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** Patricia Martin's character has been confirmed to be inspired by [[Power Rangers|Patricia]] [[Power Rangers Turbo|Ja]] [[Power Rangers in Space|Lee]]. And then, in the English dub, was ''actually'' voiced by Patricia Ja Lee.
** Clerk Sugita is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita.
** Shiraishi also played an aspiring seiyuu named Shiraishi in ''[[Kiddy Girl-and]]''.
* ''[[Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge]]'' has Tomokazu Seki starring as himself. Mostly.
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' has Inoue, Kento Sugiyama and Nagisa Chiba who are voiced by [[Kikuko Inoue]], Noriaki Sugiyama and [[Saeko Chiba]] respectively. In their case, the characters were named for their actors. The English dub has a coincidental version with Kallen Stadtfeld (played by [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Karen]] [[Karen Strassman|Strassman]]).
* As an in-joke, many of the characters in the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]'' [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Pretty Sammy]]'' have the same last name as their voice actors.
* In another coincidental one (or maybe a casting director was being cute), in the English dub of ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh!|Kyo Kara Maoh]]'', Yuri was voiced by [[Yuri Lowenthal]].
** Voice actor [[Troy Baker]] did get some joke mileage out of this one though: "How bad is it when they start naming characters after voice actors? 'I wanna read for this guy, what's his name?' 'Er...[[Vic Mignogna|Vic Migna]].'"
* In ''[[Detective Conan]]'' (AKA ''Case Closed'' in North America), several police officers were named after their voice actors. Detective Wataru Takagi, bears the same name as his voice actor, but other minor police officers bear the surnames of their respective voice actors.
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== Films -- Animated ==
* Penthouse pet Julie Strain voiced the main character of Julie in ''[[Heavy Metal (animation)|Heavy Metal 2000]]''. The character later changed her name to "FAKK-2", but what're you gonna do? She DID''did'' change it back to Julie after saving her sister though.
* Subverted due to [[Author Existence Failure]] in ''[[Bebe's Kids|Bebes Kids]]''; Robin Harris, who popularized the sketch, died before production started on the film. He'd be voiced by Faizon Love.
* ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]] [[Recycled in Space|Goes to Mars]]'' featured a talking faucet with Farrah Fawcett's voice in some scenes.
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* [[The Marx Brothers]] did this in some of their films, and on stage.
* Subverted in ''[[Back To The Beach]]'' where Annette Funicello (known as Dee Dee in the classic Beach films) is called Annette while Frankie (her husband) is called "The Big Kahuna".
* Long before Sandra Oh was cast in ''[[Grey's Anatomy|Greys Anatomy]]'', she won a Best Actress Genie Award (the modern day Canadian equivalent of the Oscars) for her role in 1998's ''Last Night''... playing a character named just Sandra.
* All the main characters from ''The Wrong Guys''. In case you haven't seen it (quite likely) Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Franklyn Ajaye and Tim Thomerson play lifelong friends and former Boy Scouts called... Louie, Richard, Belz, Franklyn and Tim.
* [[Jack Nicholson]] plays Jack Napier in ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'', subverted in that Jack Napier becomes and goes by [[The Joker]] early on.
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* In ''[[Desperado]],'' [[Steve Buscemi]] plays a character called "Buscemi".
* Subverted in ''[[Zack and Miri Make a Porno]]'', with two gay lovers with the name of one being a play on the name of the actor playing another: Bobby ''Long'' played by ''Brandon'' Routh and ''Brandon'' St. Randy played by Justin ''Long''.
* In ''[[ObserveandObserve and Report]]'' the twin security guards John and Matt are played by John and Matthew Yuan.
* Egyptian American actor Ahmed Ahmed has played a few roles as Ahmed, and many others as himself.
* Every single character in ''[[Purple Rain]]'' shares their actor's first name except for that played by Prince (his name is The Kid) and his movie mother and father (they have fictional names).
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* [[Steve McQueen]] in ''[[The Blob]]''.
* From 1932 to 1936, [[John Wayne]] played many characters named "John", and one named "Wayne".
** One of his lesser known roles is a romantic comedy called ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036092/ A Lady Takes A Chance]'' where he plays a rodeo cowboy named Duke, which became his iconic nickname.
* Jessie Royce Landis as Jessie Stevens in ''[[To Catch a Thief]]''.
