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* John Hurt, who played the lead role of Winston Smith in British movie ''1984''; was in 2006 casted as the dictator for the film ''V for Vendetta'', which bore a similar setting. The dictator's face is seen displayed over several screens throughout the city, all in a very Big Brother-esque way.

* While PatrickStewart playing the king may qualify as an ActorAllusion in [[TheElderScrolls The Elder Scrolls Four]]: {{Oblivion}}, the casting of Linda Carter (made famous for playing WonderWoman ) as the voices of the female Orcs and Nords certainly qualifies.

* ''SkyHigh'': Lynda Carter, former WonderWoman, as the Sky High Principal.

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* John Hurt, whom played the lead role of Winston Smith in british movie ''1984''; was in 2006 casted as the dictator for the film ''V for Vendetta'', which bore a similar setting. The dictator's face is seen displayed over several screens throughout the city, all in a very Big Brother-esque way.

* GeorgeTakei played Rome London on ''SuiteLifeOnDeck'' in an episode that parodies 'Star Trek'. He even played a direct descendant of London and acts very much like her.

* ''HotFuzz'' casts Edward Woodward as [spoiler:the equivalent of his antagonists from ''TheWickerMan'']

* In ''{{Pirahna}} 3D'', Richard Dreyfuss has a cameo at the beginning as a character who is practically Matt Hooper from ''{{Jaws}}''.

** In the same film, Tim Allen is very convincing as a washed up TV star, and AlanRickman is excellent as a respected {{Shakespeare}}an actor playing a role far below his ability

* The British show ''{{Doctors}}'' once had a PatientOfTheWeek who was an actor best known for his role as a mysterious time-traveller in a decades-old children's programme. He was played by Sylvester [=McCoy=], a.k.a. the [[DoctorWho Seventh Doctor]].

* The 2009 film Film/{{Gamer}} has Sam Witwer working in an adoption office, and it's later revealed that [[spoiler: he sent Kable's daughter to live with the villain]]. This from the guy who, just a year earlier, was himself [[spoiler: adopted by the bad guy, namely Darth Vader]] in TheForceUnleashed.

* ''GIJoe'' and ''{{Transformers}}'', both being Hasbro-produced MerchandiseDriven series, tend to have a few of these. ''GIJoe'' has Corey Burton and Michael Bell playing twins Tomax and Xamot. ''{{Transformers}}'' has them as twins Sunstreaker and Sideswipe. Many actors who have played Starscream have also played the Cobra Commander, [[TransformersAnimated Tom Kenny]] being the only exception.

* In the '"StargateSG-1'' episode ''200,'' Vala Mal Doran (played by Claudia Black), when challenged to come up with a more obscure property to rip-off for her movie pitch, launches into a full-blown parody of ''Farscape'' which basically consists of the SG-1 casts as the Farscape crew repeating every single one of Farscape's alien curse words in the shortest span possible.

* In the new ''BattlestarGalactica'', casting Richard Hatch (who played Captain Apollo in the original series) being cast as terrorist-cum-politician-cum-dictator Tom Zarek.

* FindingNemo has Ellen [=DeGeneres=] as [[CloudCuckoolander Dory]].

* In the ''8 Simple Rules'' episode "Old Flame", an old boyfriend of Cate (Katey Sagal) shows up, played by Ed O'Neill (who played her husband on ''MarriedWithChildren''.

*The 2009 film Gamer has Sam Witwer working in an adoption office, and it's later revealed that [[spoiler: he sent Kable's daughter to live with the villain]]. This from the guy who, just a year earlier, was himself [[spoiler: adopted by the bad guy, namely Darth Vader]] in TheForceUnleashed.