10 More Actors You Didn't Know Played The Same Character In Different Movies

Playing the part of one of the most influential artists ever to set foot on planet Earth isn't what you'd class as an easy feat by any stretch of the imagination. But it was clearly one that Ian Hart didn't see any issue in taking a stab at... on two separate occasions, no less.

Years before he'd immortalise himself as the snivelling vessel that Lord Voldemort was taking residence in, Professor Quirinus Quirrell, during Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Ian Hart was thrust into the spotlight on the back of a deeply convincing portrayal of the legendary Beatle, John Lennon, in Christopher Münch’s The Hours and Times.

Then, following on from the fictionalised telling of what might have gone down between The Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein during a holiday in Barcelona in the 60s, Hart was brought back to play Lennon once again in Iain Softley’s Backbeat, three years later. Portraying a younger version of the "Imagine" creator, when asked whether he worried about being oddly typecast, the actor would confess, "Yes, I have played John Lennon twice, but they were two completely different characters who happened to have the same name."