* Happened in the other way around in ''[[The Caine Mutiny]]''. Donna Lee Hickey, who played May Wynn, liked the name so much that she adopted it as her stage name. (May Wynn is a stage name in the original novel).
* In ''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'', Tom Georgeson plays the character George Thomason.
* Justin Long played Justin in ''[[DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story|Dodgeball a True Underdog Story]]''
* Danny Trejo in ''[[Heat]]'' plays a character named Trejo.
* This trope applies to everyone appearing in ''[[Paranormal Activity]]''
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* Subverted in ''[[Snow Cake]]'': Angela Pell wrote the screenplay with [[Alan Rickman]] so much in mind that the main character was originally named "Alan Hughes". Rickman suggested the name change; the character is now called "Alex Hughes".
* With the exceptions of Hicks and Ripley, all of the Marines in ''[[Alien (franchise)|Aliens]]'' named on the hypersleep capsule readout share their first initial with the actor or actress playing them. ''Including'' Bishop the android, who is given the first initial "L". [[Word of God]] says their whole first names that match up.
* A reverse Danza happens in [[Ridley Scott]]'s ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood 2010]]''. Canadian singer Alan Doyle (a buddy of the film's lead [[Russell Crowe]]) plays the minstrel Alan-a-Dale.
* [[Liam Neeson]] plays "Randy Father Liam" in ''[[Breakfast On Pluto]]''. Seeing as this character was named Father ''Bernard'' in the original novel, we can only assume this was done deliberately...
* Several movies by German comedian Didi Hallervorden, often containing "Didi" in the title.
* In ''The Basket'', the character of Frederick Treadway was played by Patrick Treadway. This is because the character originally didn't have a name, so in the script he was simply referred to as Patrick Treadway, with the intention of coming up with a name later. Everyone got so used to it that it simply became the character's name, until the real Patrick asked for it to be altered at least partially so it wouldn't feel like he was playing himself.
* Scott "Scotty" Thomas in ''[[Eurotrip]]'' is played by Scott Mechlowicz.
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* In ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'', [[Bruce Lee]] plays a character named "Mr. Lee".
* In Mexico, there is a famous actress and comedienne named "María Elena Velasco". She has been cast a Danza in everything she has been in. Specifically, she plays "La India Maria", a character she herself created.
* [[The Three Stooges]] were almost always this in their films. The names were a bit of a change situation, but were their main professional ones. The Horowitz boys were Moses ('Moe'), Jerome (nicknamed 'Curly' for his hair after his then-current nickname 'Babe' was taken), and Samuel (their mother's attempts to say it ended up as 'Shemp', and it stuck). Louis Feinberg had already taken the stage name 'Larry Fine' before joining the act. Joe Besser was the only one who didn't have to change anything at all. Joseph Wardell had used 'Joe DeRita' well before meeting the Stooges. Emil Sitka would've been the only one to make a name out of whole cloth ('Harry'), but the act died (with Moe) before any films could be made. RARE''Rare'' exceptions include ''Woman Haters'' (the first short, and part of another lineup of films Columbia was doing; they had character names) and the rare time when they would play actual others (opposite themselves), especially in drag.
* [[Sleazy Politician|Corrupt town councilman]] Bill Heslop in ''[[Muriel's Wedding|Muriels Wedding]]'' is played by the veteran Australian actor Bill Hunter.
* ''[[Silent Movie (film)|Silent Movie]]'' features [[Mel Brooks]] as Mel Funn, [[Young Frankenstein|Marty Feldman]] as Marty Eggs, and [[An American Tail|Dom De Luise]] as Dom Bell.
* 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]].
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* In the Swedish film, ''Pelle the Conqueror'', the title role was played by Pelle Hvenegaard. Hvenegaard was actually named for the character, since his parents were fans of the book the movie was based on.
* ''Zabriskie Point'': lead characters Mark and Daria (Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin), and also supporting character Kathleen (Kathleen Cleaver).
* [[Sean Connery]] played Captain John Conner in ''[[Rising Sun]]''. The similar sounding name is not a coincidence because author Micheal Crichton named the character John Conner in his book with the hope that Connery would play him in the eventual film version.
* In ''[[The Wolf Man]]'', [[Bela Lugosi]] plays a fortune teller named Bela.
* Reverse Danza: Actor Byron Barr changed his professional name to Gig Young after playing a character of that name in the 1942 film ''The [[Have a Gay Old Time|Gay]] Sisters''.
