Gwyneth Paltrow and Blythe Danner
Courtesy of Focus FeaturesThe mother-daughter duo acted alongside one another in 2003's Sylvia, a biopic about poet Sylvia Plath. "She was so wonderful," Blythe, who played Sylvia's mother, fellow poet Aurelia Plath, told Reuters of her daughter's performance as Sylvia.
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Ben and Jerry Stiller
Paramount PicturesJerry passed his love of comedy onto his son, who appeared opposite him in 2001's Zoolander. "Ben was acting with me, and also directing me—'Do it this way, Dad. No, this way.' He wanted perfection, and I was getting a little huffy. Ben was ahead of me, in a lot of ways. Everything I could never do, Ben could do," the late star shared, according to The New Yorker.
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Henry and Jane Fonda
Universal PicturesFilming 1981's On Golden Pond with her father was emotional, according to Jane. "Imagine a woman with a difficult relationship with her father finds a play in which the father and daughter so paralleled real life," Jane told The Hollywood Reporter. The actress later called the film one of her proudest career moments, saying, "Giving the Oscar to my father five months before he died was very special."
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Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer
TriStar Pictures/Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentIf your mom is a Hollywood legend, you're destined to inherit her acting bug. In 2015's Ricki and the Flash, they made a movie about an aging rocker and her recently divorced daughter. "It's only actors who are weaker or insecure or worried that show you their, you know, their anxiety about working with you," Meryl explained to CBS This Morning. "My daughter has no fear of Meryl Streep, like none."
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Marlon and Shawn Wayans
Sony Pictures EntertainmentIn their famous 2004 comedy White Chicks, the brothers play FBI agents who go undercover to protect two hotel heiresses. "[Shawn] wouldn't cut his goatee off because he was like, 'Look, when they take this makeup off, I'm going to be fly,'" Marlon recalled to Entertainment Weekly. "And so they would put the makeup over his goatee and it would make his mouth stick out that much more. He looked crazy," he joked.
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Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr.
CBS Photo Archive//Getty ImagesMarlon and Shawn aren't the only Wayans to appear onscreen together. Their older brother, Damon, made a cameo on his son Damon Jr.'s 2018 sitcom, Happy Together. We guess show business runs in the family!
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Olivia Wilde and Daisy Josephine Sudeikis
Warner Bros.Olivia's daughter made her acting debut in the 2022 film Don't Worry Darling. Daisy was just five years old while filming. "I really loved that she was seeing me in that light," the actress told Stephen Colbert. "Like somewhere subconsciously this is seeping in, that her mother is in charge and is supported by this awesome crew."
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Casey and Ben Affleck
MiramaxGood Will Hunting, released in 1997, helped put both Affleck brothers on the map. "My brother's performance, in retrospect, I think can be seen as complete genius," Ben told Boston Magazine.
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Bruce and Rumer Willis
MiramaxIn 2005's Hostage, the father and daughter play the Talleys — a family whose life is on the line after a kidnapping. "I think that acting with Rumer in this film allowed me to reach a much higher point of departure emotionally in this film than had I been working with an actress, a young actress, that I didn't know," the actor told The Oklahoman. "And just the idea alone of thinking that horrible thought of having your family stolen from you, just got me to a pretty, pretty vulnerable place."
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Dominic and Senan West
Keith Bernstein/NetflixThe father-son duo took on the roles of Prince Charles and Prince William in season 5 of The Crown. "What was great [was the] shortcut to a sort of tactile intimacy that you have with your kids that no one else has," Dominic told Town & Country.
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Sylvester and Sage Stallone
MGM/UA Distribution CompanyIn 1990's Rocky V, Sage played Rocky Balboa Jr. Filming was a much deeper experience than either of them anticipated. "When I was screaming: 'You never spent time with me! You never spent time with my mother!' that was true. I was looking into my father's face and really saying that," Sage told PEOPLE. "I got a lot of things out. We broke into tears a few times. After the film, everything changed. We'd do anything for each other."
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Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight
Paramount PicturesAngelina had a public falling out with her father shortly after they costarred in 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The following year, she dropped Voight from her last name, instead replacing it with her middle name — Jolie. However, they've since mended their relationship.
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Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal
Newmarket FilmsThe Gyllenhaal siblings both appeared in the 2001 cult classic Donnie Darko. Maggie, who is five years older than Jake, also played his older sister in the film. "Maggie was really an essential piece of the puzzle that makes that family dynamic work in the film," director Richard Kelly told Vox in 2017. "I'm grateful that she agreed to do the role."
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John and Joan Cusack
First Look InternationalWhile co-writing and producing the 2008 action comedy War Inc., John gave his sister a role. "We have a relationship, so I knew about the movie outside of just working on a movie," she told Rotten Tomatoes. "I knew about his passion for it; he's incredibly passionate about, and grateful to be able to make movies and do things that he loves and feels deeply about."
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Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow and Iris Apatow
Universal PicturesYears before Maude made her mark on HBO's Euphoria and Iris starred in Netflix's Love, both made a cameo in the 2007 film Knocked Up — with their real-life mom, Leslie Mann. It was a family affair, as Leslie's husband and the girls' dad, Judd Apatow, served as the director. The girls (and their mom and dad) reprised their roles in the 2012 "sort-of sequel," This Is 40.
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Eugene and Dan Levy
CBC Television/Pop TVEugene passed along his comedy skills to his son, Dan, who created the 2015 award-winning show Schitt's Creek. Not only did Dan cast his real-life dad to play his father, but his sister, Sarah, plays recurring character Twyla Sands. "I have so long admired what my dad had done and … I think he really let me have space to find my own footing," Dan told TODAY.
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Dylan and Cole Sprouse
DisneyWhile the twins often played the same role during early childhood (like on Big Daddy and Friends), in 2005's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody they finally acted on-screen together. They went on to star in the show's sequel, 2008's Suite Life on Deck, before taking their careers in different directions.
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Tia and Tamera Mowry
ABCSpeaking of twins, Tia and Tamera first found fame with 1994's hit sitcom Sister, Sister. They've continued to work together throughout their careers, starring in projects like Twitches (2005), Twitches Too (2007) and Tia & Tamera (2011). In 2000, their younger brother, Tahj, even joined them on-screen in the film Seventeen Again.
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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Warner Bros.We can't mention twins without talking about Mary-Kate and Ashley. While they both famously played Michelle Tanner on Full House, they went on to act side-by-side in countless other films — Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993), It Takes Two (1995), Holiday in the Sun (2001) and New York Minute (2004), to name a few.
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Kirk and Candace Cameron
ABC Photo Archives//Getty ImagesMary-Kate and Ashley weren't the only Full House siblings. Candace's older brother appeared on the show as Cousin Steve. "I don't know exactly how I got onto Full House," Kirk admitted to TODAY. "I'm sure Candace pulled a few strings and got me on somehow. I didn't even have to audition."
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