# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/41 "2014-03-27T03:53:25Z")
The ones that jump immediately to mind for me are: 1. William Shatner on [SNL](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmagzq_get-a-life_fun), telling Trekkers to “get a life!” 2. The cast of the original Star Trek on [Futurama](http://www.watchcartoononline.com/futurama-episode-411-where-no-fan-has-gone-before) 3. “Family Guy” reuniting the cast of ST:TNG in an episode called [Not All Dogs Go to Heaven](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_All_Dogs_Go_to_Heaven). ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/42 "2014-03-27T04:46:19Z")
Peter Falk playing himself in _Wings of Desire_. In the movie we find out that Peter Falk is actually an angel that has left heaven to come to earth and live as a mortal. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/43 "2014-03-27T12:24:41Z")
James Van Der Beek was hilarious as himself in Don’t Trust the B\_\_\_\_ in Apt 23. ---
**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 27, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/44 "2014-03-27T12:54:55Z")
How could I forget? James Van Der Beek, Jason Biggs\*, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Gus Van Sant all played caricatures of themselves in “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” \*aka “The Pie Fucker” ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/45 "2014-03-27T13:24:03Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Bert Parks in 1990’s _The Freshman_. > > eta: and of course, Marlon Brando in the same film. Plus one ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/46 "2014-03-27T14:14:56Z")
Mark Hamill on “Just Shoot Me”. Return-stalks David Spade’s obsessive Star Wars fan character. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/47 "2014-03-27T14:22:25Z")
The whole Lego Movie “[Behind the Bricks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lipp_BxZpto)” featurette is filled with the voice actors parodying themselves but none so well as [Morgan Freeman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lipp_BxZpto&feature=player_detailpage#t=122) talking about his own voice. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/48 "2014-03-27T14:42:39Z")
“Wait a minute. I know you. You’re Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers.” “I’m sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I’m the co-pilot.” “You are Kareem! I’ve seen you play. My dad’s got season tickets.” “My name is _ **Roger Murdock** _. I’m an airline pilot.” “I think you’re the greatest, but my dad says you don’t work hard enough on defense. And he says that lots of times, you don’t even run downcourt. And that you don’t really try, except during the playoffs.” “The _ **hell** _ I don’t! Listen, kid: I’ve been hearing that _ **crap** _ ever since I was at UCLA; I’m out there busting my buns every night; tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/49 "2014-03-27T14:58:39Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > 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.** I came to say Jennifer Grey as well. I wished this show got better traction, it was pretty funny but it sputtered a bit and was perceived as a West Coast Seinfeld knock off. Having Grey play herself (and I think they got her dad in on the show once or twice as well) seemed pretty innovative to me at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/50 "2014-03-27T15:27:19Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Veronica Mars has James Franco… > > Being John Malkovich is my favorite though. Christ does James Franco even act anymore? “This is the End”, “30 Rock”… ---
**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 27, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/51 "2014-03-27T15:27:36Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > How could I forget? > > James Van Der Beek, Jason Biggs\*, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Gus Van Sant all played caricatures of themselves in “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” > > \*aka “The Pie Fucker” Mark Hamill too, right? Also, I think Wes Craven played himself in the scene where they crash the Scream filming if I’m remembering it right. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/52 "2014-03-27T15:32:13Z")
James Van Der Beek in “Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23.” ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/53 "2014-03-27T15:39:30Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Mark Hamill too, right? > > Also, I think Wes Craven played himself in the scene where they crash the Scream filming if I’m remembering it right. They even got the ponytail guy from Good Will Hunting. ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/54 "2014-03-27T15:51:49Z")
Bruce Campbell in **My Name is Bruce** ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/55 "2014-03-27T16:40:30Z")
Billie Dee Williams as his suave self in a “I Love Laquita” episode in **In Living Color**. ---
**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 27, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/56 "2014-03-27T18:33:00Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > 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. Quite true, which is probably why I didn’t mention Brando at first. But on re-thinking, I couldn’t deny that the role was clearly a self-parody–and therefore I edited it in. > [@cochrane](#): > > 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. Also true. (I like that movie. Haven’t seen it in a while; Maximilian Schell’s recent death reminded me of it. He was wonderful in his small role.) ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/57 "2014-03-27T18:42:43Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **Extras** had many, but I especially liked [Ian McKellan’s acting advice](http://www.wimp.com/goodactor/). Patrick Stewart’s was awesome. But I also really liked Daniel Radcliff’s. Ben Stiller’s was funny…but maybe not too much of a parody ? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/58 "2014-03-27T19:06:01Z")
> [@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) I’m surprised you left Johnny Depp off that list. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/59 "2014-03-27T19:38:57Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Sarah McLachlan in the superbowl ad where she makes fun of her own save the dogs ads. Didn’t see that on. I LIKE her ASPCA ads! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640/60 "2014-03-27T19:40:21Z")
> [@nevadaexile](#): > > Sam Waterston reading something in a serious tone on The Colbert Report: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xdQNMEY5-c](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xdQNMEY5-c) His “Robot Insurance” bit from SNL is a riot! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640.md?page=4)