All Separated at birth articles
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NewsSeparated at birth: Tom Fraser and Michael McIntyre
Savills Cambridge development director Tom Fraser may have some way to go to fill out conferences like Michael McIntyre packs in the audiences for his Big Show but he does already share a strong likeness with the world’s top earning comedian.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Dominic Morris and Rick Astley
You can never go wrong with a consultant that’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ and so Metropolis hopes that Workman building consultancy partner Dominic Morris shares the attitude of 80s singing legend Rick Astley as well as his looks.
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NewsSeparated at birth: David McNellis and Dara Ó Briain
They may come from different sides of the Irish border, but Metropolis hopes for the benefit of his colleagues at Lisney that director David McNellis shares the comedy skills as well as the looks of Robot Wars host Dara Ó Briain.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Matt Partridge and Jim Jefferies
The new year is often a time to try new hobbies and Metropolis was impressed to see Infabode chief Matt Partridge already take his comedy act to Live at the Apollo and Netflix, but a post-Christmas double-take found that it was stand-(up) double Jim Jefferies.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Armando Iannucci and David Kaye
Metropolis was surprised to see Glasgow-born satirist, writer, director and radio producer Armando Iannucci on last week’s finance pages. On closer inspection it was actually Puma Property Finance chief executive David Kaye.
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NewsSeparated at birth: John Barrowman and Colin Elliot
Metropolis wonders how actor and I’m A Celebrity contestant John Barrowman has time to lead CBRE’s corporate capital markets business when he’s meant to be in the jungle. It turns out the firm’s newly appointed chief finance officer is actually Colin Elliot.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Alfonso Ribeiro and Gareth Dominique
Gareth Dominique’s colleagues at property development company Southern Grove reckon he’s the spitting image of recent Strictly Come Dancing guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro, also known as Carlton Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Andrew Cooper and Ron Perlman
Metropolis isn’t sure whether Andrew Cooper from the London development land team at Savills has ever been described as a ‘Son of Anarchy’ but he does bear a striking resemblance to a young Ron Perlman, star of the Spike TV crime drama series.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Danny Dyer and Stephen Wasserman
Metropolis isn’t sure whether EastEnders actor Danny Dyer knows as much about bridging loans as West One Loans MD Stephen Wasserman, who features in our latest PW Perspectives supplement, but the pair certainly share a likeness.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Edward Offenbach and Craig Revel-Horwood
Metropolis hopes Colliers’ new London office specialist Edward Offenbach doesn’t deliver feedback to clients in quite the same cutting style as Craig Revel-Horwood but he does share a striking resemblance to the fab-u-lous Strictly Come Dancing judge.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Emma Cohen and Sarah Silverman
Metropolis doesn’t think there are that many laughs to be had in the world of property law, but recent Legal View columnist Emma Cohen of Norton Rose Fulbright seems to have forged a successful US TV comedy career under the name Sarah Silverman.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Ben Hall and Ryan Giggs
Colliers may have hired Ben Hall for his “exceptional track record in the north” but he still has some way to go to match the impact in that region, and worldwide, of his doppelgänger and Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Phil Wilson and Jim Rash
Metropolis doesn’t know if Phil Wilson, Peel’s housebuilding chief exec, has any outlandish outfits from his college days, but he’s certainly the double of actor Jim Rash, who plays Dean Pelton in American sitcom Community.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Caroline Penn-Smith and Phil Deakin
Metropolis doesn’t know if Carter Jonas partner Caroline Penn-Smith has ever had to be bleeped during a speech, but she could easily pass for Oscar-winner Melissa Leo who memorably swore when accepting the best supporting actress award in 2011 for her role in The Fighter.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Edward Norton and Chris Wilkinson
It looks like American actor, filmmaker and activist Edward Norton has added another string to his bow by honing his design skills at Jo Cowen Architects. Turns out it’s just his doppelgänger Chris Wilkinson, co-director at the architectural practice.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Eddie Howe and Phil Deakin
Not content with steering AFC Bournemouth from the depths of League Two to the top half of the Premier League, manager Eddie Howe seems to have found time to moonlight at Yorkshire firm Hanson Chartered Surveyors, in the guise of senior surveyor Phil Deakin.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Al Gore and Richard Mully
We don’t know if Richard Mully, new non-executive chairman of Great Portland Estates, has much American political experience, but it’s an inconvenient truth that he could be mistaken for former US vice-president and environmental campaigner Al Gore.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Mitch Tonks and Eric Clapton
Metropolis doesn’t know if Mitch Tonks, seafood ambassador, restaurateur and owner of the Rockfish chain, has any musical talent, but he is certainly channelling English rock and blues star Eric Clapton in some way.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Toyah Willcox and Claire Haywood
Metropolis didn’t know British singer and actress Toyah Willcox knew so much about the symbiotic relationship between offices and retail. It turns out it was actually Sheppard Robson partner Claire Haywood writing in last week’s professional comment section.
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NewsSeparated at birth: Julian Kent and Hugh Bonneville
Metropolis doubts Buro Four’s recently appointed project director Julian Kent shares his home with a small Peruvian bear like Hugh Bonneville’s character does in Paddington and Paddington 2, but the pair certainly do share a likeness.
