| 1 | A CastTheExpert subtrope of MetaCasting, this is where a famous actor -- the kind of person the average person would recognize on the street -- is cast to play the part of a fictional similarly famous actor (or a fictionalized version of a historically famous actor), i.e. an actor that the average person in the fictional universe of the story would recognize on the street. |
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| 3 | The fictional actor is probably somewhat different in both personal characteristics and acting predilections from the real-life actor playing the part. And so, the actor playing the part really has to carry a doubled acting load, playing the fictional actor engaging in the factional actor's 'off-screen' behavior, and portraying the fictional actor's 'acting.' |
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| 5 | There are a couple of things going on in these roles. Firstly, it's easy to buy the idea that the character is a famous actor because we look at the screen and see, hey, famous actor (though it'd be interesting to catalogue examples of relatively unknown actors playing the role of a famous actor). Secondly, there's always a great opportunity for some wry ActorAllusion to the actual career of the portrayer. Thirdly, the roles themselves are usually trope storms, either of the actors falling into out-of-bounds wackiness detached from the reality of normal people, or the counter-trope of actors being normal people trying to live normal lives amidst the glare of fame and unusual work pressures. |
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| 7 | Some disconcertment may arise when a famous actor plays a famous actor alongside another famous actor playing an average person -- for example, in ''Film/TheHardWay'', Creator/MichaelJFox is paired up with Creator/JamesWoods, with Fox playing a famous actor and Woods playing the typical rogue action cop. In ''Film/NottingHill'', Creator/JuliaRoberts plays a star who trysts with an average bookseller -- played by Creator/HughGrant. |
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| 9 | Where the star played by the star ''is'' the star themself (albeit a comically overplayed version of themself), then you have AdamWesting. |
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| 11 | ---- |
| 12 | !!Examples: |
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| 14 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 15 | |
| 16 | [[folder:Film -- Fictional]] |
| 17 | * ''Film/AmericasSweethearts'' -- Creator/JohnCusack and Creator/CatherineZetaJones play a Hollywood power couple. |
| 18 | * ''Film/TheArtist'' -- Jean Dujardin, best known for spy parody films, plays silent film star George Valentin. |
| 19 | * As well the below-mentioned ''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'', Creator/BetteDavis also played fading actresses in ''Film/AllAboutEve'', ''Film/{{Dangerous|1935}}'' and ''The Star''. |
| 20 | * In the movie version of ''Film/{{Bewitched}}'' big star Creator/WillFerrell stars as (washed-up but still famous) movie star Jack Wyatt, who is looking to revitalize his career, which is why he's starring as Darrin in a {{revival}} of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''. Highly lauded actress Creator/ShirleyMacLaine also plays Iris Smythson, one of the world's greatest actresses of all time, who is also co-starring in the new series as the new Endora. |
| 21 | * ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance'': |
| 22 | ** Famous actor Creator/MichaelKeaton (well-known for having twice played Batman in the 90s) portrays Riggan Thomson, a famous actor well-known for having twice played in-universe superhero Birdman. |
| 23 | ** Creator/EdwardNorton plays an actor who is brilliant, yet a pain in the ass to work with. |
| 24 | * ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', Broadway musical star Creator/MadelineKahn plays the famous stage performer Lili von Shtupp, aka the "Teutonic Titwillow". |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Bowfinger}}'' -- occasional action star (and comedy superstar) Creator/EddieMurphy plays action superstar Kit Ramsey, who happens to hew to a Scientology-like religion. |
