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VGC Top Ten: Celebrities That Look Like Videogame Characters

by Stephen Kelley, posted on 23 December 2009 / 191,726 Views

If you are like me, you sometimes notice that our most beloved videogame characters seem to look like they got a bit of real-life inspiration from our celebrities.  Some of these were intentional, as you can tell that they used that particular piece of art as a basis for the character, and others are just spooky. As normal, these are in no particular order. 

 

 

 

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And as a Christmas bonus, I present to you a non-celebrity lookalike:

 

 

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I wonder who they look like?

 

 

 


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88 Comments

TC_Squared
TC_Squared (on 28 October 2011)

The Michael Biehn similarities is nothing impressive...that drawing was literally based on him.

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zzyoshiman
zzyoshiman (on 03 January 2010)

i always thought john Travolta did look like marcus

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Ravage27
Ravage27 (on 28 December 2009)

kratos will eat tyson for breakfast

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TC_Squared
TC_Squared (on 28 October 2011)

Cid in Final Fantasy VIII...I said that back in 1999 when I first saw him.

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itaintrite
itaintrite (on 16 January 2010)

Oh come on, Johnny Messner is the best you can do for Sev? Now THIS guy, Ray Stevenson, is the spit and image of Sev. Makes me wonder if Sev was modeled after him. http://xrayvision.today.com/files/2009/03/2008_punisher_war_zone_004.jpg

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onikenshi
onikenshi (on 28 December 2009)

Ron Jeremy hands down for Mario lol.

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Kaixes
Kaixes (on 23 December 2009)

@Xoj Squall is actually based off of River Phoenix.

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Smeags
Smeags (on 23 December 2009)

Yup, definitely did a double take on that John Travolta/Marcus Fenix one. :-D Well done!

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MontanaHatchet
MontanaHatchet (on 23 December 2009)

The John Travolta/Marcus Fenix one made me lol so much. Another great list Mr. Kelley!

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jayson1
jayson1 (on 04 August 2012)

Jason Stathom is a dead ringer for Nathan Hale of Resistance. Why sony hasnt tried to make a movie about Resistance starring Jason Stathom is beyond me.

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Iveyboi
Iveyboi (on 19 April 2012)

Hahahaha!!!!

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mikecm87
mikecm87 (on 28 March 2012)

I don't see the resemblance in the Battletoads one.

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spurgeonryan
spurgeonryan (on 17 November 2011)

Gene Shalit/Wario one is good!

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davewade91
davewade91 (on 26 July 2011)

I've got you all beat... Starkiller and Sam Witwer. In fact, the whole Force Unleashed series has a few exact actor to character models.

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drinkvault
drinkvault (on 15 January 2010)

Yeah, Travolta should be Marcus for the Gears of War movie. lol at Wario comparison.

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MasterOfHyrule
MasterOfHyrule (on 28 December 2009)

The non celebrities are Mario and Luigi it seems..

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-ku-
-ku- (on 27 December 2009)

Sorry but I didnt get who the non celebrities looked like....

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wohdin
wohdin (on 27 December 2009)

The squall one is funny, because Squall was actually designed after River Phoenix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Phoenix) and Gackt's likeness was used in designing Genesis (FF7 compilation). Also, David Bowie is every video game character ever, trufax.

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spdk1
spdk1 (on 26 December 2009)

@ Keep_the-change nah, it was on a photoblog I go to called sexy people blog

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TaterTurds
TaterTurds (on 26 December 2009)

and actually WWE wrestler Batista is the spitting image of Marcus Fenix, Travolta is too old and flabby to play him.

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Keep_the_change
Keep_the_change (on 26 December 2009)

LOL @ Mario Bros!!!! Is this the news writer uncles r something?

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MasterZack
MasterZack (on 26 December 2009)

Amazing!! Good job!

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TaterTurds
TaterTurds (on 25 December 2009)

what about Johnny Resnick of the Goo Goo Dolls as Leon Kennedy of Resident Evil fame, now that's a dead ringer.

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crak585
crak585 (on 25 December 2009)

How bout Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) looking exactly like Solid Snake especially when he smokes a cigar in that movie.

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Fab_GS
Fab_GS (on 25 December 2009)

WE WANT PART 2!!!!!!!!!

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PerswAsian
PerswAsian (on 24 December 2009)

Weird to see this again. I contributed Robin Williams/Cid FFVIII to Thor Antrim's site long ago. I also contributed the Lucca from Chrono Trigger/Velma from Scooby-Doo lookalike.

