28 Times Celebs Played Themselves, And Proved They Have A Great Sense Of Humour
Quite literally the perfect castings.
We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us when a celeb played themself really well. Here's what they said!
1. Keanu Reeves in Always Be My Maybe.
"He played himself as this, like, elitist, weirdly bohemian version of himself and his scenes are probably my favourite in the movie."
"The man is hilarious! He makes himself an egotistical caricature that you can't stop laughing at."
2. Michael Cera in This Is The End.
"Literally everyone in that movie... But especially Michael Cera."
3. James Franco in 30 Rock.
"He played a version of himself where he was trying to stave off (true) rumours that he was in love with a Japanese body pillow named Kimiko."
4. Stormzy in Chewing Gum.
"The whole episode was so funny already, but seeing Stormzy pop up was just really hilariously unexpected!"
5. James Van Der Beek in Don’t Trust The B*tch in Apartment 23.
"Honestly, the man is an excellent comedic actor and that show was cut short WAY too soon!"
6. Matt LeBlanc in Episodes.
"It was just fantastic – I love watching him parodying himself."
"So satirical and a great mix of British & American humour."
7. Michelle Obama in Parks and Recreation.
"The fact that she kept a straight face playing opposite of Amy Poehler is pretty amazing."
8. And of course, President-elect Joe Biden in Parks and Recreation.
"It seemed almost improvised because the things he said on the show sound like something he would say in real life, LMAO."
9. LeBron James in Trainwreck.
"Honestly, his scenes are the best in the movie. I would 100% watch a buddy flick movie between LeBron James and Dr. Aaron (Bill Hader). I have rewatched this movie a couple of times simply for the LeBron scenes."
10. Bill Murray in Zombieland.
"Nothing will ever top that."
"I’m not even sure how to describe his presence. It’s just very 'Bill Murray' of him."
11. Kelly Ripa in Broad City.
"Absolutely epic. She hired male prostitutes for her and Abbi, throws a gift basket out a window, and drank moonshine. Epic."
12. Simon Cowell in Shrek 2 (Far Far Away Idol).
"He was his normal pre-Eric grumpy self, just in animated form."
13. Jessica Biel in BoJack Horseman.
"She was so willing to do self-deprecating humour and use her name in a humorous way ('un Jessica BIEL-evable'). It's all the more funny considering she's playing herself as the ex-wife of Mr. Peanutbutter."
14. Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
"He is hilarious playing a distorted version of himself and about 1/3 of the characters on that show would also fit this list. It is just so well done."
"You just know he is almost exactly like that in real life."
15. Ted Danson in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
"Especially this last season where he was feuding with Larry!
16. One Direction in iCarly.
"Just hilarious."
17. Kevin Garnett in Uncut Gems.
"It was his feature debut and he killed it! Usually athletes that start acting have a rough start, but KG was a natural!!"
18. Prince in New Girl.
"The cameo took me so much by surprise and was hilarious."
"I loved that cameo so much. The conversations he and Jess have are fantastic, and it was just a wonderful cameo and episode all around!"
19. Ed Sheeran in Yesterday.
"He was so hilarious, my sister and I were cracking up the whole time. I loved when he suggested that the song should be called 'Hey Dude' instead of 'Hey Jude'."
20. Tom Brady in Living with Yourself.
"The cameo was short but perfect!"
21. LeVar Burton in Community.
"Truly iconic."
22. Olivia Newton-John in Glee
"Her cameo as a super obnoxious showbizzy version of herself was one of the best moments of the first season."
23. James Earl Jones in The Big Bang Theory.
"Him and the entire Star Wars cast that agreed to appear on the show."
"He was amazing."
24. Ryan Reynolds in Family Guy.
"Ryan Reynolds playing a creepy version of himself and hitting on Peter was so out of the blue and also very funny!"
25. Cher in Will and Grace.
"Oh! She came up to Jack (who is obsessed with her) and he totally blew her off because he though she was a queen in drag!"
26. Dustin Hoffman in The Holiday.
"Tiny tiny cameo but absolutely hilarious."
27. John McEnroe in Never Have I Ever.
"Having him as the narrator seemed kind of random at first, but when you realise the reason why he's narrating, it's actually really touching. Then when he showed up in the last episode it was such a great unexpected surprise!"
28. Everyone who appeared in Extras, but particularly Kate Winslet.
"All the celebs are great. Daniel Radcliffe as his whiny teenage self trying to hit on older women, Orlando Bloom as himself getting rejected by Maggie, Kate Winslet trying to teach Maggie how to talk dirty, the list continues..."
"My faves have to be Kate Winslet and Sir Patrick Stewart. Ugh, I love that show so much!"
Some submissions have be edited for length and/or clarity!