List of characters played by multiple actors in the same film

A

• Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris as Annabel and Ellen Andrews in Freaky Friday (1976)^[1]
• Shelley Long and Gaby Hoffmann as Ellen and Annabelle Andrews in Freaky Friday (1995)^[2]
• John Travolta and Nicolas Cage as Sean Archer in Face/Off (1997)^[3]

B

• Meg Ryan and Sydney Walker as Rita Boyle and Old Man in Prelude to a Kiss (1992)^[4]
• Samaire Armstrong and Kevin Zegers as Nell Bedworth and Woody Deane in It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006)^[5]

C

• Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as Tess and Anna Coleman in Freaky Friday (2003)^[6]

D

• Meredith Salenger and Piper Laurie as Lainie Diamond in Dream a Little Dream (1989)^[7]
• Bruce Willis and Spencer Breslin as Russell/Rusty Duritz in Disney's The Kid (2000)^[8]

E

• Jason Robards and Corey Feldman as Coleman Ettinger in Dream a Little Dream (1989)^[7]
• Piper Laurie and Meredith Salenger as Gena Ettinger in Dream a Little Dream (1989)^[7]

H

• Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron as Jack and Chris Hammond in Like Father Like Son (1987)^[9]

K

• Corey Feldman and Jason Robards as Bobby Keller in Dream a Little Dream (1989)^[7]

L

• Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds as Dave Lockwood in The Change-Up (2011)^[10]

P

• Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman as Mitch Planko in The Change-Up (2011)^[10]

S

• Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage as Marshall and Charlie Seymore in Vice Versa (1988)^[11]

T

• Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell as Tony in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)^[12]

This role was originally intended for Heath Ledger alone, but his death part way through production necessitated the use of other actors to complete the film.

• Nicolas Cage and John Travolta as Castor Troy in Face/Off (1997)^[3]

W

• George Burns and Charlie Schlatter as Jack and David Watson in 18 Again! (1988)^[13]

A

• Robert De Niro and Scott Tiler as David "Noodles" Aaronson in Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Gaby Hoffmann and Demi Moore as Samantha Albertson in Now and Then (1995)
• Javier Bardem and Unax Ugalde as Florentino Ariza in Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)

B

• George Nokes and Todd Karns as Harry Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Bobby Anderson and James Stewart as George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Jean Gale and Donna Reed as Mary Hatch-Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Christopher Lee and Filipe Vargas as Father Bartolomeu in Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
• David Moscow and Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin in Big (1988)^[14]
• Michel Piccoli and Wendelin Werner as Max Baumstein in The Passerby (1982)
• Brett Manley and Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett in Ted (2012)
• Ralph Fiennes and David Kross as Michael Berg in The Reader (2008)
• James Woods and Rusty Jacobs as Max Bercovicz in Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Jeanine Ann Roose and Gloria Grahame as Violet Bick in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Tyrone Power and Freddie Bartholomew as Jonathan Blake in Lloyd's of London (1936)
• Christopher McPherson, Albert Finney and Ewan McGregor as Edward Bloom in Big Fish (2003)^[15]
• Theophilus Webster and Ron Eldard as Mickey Bunce in Drop Dead Fred (1991)

C

• Haley Joel Osment and Josh Lucas as Walter Caldwell in Secondhand Lions (2003)
• Jessica Alba and Makenzie Vega as Nancy Callahan in Sin City (2005)^[16]
• Ridge Canipe and Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line (2005)
• Jason Patric and Joseph Perrino as Lorenzo "Shakes" Carcaterra in Sleepers (1996)^[17]
• Jamie Foxx and C. J. Sanders as Ray Charles in Ray (2004)
• Morgana King and Francesca De Sapio as Mama Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974)^[18][19]
• Phoebe Cates and Ashley Peldon as Lizzie Cronin in Drop Dead Fred (1991)
• Hanna R. Hall and Robin Wright as Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump (1994)

