# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/21 "2014-03-26T23:01:45Z")
George Takai, Wil Wheaton, Katee Sackhoff, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, James Earl Jones, and Carrie Fisher all appeared as themselves in The Big Bang Theory. ---
**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/22 "2014-03-26T23:37:01Z")
_Life’s Too Short_ with Warwick Davis has some good ones. Very memorable were Val Kilmer (pitching Willow 2) and [Liam Neeson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqA577_IoBk) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/23 "2014-03-26T23:50:23Z")
Nicolas Cage on SNL’s [Get in the Cage](https://screen.yahoo.com/weekend-cage-000000391.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/24 "2014-03-26T23:52:14Z")
Bert Parks in 1990’s _The Freshman_. eta: and of course, Marlon Brando in the same film. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/25 "2014-03-26T23:52:24Z")
[Wayne Brady](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bb6875cff8/chappelle-show-daves-night-out-with-wayne-brady-from-uploaderguy) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/26 "2014-03-27T00:10:24Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **Extras** had many, but I especially liked [Ian McKellan’s acting advice](http://www.wimp.com/goodactor/). I liked Patrick Stewart and his awesome ideas. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/27 "2014-03-27T00:14:11Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I liked Patrick Stewart and his awesome ideas. But…it’s too late; I’ve seen everything… :p:D ---
**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 27, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/28 "2014-03-27T00:18:07Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Bert Parks in 1990’s _The Freshman_. > > eta: and of course, Marlon Brando in the same film. Nitpick: Although Brando was playing a broad parody of Don Corleone from _The Godfather_, he was not playing himself. His character was named Carmine Sabatini. The gag was that he resembled Brando and that he was the inspiration for Brando’s character in that film. I interpret the OP as saying the actor must be playing himself under his own name. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/29 "2014-03-27T00:26:30Z")
I’m not sure if this qualifies, but how about Adam West as Mayor Adam West? ---
**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, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/30 "2014-03-27T00:33:38Z")
Tim Stack was good on _My Name Is Earl_. Stack’s an actor and writer and he had previously starred on the sitcom _Son of the Beach_. He later got a job as a writer on _My Name Is Earl_ and then became a recurring character in the show, playing himself as a has-been actor who was still wearing his costume from _Son of the Beach_. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/31 "2014-03-27T00:43:59Z")
Sam Waterston reading something in a serious tone on The Colbert Report: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0xdQNMEY5-c/maxresdefault.jpg ""Are you sure?" by Stephen Colbert as read by Sam Waterston") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xdQNMEY5-c) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/32 "2014-03-27T00:48:14Z")
I really liked James Van Der Beek in Don’t Trust the B in Apt 23. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/33 "2014-03-27T01:07:52Z")
Matt LeBlanc in Californication. He did the same sort of thing in Episodes but I’ve never seen that show. ---
**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 27, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/34 "2014-03-27T01:36:14Z")
Jennifer Grey kidded her image and the problems she had had with her career (especially her nose job) in the TV show **It’s Like, You Know.** ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/35 "2014-03-27T01:38:08Z")
> [@Orr\_G](#): > > _Life’s Too Short_ with Warwick Davis has some good ones. Very memorable were Val Kilmer (pitching Willow 2) and [Liam Neeson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqA577_IoBk) God. Yes. Liam. Neeson. > [@hogarth](#): > > I liked Patrick Stewart and his awesome ideas. “Just try and 'make it so” “I don’t know what that means” “Really? And you’re single?” ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/36 "2014-03-27T01:46:34Z")
Veronica Mars has James Franco… Being John Malkovich is my favorite though. ---
**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 27, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/37 "2014-03-27T02:27:14Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Actually, Shatner’s best self-parody was in **Free Enterprise,** especially for his [Shakespeare rap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBpnyT4Vdtk). Whoa! Laurence Olivier, Christopher Plummer, look out!!! :eek: 🆒 ---
**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 27, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/38 "2014-03-27T02:31:11Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’m not sure if this qualifies, but how about Adam West as Mayor Adam West? That sounds good. How about Mills Lane and Stone Cold Steve Austin on _Celebrity Deathmatch_? ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/39 "2014-03-27T02:35:17Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I don’t think David and Seinfeld were parodies, I think those were fairly true to life representations of their personalities. Those are clearly satirical versions of who they really are, especially in the case of Seinfeld. ---
**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 27, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/40 "2014-03-27T03:10:06Z")
> [@Svejk\_1](#): > > Those are clearly satirical versions of who they really are, especially in the case of Seinfeld. I agree. I don’t believe Jerry is really as shallow as his TV character and I don’t believe Larry David is really a socially clueless asshole. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640.md?page=3)