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* Norman Wisdom played characters called Norman in a total of 13 films during the '50s and '60s. He is probably best remembered playing Norman Pitkin, opposite Edward Chapman as [[Phrase Catcher|Mr. Grimsdale]].
* Glenn Morshower as "General Morshower" in the second and third ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' films.
* Reggae singer Willi One Blood plays a henchman in ''[[Léon: The Professional]]''. Stansfield calls him "Blood", and another character calls him "Willi".
* In ''[[Starter for Ten]]'' Alice Eve plays Alice and Rebecca Hall plays Rebecca.
* In ''[[Moonraker]]'', French actress Corrine Clery portrays Corrine Dufour.
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* A couple of author John Iriving's characters are named John: Johnny Wheelwright, narrator of ''[[A Prayer for Owen Meany]]'' and John Berry, narrator of ''[[The Hotel New Hampshire]]''.
* Darren O'Shaughnessy (who usually writes under the penname Darren Shan) is best known for a book series about a young vampire named [[The Saga of Darren Shan|Darren Shan]].
* [[Tanith Lee]], who wrote for British sf series ''[[Blake's
* J(ames) G(raham) Ballard in his novels ''Empire of the Sun'' and 'The Kindness of Women'' has the protagonist "Jim Graham".
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* Both Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell as Kenan Rockmore and Kel Kimble, respectively, in ''[[Kenan and Kel]]''.
* Jim Belushi as Jim in ''[[According to Jim]]''.
* Victoria Jackson as Victoria in the failed 1984 ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'' spinoff, ''W* A* L* T* E* R''.
* Rare last-name Danza: Mackenzie Phillips as Molly Phillips in ''[[So Weird]]''.
* Another especially convoluted example would be Redd Foxx (born John Elroy Sanford), playing Fred Sanford in ''[[Sanford and Son]]''.
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** Vivian Vance played Vivian Bagley on ''The Lucy Show'', and had a recurring guest role as Vivian Jones on ''Here's Lucy''.
* ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' had Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards and Ted Knight as Ted Baxter.
* Recurring nurse First Lt Kealani Kellye (also known as Kellye Yamoto, and in one episode, as Nurse Nakahara) on ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]'' was played by Kellye Nakahara, making this an example of the actress's first name being the character's last name.
** And the full name version -- Corpsman Roy Goldman was played by..... Roy Goldman.
** There's more. Nurse Shari was played by Shari Saba, Nurse Jo Ann was played by Jo Ann Thompson, and Nurse Sheila was played by Sheila Lauritsen.
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