| 26 | * ''Film/CaliforniaSuite'' -- Dame Creator/MaggieSmith, who had previously won an Oscar for ''Film/ThePrimeOfMissJeanBrodie'', plays Diana Barrie, an actress who has been nominated for an Oscar; ironically, Dame Maggie won her ''second'' Oscar for this performance. |
| 27 | * ''Film/DinnerAtEight'': In this 1933 film John Barrymore, a big movie star since the silent era, plays Larry Renault, a big movie star back in the silent era whose career has been ruined by drinking. This parallel got more painful after the fact when Barrymore, who himself had an out-of-control drinking problem, saw his career go down the drain within a few years after this movie just like Larry Renault's did. |
| 28 | * ''Film/{{Dreamgirls}}'' -- Music/{{Beyonce}} is a Diana Ross-inspired singer and Creator/EddieMurphy is a Music/JamesBrown-inspired soul singer. |
| 29 | * ''Film/Dumbo2019'' has Creator/EvaGreen as world-famous trapeze artist Colette Marchant. |
| 30 | * ''Film/TheFirstWivesClub'' -- Creator/GoldieHawn -- who won an Oscar for ''Film/CactusFlower'' -- as Elise Elliot, an Oscar winner who now struggles to get good roles upon reaching middle age. |
| 31 | * ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' -- the eponymous title character is famous for being an actress in a weekly TV crime drama, played by Creator/KristenBell, who became famous for being an actress in the weekly TV crime drama ''Series/VeronicaMars''. The character's paramour, rock star Aldous Snow, is played by comedian Creator/RussellBrand. |
| 32 | * ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' -- former episodic TV star Creator/TimAllen plays former episodic TV star Jason Nesmith (though Allen was a sitcom star and Nesmith was a sci-fi series star). |
| 33 | ** Shakespearian actor Creator/AlanRickman plays...a Shakespearian actor. |
| 34 | ** Sci-fi heroine Creator/SigourneyWeaver plays a sci-fi heroine. Albeit one completely unlike [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Ripley]]. |
| 35 | * ''Film/GetHimToTheGreek'' -- Creator/RussellBrand reprises his role as rock star Aldous Snow, with his IdolSinger girlfriend Jackie Q played by Creator/RoseByrne. Creator/KristenBell also cameos as the aforementioned Sarah Marshall. |
| 36 | * ''Film/GetShorty'' -- instantly recognizable star Creator/DannyDeVito plays Oscar-winning superstar Martin Weir (a step up from [=DeVito=]'s actual, if not ignominious, career). |
| 37 | * ''Film/GoWestYoungMan'' -- saucy movie star Creator/MaeWest plays saucy movie star Mavis Arden. |
| 38 | * ''Film/HailCaesar'' -- Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/ChanningTatum, and Creator/ScarlettJohansson play Classic Hollywood movie stars - Clooney as a Robert Taylor-type leading man in a sword and sandals epic, Tatum as a song-and-dance man and Johansson as an Esther Williams-type starlet appearing in a musical. |
| 39 | * ''Film/TheHardWay'' -- comedy actor Creator/MichaelJFox plays famous action movie star Nick Lang. |
| 40 | * ''Film/InAndOut'' -- big star Matt Dillon plays actor Cameron Drake, who kicks off the story by winning an Oscar for his role as a homosexual soldier, and declaring his inspiration to be his regular-guy drama teacher (played by Creator/KevinKline), [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset who Drake announces is gay]]; Dillon himself has never won an Oscar but got his first nom a few years later for ''Film/{{Crash}}''. |
| 41 | * ''Film/InsideDaisyClover'' -- 1960s movie star Creator/NatalieWood plays 1930s teen movie star Daisy Clover. |
| 42 | * ''Film/LostInTranslation'' -- aging American movie star Bob Harris is played by aging American movie star Creator/BillMurray. |
| 43 | * ''Film/MyFavoriteYear'' -- the legendary Creator/PeterOToole plays fictional legendary early era action hero (and Creator/ErrolFlynn {{Expy}}) Alan Swann (though Swann is more of an actioner and more than a bit of a lush). |
| 44 | * ''Film/NoStringsAttached2011'' -- former sitcom star Alvin Franklin is played by movie (and occasional TV) star Creator/KevinKline. |
| 45 | * ''Film/NottingHill'' -- megastar Creator/JuliaRoberts plays fictional megastar Anna Scott, whose range goes from space thrillers (the one London is full of posters for) and submarine thrillers (the one she's rehearsing her role with Will for) through artsy films like the one Spike and Will are watching within the movie, to adaptations of Henry James (the one she's making in the last scenes). |