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* In the [[Nickelodeon]] sitcom ''[[Victorious]]'', [[Victoria Justice]] plays Victoria "Tori" Vega.
* While we're mentioning [[Idol Singer|musically gifted actresses with their own sitcom]], China Anne Mcclain plays Chyna Parks on ''[[ANT Farm]]''. Different spelling but it still counts, although in real-life she goes by China Anne instead just China, similar to Mary-Kate Olsen not going by just Mary.
* Some of the supporting officematesoffice mates in ''[[The Office]]'' share their character's first names. This is because many of then are [[Ascended Extra]]s. Also, Michael screens a movie starring himself as Michael Scarn, an obvious [[Mary Sue]] [[Author Avatar]].
* [[Norm MacDonald]] plays Norm Henderson on ''[[The Norm Show]]''. An early commercial showed Norm not responding to his character's original name, forcing the showrunner to change it to his real name to avoid confusion.
* Fred Willard played a bartender named Fred (Or Freddie, as the Nixon puppet would refer to him) on ''[[D.C. Follies]]''.
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** One could also argue Yakov Smirnoff as Yakov Korplenko.
** Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd looks like this, but it's a coincidence: the character was named Woody before Harrelson was cast.
* [[Miley Cyrus]] as Miley Stewart in ''[[Hannah Montana]]''—this also counts as [[Alter Ego Acting]] because Miley is seen performing as Hannah onstage in real life too. More so since she legally changed her name to "Miley" from her birth name of "Destiny Hope Cyrus". ("Smiley Miley" was a nickname her father gave her as an infant.) The character was named ''Chloe Stewart''. [[Word of God]] says the writers changed it to "Miley" as there were too many names for a then-12-year -old to remember.
* Nick, Joe, and Kevin Jonas play alternate universe versions of themselves on ''[[Jonas]]'', which includes keeping their real names.
* 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)|MashM*A*S*H]]'' 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]]''.
* Tracy Morgan plays Tracy Jordan in ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]''. Tracy Jordan is essentially an [[Adam Westing|exaggerated, simple-minded caricature]] of Tracy Morgan.
* Full-name Danzas include:
** Jerry Seinfeld in ''[[Seinfeld]]''. Estelle Costanza fits the trope too, though her real life surname is Harris.
** George Lopez in ''[[The George Lopez Show]]''.
** Drew Carey in ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''. (Yes, that includes "[[Embarrassing Middle Name|Alison]]".)
** Jennifer Grey in ''[[It's Like, You Know...]]'' (In an odd subversion, Grey claimed more than once that the character she played was ''not'' based on herself.)
** Fred Rogers in ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|Mister Rogers Neighborhood]]'', although it's really more of an [[As Himself]]. This also applies to most of his supporting cast: Betty Aberlin (Lady Aberlin), Don Brockett (Chef Brockett), Bob Trow (Bob Dog/Robert Troll), Chuck Aber (Neighbor Aber), and so forth. These may not be [[As Himself]] examples, as Betty Aberlin has asserted that "Lady Aberlin" is not a representation of her real-life personality. Also, some of the actors would appear in character during the Make Believe segments, and out of character during the main part of the show. David Newell, who played Mr. McFeely, was the only regular actor on the show to avert this trope. His character's last name was actually Fred Rogers' middle name.
** [[Will Smith]] in ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|The Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]'' (the only difference being that in the show "Will" was short for "William". The actor's first name is actually Willard).
*** The page quote comes from an interview Will did with [[David Letterman]], where he says Alfonso Ribero (Carlton) told him to use this trope.
** [[Stephen Colbert]] of ''[[The Colbert Report]]''.
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** Tim Stack as "TV's Tim Stack" in ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''. Whether he's as much of a raging drunk in real life remains to be seen, right? Right?
** Ozzie Nelson's entire family, in ''The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet''.
** Ed Begley, Jr. guest starred as Ed Begley, Jr. on ''[[Dharma & Greg|Dharma and Greg]]''. He was always addressed on screen by his full name, "Ed Begley, Jr.", not Ed or Mr Begley.
** Jon Dore on ''The Jon Dore Television Show''.
** ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' had a few of these in the early years, including Headmaster of the New York School for the Hard of Hearing, Garrett Morris. (The first six or seven years had a lot of first-name examples as well - the 'WASP Translator' sketch with Ray Sharkey centered around a couple named Charles and Ann. Guess which castmembers played them.)
