in some X-Men films, Dr. Nicholas Garrigan in The Last King of Scotland, Victor Frankenstein in the film of the same name, and Kevin Wendell in Split.

Beetee from The Hunger Games and Commissioner Jim Gordon from The Batman were played by the same actor, Jeffrey Wright, who also gave life to Felix Reader in 007 Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

And you, do you remember any other actor who played characters so different that many people didn’t even realize it was him in the role? Share with us in the comments!