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A subtrope of [[Actor Allusion]]. Compare [[The Danza]], where the character and the actor share a name.
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* Abed on ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' is half-Polish, as is his actor, Danny Pudi.
** After Annie's [[Informed Judaism]] in "Comparative Religion", some people were under the impression that they were just assigning religions arbitrarily to satisfy the study group's [[Five Token Band]] status. However, in reality, Allison Brie got her start playing at the Southern California Jewish Community Center.
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* On ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]'', similar to the ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'' example, we have Tina Cohen-Chang (Chinese/Jewish), played by Jenna Ushkowitz.
* Also on ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]'', you can briefly see Kurt Hummel's birthday when he fills out a college application. It's the same month and date as Chris Colfer's, though Kurt is three years younger.
* Max Klinger from ''[[
* In ''[[Full House]]'', John Stamos's character's name changed from Jesse Cochran (generic) to Jesse Katsopolis (Greek) after the 1st season. His family when they come to visit is also very Greek.
* In ''Scotland, PA'', Lt. McDuff (played by [[Christopher Walken]]) mentions offhand that he used to be a professional dancer.
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* In ''[[Power Rangers]]'', Catherine Sutherland, Amy Jo Johnson's replacement, played Katherine Hillard, also an Aussie (who doesn't know martial arts at first).
** In ''[[Power Rangers SPD|SPD]]'', Matt Austin played Bridge Carson, who was also Jewish.
* On ''[[Chuck]]'', Vik Sahay (born in [[Canada, Eh?|Ontario]])'s character Lester is revealed to have come from Saskatchewan.
* On the same token, ''[[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|How I Met Your Mother]]'''s Robin Scherbatsky is played by Cobie Smulders, both of whom are [[Canada, Eh?|Canadian]].
* Many of [[Adam Sandler]]'s characters in his films are Jewish, just like Sandler himself.
* Vince Vaughn's characters in ''[[The Break Up]]'', ''[[Couples Retreat]]'' and ''[[The Dilemma]]'' live in Chicago, just like Vaughn himself.
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