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Kai Master
Kai Master (on 24 December 2009)

wow travolta and fenix!

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Pellefant
Pellefant (on 24 December 2009)

HAHA! The lead singer in IMMORTAL used to rent out an apartment to a friend of mine:) She also fed his cat:)

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Soriku
Soriku (on 24 December 2009)

Kaixes is right, Squall is based off of River Pheonix. He looks close to Gackt though.

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dizzydee_011
dizzydee_011 (on 24 December 2009)

Awesome article! haha Hopefully a part 2 soon...?

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Xen
Xen (on 24 December 2009)

@forest-spirit: Blasrynkh Mighty Battletoads.

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NeoMatrix
NeoMatrix (on 24 December 2009)

Nicely done!

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tedsteriscool
tedsteriscool (on 24 December 2009)

Coincidence? http://totallylookslike.com/2009/06/08/johnny-messner-totally-looks-like-sev-from-killzone-2/

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tedsteriscool
tedsteriscool (on 24 December 2009)

lol, nice. The main character of Bujingai was actually modeled after Gackt.

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el_rika
el_rika (on 24 December 2009)

Good effort buddy !

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kupomogli
kupomogli (on 24 December 2009)

I dunno. I've always thought this site did it better even though it's rarely updated and is just an afterthought. http://thor.mirtna.org/oddities/lookalikes/a-m.html

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spdk1
spdk1 (on 24 December 2009)

@ those saying godon freeman and Hugh Laurie: I didn't put that one because I didn't feel as though they look much alike....freeman looks more like Charlie Sheen in a movie that I can't remember its name: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/PeepingMax/gordonsheen_heads.png

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Machina
Machina (on 24 December 2009)

I certainly didn't expect to find myself needing to go listen to Heathen again as a result of reading this list.

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arcane_chaos
arcane_chaos (on 23 December 2009)

LOL! Gackt looks like squall! my friend will have a feild day this since Squall is his favorite videogame character and Gackt is his favorite japanese artist!

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crazyj_86
crazyj_86 (on 23 December 2009)

Dude...the weirdest look-alike i think is Psycho (from Crysis) and Jason Statham... He even talks like statham... uncanny...

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shinsa
shinsa (on 23 December 2009)

squall is based off of gackt....? *face plam!"

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Xoj
Xoj (on 23 December 2009)

LOL @gackt. squall is based of him

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Hradekal
Hradekal (on 23 December 2009)

I love you VGchartz. Keep up the awesomeness.

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Attoyou
Attoyou (on 23 December 2009)

LMFAO~!!!!! thats was Great! the last one was the best :P

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Mummelmann
Mummelmann (on 23 December 2009)

The most astonishing one is not on there; Doctor Eli Vance from Half-Life 2 and Bill Cobbs. Google it, you won't believe Vance isn't modelled off of this guy! Even the voice is really, really similar!

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Retrasado
Retrasado (on 23 December 2009)

LOL @ John Travolta... I really did a doubletake on that one. The wrestling guy was a pretty good find too. Awesome list

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Pho_Hybrid
Pho_Hybrid (on 23 December 2009)

John Travola as Marcus :D thats halirous, he wouldn't do the roughed, tough soilder, or so we believe

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tavo31
tavo31 (on 23 December 2009)

Here's proof of what I said, along with some extras (damn... Owen Wilson DOES look like Glass Joe): http://www.dasgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/punch-out.jpg

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tavo31
tavo31 (on 23 December 2009)

You missed Adam Sandler = Don Flamenco

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Red4ADevil
Red4ADevil (on 23 December 2009)

ROFLMAO!!! I knew I wasn't the only one who though cid from FFVIII looked like robin williams. That was the first thing that came to my mind when cid appeared.

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ameratsu
ameratsu (on 23 December 2009)

The answer is always David Bowie.

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haxxiy
haxxiy (on 23 December 2009)

They missed Hugh Laurie = Gordon Freeman

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forest-spirit
forest-spirit (on 23 December 2009)

Toads of Northern Darkness?

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fazz
fazz (on 23 December 2009)

David Bowie and Gackt are the sexiest up there.

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gurglesletch
gurglesletch (on 23 December 2009)

Some of those look very similar but others not especially the bonus.

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DeotoxSlayer
DeotoxSlayer (on 23 December 2009)

I'm surprised that whoeevr made this list didn't incluide the guy from House and Gordon Freeman from Half-Life I mean they look so alike.

