# You know, you look just like \[insert celebrity here\]! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 14, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532 "2008-09-14T03:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/21 "2008-09-14T18:00:14Z")
> [@torie](#): > > [Mayim Balik](http://gfx.aftonbladet.se/multimedia/archive/00352/I_dag_352028w.jpg) I hate my life. Definitely ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/22 "2008-09-14T18:30:22Z")
Somebody once asked my if I was [Simon Le Bon](http://groovyvic.mu.nu/archives/images/263483~Simon-Le-Bon-Posters.jpg). I didn’t see it, even when I had a full head of hair. ---
**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/23 "2008-09-14T18:47:10Z")
When I had longer hair, I got it from all over the spectrum. Bon Jovi was probably the most memorable, though. The nice lady at the Gap was very insistent that I was a beautiful Jovi-Man. Now that it’s short, though, I pretty much only get Brad Pitt. Although last week one girl told me I looked like a trophy topper. That felt pretty good. [Me](http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v322/124/118/27400307/n27400307_38380140_9010.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/24 "2008-09-14T19:17:55Z")
I got Ryan Gossling a couple times after The Notebook came out. I’ve gotten Judd Nelson, tied with Bob Saget for most baffling (granted, the guy who said Bob Saget was a friend who was _trying_ to insult me; the girl who said Judd Nelson was a co-worker I’d just met.) And I’ve gotten Nick Hexum, which was the most complimentary because A) I didn’t fish for it at all and B) he’s kind of a personal hero of mine. I don’t think I look like any of these people. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/25 "2008-09-14T20:21:17Z")
I try never to ask someone if they look like a certain celebrity, because if they \*do \*they get sick and tired of denying it. But one time I broke my rule, the resemblance was so extraordinary. I started to ask a maintenance guy if anyone had ever told him he looked like Paul McCartney. Really, I’d just met him and it was the first thing I though of when I came around the corner and saw him. Before I could even get to the name, however, he said, in a rather sharp, irritated tone “_Yes_!” So I backed off and never even uttered the name. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/26 "2008-09-14T21:02:59Z")
Nicole Kidman–because of the reddish blonde curls, mostly (the skin as well)… [mewithcrazyhair, nomakeup](http://www.flickr.com/photos/19350879@N07/2246750568/) I couldn’t find one of me w/o glasses. Well, here is one from when I was younger: [me, age22](http://www.flickr.com/photos/19350879@N07/2372295302/) [MsKidman](http://images.askmen.com/galleries/actress/nicole-kidman/pictures/nicole-kidman-picture-4.jpg) She’s 2 inches taller and about 50 pounds lighter (guessing). I don’t really like her as an actor, so I’m not real flattered by it. I think the OP looks like Susan Sarandon. (add that to the list!). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/27 "2008-09-14T21:30:42Z")
Apparently, I just look like That Guy. You know how, when you watch a movie, you’ll recognize someone minor from another movie and go, hey, it’s that guy from \_\_\_\_? Yeah, I look just like him. People I’ve just met nearly infallibly inform me that I remind them of someone, but they can’t remember whom. ‘You know, that guy.’ Yeah, I know alright. I’ve experimented a little, just pulled some other movie out of my ass – ‘Oh, the one who also was in \_\_\_\_?’… They almost always say yes. On the bright side, I’d probably be the perfect assassin, they’d never get a good description – ‘You know officer, he looked just like that guy, who was in that movie with that French guy? With that girl who also was in that other movie with the guy who played that cannibalistic mass murderer?’ - ‘Hannibal Lecter?’ - ‘No, the other one…’ Come to think of it, I could probably frame Kevin Bacon for all my crimes… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/28 "2008-09-14T21:40:27Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Apparently, I just look like That Guy. You know how, when you watch a movie, you’ll recognize someone minor from another movie and go, hey, it’s that guy from \_\_\_\_? Yeah, I look just like him. People I’ve just met nearly infallibly inform me that I remind them of someone, but they can’t remember whom. ‘You know, that guy.’ Yeah, I know alright. I’ve experimented a little, just pulled some other movie out of my ass – ‘Oh, the one who also was in \_\_\_\_?’… They almost always say yes. So you’re either James Cromwell or Keith David. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/29 "2008-09-14T23:59:02Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > On the bright side, I’d probably be the perfect assassin, they’d never get a good description You are the living embodiment of [Moist von Lipwig](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moist_von_Lipwig). ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/30 "2008-09-15T00:53:05Z")
People tell me [Ray](http://vipphoto.ru/idata/6244-0.jpg) [Liotta](http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/02/90602-004-39EF1AF0.jpg). Personally, I don’t see it. But I guess I have a little of the ‘scary’ going on: When my kids wanted to buy me a super hero T-shirt, they skipped right past Superman, Batman, Ironman & Spiderman shirts. Me? I get ‘[The Punisher](http://www.punisher-art.com/misc_art/2004_movie/punisher_movie_still_4.jpg)’. Hey Og. You & me. We need to _talk_. Yeeah. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/31 "2008-09-15T02:41:58Z")