D

• Allison Williams and Minnie Driver as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan Live! (2014)
• Emma Lockhart and Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes in Batman Begins (2005)
• Jan Handzlik and Roger Smith as Patrick Dennis in Auntie Mame (1958)^[20]
• Kirby Furlong and Bruce Davison as Patrick Dennis in Mame (1974)^[21]
• Hailey McCann and younger sister Tatum McCann as Alba DeTamble in The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
• Brooklynn Proulx and Rachel McAdams as Claire Abshire-DeTamble in The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
• Alex Ferris and Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble in The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
• Ashleigh Aston Moore and Rita Wilson as Chrissy DeWitt in Now and Then (1995)
• Charlotte Rampling and Beatriz Batarda as Adriana do Prado in Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

E

• Tom Courtenay and Marco d'Almeida as João Eça in Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
• Tom Hanks and Dabbs Greer as Paul Edgecomb in The Green Mile (1999)^[22]
• Mélanie Laurent and Lena Olin as Estefânia in Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

F

• Gérard Philipe and Michel Simon as Faust in Beauty and the Devil (1950)
• Sean Marquette and Mark Ruffalo as Matt Flamhaff in 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• Moritz Bleibtreu and Kostja Ullmann as Klaus Freytag in Sources of Life (2013)

G

• James McCall and Robin Williams as T.S. Garp in The World According to Garp (1982)^[23]
• Elizabeth McGovern and Jennifer Connelly as Deborah Gelly in Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Malcolm McDowell and Paul Bettany as the gangster in Gangster No. 1 (2000)
• Tyler Steelman and Thomas Lennon as Ned Gold in 17 Again (2009)
• Michael Conner Humphreys and Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994)^[24]
• Frank Whaley and Burt Lancaster as Archibald "Moonlight" Graham in Field of Dreams (1989)^[25]

H

• Stephen Joffe and Noah Emmerich as Gordo Hersch in Frequency (2000)

J

• Milla & Ruby Simmonds, Charlie & Smith Alexander-Powell, Olivia Sprague, Monique Heath, Sarah Snook and Ethan Hawke as Jane/John in Predestination (2014)
• Johanna Wokalek and Lotte Flack as Joan in Pope Joan (2009)
• Harrison Ford and River Phoenix as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Anthony Ingruber and Harrison Ford as William Jones on The Age of Adaline (2015)

K

• Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K in Men in Black 3 (2012)
• Jake Kaese, Kevin Schmidt, and Elden Henson as Lenny Kagan in The Butterfly Effect (2004)
• Jimmy Bennett and Chris Pine as James T. Kirk in Star Trek (2009)

L

• Wil Wheaton and Richard Dreyfuss as Gordie Lachance in Stand by Me (1986)
• Alicia Witt and Joanna Gleason as Gertrude Lang in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
• Elva Josephson and Brooke Shields as Emmeline LeStrange in The Blue Lagoon (1980)
• Glenn Kohan and Christopher Atkins as Richard LeStrange in The Blue Lagoon (1980)
• Sacha Guitry and Georges Marchal as King Louis XIV of France in Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
• Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellen as Erik Lehnsherr in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

M

• Dev Patel, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, and Tanay Chheda as Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• Gérard Depardieu and Guillaume Depardieu as Marin Marais in Tous les Matins du Monde (1991)
• Billy Crudup and Jonathan Tucker as Tommy Marcano in Sleepers (1996)^[17]
• Margherita Caruso and Susanna Pasolini as Mary at The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
• Hallie Eisenberg and Embeth Davidtz as Amanda "Little Miss" Martin in Bicentennial Man (1999)
• Lindze Letherman and Angela Landis as Grace Martin in Bicentennial Man (1999)
• Christina Ricci and Rosie O'Donnell as Roberta Martin in Now and Then (1995)
• Jeremy Sumpter and Matthew McConaughey as Adam Meiks in Frailty (2002)
• Devin Brochu, Logan Miller, and Matthew McConaughey as Connor Mead in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
• Jason Schaller, Jaryd Waterhouse, Jacob Haines, and Christopher Aydon as Michael "Mikey" in Look Who's Talking (1989)
• Sarah Widdows, Irene Gorovaia, and Amy Smart as Kayleigh Miller in The Butterfly Effect (2004)
• Cameron Bright, Jesse James, and William Lee Scott as Tommy Miller in The Butterfly Effect (2004)
• Tony Revolori and F. Murray Abraham as Zero Mustafa in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
• Scott Terra and Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock in Daredevil (2003)

