List of actors who have played multiple roles in the same film
Appearance
This is a list of actors who have played multiple roles in the same film. This does NOT include:
- Actors who play a character with multiple names and/or a secret identity (e.g. superheroes);
- Actors who play a single character that displays multiple personalities, either as a result of possession or dissociative identity disorder, or because the character is acting;
- Actors who play multiple copies of a single character (e.g. Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith in The Matrix series);
- Voice actors who do not physically appear on screen in multiple roles (e.g. John Rhys Davies as Gimli and Treebeard in the The Lord of the Rings movies - Gimli is on screen, but Treebeard is a voice-only role);
- Non-speaking extras, or stock characters (e.g. Redshirts);
- Compilation films (e.g. Charlie Chaplin Festival), or anthology films with separate, unconnected stories (e.g. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask).
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- Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow and Hunk the farmhand in The Wizard of Oz
- Mel Brooks as Gov. William J. LePetomaine and a Yiddish Indian chief in Blazing Saddles (Brooks also appears in a cameo as a World War I aviator)
C
- Nicolas Cage as Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation
- Charlie Chaplin as Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber in The Great Dictator
- Graham Chapman as Brian and Biggus Dickus and Wise Man #2 in Monty Python's Life of Brian
- John Cleese as Sir Lancelot, the Brave and The Black Knight and Tim the Enchanter and the Second Swallow-Savvy Guard and Peasant #3 and the Taunting French Guard in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- John Cleese as Reg and Wise Man #1 and a Jewish Official and a Centurion and Deadly Dirk and Arthur in Monty Python's Life of Brian
D
- Bette Davis as Kate Bosworth and Patricia Bosworth in A Stolen Life
- Leonardo DiCaprio as King Louis XIV and Philippe in The Man in the Iron Mask
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- Alec Guinness as Duke Etherel and The Banker and Reverend Lord Henry d'Ascoyne and General Lord Rufus D'Ascoyne and Admiral Horatio d'Ascoyne and Young Henry d'Ascoyne and Lady Agatha d'Ascoyne and Lord Ascoyne d'Ascoyne in Kind Hearts and Coronets
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- Jack Haley as the Tin Woodsman and Hickory the farmhand in The Wizard of Oz
- Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West and Emma Gulch in The Wizard of Oz
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- Eric Idle as Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot and the Corpse Collector and Roger the Shrubber and Peasant #1 and the First Swamp Castle Guard and Concorde and Brother Maynard in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Jeremy Irons as Beverly Mantle and Elliot Mantle in Dead Ringers
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- Terry Jones as Sir Bedevere and Dennis's Mother and Prince Herbert in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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- Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion and Zeke the farmhand in The Wizard of Oz
- Jerry Lewis as Professor Julius Kelp and Buddy Love and Baby Kelp in The Nutty Professor (1963)
- Lindsay Lohan as Hallie Parker and Annie James in The Parent Trap (1998)
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- Fredric March as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Lee Marvin as Tim Strawn and Kid Shelleen in Cat Ballou
- Hayley Mills as Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers in The Parent Trap (1961)
- Frank Morgan as the Wizard of Oz and the Wizard's guard and Professor Marvel and the Oz doorman and the cabbie in The Wizard of Oz
- Eddie Murphy as Professor Sherman Klump, Buddy Love, Lance Perkins, Cletus 'Papa' Klump, Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump, Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen, and Ernie Klump, Sr. in The Nutty Professor (1996)
- Eddie Murphy as Professor Sherman Klump, Buddy Love, Cletus 'Papa' Klump, Young Cletus Klump, Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump, Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen, Ernie Klump, Sr., and Lance Perkins in Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
- Eddie Murphy as Kit Ramsey and Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey in Bowfinger
- Eddie Murphy as Maximillian, Preacher Pauly, and Guido in Vampire in Brooklyn
- Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, and Fat Bastard in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
- Mike Myers as Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard, and Goldmember in Austin Powers: Goldmember
- Mike Myers as Charlie Mackenzie and Stuart Mackenzie in So I Married an Axe Murderer
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- Michael Palin as Sir Galahad the Pure and the First Swallow-Savvy Guard and Dennis and Peasant #2 and the King of Swamp Castle and Brother Maynard's Brother and the Leader of The Knights who say NI! in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Elvis Presley as Josh Morgan and Jodie Tatum in Kissin' Cousins
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- Peter Sellers played multiple roles in at least ten films, most notably:
- Peter Sellers as Grand Duchess Gloriana XII and Prime Minister Count Rupert Mountjoy and Tully Bascombe in The Mouse That Roared
- Peter Sellers as Clare Quilty and Dr. Zempf in Lolita
- Peter Sellers as Group Captain Lionel Mandrake and President Merkin Muffley and Dr. Strangelove in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Ben Stiller as Sam Sweet and Stan Sweet in The Cable Guy
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- Lily Tomlin as Pat Kramer and Judith Beasley in The Incredible Shrinking Woman
- Lily Tomlin as Rose Ratliff and Rose Shelton in Big Business
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- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Alex Wagner and Chad Wagner in Double Impact
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Alain Moreau and Mikhail Suverov in Maximum Risk
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Rudy Cafmeyer and Charles Le Vaillant in The Order
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