There's More Than One of Them...
by NarniaIsAwesome | created - 27 May 2020 | updated - 30 May 2020 | PublicSometimes, an actor or actress is just so good, you have to have two or more! of them. In these films and shows, the main character played dual or even triple roles - who do you think did the best job?
You (and your replicas, twins, or doppelgangers) can discuss this poll here!
And speaking of similar, be sure to take this related poll: Favorite Multiple Role Performance
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1. The Parent Trap (1961)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Director: David Swift | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 23,997
Hayley Mills as Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers
2. Doppelganger (1993)
R | 104 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller
A writer with a room for rent acquires a strange new roommate with a psychotic alter-ego that follows her wherever she goes.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Drew Barrymore, George Newbern, Dennis Christopher, Leslie Hope
Votes: 4,125
Drew Barrymore as Holly Gooding/Holly Gooding's Doppelganger
3. The Lookalike (1990 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 100 min | Mystery, Thriller
A mentally disturbed woman is further tormented after discovering a girl who closely resembles her recently deceased daughter.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Diane Ladd, Frances Lee McCain, Jason Scott Lee
Votes: 171
Melissa Gilbert as Gina/Jennifer
4. The 6th Day (2000)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker
Votes: 127,976 | Gross: $34.60M
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Adam Gibson/Adam Gibson's Clone
5. Multiplicity (1996)
PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
A man who never has enough time for the things he wants to do is offered the opportunity to have himself duplicated.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Zack Duhame, Katie Schlossberg
Votes: 35,053 | Gross: $20.10M
Michael Keaton as Doug Kinney/Doug Kinney's Clones
6. The Parent Trap (1998)
PG | 128 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.
Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix
Votes: 154,949 | Gross: $66.31M
Lindsay Lohan as Hallie Parker/Annie James
7. The Patty Duke Show (1963–1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Teenager Patty Lane and her worldly identical cousin Cathy navigate family and high school life.
Stars: Patty Duke, Jean Byron, William Schallert, Paul O'Keefe
Votes: 1,550
Patty Duke as Patty Lane/Cathy Lane/Betsy
8. I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A United States astronaut finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie.
Stars: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Bill Daily, Hayden Rorke
Votes: 17,461
Barbara Eden as Jeannie/Jeannie II
9. Jack and Jill (I) (2011)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
Family guy, Jack Sadelstein, prepares for the annual event he always dreads--the Thanksgiving visit of his fraternal twin sister, the needy, and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, Elodie Tougne
Votes: 90,462 | Gross: $74.16M
Adam Sandler as Jack Sadelstein/Jill Sadelstien
10. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
PG | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Stranded in 1955, Marty McFly learns about the death of Doc Brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. With no fuel readily available for the DeLorean, the two must figure how to escape the Old West before Emmett is murdered.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Tom Wilson
Votes: 481,115 | Gross: $87.73M
Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly/Seamus McFly
11. White Comanche (1968)
TV-Y7 | 93 min | Western
Twin brothers, half white and half Comanche, take different paths that overlap with Johnny Moon getting blamed for Notah's violent acts until the final confrontation in Rio Hondo.
Director: José Briz Méndez | Stars: Joseph Cotten, William Shatner, Rosanna Yanni, Perla Cristal
Votes: 831
William Shatner as Johnny Moon/Notah
Suggested by ACT_1
12. Star Trek (1966–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols
Votes: 92,993
William Shatner as Captain Kirk/Sam Kirk/Sargon
Suggested by ACT_1
13. Friends (1994–2004)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc
Votes: 1,088,922
Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay/Ursula Buffay
14. Repli-Kate (2002)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A scientist and his sidekick accidentally clone a journalist and decide to turn the mistake into Repli-Kate, their idea of the perfect woman, who loves beer, football, and frat parties.
Director: Frank Longo | Stars: Ali Landry Monteverde, James Roday Rodriguez, Desmond Askew, Eugene Levy
Votes: 5,322
Aly Landry as Kate/Repli-Kate
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15. The Man in the Iron Mask (I) (1998)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?
Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 178,902 | Gross: $56.97M
Leonardo DiCaprio as Louis XIV/Philippe of Gascony
16. Bewitched (1964–1972)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.
Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 24,398
Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens/Serena
Suggested by Dan Dassow
17. Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 85 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Inspired by Mark Twain's fascinating novel, Princess Anneliese finds an unexpected friendship when she meets her humble look-alike, Erika. Will the Princess and the Pauper thwart the plans of the Queen's scheming advisor, Preminger?