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Simulacrum
Simulacrum (on 23 December 2009)

Nice ;P

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Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh (on 23 December 2009)

lol yeh you pretty much could of made a list of video game characters that david bowie looks like

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Severance
Severance (on 23 December 2009)

David bowie alone should have a 4 part list. he is in EVERY GAME! http://thor.mirtna.org/oddities/lookalikes/pics/raziel-legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver-david-bowie.jpg http://thor.mirtna.org/oddities/lookalikes/pics/leon-kennedy-resident-evil-4-david-bowie.jpg http://thor.mirtna.org/oddities/lookalikes/pics/sephiroth-final-fantasy-vii-david-bowie.jpg http://thor.mirtna.org/oddities/lookalikes/pics/balthier-final-fantasy-xii-david-bowie.jpg

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badgenome
badgenome (on 23 December 2009)

You could have done a top 10 list with Bowie alone!

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Ssenkahdavic
Ssenkahdavic (on 23 December 2009)

Angelina Jolie = Laura Croft

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Xen
Xen (on 23 December 2009)

Yes! Put Travolta in the GeoW movie! He will dance the locust to death!

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Raze
Raze (on 23 December 2009)

When he was younger, Leo DiCaprio would have made a good Link, circa de the Romeo & Juliet he was in.

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c03n3nj0
c03n3nj0 (on 23 December 2009)

Aren't they making a gear of War movie? Or did I hear wrong? If, so, freakin' put John Travolta in it!

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jayke
jayke (on 23 December 2009)

Laurie*

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jayke
jayke (on 23 December 2009)

They missed the most uncanny lookalike in video game history. Hugh Lorrie of HOUSE fame is a dead ringer for HL hero Gordon Freeman.

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Ssliasil
Ssliasil (on 23 December 2009)

Bruce Willis IS Auron FFX... i win

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Xen
Xen (on 23 December 2009)

Black Metal is pretty great, Immortal especially.

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KingFate
KingFate (on 23 December 2009)

This is pure win, just from the Immortal reference alone. OT: Those similarities are pretty sick.

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spdk1
spdk1 (on 23 December 2009)

@ Xen LOL!! I saw the pose, and the gauntlets and I was like YES!!! but yeah, I'm a huge metal fan, symphonic black metal and melodic death metal especially.

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Xen
Xen (on 23 December 2009)

And that Snake picture was based on that exact one presented. But dude, you know Immortal! Nice job!

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Smeags
Smeags (on 23 December 2009)

Yeah, Montana kinda looks like Okami Amaterasu... I'm surprised that he's not on there either.

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RukiSama
RukiSama (on 23 December 2009)

well, squall was based on gackt so it's not a casuality

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spdk1
spdk1 (on 23 December 2009)

@ wfz: that was Ron Jeremy actually wearing a mario costume for a g4 commercial, that doesn't really count....although if we do one of top celebrity cosplay, he would win.

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spdk1
spdk1 (on 23 December 2009)

@ okr fixed

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okr
okr (on 23 December 2009)

Great list. Travolta/Fenix :-D BTW: It's Michael Biehn.

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Bman54
Bman54 (on 23 December 2009)

Cool list but the Snake one was actually intentional. It was ripped right from the movie.

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deaner24060
deaner24060 (on 23 December 2009)

wow, I'm impressed with this list. Very good work :)

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MontanaHatchet
MontanaHatchet (on 23 December 2009)

Also, my first thought was that Sev looks like Hatmoza. But I suppose Hatmoza isn't a celebrity (or is he?).

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ps3-sales!
ps3-sales! (on 23 December 2009)

The god of war one is spooky indeed. @Montanahatchet I agree!

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Siko1989
Siko1989 (on 23 December 2009)

solid snake one is michael Beihn from the terminator lol, cant ya tell? its the same picture.

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Siko1989
Siko1989 (on 23 December 2009)

haha John Travolta does look like Marcus Fenix abit lol

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iLLmaticV3
iLLmaticV3 (on 23 December 2009)

Mario/Luigi. John Travolta looks just like Marcus Fenix LOL!

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SmokedHostage
SmokedHostage (on 23 December 2009)

Mario/Luigi Also, awesome list.

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wfz
wfz (on 23 December 2009)

What about Mario and that pornstar that dresses up exactly like him? I was hoping he'd be number 1. =(

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Shonen
Shonen (on 03 January 2010)

You cant be more gay than GACKT - AD THIS IS A FACT-

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caonima
caonima (on 16 July 2011)

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caonima (on 16 July 2011)

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