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Compare [[Character as Himself]], [[Adam Westing]] and [[Ink Suit Actor]]. See also [[Name's the Same]], and [[Author Avatar]]. If '''The Danza''' is the writer, then it may be [[Write Who You Know]] as well as [[Author Avatar]].
[[Trope Namer|Named for]] Tony Danza, whose frequent portrayal of people named Tony (see ''[[Taxi]]'' and ''[[Who's
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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-
* ''[[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]]).
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** And before Kati Mannequin, Cathy Weseluck voiced Catherine Bloom in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]''.
* Hideyuki Tanaka was the voice of Hideyuki Makimura in ''[[City Hunter]]''. Tsukasa Hojo intentionally named the character after him in the manga long before the anime version was made.
* [[Mai Nakahara]] is the voice behind ''[[
* To voice Momoko Touyoko of ''[[Saki (manga)|Saki]]'', they chose... Momoko Saito.
* In ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', Saki is voiced by Saki Nakajima.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[
* In the [[Nickelodeon]] sitcom ''[[Victorious]]'', [[Victoria Dawn 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 ''[[
* Some of the supporting office 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]]''.
* Mayko Tran on ''[[Regenesis]]'' is played by Mayko Ngyuen.
* Bob Newhart as Bob Hartley on ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'', and Bob McKay on ''[[Bob!]]''. His other show was named ''Newhart'', but the character's name was Dick Loudon. In ''George & Leo'', his character was George, the actor's actual birth name.
* Ray Romano as Ray Barone in ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''.
* [[Ellen DeGeneres]] played "Ellen Morgan" in the 1993-98 sitcom ''[[Ellen]]'', which was known as ''These Friends Of Mine'' for the first season. In 2001, she played "Ellen Richmond" in the sitcom ''The Ellen Show''.
* Sandy Duncan as Sandy Stockton in ''[[Funny Face]]'' (later called ''The Sandy Duncan Show''). Duncan was also Sandy Hogan in her [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] role on the show known variously as ''[[Valerie]]'', ''Valeries Family'', ''The Hogan Family'', and ''The Hogans''.
* Speaking of which, Valerie Harper as Valerie Hogan in the early seasons of the same show.
* Tim Allen as Tim Taylor in ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''.
* Raven-Symone as Raven Baxter in ''[[That's So Raven]]''.
* Ben Vereen as Mayor Ben in ''[[Zoobilee Zoo]]''
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* ''[[UFO]]'' had several first-name Danzas: Ed Bishop played Ed Straker, Gabrielle Drake played Gay Ellis and Peter Gordeno played Peter Carlin.
* In ''[[The Pretender]]'', Andrea Parker plays female lead character Miss Parker, but this is apparently a genuine coincidence. On the other hand, her [[Mooks]] are first-name Danzas (with [[No Name Given|no last name]]) to a man, apparently as an acknowledgement that it's not worth the effort of giving them real names.
* Matthew Perry's character Matt in ''[[Studio 60
* Many of the supporting cast on the U.S. version of ''[[The Office]]'' share first names with their characters, including Phyllis, Angela, and Oscar. Creed Bratton plays a fictionalized version of himself, so he skirts into [[As Himself]] territory.
* [[Charlie Sheen]] has played characters named Charlie on several occasions, notably on ''[[Spin City]]'' and ''[[Two and A Half Men]]''. He even played "Charlie" in the sequel to ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]''.
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* ''[[Third Watch]]'' had paramedics Bobby Caffey and Kim Zambrano played by... Bobby Cannavale and Kim Raver. The minor firefighter characters shared their full names with their actors: Firefighter Billy Walsh was played by Bill Walsh, Derek "DK" Kitson by Derek Kelly.
* Alan the cab driver is played by Alan George in ''[[Skins]]''.
* Kathryn Janeway in ''[[Star Trek:
* Katherine Mulgrew played Kate Columbo in ''[[Mrs. Columbo]]''.
* Several minor ''[[Babylon 5]]'' characters who were not given names on their first appearance (usually being referred to only as something like "Emperor" or "Minister") were belatedly given the names of the actors playing them when they appeared or were mentioned in later episodes (such as Malachi Throne's Centauri Prime Minister being later named "Prime Minister Malachi").
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** 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.
* Rik Mayall's characters in ''[[The Young Ones]]'' (Rick), ''[[Filthy Rich
** Edmondson actually played a psychotic ex-talk show host called Eddie Monsoon in ''[[The Comic Strip Presents]]'' [[Mockumentary]] episode "Eddie Monsoon -- A Life?" (The show was originally intended to be an episode of his talk show "Back To Normal", but it was judged too obscene even for [[Channel 4]], so it was turned into a mock biopic instead.)
** Mayall changed his first name in his teens—he was born Richard Mayall, fitting this trope even better.
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* Two of Station 51's firefighters in ''[[Emergency]]'', Marco Lopez and Mike Stoker, simply used the actors' names. 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 ''[[
* 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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* The French series ''Hénaut Président'' is made of this trope; of the 7 main characters SIX are playing characters with whom they share a first name - every major character other than the lead (the eponymous Hénaut).
* Subverted on the UPN show ''Eve'', where the rapper Eve's character was named...Shelley. (The series was originally called ''The Opposite Sex'' until the title change.)
* A case of the almost-Danza: The character of Rollin Hand in ''[[Mission: Impossible (TV series)||Mission Impossible]]'' was written for actor Martin Landau, and was almost named "Martin Land".
* Almost every single bloody sketch on ''[[French and Saunders (TV)|French and Saunders]]'' has Dawn and Jennifer as... Dawn and Jennifer. Even in the film spoofs.
** Oh, and also Jen in ''Girls on Top''.
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* Nia Vardalos's character in ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]'' was named Toula in the movie, but changed to Nia for the TV series.
* 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''.
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* Games made by Skip Ltd. (such as ''[[Chibi-Robo!]]'' and ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'') frequently feature a black-and-white dog named Tao, who is usually portrayed as somewhat lazy and often very hungry. Tao was the actual dog of Skip's creative director, looked exactly like his fictional counterparts, and... was somewhat lazy and often very hungry. (The real dog died in 2009, but the fictional version will live on in games forevermore.)
* In the first ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Rebel Assault]]'', Ru Murleen was named after the actress who played her. Averted with the sequel, which used [[The Other Darrin|a different actress]], Julie Eccles.
* In ''[[The
* In ''[[The Journeyman Project (series)|The Journeyman Project]]'', Megan Love, heard on the radio during the intro, was voiced by Megan Wheeler.
* In ''[[Police Quest]]: Open Season'', the actress who played Barbie Cann was named Barbara Shannon ("Barbie" is a nickname for Barbara).
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** Lampshaded in that Mayor Adam West actually ''is'' Adam West. ...then again, [[Word of God]] says he's not.... All of this just to intentionally make it confusing.
** The in universe explanation is that Adam West became a politician instead of an actor in this reality. Makes more sense than 7 year old anthropomorphic dogs having a 13 year old human child.
** And Catman on ''[[The Fairly
*** Norm the Genie is named after [[Norm MacDonald]], who plays him in two eps. Norm the Genie has been said to be based on MacDonald.
** Also on ''[[The Fairly
* [[John Candy]] in ''Camp Candy''.
* Arianna Huffington as ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'''s Arianna the Bear
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