Sometimes it's not all about a sibling rivalry.
Growing up with a relative in the spotlight can lead some family members to follow in each other's footsteps. While some family members try to avoid working together, like brothers Dave and James Franco for a while, others, like John and Joan Cusack, have teamed up multiple times.
Here are 20 sets of celebrity siblings who have worked together.
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Twins Cole and Dylan Sprouse won teen hearts as the leads on Disney Channel's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and subsequent spin-off "The Suite Life on Deck."
The 25-year-old twins started their acting careers as babies when the played the same character on "Grace Under Fire." They made their film debuts as the same kid in "Big Daddy." While the actors continued to play some of the same characters or star alongside each other throughout the years, they also pursued separate projects.
Both Sprouse brothers took a break from acting and attended New York University. Dylan studied video game design and is opening All-Wise Meadery in Brooklyn, with two business partners, in 2018. Cole studied archaeology and went back into acting after graduating. He currently stars on "Riverdale."
Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal have been in a couple of projects together since they were children.
As kids, the two siblings starred in "A Dangerous Woman," which was directed by their father. With their mom, the pair were on two episodes of "Molto Mario," an Italian cooking show on the Food Network.
But perhaps their best known collaboration was in "Donnie Darko," where they play siblings. Director Richard Kelly told Vox they had to convince Maggie that the role was meant for her.
"Immediately, she was like, Richard, you're only offering this to me because I'm Jake's big sister. You should be finding the best actress for the role," Kelly said. "So she was already trying to talk me out of casting her, in a very selfless way. And I was just really impressed by that...So I was really determined to convince her to do it after that."
He added that casting her helped cement the sibling dynamic on-screen.
"Maggie was really an essential piece of the puzzle that makes that family dynamic work in the film," he said. "I'm grateful that she agreed to do the role."
Twins Tia and Tamera Mowry starred on "Sister, Sister" together, but their brother Tahj appeared on a couple of episodes, too.
The sisters were in a singing group and have appeared in various projects together.
From playing long-lost twins on "Sister, Sister" to siblings in "Twitches" and "Twitches Too" to starring on their own reality show, these sisters have built up similar resumes. But they have also held pursued their individual careers.
Tamera is currently a host on the talk show "The Real" and Tia recently starred on "Mistresses" and "Me, Myself, and I."
After appearing on his sister's show, Tahj got his own show, "Smart Guy," in which he played a child genius. He recently starred on "Baby Daddy."
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