History Main / AsHimself

* ...umm, how the hell has ''TheSimpsons'' not been mentioned yet? They've had more guest stars playing themselves then probably any show on television.

** A gay upstanding gentleman, at that.
*** [[IncrediblyLamePun And homosexual to boot.]]
* John Malkovich in ''BeingJohnMalkovich''. (Although it's worth noting that the fictional John Malkovich has a different middle name from the actor playing him.)

* [[BeverlyHills90210 Brian Austin Green and Ian Ziering]] both play exaggerated caricatures of themselves in the movie ''Domino''.

* Posthumous example - AdolfHitler in ''RedDwarf'' (using archive footage with CraigCharles superimposed next to him). Exists solely for a few HistoricalInJoke gags regarding his missing testicle and [[spoiler: his briefcase]].

* Every actor in ''Coffee and Cigarettes'' plays themself, although arguably some of the minor characters may be cases of {{The Danza}}.

** DavidLetterman, Paul Shaffer, and the ''LateShowWithDavidLetterman'' band, re-creating Kaufman's infamous appearance on ''LateNightWithDavidLetterman'' with wrestler Jerry Lawlor (also playing himself) -- though filmed on the ''Late Show'' set, with no real attempt made to make anyone look younger.

** LarryDavid himself -- at first glance this appears to be a case of AdamWesting, until you learn that the Larry David we see on the show is not very exagerrated at all from the real Larry David.

** The entire cast of ''{{Seinfeld}}'' in the lastest season.

* Garry Shandling, T?Leoni, and Wayne Federman all played themselves in {{The X-Files}} episode "Hollywood A.D."

* In GetShorty, during the filming of the climax of Chili's movie, Harvey Keitel plays himself playing [[spoiler: Ray Bones]]. Also, Penny Marshall as herself, directing said movie.

* In OceansTwelve, Julia Roberts plays a character, Tess, who is persuaded to pose as Julia Roberts. Bruce Willis appeared as himself in the same film.
* [[ANightmareOnElmStreet Wes Craven's New Nightmare]] features Heather Lagencamp, Robert Englund, Wes Craven and Bob Shaye all playing themselves. Freddy Krueger (though still played by Englund) is credited AsHimself.

* In the third ''AustinPowers'' film, StevenSpielberg, Quincy Jones, and BritneySpears all appear as themselves during the silly opening sequence.

* In the third Austin Powers film, Steven Spielberg, Quincy Jones, and Britney Spears all appear as themselves during the silly opening sequence.

* ''Funny People'' features several famous or once-famous comedians and entertainers as friends of the fictional George Simmons, whose career appears largely inspired by that of Adam Sandler, who plays him.

** Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer and MelBrooks appeared when they were putting on a revival of ''TheProducers''.

* In OceansTwelve, Julia Roberts plays a character,Tess, who is persuaded to pose as Julia Roberts. Bruce Willis appeared as himself in the same film.
* ''Wes Craven's New Nightmare'' features Heather Lagencamp, Robert Englund, Wes Craven and Bob Shaye all playing themselves. Freddy Krueger (though still played by Englund) is credited AsHimself.

* WilWheaton plays an evil version of himself on ''TheBigBangTheory''

AsHimself is usually credited [[CaptainObvious as, well]]: ''ReportSiht as Herself''. Though occasionally you will see ''ReportSight as "ReportSiht"''. An actor might request the latter if they want it to be clearer that this is a purely fictionalized version of themselves.

AsHimself is usually credited [[CaptainObvious as, well]]: ''Alice as Herself''. Though occasionally you will see ''Alice as Alice''. An actor might request the latter if they want it to be clearer that this is a purely fictionalized version of themselves.

** Larry David himself -- at first glance this appears to be a case of AdamWesting, until you learn that the Larry David we see on the show is not very exagerrated at all from the real Larry David.

* NeilPatrickHarris as Neil Patrick Harris in both ''HaroldAndKumar'' movies. He requested not to be credited "as Himself", to make it clear he's not a drug-sniffing, car-stealing womanizer in RealLife (he is in fact, the complete opposite -- an upstanding and gay gentleman).

* [[spoiler: BillMurray]]'s appearance in ''{{Zombieland}}'' was widely promoted as a {{Cameo}}, but it actually falls into this territory, since he's in the movie for quite a bit of time (playing himself) and is actually the only other speaking character outside of the main four, before [[spoiler: Columbus shoots him]].