A Guide to Telling the Difference Between Tampa Bay Rays Pitcher Tyler Glasnow and ‘Oppenheimer’ Star Cillian Murphy

How fast do you think noted thespian Cillian Murphy could throw a baseball? Conversely, do you think Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow was a theater kid? Until we can finally get them in the same room—insert your “Has anyone ever actually seen them in the same room?” joke here—these questions will remain unanswered.

What we can help you with is learning how to tell these two men apart. Because while there are a few major differences—Murphy is Irish and A-list actor famous, Glasnow is from Southern California and mostly unknown to non-baseball fans—there are also more similarities than you might expect. Both men are enjoying big summers. Murphy is the main character in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Glasnow and his Rays are sitting atop the American League standings, poised to make their fifth straight playoff appearance. With both Murphy and Glasnow finding themselves extremely relevant in their respective fields, people have begun to take notice of how eerily similar they look to each other. The best example of their resemblance is probably the photo below, taken from an angle that really makes Glasnow look like Murphy, but also might be photoshopped? Again, the resemblance is so strong that it’s really hard to tell.

That’s why we’re here to help. Should you find yourself watching a Tampa Bay Rays game and asking, “Is that Cillian Murphy?” it is not. That’s Tyler Glasnow. If you’re flipping channels and happen to catch Inception or The Dark Knight, that’s going to be Murphy on your screen. But let’s say you stumble into a situation where the two are standing next to each other. You’re going to need to know how to tell them apart or risk major embarrassment, and we can’t have that.

Glasnow is six-foot-eight and Murphy is five-foot-seven

This one will be the most helpful. Until Murphy gets cast in a movie playing Glasnow—which, can’t rule it out?—and opts for leg-lengthening surgery to really nail the look, there will always be nearly a foot of difference between them.