It's unusually fun when actors and actresses appear in movies as themselves. Here are some of our favorite examples!
The job of any actor is to lead a kind of double life: their own private life as well as the life of whatever character they're performing.
Some method actors have definitely taken this concept to the extreme, going as far as embodying their character even while they're off screen and off stage, never slipping out of character.
But what happens when an actor isn't playing a role? What if they were to just... show up as themselves? Or, at least, a version of themselves. Maybe one that's downplayed, maybe one that's exaggerated, but either way rooted in their actual celebrity persona.
Here are the best movies where famous actors played themselves instead of a character, whether as a cameo, a parody, or otherwise.