| 46 | * ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' -- Creator/ParisHilton plays Amber Sweet, a bratty, surgery-addicted opera singer and InadequateInheritor to the CEO of [=GeneCo=]. |
| 47 | * ''Film/TheRocketeer'' -- Creator/TimothyDalton plays the main villain, an Creator/ErrolFlynn-inspired swashbuckling movie star. |
| 48 | * ''Film/{{S1m0ne}}'' -- Director Victor Taransky, played by Creator/AlPacino, after falling out with famous actress Nicola Anders (played by Creator/WinonaRyder), finds and casts a VirtualCelebrity named "Simone". |
| 49 | * ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' has Creator/ChrisEvans as action star Lucas Lee, while Creator/BrieLarson, Creator/BrandonRouth, and Creator/TennesseeThomas play popular rock band, The Clash at Demonhead. |
| 50 | * Creator/MaeWest's final film, ''Film/{{Sextette}}'', had her essentially playing herself - an aging movie star. |
| 51 | * ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' -- Creator/GeneKelly played Don Lockwood, a song-and-dance man turned stuntman turned silent movie star who must adapt to the coming of sound. |
| 52 | * ''Film/SpiderMan2'' and ''Film/SpiderMan3'' -- movie star Creator/KirstenDunst plays ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson as a rising Broadway star (in the comics, Mary Jane is a soap star for a time, so this CharacterDevelopment was probably on the producers' minds when she was cast in the [[Film/SpiderMan1 first film]]). |
| 53 | * ''A Star Is Born'' -- [[Film/AStarIsBorn1937 all]] [[Film/AStarIsBorn1954 four]] [[Film/AStarIsBorn1976 versions]] [[Film/AStarIsBorn2018 have]] done this - Creator/FredricMarch, Creator/JamesMason, Creator/KrisKristofferson, and Creator/BradleyCooper played washed-up movie stars/rock stars, while Creator/JanetGaynor, Creator/JudyGarland, Creator/BarbraStreisand, and Music/LadyGaga played the up-and-coming stars. |
| 54 | * ''Film/SunsetBoulevard'' -- silent film era star Creator/GloriaSwanson plays all-but-forgotten silent film ere star Norma Desmond (and silent film actor and director Creator/ErichVonStroheim plays Desmond's butler Max, also her former silent film director). |
| 55 | * ''Film/TheatreOfBlood''-- Creator/VincentPrice plays Edward Kendal Sheridan Lionheart, a famous or possibly ''infamous'' Shakespearian actor who is hated by critics (though seems to be not unpopular with audiences) for his hammy performances. |
| 56 | * ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' -- comedy stars Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MartinShort, and Creator/ChevyChase play silent film western stars Lucky Day, Ned Nederlander, and Dusty Bottoms. |
| 57 | * ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' -- Creator/SamNeill, Creator/MattDamon, and Creator/LukeHemsworth play theater actors who are respectively playing Odin, Loki, and Thor. |
| 58 | * ''Film/TropicThunder'' -- movie stars Creator/JackBlack, Creator/BenStiller, and Creator/RobertDowneyJr. play fictional movie stars Jeff Portnoy, Tugg Speedman, and Kirk Lazarus (with Portnoy as more of a wacky fart-joke comedy guy, Speedman as a monosyllabic actioner, and Lazarus as an Oscar-obsessed intensive method actor). |
| 59 | * ''Film/VForVendetta'' -- beloved talk show host Gordon Dietrich is played by beloved panel show host Creator/StephenFry. They even changed many aspects of his character compared to the comic to make them more in line with Fry. |
| 60 | * ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane'' -- famed actress Blanche Hudson was played by famed actress Creator/JoanCrawford (in the 1962 adaptation) and famed actress Creator/VanessaRedgrave (in the 1991 adaptation); her fictional sister, famed (and then forgotten) vaudeville star Baby Jane Hudson was played by famed-and-never-forgotten Creator/BetteDavis in the original, and by real-life sister Creator/LynnRedgrave in the remake. |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
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| 63 | [[folder:Film -- Biographical]] |