Most recently, I was told I look like Corey Feldman. I’ve also gotten Nick Lashey, Tom DeLong, Steve Zahn, Jim Carrey, and Shane West. I really don’t think I look like any of them. I’ve also been told on multiple occasions that I look like a monkey, so make of that what you will. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/32 "2008-09-15T03:04:41Z")
I’ve been told I resemble the main character from Office Space, and Mike Myers. I don’t really see it, and I hate being told I look like the latter one, because I think he’s ugly and not as funny as he thinks he is. [This is me.](http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o57/BC_Autolycus/Random%20Pics%20of%20Me/hpim0636small.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/33 "2008-09-15T03:20:15Z")
I’ve never been compared to a celbrity, but I always get “you look so familiar.” and _nudge the friend_ “Doesn’t she look just like \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_'s cousin?” Yup, that’s me. Cousin to the world. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/34 "2008-09-15T03:25:46Z")
In my youth, it was Groucho Marx. I liked the comparison, since Groucho was a hero of mine. More recently, it’s been Jerry Garcia and (ugh) Kenny Fucking Rogers (actual description – possibly by The Amazing Jonathan\*). \*It was in the beginning of his act where they showed members of the audience with captions. ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/35 "2008-09-15T05:19:13Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > When people physically compare me to a celebrity I generally get compared to [Sara Rue](http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/news_images/4/45033_96549_5.jpg) or [Wynona Judd](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/chcknhawk/Judd1a.jpg) and, on one memorable occasion, a young [Meryl Streep](http://www.leninimports.com/meryl_streep.jpg). [Personally, I don’t think I look like any of those women](http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq111/lesschatmorehat/DSC00018.jpg). I have been compared to all of them at some point in my life too, mostly in college or shortly after. I got Meryl Streep the most, probably cuz I was blonde back then. BTW, I am not the “young” version of any of them since I am 43, and about the same age as a couple of them. I wondered if maybe you and I looked alike at all. Nope. And, I think you look more like Susan Sarandon. [Me at age 25, when I got most of those comments.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/CATinWI/CATtongue.jpg) I was sticking out my tongue…sorry, can’t dig up a better pic. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/36 "2008-09-15T05:30:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **CAT=^..^=** > > I have been compared to all of them at some point in my life too, mostly in college or shortly after. I got Meryl Streep the most, probably cuz I was blonde back then. BTW, I am not the “young” version of any of them since I am 43, and about the same age as a couple of them. > > I wondered if maybe you and I looked alike at all. Nope. And, I think you look more like Susan Sarandon. Well, Susan Sarandon and I both have permanent bags under our eyes so we never look like we get enough sleep! 🙂 Though to be fair with the red eye in my picture I bear a bit of a resemblance to The Terminator. Stupid red eye! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/37 "2008-09-15T06:16:45Z")
I have never been told that I look like anyone other than [myself](http://www.sunspace.org/miksu2002.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/38 "2008-09-15T13:35:32Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > [This](http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/katiecairnsirishgirl/?action=view¤t=katiearrivingatchurch.jpg) is [me](http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/katiecairnsirishgirl/?action=view¤t=HPIM0341.jpg). Drool. Back in college, whenever I wore a baseball cap I heard quite often that I resembled Bruce Springsteen. This was during the big Bruce heydey, a couple years after Born in the USA came out. I don’t have any pics online so I can’t give you a cite, but suffice it to say that I myself didn’t see the resemblance. And in the intervening 20 or so years, any resemblance there was has sort of disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Convict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Convict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Convict)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/39 "2008-09-15T13:45:11Z")
In my mullet days I was told I looked like Richard Marx or Mitch Williams. My response was that they looked like me. Today I look like George Clooney if he gained 50 pounds, was going bald and wasn’t an actor. At least that’s what I tell myself ;). ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532/40 "2008-09-15T13:57:38Z")
With short hair nobody in particular. When I have long hair I’m “Penn and Teller”. When I had shorter but mad curly hair I was Jack Osbourne. I’m fat, have glasses and my hair is curly when long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-look-just-like-insert-celebrity-here/463532.md?page=3)