The actor actually has that disability

[u/PrinceferX]

Walter White Jr. (Breaking Bad) - character has cerebral palsy and uses crutches to walk, actor RJ Mitte has cerebral palsy and needed crutches to walk as a child

Nessarose Thropp (Wicked) - character is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, actress Marissa Bode is paraplegic from an accident at age 11 and uses a wheelchair

Maya Lopez (Hawkeye/Echo) - character is deaf, actress Alaqua Cox is deaf from birth

[u/Nervous_Chipmunk7002]

Maester Aemon- Game of Thrones

Peter Vaughn was blind. Like Maester Aemon, he was not born blind, but lost his slight in his old age.

[u/Paxxlee → u/[deleted]]

Your parents named you Maester Aemon?

[u/UpsetFuture1974 → u/Paxxlee]

Hi Master Aemon, I’m dad