# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 759
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15162 "2013-03-27T14:19:45Z")
People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died 1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful 2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia 4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice 5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of _ **Ed Wood** _) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15163 "2013-03-27T14:20:49Z")
People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died 1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful 2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia 4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice 5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood) 6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15164 "2013-03-27T14:25:03Z")
People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died 1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful 2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia 4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice 5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood) 6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby 7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15165 "2013-03-27T14:40:08Z")
People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died 1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful 2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia 4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice 5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood) 6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby 7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty 8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15166 "2013-03-27T14:45:33Z")
People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died 1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful 2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia 4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice 5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood) 6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby 7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty 8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.) 9. Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry (I think I’m beginning to see a pattern to Ms. Swank’s Oscar Success… ) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15167 "2013-03-27T14:55:56Z")
People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died 1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful 2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia 4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice 5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood) 6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby 7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty 8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.) 9. Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry 10. Cliff Robertson, Charly ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15168 "2013-03-27T15:05:14Z")
People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died 1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful 2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia 4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice 5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood) 6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby 7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty 8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.) 9. Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry 10. Cliff Robertson, Charly 11. Paul Scofield (Sir Thomas More is beheaded at the end of\*\*\* A Man For All Seasons\*\*\*) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15169 "2013-03-27T15:06:25Z")
Wait… does Charly die, or does he just revert to being mentally retarded again? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15170 "2013-03-27T15:07:27Z")
In the movie he doesn’t die. The rat dies… but I don’t think Algernon was nominated, much less won. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15171 "2013-03-27T16:17:43Z")
People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died 1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful 2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia 4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice 5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood) 6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby 7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty 8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.) 9. Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry 10. Cliff Robertson, Charly 11. Paul Scofield (Sir Thomas More is beheaded at the end of\*\*\* A Man For All Seasons\*\*\*) 12. Marlon Brando - The Godfather ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15172 "2013-03-27T16:56:42Z")
People Who Won Oscars For Movies In Which Their Characters Died 1. Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful 2. Ben Kingsley, Gandhi 3. Tom Hanks, Philadelphia 4. Meryl Streep, Sophie’s Choice 5. Martin Landau (Bela Lugosi dies toward the end of Ed Wood) 6. Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby 7. Kevin Spacey, American Beauty 8. Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (I haven’t seen the movie; I assume he dies.) 9. Hilary Swank, Boys Don’t Cry 10. Cliff Robertson, Charly 11. Paul Scofield (Sir Thomas More is beheaded at the end of A Man For All Seasons) 12. Marlon Brando - The Godfather 13. Kathy Bates, \*\*\*Misery \*\*\* New topic: Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies 14. Babe Ruth played himself in _ **Pride of the Yankees** _ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15173 "2013-03-27T17:01:12Z")
Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies 1. Babe Ruth played himself in Pride of the Yankees 2. Alice Cooper in _Wayne’s World_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15174 "2013-03-27T17:07:52Z")
Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies 1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees 2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World 3. Tip O’Neill in Dave Great political comedy. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15175 "2013-03-27T17:19:21Z")
Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies 1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees 2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World 3. Tip O’Neill in Dave 4. Howard Stern in _ **Private Parts** _ ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15176 "2013-03-27T17:38:57Z")
Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies 1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees 2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World 3. Tip O’Neill in Dave 4. Howard Stern in _ **Private Parts** _ 5. John Malkovich in **Being John Malkovich**. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15177 "2013-03-27T18:31:51Z")
Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies 1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees 2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World 3. Tip O’Neill in Dave 4. Howard Stern in Private Parts 5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich. 6. Bill Murray in _ **Zombieland** _ ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15178 "2013-03-27T18:47:37Z")
Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies 1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees 2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World 3. Tip O’Neill in Dave 4. Howard Stern in Private Parts 5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich. 6. Bill Murray in _ **Zombieland** _ 7. John Malkovich in _Being John Malkovich_ (among others) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15179 "2013-03-27T18:56:33Z")
**Sparky** , you saw #5, right? Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies 1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees 2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World 3. Tip O’Neill in Dave 4. Howard Stern in Private Parts 5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich. 6. Bill Murray in Zombieland 7. Bill Clinton in Contact ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15180 "2013-03-27T18:59:28Z")
Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies 1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees 2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World 3. Tip O’Neill in Dave 4. Howard Stern in Private Parts 5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich. 6. Bill Murray in Zombieland 7. Bill Clinton in Contact 8. Dick Cavett in Forrest Gump (His 1994 self in wig and makeup actually was playing his 1971 self alongside Hanks and archive footage of Lennon.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15181 "2013-03-27T19:01:51Z")
Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies 1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees 2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World 3. Tip O’Neill in Dave 4. Howard Stern in Private Parts 5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich. 6. Bill Murray in Zombieland 7. Bill Clinton in Contact 8. Dick Cavett in Forrest Gump (His 1994 self in wig and makeup actually was playing his 1971 self alongside Hanks and archive footage of Lennon.) 9. Troy Aikman in _ **Jerry Maguire** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=758) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=760)