| 64 | * ''Film/AllEyezOnMe'' is a {{Biopic}} of Music/TupacShakur that stars Creator/DemetriusShippJr as the eponymous rapper, Music/JamalWoolard as Music/TheNotoriousBig, Creator/KatGraham as Creator/JadaPinkett, among others. |
| 65 | * ''Auto Focus'' stars Creator/GregKinnear as ''Series/HogansHeroes'' star Bob Crane. |
| 66 | * ''Film/TheAviator'' cast Creator/CateBlanchett as Creator/KatharineHepburn, Music/GwenStefani as Creator/JeanHarlow, Creator/KateBeckinsale as Creator/AvaGardner and Creator/JudeLaw as Creator/ErrolFlynn. |
| 67 | * ''Series/BehindTheCameraTheUnauthorizedStoryOfCharliesAngels'' is about the creation of [[Series/CharliesAngels the eponymous TV show]]. It stars Creator/ChristinaChambers as Creator/JaclynSmith, Creator/TriciaHelfer as Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/LaurenStamile as Creator/KateJackson, Creator/BenBrowder as Creator/LeeMajors, Creator/OrsonBean as Creator/JohnForsythe, and Creator/DanCastellaneta as famed show creator Creator/AaronSpelling. |
| 68 | * ''Film/BehindTheCandelabra'' is a {{Biopic}} of Music/{{Liberace}} in which he is played by Creator/MichaelDouglas. |
| 69 | * ''Film/BeingTheRicardos'' has Creator/NicoleKidman as Creator/LucilleBall, Creator/JavierBardem as Creator/DesiArnaz, and Creator/JKSimmons as Creator/WilliamFrawley. |
| 70 | * The Music/{{Queen}} {{Biopic}} ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' stars Creator/RamiMalek as Music/FreddieMercury, Gwilym Lee as Music/BrianMay, Creator/BenHardy as Roger Taylor, and Creator/JosephMazzello as John Deacon. |
| 71 | * ''Film/BoundForGlory'' is a {{Biopic}} about Music/WoodyGuthrie starring Creator/DavidCarradine. |
| 72 | * ''Burton and Taylor'' starred Creator/DominicWest and Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter as Creator/RichardBurton and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. |
| 73 | * Creator/EddieIzzard also played Chaplin in ''The Cat's Meow'', which was inspired by the mysterious death of film mogul Thomas H. Ince. |
| 74 | * Creator/ChadwickBoseman starred in ''Film/FortyTwo'' as UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} legend UsefulNotes/JackieRobinson, and in ''Film/GetOnUp'' as {{Soul}} and {{Funk}} icon Music/JamesBrown. |
| 75 | * In the biopic ''Film/{{Chaplin}}'', Creator/RobertDowneyJr plays [[Creator/CharlieChaplin the titular character]]. In addition, Creator/KevinKline played Creator/DouglasFairbanks. |
| 76 | * An upcoming biopic about Creator/GeorgeRomero, ''Dad of the Dead'', will star iconic horror actor Creator/RobertEnglund in the title role. |
| 77 | * The Music/MotleyCrue {{Biopic}} ''Film/TheDirt'' stars Creator/DouglasBooth as bassist Nikki Sixx, Creator/IwanRheon as lead guitarist Mick Mars, [[Music/MachineGunKelly Colson Baker]] as drummer Tommy Lee, Creator/DanielWebber as lead vocalist Vince Neil. |
| 78 | * ''Film/TheDisasterArtist'' is about the creation of ''Film/TheRoom2003'' starring Creator/JamesFranco as Creator/TommyWiseau and Creator/DaveFranco as Creator/GregSestero, plus Creator/BryanCranston {{as himself}}. |
| 79 | * ''Film/TheDoors1991'' has [[Music/TheDoors the eponymous band]] played by Creator/ValKilmer (Jim Morrison), Creator/KevinDillon (John Densmore), Creator/KyleMacLachlan (Ray Manzarek), and Creator/FrankWhaley (Robby Krieger). |
| 80 | * ''Film/EdWood'' -- noted thespian Creator/MartinLandau played famous horror-film actor Creator/BelaLugosi. |
| 81 | * The wrestling {{Biopic}} ''Film/FightingWithMyFamily'' is about one of Britain's prominent WrestlingFamily, the Bevises/[[StageName Knights]]. It stars up and comer Creator/FlorencePugh as protagonist Saraya "Wrestling/{{Paige}}" Bevis, Creator/LenaHeadey as Julia "Wrestling/SweetSaraya" Bevis, Creator/NickFrost as Patrick "Ricky Knight" Bevis, and Creator/JackLowden as Zak "Zodiac" Bevis, plus notable wrestler Wrestling/TheaTrinidad as three-time Wrestling/{{WWE}} Divas Champion Wrestling/AJLee and Wrestling/DwayneJohnson {{as himself}}. |
| 82 | * Creator/GuyPearce starred in ''Flynn'', which was about Creator/{{Errol|Flynn}}'s younger days. |
| 83 | * Creator/JessicaLange starred in ''Film/{{Frances}}'', a biopic of former silent movie star Creator/FrancesFarmer. |