N

• Daniel Gélin and Raymond Pellegrin as Napoleon in Napoléon (1955)
• Joseph Castanon, Jonah Hill, and Jake Hoffman as Ben Newman in Click (2006)
• Tatum McCann, Lorraine Nicholson, and Katie Cassidy as Samantha Newman in Click (2006)
• Nick Stahl and Robert DeDiemar, Jr. as Chuck Norstadt in The Man Without a Face (1993)
• Evan Farmer, Rob Lowe, and Robert Wagner as Number Two in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)^[26]

O

• Emma Thompson and Alice Eve as Agent O in Men in Black 3 (2012)
• Zac Efron and Matthew Perry as Mike O'Donnell in 17 Again (2009)
• Allison Miller and Leslie Mann as Scarlet O'Donnell in 17 Again (2009)
• Hank Azaria and Rip Torn as Patches O' Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
• Bruno Ganz and August Diehl as Jorge O'Kelly in Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
• Catriona MacColl and Patsy Kensit as Lady Oscar in Lady Oscar (1979)

P

• Max Charles and Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
• Adam Hann-Byrd and Robin Williams as Alan Parrish in Jumanji (1995)
• Kasey Russell, Christa B. Allen, and Jennifer Garner as Jenny Perotti in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
• Izabel Pearce and Ellen Burstyn as Flemming Prescott in The Age of Adaline (2015)
• Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma, Ayush Tandon and Gautam Belur as Pi in Life of Pi (2012)

R

• Ron Eldard and Geoffrey Wigdor as John Reilly in Sleepers (1996)^[17]
• Eric Lloyd and Robert Downey, Jr. as Thomas Riley in Heart and Souls (1993)
• Christa B. Allen and Jennifer Garner as Jenna Rink in 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• Jack Johnson and Jared Harris as Will Robinson in Lost in Space (1998)
• Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart as Rose in Titanic (1997) (The character was named Rose DeWitt Bukater in 1912 and Rose Dawson Calvert in 1996.)
• Harrison Young and Matt Damon as James Francis Ryan in Saving Private Ryan (1998)^[27]

S

• Eva Mendes and Seychelle Gabriel as Sand Saref in The Spirit (2008)^[28]
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis as Joseph Simmons in Looper (2012). Played in the same time period via time travel.
• Meret Becker and Corinna Harfouch as Sophie in The Promise (1995)
• Jacob Kogan, Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy as Spock in Star Trek (2009)^[29]
  • This case is unusual, in that Quinto and Nimoy played differently aged versions of the character, but in the same time period, via time travel.
• James Caviezel and Daniel Henson as John Sullivan in Frequency (2000)^[30]
• Brad Pitt and Brad Renfro as Michael Sullivan in Sleepers (1996)^[17]

T

• Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, and Vanessa Redgrave as Briony Tallis in Atonement (2007)
• Thora Birch and Melanie Griffith as Tina Tercell in Now and Then (1995)
• Emma Thompson and Annie Buckley as P. L. Travers (Helen Goff as a child) in Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
• Logan Lerman, John Patrick Amedori, and Ashton Kutcher as Evan Treborn in The Butterfly Effect (2004)

W

• Josh Hutcherson and Dax Shepard as Walter in Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
• Gus Lewis and Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins (2005)
• Joseph Mazzello and Jim Carrey as Joe Wenteworth in Simon Birch (1998)^[31]
• Alexandra Kyle and Judy Greer as Lucy "Tom-Tom" Wyman in 13 Going on 30 (2004)

X

• James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Y

• Richard Vuu, Tsou Tijger, and John Lone as Pu Yi in The Last Emperor (1987)^[32]

A

• Emani Sledge, Valerie Shusterov, Hannah Freiman, Rachel Corr, Will Denton, Sharon Wilkins, Shayna Levine and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Aviva in Palindromes (2004)^[33]

C

• Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina were both cast in the role of Conchita in That Obscure Object of Desire (1977). They switched back and forth during the movie with no apparent pattern. Director Luis Buñuel had originally cast Maria Schneider for the role but couldn't work with her. When he decided to replace her, he joked about casting two actresses in the role. Producer Serge Silberman liked that idea and suggested Buñuel do it.

