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Actors who play themselves in every role?
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This is The End is the Seth Rogen joke going full circle.
Dabookerman
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It's too confusing!
Patrick Bateman
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jufonuk
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Get out! you are in the wronge thread.
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I nominate:
Michael Cera
nick frost
I'm not familiar with this perception.
Dabookerman
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Eternal Sunshine?
Okay those veins, the fuck.
BrokenEchelon
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Huh?
- Ace Ventura
- Eternal Sunshine
- The truman Show
- Man on the Moon
- I love you Phillip Morris
- The Mask
- The cable Guy
All Vastly Different... 3 roles in there worthy of an oscar IMO.
I enjoy it when people say Denzel Washington because it tells you just how many of his films they haven't seen or even paid attention to.
this overrated hack
tycoonheart
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Eddie Murphy.
meltingparappa
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The rare, elusive evil Morgan Freeman is FANTASTIC though.
Winterblink
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Don't get me wrong, the guy's fuckin awesome.
Broder Salsa
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Adam Sandler plays a fucking idiot in every movie, which I am fairly sure is himself.
He's not.
MickeyPhree
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All these replies and nobody said him.....
OK get me off this thread.
No way. Listen, Adam Sandler has tackled a number of very different roles in his films.
In Happy Gilmore he played an angry guy
In Billy Madison he played a retarded guy
In The Waterboy he played an angry retarded guy
See? That's some acting range.
Anyone saying Denzel or Tom Hanks are crazy. There are miles between Denzel in Philadelphia and Denzel in American Gangster. For Tom Hanks just look at the difference between Philadelphia and Saving Private Ryan and Terminal.
Some honest answers: Arnold, Michelle Rodriguez, Christopher Walken (by his own admission) lots of action and comedy actors.
Some honest answers: Arnold, Michelle Rodriguez, Christopher Walken (by his own admission) lots of action and comedy actors.
Can you see him breathing or I am going crazy?
Sure, but all we can is the Tenacious D, wich while it is FAR from being a reality based movie, he PLAYS a character name Jack Black who is basicaly his persona
Play themselfs, not plays with overacting every role
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TabletopTictacs
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Man on the Moon is incredible. Such a shame it seems so underrated.
You forgot The Majestic.
Winterblink
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Well it is a GIF. That doesn't speak to the state of your mental health though
The Lamonster
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Thanks. I was going to defend his roles if no one else did. Add Rock of Ages, Minority Report, Eyes Wide Shut and Vanilla Sky. Dude has amazing range.
ITT: people who hate Tom Cruise and don't understand acting or characters.
Rhomega Beta
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Robin Williams
Worst offenders:
Brad Pitt
Eddy Murphy
Jim Carrey
Richard Gere
Tom Cruise too, but he seemed to get into phases. Like the MI phase, the Top Gun phase, etc. He's gonna play the same dude in a bunch of movies for a few years, then change, rinse and repeat.
Also Depp, but that's mostly because of his bromance with Burton.
People who mentioned Tom Hanks are batshit insane.
Brad Pitt
Eddy Murphy
Jim Carrey
Richard Gere
Tom Cruise too, but he seemed to get into phases. Like the MI phase, the Top Gun phase, etc. He's gonna play the same dude in a bunch of movies for a few years, then change, rinse and repeat.
Also Depp, but that's mostly because of his bromance with Burton.
People who mentioned Tom Hanks are batshit insane.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Shallow Hal? and a few where he wasn't a main character... the one where he has a monobrow..
keltickennedy
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Michelle Rodriguez
TabletopTictacs
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He's played some pretty dark roles in his time.
Messypandas
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Will Ferrell always plays the same character with a different profession
Which makes Stranger Than Fiction an absolute gem to watch.
lastplayed
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Winterblink
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He's a lot like Chuck Norris that way though. No need to mess around with a formula that works.
Rhomega Beta
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Yeah, I was thinking of One Hour Photo while typing it, but he does get similar roles in various movies.
Oh I love Trejo, just saying that he probably wins the topic at hand.He's a lot like Chuck Norris that way though. No need to mess around with a formula that works.
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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Morgan Freeman for sure.
Net_Wrecker
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Brad Pitt? The hell are some of your talking about? He gets leading roles DESPITE being a character actor.
And there's nothing wrong with actors "playing themselves" (which they aren't, they're just acting to a type) Some of the most famous actors ever got that way precisely because they did. Hell, nearly every major action star plays the same role in every movie.
And there's nothing wrong with actors "playing themselves" (which they aren't, they're just acting to a type) Some of the most famous actors ever got that way precisely because they did. Hell, nearly every major action star plays the same role in every movie.
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