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* On ''[[Gilmore Girls]],'' Sookie's husband Jackson is played by Jackson Douglas. His real-life girlfriend almost played Sookie.
* Long time ago now, but the [[Britcom]] ''Terry and June'' starred Terry Scott and June Whitfield as Terry and June Medford. They ''also'' starred as Terry and June ''Fletcher'' in an earlier [[Britcom]] ''Happy Ever After'' - the same couple in a different house with a troublesome aunt and her mynah bird. ([[Captain Ersatz|This was not accidental.]])
* Even older, ''Bless This House'' featured Sid James (of ''[[Carry On]]'' fame) as Sid Abbot, and Sally Gleeson as Sally Abbot. Plus, the 1972 feature film version contains a meta-''aversion'' (by virtue of the fact that it became a notable example later): Terry Scott and June Whitfield played new neighbours Ronald and Vera Baines—the first outing of (and virtually identical to) the on-screen couple that would later make them a Britcom cliché (see ''Terry and June'' above).
* Comedian Joel Hodgson as Joel Robinson (from ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'') in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. The last name was only changed because Hodgson was considered hard to pronounce. Michael J. Nelson, his replacement... played Mike Nelson. And "TV's Frank" was played by Frank Conniff.
* In ''[[News Radio]]'', Dave Nelson was played by Dave Foley and Joe Garelli was played by Joe Rogan. Phil Hartman's character Bill McNeal was intentionally named to be ''almost'' a Danza. In the episode "Chock", Dave's old a cappella singing group stops by, the other three members being named David, Bob, and Brian. They were played by ''Mr. Show'' alums [[David Cross]], Bob Odenkirk, and Brian Posehn.
* In addition to the Tracy Jordan/Morgan example, ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' features Grizz Chapman as Grizz Griswold, one half of Tracy's loyal "entourage".
* ''[[Baywatch]]'': A great many one-shot guests kept their actors' full names. One such character goes on to become a regular (Michael Newman, aka Michael "Newmie" Newman.)
* Both members of ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]'': Jemaine Clement plays Jemaine Clemaine; Bret McKenzie plays Bret McClegnie. Additionally, a few guest characters have been Danzas: Demetri (Demetri Martin), Todd (Todd Barry), and Jim (Jim Gaffigan).
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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)|MashM*A*S*H]]'' 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.
* Mocked on ''[[Extras]]'' where (both [[In-Universe]] and Out-) [[Celebrity Cameo]] Keith Chegwin's character has his name changed to Keith after the actor repeatedly fails to comprehend that the character has a different name to him.
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** Also likely a coincidence, Austin St. John's real name is Jason Geiger. He played Jason Lee Scott in the first season.
* [[Jack Black]] as Jack Austin in ''[[Heat Vision and Jack]]''.
* Two of Station 51's firefighters in ''[[Emergency]]'', Marco Lopez and Mike Stoker, simply used the actoractors's namenames. Stoker, the driver of Engine 51, actually ''was'' an LA County firefighter at the time of filming (he retired in 1996), making it convenient for filming as one of the regular cast members was qualified to drive and operate the truck.
* [[The Olsen Twins|Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen]] as Mary-Kate and Ashley Burke in ''[[Two of a Kind]]''.
* In order to promote Summer Strallen taking over the lead role in ''The Sound of Music'' on the West End, its producer [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] had her written into the British soap opera ''[[Holly Oaks]]'' as a character called Summer Shaw. The character was then talent -spotted by Lloyd Webber appearing as[[As himselfHimself]] on the show.
* Most of the ''[[Kids Incorporated]]'' kids. When a [[No Name Given]] character had his name revealed in an episode, it was that of the actor Rahsaan Patterson.
* Sissy Walker, a very minor character on ''[[The Waltons]]'' who appeared only five times between 1973 and 1978, was played by Cissy Wellman.
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* Subversion: ''Hope & Faith'' starred Kelly Ripa and Faith Ford in the title roles... but Faith played Hope and Kelly played Faith.
* Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor in ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''.
* In ''[[Make Room For Daddy]]'' (aka ''The Danny Thomas Show''), Danny Thomas starred as Danny Williams.
