Here’s a fun one that dawned on me yesterday after two meetings.
In the first my co-worker couldn’t come up with Ron Perlman’s name.
In the second I ended up singing Tom Waits’ “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up”
The tale of the tape (now with extra pictures!):
Ron Perlman | Tom Waits | |
Date of Birth | April 13, 1950 | December 7, 1949 |
Hair | Wavy | Curly |
Facial Hair | Mustache | Soul Patch |
Voice | Gravelly | Growl |
Smokes | Cigars | Cigarettes |
Headgear | Movie makeup/prosthetics | Hats |
Romeo Is Bleeding | Film | Song |
I don’t think they’re dead-on ringers or anything, but their voices and personalities seem awfully close.
Minor connections/coincidences: As noted above Perlman was in the movie Romeo Is Bleeding (starring Gary Oldman) which took its name from a Waits song. Oldman and Waits appeared in Dracula one year prior to the release of the film version of Romeo Is Bleeding.
Maybe I should have included Oldman as well. He looks a bit like Waits.
Thoughts?
Previous incarnations of Separated at Birth:
Jeri Ryan & Cynthia Watros
Peter Lorre & Evan Handler
Lauren Ambrose & Hillary Tuck
Chuck Liddell & Sloth Fratelli (John Matuszak)
Dave Foley and Vicent Kartheiser
Javier Bardem & Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Maria Bello and Mary McCormack
Gerard Butler and Clive Owen
Christopher Meloni and Elias Koteas
Lisa Rinna and Nicholson’s Joker
Janine & Mariska
I don’t really think these two are a good match, but I think Will Ferrell looks more like Perlman then Waits.
no, but I think Tom Waits looks a little like Hugh Laurie. MUCH more than he looks like Perlman. Perlman is distinctive for a pronounced jaw.
Actually Waits looks A LOT LIKE HUGH LAURIE. Add him to this mix!
Ron Perlman looks like Tom Waits had sex with Ron Burgundy.
definitely Hugh Laurie. I’ve seen others who look more like Perlman, can’t think of them off the top of my head, but his pronounced jaw prevents him from looking like anyone who does not have a strong jaw.