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* ''[[The Boys]]'' features Simon Pegg as Wee Hughie.
* The eponymous hero of the Italian comic ''[[Dylan Dog]]'' is based on Rupert Everett. Among the other characters, Kim is based on Kim Novak, and Professor Adam on Sean Connery. Groucho is a in-universe sosia of Groucho Marx, complete with fake mustaches.
** That's standard procedure at Bonelly Comics. Mystic shaman Magico Vento is [[Daniel Day
* Betty from ''[[The Rocketeer (comics)|The Rocketeer]]'' and pin-up model [[Bettie Page]].
* Delirium from ''[[The Sandman]]'' is sometimes based on [[Tori Amos]] and sometimes on the writer Kathy Acker. Her brother Destruction is sometimes unmistakably [[Brian Blessed]]. Dream is pretty clearly Robert Smith of The Cure and Lucifer is David Bowie.
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* Before the movies, [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Charles Xavier's]] only distinguishing characteristics were baldness and long, thin, arching eyebrows that looked like Kirby-esque thought rays attached permanently to his head. In several [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] books since the movies, though, Professor Xavier has noticeably been drawn more like [[Patrick Stewart]].
** Alex Ross modeled Professor Xavier after Patrick Stewart as the artist for ''[[Marvels]]''. He also used Timothy Dalton as a model for Tony Stark.
** In the ''[[Star Trek: The
** This has also been reflected in other media has well, as [[David Kaye]] in ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'', [[Tom Kane]] in ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]'', and Jim Ward in ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men]]'' and ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]'' all have emulated Stewart in their turns as Xavier. Averted in several ''X-Men'' video games as they did actually get Patrick Stewart to reprise the role in them.
* In [[Joss Whedon]]'s ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' season 8, there's a Tibetan character called Bayarmaa. The artist, Georges Jeanty, made her look like the exact portrait of [[Dichen Lachman]], a half Tibetan actress who stars in another of Whedon's shows (she's Sierra in ''[[Dollhouse]]'').
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* ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]'': The Tiger's Claw ace pilot Iceman appears magnificently similar in both grizzly features and gritty demeanour to that ace shooter himself of another time, ''[[Clint Eastwood]]''. One of the good guys and firmly focused on vengeance against the Kilrathi. Not someone who one can imagine cracking a joke with too often. According to his fellow pilots, he don't say much.
* ''[[Metal Gear]]'': Big Boss was originally based off Sean Connery in appearance, while the box art of Snake was based on Michael Biehn. Snake's codec image for ''Metal Gear 2'' was based on Mel Gibson. The other characters had obvious casting as well — most hilariously, Bond Girl-type Holly White was modeled after Christina Applegate.
** After redesign in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', Snake (according to [[Word of God]]) now has the face of [[Christopher Walken]]'s character in ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'', with the body of [[Jean
* Somewhat weird video game example: Eddie Riggs from ''[[Brutal Legend]]'' was based on [[Jack Black]] from the start, but then Double Fine persuaded him to play the role, which turned it into an example of an [[Ink Suit Actor]].
* In ''[[Condemned]]'', [[The Obi-Wan]] character Malcolm Van Horn looks uncannily like Max Von Sydow (especially in the second game, most strikingly in the concept art).
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