| 84 | * ''Film/AFutileAndStupidGesture'' has Creator/JoelMcHale as Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/JonDaly as Creator/BillMurray, Creator/JohnGremberling as Creator/JohnBelushi, Creator/RickGlassman as Creator/HaroldRamis, Creator/SethGreen as Creator/ChristopherGuest, Creator/JackieTohn as Creator/GildaRadner, Creator/EmmyRossum as Creator/KathrynWalker, among others. |
| 85 | * ''Film/TheHauntingOfSharonTate'' stars Music/HilaryDuff as [[Creator/SharonTate the title character]]. |
| 86 | * ''Film/{{Hitchcock}}'', a dramatisation about the production of ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', starred Creator/AnthonyHopkins as Creator/AlfredHitchcock, Creator/ScarlettJohansson as Creator/JanetLeigh, Creator/JessicaBiel as Creator/VeraMiles, and Creator/JamesDArcy as Creator/AnthonyPerkins. |
| 87 | * Creator/BarbraStreisand starred in ''Film/FunnyGirl'', a biopic of Broadway and film star and comedian Fanny Brice. |
| 88 | * Creator/BenAffleck played Creator/GeorgeReeves, the tragic star of ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' in ''Film/{{Hollywoodland}}''. |
| 89 | * In ''Film/{{James Dean|2001}}'', Creator/JamesFranco plays [[Creator/JamesDean the title role]]. |
| 90 | * Music/DianaRoss starred as Music/BillieHoliday in the musical biopic ''Lady Sings the Blues''. |
| 91 | * Creator/KevinKline starred in ''The Last of Robin Hood'', which was about the last days of Creator/ErrolFlynn. |
| 92 | * In the made-for-television film ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfPeterSellers'', the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winning Australian actor Creator/GeoffreyRush plays the famous English comedian Creator/PeterSellers. |
| 93 | * Creator/JamesCagney starred as Creator/LonChaney in the biopic ''Film/ManOfAThousandFaces1957''. |
| 94 | * Creator/JimCarrey starred in the Creator/AndyKaufman biopic ''Film/ManOnTheMoon''. |
| 95 | * The infamous ''Film/MommieDearest'' starred Creator/FayeDunaway as Creator/JoanCrawford. |
| 96 | * ''Film/MyWeekWithMarilyn'', a dramatization of the production of ''Film/ThePrinceAndTheShowgirl'', starred Creator/MichelleWilliams as Creator/MarilynMonroe and Creator/KennethBranagh as Creator/LaurenceOlivier. |
| 97 | * ''Film/NowhereBoy'' stars Creator/AaronJohnson as Music/JohnLennon, Creator/ThomasBrodieSangster as Music/PaulMcCartney, and Creator/SamBell as Music/GeorgeHarrison. |
| 98 | * ''Film/{{Notorious 2009}}'' is a {{Biopic}} of Music/TheNotoriousBig that stars Music/JamalWoolard as the eponymous rapper, Creator/AnthonyMackie as Music/TupacShakur, Creator/DerekLuke as Music/SeanCombs, Creator/AntoniqueSmith as Music/FaithEvans, among others. |
| 99 | * ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'' stars Creator/MargotRobbie as Creator/SharonTate, Creator/DamianLewis as Creator/SteveMcQueenActor, Creator/EmileHirsch as celebrity stylist Jay Sebring, Creator/LukePerry as Creator/WayneMaunder, Creator/NicholasHammond as Creator/SamWanamaker, among others. |
| 100 | * ''Film/Rocketman2019'' is a {{Biopic}} about Music/EltonJohn starring Creator/TaronEgerton. |
| 101 | * ''Film/TheRunaways'' is a {{Biopic}} about [[Music/TheRunaways the band of the same name]]. It stars Creator/KristenStewart as Music/JoanJett, Creator/DakotaFanning as Music/CherieCurrie, Creator/StellaMaeve as Music/SandyWest, and Creator/ScoutTaylorCompton as Music/LitaFord. |
| 102 | * ''Film/{{Selena}}'' famously stars Music/JenniferLopez [[Music/{{Selena}} in the title role]]. |
| 103 | * In ''Film/StanAndOllie'', Creator/LaurelAndHardy are played by Creator/SteveCoogan and Creator/JohnCReilly respectively. |
| 104 | * The musical ''Star!'' starred Creator/JulieAndrews as actress, singer, dancer, and musical comedy performer Gertrude Lawrence. |
| 105 | * ''Film/TooMuchTooSoon'' stars Creator/DorothyMalone as Diana Barrymore and Creator/ErrolFlynn as her alcoholic father Creator/JohnBarrymore. |
| 106 | * Creator/KenRussell's ''Valentino'' cast legendary ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev as Creator/RudolphValentino. |
| 107 | * ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory'' is absolutely ''full'' of stars playing other stars--most notably Creator/DanielRadcliffe as Music/WeirdAlYankovic himself, Creator/EvanRachelWood as Music/{{Madonna}}, and Creator/RainnWilson as Creator/DrDemento. |
