I've heard Henry Winkler say the Fonz was everything he was not.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar was very shy in real life and nothing like the popular Zack Morris

Anyone who has seen an interview of Jaleel White (Steve Urkel) knows that he is anything but a nerd

And man-hungry Marcy Darcy was played by a lesbian actress (Amanda Bearse)

Any other examples of actors/actresses who played characters completely different from themselves?

I think you could add Bob Saget to that list. Him being more of a comedian that's a bit edgy is completely opposite to the role that he was playing on Full House.

My sister used to babysit for a relative of Ed O'Neill's. I think it was his niece. She said that he's nothing like Al Bundy(I can't imagine!!:lol: )

I got to meet Susan Lucci at ABC Soap Weekend, and you can believe she's nothing like Erica Kane!!

Same goes for Heather Locklear, although I never got to meet her. Just from what I've seen.

Abe Vigoda jogged 5 miles a day and played handball, and was nothing like the broken-down Det. Fish (Barney Miller and the later spinoff entitled Fish), who suffered from gout, kidney stones and hemmoroids. :eek: :lol:

Michael Gross who played the gun loving survivalist in the tremors TV series in reality a big time advocate of gun control.

I think you could add Bob Saget to that list. Him being more of a comedian that's a bit edgy is completely opposite to the role that he was playing on Full House.


'a BIT edgy'? Bob Saget is the filthiest, raunchiest, most unfiltered comic I have ever had the pleasure to laugh my ass off at. Calling Bob Saget 'a bit edgy' is like calling Hitler 'a bit demanding'.

'a BIT edgy'? Bob Saget is the filthiest, raunchiest, most unfiltered comic I have ever had the pleasure to laugh my ass off at. Calling Bob Saget 'a bit edgy' is like calling Hitler 'a bit demanding'.
:rofl: You enjoy him too? I freakin love Bob Saget. That man is hilarious.

Peter Thorkelson is highly intelligent and brilliantly innovative, unlike the naive Peter Tork he played on The Monkees. Now the other 3 guys were pretty much being themselves, but he got stuck playing the "dumb" one. :lol:

Michael Gross who played the gun loving survivalist in the tremors TV series in reality a big time advocate of gun control.

Tieing in more with his character on Family Ties. :)

I don't think Christopher Lloyd is anything like Jim Ignatowski.

I don't think Christopher Lloyd is anything like Jim Ignatowski.
Or Doc Brown :D

I don't think Christopher Lloyd is anything like Jim Ignatowski.
I should hope not. :lol:

Neil Patrick Harris plays a womanizer on "How I Met Your Mother" while in real life he's an openly gay man in a committed relationship.

:rofl: You enjoy him too? I freakin love Bob Saget. That man is hilarious.


Saget is so wrong, it can only be right! Did you happen to catch his performance in 'The Aristocrats'?

Well, almost every actor is the opposite of his screen persona; that's why it's
called acting. But a few standouts would include:

Jack Benny (who was actually generous and an accomplished violinist)
Dan Blocker (much more intelligent than Hoss Cartwright; a former teacher)
Wally Cox (much more macho in real life; he rode a motorcycle!)
Curly Howard (very shy when the cameras stopped rolling)
Moe Howard (much smarter than his screen persona; took over as manager
of The Three Stooges after the team left Ted Healy)
Boris Karloff (a very gentle man who would never hurt a fly)
Stan Laurel (a brilliant man; he wrote Laurel & Hardy's classic routines)
Dean Martin (whose image as a boozer was largely a fabrication)
John Wayne (he hated horses)
Henry Winkler (he hated motorcycles)

John Wayne (he hated horses)

Well I never knew that. Very interesting fact.

bob denver was nothing like gilligan he was a fomer teacher and also ive read that groucho marx was very kindhearted to the people who worked for him and nice to fans as well

Jack Benny was nothing like his screen persona. He was actually very generous.
Henry Winkler was actually TERRIFIED of motorcycles. On "HAPPY DAYS" whenever a scene called for the Fonz to ride his motorcycle into a scene, a couple crew members would wheel it up to the camera, he'd get on andthey'd push it into the scene.

Larry Linville: unlike Frank on "M*A*S*H"

Larry Linville: unlike Frank on "M*A*S*H"you mean he actually has a brain? :lol:

From all the interviews I've read and seen, Ron Glass (Barney Miller) was not a snob/egotist like his character, Sgt. Ron Harris. Thank goodness. :eek: :lol:

Eric McCormack on W and G was playing a gay man and in real life he is happily married and has a young son named Finnegan.

Dick Sargent played the happily married Darrin Stevens and also so did Robert Reed as the "perfect " dad Mike Brady.
both actors were gay...

and David Schwimmer has said in so many interviews that he is not Ross..
and Lisa Kudrow plays a dumb person on Friends but was actually very intelligent and graduated with a degree in microbiology