Separated At Birth: Leslie Nielsen And Nathan Fillion

Once in awhile, two celebrities will pop up who share an uncanny resemblance. In this instance, it’s two Canadian actors who kicked off their careers in sci-fi roles — Leslie Nielsen (Forbidden Planet) and Nathan Fillion (Firefly). I saw a clip from Forbidden Planet just the other day and my mind was absolutely blown when I realized how much they looked alike. Tell me Commander John J. Adams and Captain Malcolm Reynolds aren’t twins!

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Adam Best is the editor of FlickSided and the co-founder and senior editor of the FanSided Network, the site's parent network. He has covered sports, pop culture and film for numerous publications and sites. Best also went to film school. Years later, he used the back of his degree because he ran out of paper while printing one of his screenplays. You can contact Adam at flicksided@gmail.com.

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  1. thedude says:

    i.. don’t think so.

  2. whedonfan says:

    ya, not so much but there is a resemblence. There are differences in the length of the face and the tilt of the brow.
    It’s quite possible since they are both canadian that they are relatively closely related.

  3. Bob says:

    If you had shown me that first picture, and told me that it was Nathan Fillion starring in some retro Sci-Fi episode, I would have believed you.

  4. Lakawak says:

    Whatever you do, Adam, don’t try to get a job as a bouncer. But then again, you should probably give up your writing job. I mean, you work for a blog, so it is not like it is a career. But as for this…there is ONE feature that has some resemblance…their mouths. Everything is is diferent, and some (hair, jawline, nose) are EXTREMELY different.

  5. Dookie Mercury says:

    If you said Fillion and say Jason Bateman I’d probably go for it but not Leslie Nielsen.

  6. Schwagles says:

    Coincidentally, they are both tied to the City of Edmonton, Leslie Nielsen, living there part of his life and Nathan Fillion being born there.

  7. bob says:

    They are nothing alike. Leslie Nielsen is in black and white and Nathan Fillion is in color.

  8. Jasper says:

    Well it must be true. Due to the population of canada only being like 150 anyways right?

    Wonder if they both grew up riding polar bears

  9. Chris Foote says:

    They are both from the same province too, Alberta

  10. Have your cake and eat it kind of a dillema. What should today’s grooms do? Have a expensive reception or save for a house? I would take the second without a doubt

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