10 Celebrities Who Were Roomates, Like Literally

Elise Feyrer

Numerous well-known persons have shared living quarters with other stars. When they were all actors on the brink of stardom, some elected to room together, while others were placed in the same dorm. While collaborating on hit TV series, several well-known housemates shared a house.
Which well-known people have shared living quarters? Both Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are at the top of our list. The two people had known one other since they were kids in Boston. While writing the script for Good Will Hunting, Affleck and Damon agreed to share one apartment. Damon and Affleck were catapulted to superstardom after the film won many Oscars, including Best Original Screenplay. Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson aren't the first prominent duo to share a residence; Wes Anderson, Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, and Dustin Hoffman did so.

1. Ryan Gosling And Justin Timberlake

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When they were both on "The Mickey Mouse Club" at Disney, Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake shared a room. Both boys were just 11 years old, and Gosling's mother worked in Canada, so Timberlake's mother became his legal guardian.

2. Connie Britton And Lauren Graham

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Connie Britton and Lauren Graham formerly shared a Los Angeles apartment before they became two of television's most-known mothers. Both actresses hit it off in the same New York acting class before making the journey to Los Angeles. Britton reflected on those times, saying, "You know, it's that moment when everything's possible, and we were just trying to live our dream."

3. Adam Sandler And Judd Apatow

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Adam Sandler used to live with director/writer Judd Apatow in Los Angeles before the latter relocated to New York to star on Saturday Night Live. The two reunited for the 2009 comedy picture funny People, and Sandler also made an appearance on Apatow's short-lived sitcom Undeclared. Apatow claims that Sandler rented a car "for 12 years" without ever buying one.

4. Mel Gibson And Geoffrey Rush

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While attending the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Mel Gibson lived with fellow Australian actor Geoffrey Rush.

5. Stanley Tucci And Ving Rhames

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When they were both students at New York's Purchase College, actors Stanley Tucci and Ving Rhames shared a dorm room. Tucci allegedly persuaded Ving Rhames to alter his name from Irving legally.

6. Michael Douglas And Danny DeVito

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Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito shared a New York apartment as their careers took off. Douglas said that DeVito's neatness was "not very helpful for his image," sarcastically. Later, in 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which Douglas produced and in which DeVito portrayed the endearing character Martini, the two worked together again.

7. Lindsay Lohan And Raven-Symoné

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For 14 months, Lindsay Lohan called Raven-Symoné her roommate, but according to the actress of That's So Raven, LiLo was seldom at home due to her hectic work schedule. Raven-Symoné, hinting at some bitterness, remarked, "She had her clothes in the place we were meant to live in together."

8. Robert Downey Jr. And Kiefer Sutherland

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For three years, when Kiefer Sutherland was getting his acting career began, Robert Downey Jr. opened his home to his friend and 24 co-stars, Kiefer Sutherland. In the 1980s, while Downey Jr. was dating Sarah Jessica Parker, Sutherland was there to be a "shoulder to weep on." They're an old married couple who still spend quality time together, as seen by photos of them out antiquing together. Swoon.

9. Jonah Hill And Justin Long

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Early in their careers, actors Justin Long and Jonah Hill shared an apartment; they would later co-star in the film Accepted, released in 2006. Long said the pair stopped getting along "like an elderly married couple" and decided to end their cohabitation.

10. Michelle Williams And Ryan Gosling

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Actors Williams and Gosling lived together off-screen throughout the production of Blue Valentine. The director thought the performers' chemistry would improve if they shared a house outside filming. The fact that Williams was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe suggests that the choice was successful.