Alter ego
Alter ego noun - Something or someone that strongly resembles another.
Usage example: the hero of the novel is clearly the author's alter ego, right down to his receding hairline and middle-aged paunch
Both terms in one sentence
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Wanted Poster: Brady's criminal alter ego "Scirocco" had his picture in a wanted poster reading "Barely Alive".
Source: Series / Pair of Kings -
Pair of Kings: Brady's criminal alter ego "Scirocco" had his picture in a wanted poster reading "Barely Alive".
Source: Wanted Poster -
Marquee Alter Ego: For the first act, the protagonist is played by Bogart via voiceover but the character looks like someone entirely different (we only see his picture in the paper).
Source: Film / Dark Passage
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