# What celebrities do you look like? **URL:** \ **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:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ignatzmouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@ignatzmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatzmouse)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/81 "2001-12-02T00:16:55Z")
I am not a particularly attractive person, but there seems to be something about me that drives strangers to stop me in the street to say I look like random celebrities. I think if I were one of the super friends, this would be my special power. Among the most flattering: Tom Cruise William Baldwin John Travolta Beau Bridges Andy Garcia David Duchovney Among the least flattering: David Schwimmer Prince Charles (eek!) The sad truth: David Schwimmer. I had to grow a beard when he became famous. ---
**Author:** ![Sophie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Sophie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/82 "2001-12-02T01:06:47Z")
I totally disagree with them, but there are some people who think I look like Charlize Theron. It was so weird when I arrived at OhDope and **Superdude** , within a half hour of meeting me, told me he thought I looked like her. Well, anyway, I am very flattered by the thought, but there is no way in hell. She is rock solid, and I am a mere mortal. Besides, I wish someone would tell me that I look like Ashley Judd, but I’d have to dye my hair brown, shrink in various ways, and basically not look like me at all. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/83 "2001-12-02T05:11:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > > \*\*I look like Frank Zappa and Cher had a baby. \*\* > > We all hope you got the long hair and not the moustache, **Eve**.\*\* Amen to that. I was afraid for a second that she had left out a comma. Myself? Aqualung. More and more all the time. I’m not sure if this is a good thing… ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/84 "2001-12-02T10:34:54Z")
Once upon a time, long long ago, I’ve been told that [I look](http://www-rci.rutgers.edu/~lreed/lreed2.jpg) like: [Diane Sawyer](http://www.oxygen.com/topic/act/fearless/sawyer_031301.html) or [Kim Basinger](http://www.konary.com/kim/gal3/kim10.jpg) (do her hands look abnormally large? I’ve always thought mine were a bit big…) :eek: Maybe they were referring to her hands. I know I sound like that society dame that fed straight lines to the Marx Brothers. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/85 "2001-12-02T15:26:33Z")
a few weeks ago I went to a wedding where I knew almost nobody. I had only met the bride and groom once. I was described as looking like “Frasier” on TV. [sub] ouch [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/86 "2001-12-02T16:16:05Z")
**Brachy** , from your picture, you definitely resemble Kim Basinger. Same eyes, I think (although it’s a bit hard to tell). Definitely a compliment! I had to do a little research. The only person I knew out of Charisma Carpenter, Keanu Reeves and Ann Curry was Keanu, and I can see a little resemblence around the eyes. As for [Charisma](http://www.charisma-carpenter.com/cgi-bin/show/show.cgi?411), we both have very big smiles. She’s definitely “cute,” and I get that a lot too, so we have that in common. And just for the recors, I totally look like [this](http://www.charisma-carpenter.com/cgi-bin/show/show.cgi?471) naked. 🙂 [Ann Curry](http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/curryfans/net1/curry04.jpg)? Yeah, I kind of look like her. I’m not Korean (she is Korean, right?). Maybe if Ann Curry and Charisma Carpenter had a love child… ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/87 "2001-12-02T16:17:13Z")
Oh goodness! None of those links work! Well, rest assured Ann Curry + Charisma = Nacho4Sara. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/88 "2001-12-02T16:58:50Z")
When I was younger, I was often compared to Molly Ringwald. I can’t tolerate her, so I wasn’t exactly thrilled by the comparison. Since I’ve gotten older, I’ve had several people tell me I look like Suzanne Somers, but I really can’t see it at all. I don’t mind THAT comparison, though! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mersavets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Mersavets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mersavets)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/89 "2001-12-02T16:59:22Z")
Bailey from Part of Five. I’ve had several people say this and I wish it weren’t so. I’m sure most people would consider him to be better looking than me but he looks too wholesome and I get sick of people thinking I look like a mama’s boy. I’ve had several people say this too. ---
**Author:** ![ejolen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@ejolen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ejolen)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/90 "2001-12-02T17:09:51Z")
I have been told I look like “the blonde guy” from each of those friggin’ boy bands like N sync, Backstreet boys, 98^, and I think there may have been another one. I apologetically do not know there names, but am told this on a regular basis. I wish boy bands would go away. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/91 "2001-12-02T18:13:11Z")
I’m half Korean and I always hear: 1. Meg Tilly 2. Ann Curry I think, if I remember correctly, that Ann Curry is Japanese, not Korean. Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/92 "2001-12-02T19:36:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by frinkboy \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Kbean \* > > \*\*All the girls at my school say I look exactly like [Rachel Leigh Cook](http://mmmgraphics.fanforum.com/other/wpwomen/rachel_leigh_cook01-a.jpg). \*\* > > Yeah, I gotta say you do look a lot like her. Although, I have to say, from recent pictures of RLC, I think she’s a little bit chubbier… \*\* Huh? I didn’t post a pic of me, that was RLC (I _wish_ it was me though…) ---
**Author:** ![drgonzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@drgonzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drgonzo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/93 "2001-12-02T20:20:38Z")
Around 2 years ago, people kept on comparing me to Jarvis Cocker, the singer of a british band named “Pulp”. My girlfriend often hears “Alanis Morisette” (shiver), although I think she´s definetly more a Patricia Arquette or Fiona Apple lookalike. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/94 "2001-12-02T21:48:39Z")
I get “Sean Connery” a lot. Not sure if that’s particularly flattering seeing as he is about 20 years older than I am. Hate to imagine what I’ll look like when I get to be _his_ age. :eek: I’m the more hair-challenged of these two: [**Red and son**](http://hometown.aol.com/ownrules/myhomepage/photo.html) ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361/95 "2001-12-02T22:08:28Z")
Helen Mirren, apparently. A young Helen Mirren of course. I’ve also heard Suzanne Vega and Clare Danes several times, and Liz Phair once or twice. But Helen’s by far the most common. That’s not a bad thing, I don’t think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-do-you-look-like/95361.md?page=4)