# Favorite actor self parodies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640 "2014-03-26T21:42:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/1 "2014-03-26T21:42:37Z")
What are other people’s favorite actor self parodies in art (where an actor plays themselves with exaggerated, comical or made up personality traits). I’d say Carl Weathers on Arrested Development is my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/2 "2014-03-26T21:45:57Z")
**Neil Patrick Harris** in the Harold & Kumar movies. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/3 "2014-03-26T21:47:27Z")
Yeah, that was a great one. Oh I’m gay, I’m gay for that pussy. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/4 "2014-03-26T21:49:32Z")
Neil Patrick Harris in the _Harold & Kumar_ movies. Larry David on _Curb Your Enthusiasm_. Jerry Seinfeld in _Seinfeld_. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/5 "2014-03-26T21:54:40Z")
Gotta mention John Malkovich in _Being John Malkovich_. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/6 "2014-03-26T21:55:16Z")
I don’t think David and Seinfeld were parodies, I think those were fairly true to life representations of their personalities. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/7 "2014-03-26T21:57:20Z")
Then I’ll mention Lou Ferrigno in _The King of Queens_. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/8 "2014-03-26T21:57:59Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Then I’ll mention Lou Ferrigno in _The King of Queens_. And also in the movie “I Love You, Man.” ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/9 "2014-03-26T22:01:40Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > What are other people’s favorite actor self parodies in art (where an actor plays themselves with exaggerated, comical or made up personality traits). > > I’d say Carl Weathers on Arrested Development is my favorite. What cracked me up is when he first showed up I thought, “he looks familiar, where did I see him before?” Then they immediately cut to the scene in Predator where he gets his arm blown off 😛 and I’m like, “oh yeahhh!” ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/10 "2014-03-26T22:03:55Z")
_This is the End_ is a great self-parody of half a dozen actors. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/11 "2014-03-26T22:08:00Z")
Everyone in every episode of _The Larry Sanders Show_, but the prize goes to David Duchovny. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/12 "2014-03-26T22:16:59Z")
William Shatner, in everything he’s done since _ **Star Trek** _. (Yes, I know there were many different characters, but they were all basically William Shatner playing William Shatner.) The second person to come to mind is Jack “I’m thinking it over!” Benny. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/13 "2014-03-26T22:23:16Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > William Shatner, in everything he’s done since _ **Star Trek** _. > > (Yes, I know there were many different characters, but they were all basically William Shatner playing William Shatner.) > > The second person to come to mind is Jack “I’m thinking it over!” Benny. Now, cut that out! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/14 "2014-03-26T22:24:39Z")
Actually, Shatner’s best self-parody was in **Free Enterprise,** especially for his [Shakespeare rap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBpnyT4Vdtk). ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/15 "2014-03-26T22:26:48Z")
Vanilla Ice in _That’s My Boy_. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/16 "2014-03-26T22:29:45Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Actually, Shatner’s best self-parody was in **Free Enterprise,** especially for his [Shakespeare rap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBpnyT4Vdtk). I still think he’d have made a great Desdemona. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/17 "2014-03-26T22:29:58Z")
Bob Barker, although not strictly an actor, in _Happy Gilmore_. “The price is WRONG, bitch!” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/18 "2014-03-26T22:32:59Z")
Sarah McLachlan in the superbowl ad where she makes fun of her own save the dogs ads. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/19 "2014-03-26T22:41:12Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > _This is the End_ is a great self-parody of half a dozen **actors**. (bolding mine) The way you used that word leads me to believe that you don’t know what it means. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/20 "2014-03-26T22:50:40Z")
**Extras** had many, but I especially liked [Ian McKellan’s acting advice](http://www.wimp.com/goodactor/). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640.md?page=2)