| 108 | * ''Film/WolvesAtTheDoor'' stars Creator/KatieCassidy as Creator/SharonTate. |
| 109 | * ''Film/{{Wonderland}}'', a film based on the real-life Wonderland Murders, starred Creator/ValKilmer as legendary porn star Creator/JohnHolmes. |
| 110 | * Creator/JamesCagney starred in ''Film/YankeeDoodleDandy'', about song-and-dance man George M. Cohan, "The Man Who Owned Broadway". |
| 111 | * Director example: Creator/DavidLynch stars as [[spoiler:director Creator/JohnFord]] in Creator/StevenSpielberg's semi-autobiographical film ''Film/TheFabelmans''. |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:Live-Action TV - Fictional]] |
| 115 | * ''Series/ThirtyRock'' -- the stars of the show-within-the-show, ''TGS with Tracy Jordan'', SNL alum Tracy Morgan plays Tracy Jordan, while Jane Krakowski plays Jenna Maroney; both characters are somewhat detached from reality due to their stardom. |
| 116 | * ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' |
| 117 | ** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven'' has Creator/EmmaRoberts as teen idol Madison Montgomery. |
| 118 | ** ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryFreakShow'' has multi-awarded actress Creator/JessicaLange as a WhiteDwarfStarlet Elsa Mars. |
| 119 | * In the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode "[[{{Recap/BabylonFiveS05E08DayOfTheDead}} Day of the Dead]]", celebrity magicians Creator/PennAndTeller guest star as "Rebo and Zooty", who are basically {{expy}}s of themselves. (Also, Creator/HarlanEllison provided the "voice" for Zooty.) |
| 120 | * In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', famous sitcom star Creator/BobNewhart guests as Arthur Jeffries, Ph.D. (aka Professor Proton), a famous former host of a children's science show. |
| 121 | * ''Series/{{Californication}}'' -- movie star Creator/RobLowe plays Eddie Nero, a deviant Creator/BradPitt expy. |
| 122 | * ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' |
| 123 | ** Creator/LauraPrepon guest-starred in a Season 3 episode as an actress who was cast as the lead in the LiveActionAdaptation of the title character's novel. |
| 124 | ** Creator/HilarieBurton guest-starred in a Season 4 episode as a RealityTV star. |
| 125 | * ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' -- TV star Creator/CarlReiner, well known for his appearances in variety shows, plays well-known variety show host Alan Brady. |
| 126 | * ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'' has Creator/AprilBowlby as 50s megastar Rita Farr and Creator/BrendanFraser as '80s UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} legend Clifford Steele. |
| 127 | * In ''Series/{{Empire}}'', Creator/TerrenceHoward plays HipHop LivingLegend and mogul Lucious Lyon. Creator/JussieSmollett and Music/{{Yazz}} play his sons Jamal and Hakeem, who are popular musicians themselves. |
| 128 | * ''Series/{{Entourage}}'' -- B-list actor Creator/AdrianGrenier plays sometimes A-lister Vincent Chase (and, to a lesser extent, B-list actor Creator/KevinDillon plays C-list actor Johnny "Drama" Chase). |
| 129 | * In ''{{Series/Extras}}'', all the celebrity guest stars in play [[SelfDeprecation fictionalized versions of themselves]], while sitcom star Creator/RickyGervais plays a fictional character, Andy Millman, who ''becomes'' famous as the star of the ShowWithinAShow ''When The Whistle Blows''. |
| 130 | * The ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' episode "The Show Must Go Off" cast acclaimed thespian Creator/DerekJacobi as a Shakespearean actor famous for starring in a science-fiction series. |
| 131 | * In the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' two-parter "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding", lauded character actor Creator/GaryOldman plays lauded character actor Richard Crosby (and teaches Joey Tribiani to increase his dramatic range by spitting while speaking). |
| 132 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'' Season 6 features a theater troupe consisting of Creator/RichardEGrant as its DescendedCreator and Creator/EssieDavis as the troupe's premier actress. |
