# What celebrities do you look like?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 26, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361 "2001-11-26T21:01:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/1 "2001-11-26T21:01:07Z")

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Over time, people have told me I look like:

- Dustin Diamond (“Screech” from _Saved by the Bell_)
- Ben Savage (“Cory” from _Boy Meets World_)
- Neil Patrick Harris (T.V.'s “Doogie Howser”)
- French Stewart (“Harry Soloman” from _3rd Rock from the Sun_)
- Tony Stewart (NASCAR driver, #20 Home Depot Pontiac)

I can see some resemblance to the first two, but not so much the others. So, who do you look like?

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**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:** [November 26, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/2 "2001-11-26T21:32:09Z")

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Having been told more times that I can count that [I](http://www.geocities.com/sdpeoplepages/superdude.html) look like both [John Mellencamp](http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/bigphoto.asp?gid=322&s=1&e=9&seq=8&cf=357) and [Mike Myers](http://www.absolutepictures.com/display.php?p=/m/myers_mike&c=007&n=Mike+Myers&l=095), I say that I look like the two of them had a child. The girl formerly known as **Girl Wonder** once told me I reminded her of [_21 Jump Street_-era Johnny Depp](http://www.johnnydeppfan.com/js4.jpg). I think she’s crazy.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/3 "2001-11-26T21:32:59Z")

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when i was in my early 20’s people said i looked like a young paul mccartny.

now he looks like a little old lady and i look like a fat bastard! go figure…

my wife said i looked like a puffed up toad once.

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**Author:** ![royjwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@royjwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/royjwood)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/4 "2001-11-26T21:35:09Z")

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In my younger days I was compared with Billy Idol, but I never did figure out why.  
Nowadays, I suppose across between Brad Pitt and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yeah, right, just joking. I have not been told I look like anybody in a very long time. ☹

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**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/5 "2001-11-26T21:42:56Z")

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I’ve been told that I look like Jennifer Love Hewitt when I smile, because of the crescent-eye thing I get. Bull-poo, says me. When my boyfriend’s friends did the “Who would play whom in a movie about us?”, they said Jennifer Lopez would play me, but I think that was because 1) she’s the only Hispanic actress they could come up with and 2) I have a nice round booty.

An ex-boyfriend told me I looked like Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl. He sucked.

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**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/6 "2001-11-26T21:50:35Z")

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When I was younger I was told that I looked like:

Sondra Locke  
Jaclyn Smith

I don’t get the Sondra Locke thing at all. I used to wear my hair like Jaclyn Smith did in Charlie’s Angels, though, so I can see that.

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**Author:** ![Slang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Slang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slang)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/7 "2001-11-26T21:51:22Z")

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Several people have told me I look like Christina Ricci. I guess she’s pretty cute, so it could be worse. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/8 "2001-11-26T21:51:39Z")

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I look like Frank Zappa and Cher had a baby.

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**Author:** ![cyborg\_mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@cyborg\_mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cyborg_mermaid)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/9 "2001-11-26T22:54:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Slang \*  
> \*\*Several people have told me I look like Christina Ricci. I guess she’s pretty cute, so it could be worse. 🙂 \*\*

I get that a lot too. Actually, people have been comparing me to Christina Ricci ever since the first Addams Family movie came out. What was that, ten years ago? And I have to agree with Slang; it could definitely be worse.

I’ve also been told I look like Katie Holmes, who’s also pretty cute.

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**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/10 "2001-11-26T23:33:48Z")

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I’ve been told I look like a cross between Tatum O’Neal and Jodi Foster. Also, been told that I look like Jamie Lee Curtis but I don’t see it.

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**Author:** ![tapioca\_tundra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tapioca\_tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapioca_tundra)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/11 "2001-11-26T23:34:19Z")

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~~That dude in The Breakfast Club and was on SNL…  
At least that’s what people have always said…

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**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/12 "2001-11-26T23:47:22Z")

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Around 96-97 I was told several times that I looked like a guy on E/R. I never watched it, so I have no idea who this is. At the time I was somewhat overweight, and had a buzzcut and goatee if that helps.

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**Author:** ![Davidbw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@Davidbw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davidbw1)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/13 "2001-11-27T00:09:05Z")

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You know…people tell me I look just like Davidbw1…but I don’t see the resemblance

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/14 "2001-11-27T00:12:20Z")

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I’ve been told I look like either Barbra Streisand or Molly Ringwald. I can see Barbra, but not Molly.

Robin

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**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/15 "2001-11-27T01:07:31Z")

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In my younger days: John, from NKotB.

Nowadays: **[Jim Thome](http://www.teamthome.com/)** and\*\* [Buzz Lightyear](http://disney.go.com/worldsofdisney/toystory2/cast/buzz.html)\*\*.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/16 "2001-11-27T01:24:47Z")

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I have been told that shaven and without my glasses I resemble either Warren Zevon or Tom Petty.

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**Author:** ![VeraGemini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@VeraGemini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VeraGemini)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/17 "2001-11-27T01:25:40Z")

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I’ve been told I resemble Kate Pierson from the B52’s, with smaller hair. 😉

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**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/18 "2001-11-27T02:13:34Z")

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When I was younger,skinnier and had shorter hair…Lou Diamond Philips or Dean Kain. I don’t see it.

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**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/19 "2001-11-27T02:17:52Z")

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I’ve been told Sondra Locke and Darryl Hannah.

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**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/20 "2001-11-27T02:41:39Z")

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Sandra Bullock. Sandra Bullock. Sandra Bullock.

Even my relatives think so…

(Sigh… I only wish)

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