Why do some actors in credits appear as - Character (As Actor) — Beginner...

penguin_pam

I was just browsing IMDb and always wondered why in some movies an actor/actress will appear in the credits as the character but right beside in parenthesis "As Name"? Check out Dane DeHaan's profile as an example: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2851530/?ref_=tt_cl_t1 There are two in his profile, one for Lincoln - Second White Soldier (as Dane Dehaan) and one for At Risk - Cal Tradd (as Dane Dehaan) Can anybody provide a reason for this? Or is this...

Originally asked by Chad Kapatch on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

This is because there is a difference between how IMDb (or another source) lists the actor's name than their credit in a movie. The name after 'as' shows how they were credited in the movie. In the case here, it is because there is a difference in the capitalization between Dane DeHaan and Dane Dehaan. The difference here is relatively minor, they can be more significantly different.

Full answer by iandotkelly: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/12595 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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