H

• Kien Shih and Keye Luke as Mr. Han in Enter the Dragon (1973)^[34]

Shih's English was very poor, so actor Keye Luke supplied his speaking voice.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger and an uncredited voice actor as Hercules in Hercules in New York (1970)^[35]

Schwarzenegger was cast based on his appearance, but the producers were initially unaware of his thick Austrian accent, and dubbed over his voice with a more classical voice actor. Some modern screenings of this have restored Schwarzenegger's voice to the film.

I

• Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell all as Imaginarium Tony in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

After the death of Heath Ledger one-third of the way through filming, production was shut down for a few months. Then it was re-started when the three actors agreed to complete Ledger's role.

L

• Klinton Spilsbury and James Keach as The Lone Ranger in The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)^[36]

Spilsbury had the look, but his voice couldn't cut it. So, his lines were dubbed over by Keach.

M

• Nicholas Baroudi, Bryant Boon, Grant Boyd, Tyler Burke, Sean Buttimer, Nicholas E. Calhoun, Andrew Casanova, Steve Cavanaugh, Donovan Christie Jr., Paul Corning Jr., Adrian Corrie, Dan Cozzens, Thompson B. Crozier, Dan de Jesus, Marc T. Engberg, Jonathan Iglesias, George Iliopoulos, Benjamin Jones, Adrian Kelly, Brandon Kieffer, Aidan Kinney, Jonathan Laffey, Christopher La Forgia, Fernando L. Lamberty, Dylan Landon, Mike Lubik, Shaka Malik, Christian Manzo, Robert Maxwell, Benedict Mazurek, Adam Miller, Seth Andrew Miller, Austin Mitchell, Zachary Mooren, David Andrew Morton, Kevin Needham, Eric James O'Keefe, Philip Oros, Gabriel Pardo, Christopher Patten, Ernest G. Perry, Jeff Ronan, Andrew Saunders, David Seamon, Gianmarco Soresi, Yaron Urbas, Nicholas Urda, Chris Viemeister, Bryan Williams, and Peter Zerneck as Man in Audition (2015)
• Lorene Yarnell and Joan Rivers as Dot Matrix in Spaceballs (1987)^[37]

Yarnell played Dot Matrix in costume, while Rivers provided the speaking voice.

P

• Harvey Pekar and Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar in American Splendor (2003)^[38]

T

• Toshishiro Obata and Michael McConnohie as Tatsu in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)^[39]

V

• David Prowse & James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars Trilogy (1977, 1980, 1983)^[40][41][42]

Sebastian Shaw also played the role of Darth Vader un-masked in Return of the Jedi (1983)^[42] for a total of three actors in that film.

James Earl Jones reprised his voice role with Hayden Christensen playing the role in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)^[43]

If all of the primary films in the franchise are counted together, Jake Lloyd from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) can also be counted, bringing the total to five actors.^[44]

W

• Szalene Anthony, Milee Bang, Christina Barrell, Caroline Bloom, Jess Brown, Julia Burnside, Erica Camarano, Blaire Carson, Senta Cassell, Teegan Curitz, Mary Davila-Delgado, Leah Dowdy, Emily Fleischer, Lolita Foster, Chelsea Frei, Kate Gunther, Casey Ann Hayward, Sarah Himadeh, Corinne Hundt, Javelyn, Emilyn Kowaleski, Erica LaTorra, Jeanne Lau, Marion Le Coguic, Mary Linehan, Cara Loften, Maribel Martinez, Ariella Mastroianni, Maggie McGuire, Velta Moore, Hadas Nuriel, Angel Pai, Cassandra Paras, Andi Potamkin, Sam Quartin, Jacqueline Real, Katelyn Sarazen, Sarah Schoofs, Alex Megan Schell, Nadia Serantes, Robin Singer, Paige Spara, Katie Rose Summerfield, Khloe Sunga, Rebecca Sussman, Amanda Tudor, Juliette Verroye, Jenna Williams, Margaret Keane Williams, and Francesca C. Zucchetti as Woman in Audition (2015)