* Every character in the Australian [[Mockumentary]] series ''[[The Games]]'' is named for their actor—for example, Frank Woodley playing, well, Dr. Frank Woodley (who is "partially" a TV vet in the episode). This was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in the second season when the actor John Howard played a political representative pretending the be the Prime Minister; Brian remarks, "But that's illegal! He's not the prime minister!" to which John replies "He never said he ''was'' the prime minister; he said he was John Howard".
** May it be pointed out for non-Australians reading this that the real-life PM at time of that episode's airing was named (by pure coincidence) John Howard.
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* ''[[Prison Break]]'' featured Paul Adelstein as Paul Kellerman and Sara Wayne Callies as Sarah Tancredi.
* Claire Keelan as Claire Ashcroft in ''[[Nathan Barley]]''.
* Charlie on ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia|Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'', and to a lesser extent Mac. When Glenn Howerton was asked about his character being named Dennis, he remarked on how it seemed like a good idea, and has proven so far to have been a good decision.
** Also, Artemis is played by Artemis Pebdani.
* Steve from ''[[Blue's Clues|Blues Clues]]''—his actor's name was Steven in real life. Oddly enough, his [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] is named Joe in the show, but has the real-life name of Donovan.
* Brent Butt as Brent Leroy on ''[[Corner Gas]]''.
* Mr. Mackay in ''[[Porridge]]'' was played by Fulton Mackay
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* In ''[[The Tomorrow People]]'' Elizabeth was played by Elizabeth Adare and Mike by Michaul Holloway.
** From ''Beyond Tomorrow'':
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* In ''[[The Wire]]'' the character Felicia "Snoop" Pearson is played by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1787519/ Felicia "Snoop" Pearson]—who also happens to be a former Baltimore drug dealer with [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/24/the.wire.season.five a conviction for second-degree murder].
** Also Detective Ed(ward) Norris is played by Ed Norris, former Baltimore City chief of police ([http://www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/ Cast List]).
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* Interesting usage in the German kids' show ''[[Tom Turbo]]''. Many of the kids use their real names for their characters.
* Spoofed on ''[[Mega 64]]'', with Rocco Botte as Rocko Boaty, Derrick Acosta as Derek Ackawzdha, and Shawn Chatfield as Sean Chatfield. In other words, the same names, yet different spellings.
* Joey Lawrence made guest appearances on both ''[[Diff'rent Strokes|Diffrent Strokes]]'' and ''[[Silver Spoons]]'' as a kid named Joey before landing the role of Joey Donovan on ''[[Gimme a Break!]]''. This was followed by Joey Russo on ''[[Blossom]]'' and Joe Roman on ''[[Brotherly Love]]'' (in which brothers Matt and Andy play Matt and Andy Roman). He ices the cake by playing himself in the 2008 horror/comedy ''Killer Pad''. As of 2010, he is playing a character called Joe Longo on the sitcom ''[[Melissa and Joey]]'', alongside Melissa Joan Hart.
* Ricky Schroeder as Ricky Stratton on ''Silver Spoons''.
* Chuck Campell plays Chuck the Gate Tech on ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', though this may actually have been a mistake. The character was without a name for quite a while, and it's rumored that another actor dropped his name into a line. He is, however, later called Chuck again by another character. Notable in that fans had been calling him Chuck the Gate Tech (or, alternately, "Chucknician") for some time previous.
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** Megumi Mori as Megumi Misaki in ''[[Choujuu Sentai Liveman]]''
** In ''[[Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan]],'' all four heroes (Red changes midseason, [[Real Life Writes the Plot|actor's contract ran out]]) share a given name with their actors.
* [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]] guest-starred in an episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', "And Then There was Shawn", as Jennifer Love Fefferman.
* In many episodes of ''[[El Chapulin Colorado]]'', the supporting cast is named after the actors who play them: therefore, we have Carlos Villagrán as Carlos, Ramón Valdés as Ramón, Rubén Aguirre as Rubén and so on. Roberto Gomez Bolaños (a.k.a. Chespirito) once explained he did this to allow the actors to form a bond with their characters (even though they were mostly just innocent bystanders).
** Conversely, in ''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]'', Doña Florinda, Don Ramón and Doña Nieves are respectively played by Florinda Meza, Ramón Valdés and Maria Antonieta de las Nieves.
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* Donna Reed's character in ''The Donna Reed Show'' was a Danza called "Donna Stone."
* Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer's characters on ''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'' are Steve Hightower and Cedric Jackie Robinson. Also Merlin Santana as Romeo Santana.
* ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter|Welcome Back Kotter]]'' starred Gabe Kaplan as Gabe Kotter.
* Martin Lawrence played Martin Payne on ''[[Martin]]''.
** Character Tommy was played by actor Thomas Michael Ford
* Jim Jarmusch on ''[[Bored to Death]].''
* Almost all the main characters in the 70's show ''[[What's Happening]].'' two had the same last name, 3and three the same first name. And one just used the initial of her first name.
* Interesting variation in ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'' – Chris Rock narrates [[As Himself]], while the [[Timeshifted Actor|young Chris Rock]] is played by Tyler James Williams.
* On ''[[True Blood]]'', Sam Merlotte is played by actor Sam Trammell—a coincidence, since the character was named by Charlaine Harris, author of the novels on which the show is based.
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* Miranda Hart as the title character of ''[[Miranda]]''.
** These are something of a fictionalized version of [[As Himself|as themselves]]
* Simon Anstell as Simon in ''[[Grandma's House|Grandmas House]]'' takes this [[Up to Eleven]]; his first major writing and acting gig since leaving ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'', the fictional Simon is a TV presenter who just left a [[Panel Game]] and is looking for something else to do with his life.
* Derek Van Der Lint as Derek Raine in ''[[Poltergeist: The Legacy]]''.
* [[Whitney Blake]] played Dorothy Baxter on ''[[Hazel]]'', and was a former "Mrs. Baxter" in real life ([[Meredith Baxter]] of ''[[Family Ties]]'' fame is her daughter).
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* The little-known sitcom ''Big Brother Jake'' features fitness personality Jake Steinfeld as Jake Rosner.
* ''[[The Partridge Family]]'' stars Shirley Jones<ref>Who had previously appeared in ''[[Oklahoma]]''</ref> as Shirley Partridge, the mother, and features Danny Bonaduce as Danny Partridge, the middle son.
* In the 70s British spy serial ''[[wikipedia:Callan (TV series)|Callan]]'' (starring Edward Woodward, later the suspiciously similar McCall in ''[[The Equalizer]]'') the character Liz was played by Lisa Landon. For about half the four season run, she was credited only as "Hunter's Secretary".
* The ''entire'' cast of the Japanese television series ''Playgirl''.
* ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]'' has Emily VanCamp as Emily Thorne, Emily Alyn Lind as the flashback version of Emily, and Ashley Madekwe as Ashley.
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* [[Jessica Alba]] played a character named "Jessica" in three episodes of ''[[The Secret World of Alex Mack]]''.
* A well-hidden example lurks in ''[[The Stockard Channing Show]]'', with main character Susan -- which is Stockard Channing's ''real'' first name.
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* Brad, the main villain from ''[[Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley|Comic Jumper the Adventures of Captain Smiley]], is voiced by a man named Brad.
* Gunnery Sgt. Pete Stacker appears in the ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'' series as, for lack of a better term, is the "white, southern accented," counterpart to Sgt. Johnson. Stacker, despite never having his name spoken in any material of the Halo franchise, is said to be named after his voice actor, who, it might be funny to point out, [[Talking to Himself|also voiced Captain Jacob Keyes]] in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.
* Heather Mason in ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'' is actually named after her voice actress, Heather Morris.
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* [[All There in the Manual|Supplemental material]] has revealed that [[Team Fortress 2|the Administrator's]] real name is Helen, obviously a nod to her voice actress, [[Ellen McLain]].
* Vanessa Duvelle in ''[[Spy Hunter]] 2'' (the sequel to the remake, not the arcade game) was based on Vanessa Carlton, who sang the game's theme tune.
 
 
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** Lunchlady Doris was originally voiced by script supervisor Doris Grau.
*** Grau also voiced Doris Grossman, Jay Sherman's makeup lady on ''[[The Critic (animation)|The Critic]]''
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' has a partial case, as Harley Quinn was loosely based on her voice actress Arleen Sorkin (who was a friend of the episode's writer, [[Paul Dini]]); her real name was later revealed as Harleen Quinzel, with her first name being just one letter away from Arleen's.
* A computer expert in ''[[Phantom 2040]]'', voiced by [[Harlan Ellison]](!) was named after one of Ellison's ''pseudonyms'': Cordwainer Bird.
* Of all shows, there's one in ''[[Chowder]]''. Rueben is voiced by Paul Ruebens.
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