Director: William Lau | Stars: Kelly Sheridan, Melissa Lyons, Julie Stevens, Mark Hildreth
Votes: 9,288
Barbie as Anneliese/Erika
18. Mary Poppins (1964)
G | 139 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns
Votes: 186,139 | Gross: $102.27M
Dick Van Dyke as Bert/Mr. Dawes Senior
Suggested by Dan Dassow
19. Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dr. Mark Sloan has a knack for getting into trouble, negotiating the twists and turns of mysteries and solving crimes with the help of his son, Steve, a homicide detective.
Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Barry Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter
Votes: 8,623
Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan/John Gotti/J. Edison Nash/Jonathan Nash/Judith Nash/Julian Nash
Suggested by Dan Dassow
20. Orphan Black (2013–2017)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard
Votes: 117,019
Tatiana Maslany as Sarah Manning/Cosima Niehaus/Alison Hendrix/Helena/Rachel Duncan/Beth Childs/Krystal Goderitch/MK/Jennifer Fitzsimmons/Katja Obinger... okay, like, a bunch of people.
Suggested by Dan Dassow
21. The Double (2013)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
The unenviable life of a government-agency clerk takes a horrific turn with the arrival of a new co-worker who is both his exact physical double and his opposite otherwise--he's a confident, charismatic ladies' man.
Director: Richard Ayoade | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor
Votes: 53,044 | Gross: $0.20M
Jesse Eisenberg as Simon/James
22. The Social Network (2010)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
Votes: 759,213 | Gross: $96.96M
Armie Hammer as Cameron Winklevoss/Tyler Winklevoss
Suggested by Dan Dassow
23. Enemy (2013)
R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A man seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a movie.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 215,375 | Gross: $1.01M
Jake Gyllenhaal as Adam/Anthony
Suggested by Dan Dassow
24. Cloud Atlas (2012)
R | 172 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
Directors: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 374,498 | Gross: $27.11M
Tom Hanks as Dr. Henry Goose/Hotel Manager/Isaac Sachs/Dermot Hoggins/Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor/Zachry
Suggested by Dan Dassow
25. Legend (I) (2015)
R | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Paul Anderson
Votes: 202,611 | Gross: $1.87M
Tom Hardy as Reggie Cray/Ronnie Cray
Suggested by Dan Dassow
26. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
Not Rated | 167 min | Action, Drama
Amarendra Baahubali, the heir apparent to the throne of Mahishmati, finds his life and relationships endangered as his adoptive brother Bhallaladeva conspires to claim the throne.
Director: S.S. Rajamouli | Stars: Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia
Votes: 114,389 | Gross: $20.19M
Prabhas as Shivudu/Baahhubali
Suggested by BONAFIDE BOSS
27. History of the World: Part I (1981)
R | 92 min | Comedy, History, Musical
Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
Votes: 55,255 | Gross: $31.67M
Mel Brooks as Moses/Comicus/Torquemada/Jacques/King Louis XVI
Suggested by ACT_1
28. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime
A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood
Votes: 39,736
Alec Guinness as nine members of the D'Ascoyne family.
Suggested by milenko cvorkov
29. The Clone Master (1978 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Sci-Fi
In order to test the validity of his experiments on cloning, a scientist makes clones of himself, but it causes problems that he didn't foresee.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Art Hindle, Robyn Douglass, John van Dreelen, Ed Lauter
Votes: 129
Art Hindle as Dr. Simon Shane/Simon's Clones
Suggested by Dan Dassow
30. What Happened to Monday (2017)
TV-MA | 123 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Marwan Kenzari
Votes: 134,580
Noomi Rapace as the seven Settman Siblings
Suggested by Pencho15
31. I Know This Much Is True (2020)
TV-MA | 63 min | Drama
Following the parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in a story of betrayal, sacrifice, and forgiveness.
Stars: Mark Ruffalo, John Procaccino, Rob Huebel, Gabe Fazio
Votes: 23,480
Mark Ruffalo as Dominick/Thomas Birdsey
Suggested by Jessica
32. Moon (2009)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw
Votes: 376,827 | Gross: $5.01M
Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell/Sam Bell's Clone
Suggested by Breumaster
33. Adaptation. (2002)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton
Votes: 203,146 | Gross: $22.25M
Nicholas Cage as Charlie/Donald Kauffman
Suggested by Pencho15
34. Fan (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Gaurav's world revolves around the superstar Aryan Khanna. What happens when his passion turns into a dangerous obsession that crosses the fine line?
Director: Maneesh Sharma | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Sayani Gupta, Waluscha D'Souza
Votes: 49,538 | Gross: $1.36M
Shah Rukh Khan as Gaurav Chandna/Aryan Khanna
Suggested by BONAFIDE BOSS
35. Bowfinger (1999)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
When a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain-basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski
Votes: 73,981 | Gross: $66.38M
Eddie Murphy as Kitt and Jiff Ramsey
Suggested by Pencho15
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