24 Actors Who Only Play Themselves
RustyBuckler
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11/09/2021
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Sometimes an actor gets handed a bad role, and then they fit that role so well they end up just acting themselves. We went to r/AskReddit to find out what actors have been playing themselves in every role.
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John Wayne. Same guy in every f***ing movie. -u/DickySchmidt33 -
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For his whole career, Vinnie Jones has always played a tough British mobster guy. This year on Law & Order: Organized Crime, he's been able to show his true dynamic range by playing a tough Albanian mobster guy. -u/auniquefunnyusername -
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Tracy Morgan is Tracy Morgan in every single movie he's in. -u/KinggFR -
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Michelle Rodriguez has never played anything other than tough girl Michelle Rodriguez. -u/Phartlee -
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Kevin Hart. -u/Annoying-TediouSite -
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Danny Trejo. -u/guacaflockaflames -
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Harrison Ford always seems to play a grumpy old man nowadays. -u/creativity_null -
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John Wayne. Same guy in every f***ing movie. -u/DickySchmidt33 -
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John Wayne. Same guy in every f***ing movie. -u/DickySchmidt33 -
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John Wayne. Same guy in every movie. -u/DickySchmidt33 -
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For much of the 2000s, Christopher Walken seems to just turn up in comedies, does his weird thing that only he does, and then disappear. You could say it was a "Walken part". -u/D-Rez -
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John Wayne. Same guy in every f***ing movie. -u/DickySchmidt33 -
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Oh 100% Hugh Grant in rom-coms, he even admitted it himself in an interview about his most iconic roles! -u/FlowerG1rl33 -
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Seth Rogen. While there are a few roles where he wasn’t playing himself, pretty much after 40 year old virgin, he was always playing that stoner/slacker niche. Jobs is an exception. -u/TLucchese1955 -
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How didn't anyone say Chuck Norris yet? -u/jmorfeus -
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Jason Statham. Flashy, angry British dude who drives cars and fights blokes. -u/HumanWithResources -
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Rebel Wilson. -u/Emmett_is_Bored -
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Michael Cera. -u/legendofscotty -
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Most of the time I struggle to tell the difference between Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool and a few more of his movie roles. -u/xxLOPEZxx -
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I think Will Smith ACTS like a character, as Will Smith would have done it. Don’t get me wrong, he’s not bad, but I when he was the Genie, all I could think of is how the on screen character from Wild Wild West, Bad Boys, and iRobot would pretend to be the Genie. -u/landon_masters -
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Jason Mantzoukas. -u/bobyhill786 -
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Leslie Mann -u/oceanofflavor -
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Vince Vaughn. Same fast-talking bro in every movie. -u/SezyLasagna -
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Charlie Sheen. He got drunk on the set when he was supposed to be drunk and he was a womanizing wh**e monger in real life just as on TV. -u/Dmau27 -
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Ben Stiller's run of cringe comedy in the late 90's - 2000s (Something About Mary/Meet the Parents etc) was just a string of him playing himself and having horrible things happen. -u/bluestargreentree -
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Probably Morgan Freeman -u/NDN2004 -
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George Clooney. Always the same: charming, charismatic, heartbreaker. -u/livinglavidalazy -
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Noel Gugliemi -u/Lawman182
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