| 133 | * ''Series/GilligansIsland'' -- knockout movie star Tina Louise played knockout movie star Ginger Grant; although ultimately four actresses played Ginger -- a different one in the pilot (for which the character was not identified as a movie star), Louise throughout the series, and two others in later made-for-TV-movies, only Louise was already a genuine movie star when she took the part -- and is generally regarded by fans as the ''real'' Ginger. |
| 134 | * Later seasons of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' feature most of the main characters eventually becoming celebrities. |
| 135 | * Music/MileyCyrus became a household name playing Miley Stewart, an apparently OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who is secretly an IdolSinger named ''Series/HannahMontana''. Her father ([[RealLifeRelative both in the show and in real life]]) played by Music/BillyRayCyrus was a popular CountryMusic singer back in the day. |
| 136 | * ''Series/HotInCleveland'' invoked this in their promos for the series when it premiered; Creator/WendieMalick certainly isn't a big A-lister or anything, but in promos, she acted like one, because the character she played was an egotistical and diva-ish former television star (much like Malick herself, and pretty much all of the cast members of this show). |
| 137 | * The father of the eponymous ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' is a popular telenovela actor played by popular telenovela actor, Creator/JamieCamil. |
| 138 | * ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' has Creator/RachaelTaylor as FormerChildStar and current popular radio talk show host [[ComicBook/PatsyWalker Trish Walker]]. |
| 139 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' has a few [[LongRunners in its long history]]: |
| 140 | ** Creator/MaggieGrace plays popular TV star Jessie Dawning in Season 6. |
| 141 | ** Creator/NormanReedus plays popular [[TheRockStar rock star]] and activist Derek Lord in the Season 7 finale. |
| 142 | ** Creator/BaileyChase plays UsefulNotes/{{N|ationalFootballLeague}}FL superstar Lincoln Haver in Season 9. |
| 143 | ** [[Music/OutKast Antwon "Big Boi" Patton]] plays HipHop artist Gots Money in Season 10. |
| 144 | ** Creator/MehcadBrooks plays UsefulNotes/{{N|ationalBasketballAssociation}}BA superstar Prince Miller in Season 13. |
| 145 | ** Creator/ChadLColeman plays UsefulNotes/{{N|ationalFootballLeague}}FL superstar A.J. Martin in Season 16. |
| 146 | * Creator/DoveCameron [[PlayingTheirOwnTwin plays the eponymous twins]] ''Series/LivAndMaddie'', with the former half of the pair being a teen idol. |
| 147 | * ''Series/Lucifer2016'' has Creator/LaurenGerman playing detective and [[FormerChildStar former teen idol]], Chloe Decker. |
| 148 | * In an episode of ''Series/McCloud'' "[=McCloud=] Meets Dracula" Creator/JohnCarradine, an actor with a long history of appearing in horror films, plays Loren Belasco, an actor with a long history of appearing in horror films who has become convinced he's Dracula. |
| 149 | * [[Music/TheMonkees Davy Jones]] appears in an episode of ''Series/MyTwoDads'' as a famous musician. |
| 150 | * In ''Series/{{Nashville}}'', Creator/ConnieBritton plays CountryMusic LivingLegend Reyna Jaymes while Creator/HaydenPanettiere plays her younger and currently popular [[FriendlyEnemy rival/frenemy]] Juliette Barnes. |
| 151 | * In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E13TheConscienceOfTheKing}} The Conscience of the King]]", longtime Broadway character actor Arnold Moss played Shakespearean troupe-leader Anton Karidian (who is, in fact, the disguised genocidal Governor Kodos of Tarsus IV). |
| 152 | * ''Series/ThisIsUs'' casts Creator/JustinHartley as popular TV actor Kevin Pearson. |
| 153 | * ''Series/VeronicaMars'' -- once hugely famous star Creator/HarryHamlin plays hugely famous movie star Aaron Echolls. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Live-Action TV - Biographical]] |
| 157 | * ''Film/AnAdventureInSpaceAndTime'' is a {{Docudrama}} about the creation of ''Series/DoctorWho''. It stars Creator/DavidBradley as Creator/WilliamHartnell, Creator/JessicaRaine as Creator/VerityLambert, and Creator/BrianCox as Creator/SydneyNewman. |
| 158 | * Creator/ElizabethTaylor has been played by Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter in ''Burton & Taylor'' and Creator/LindsayLohan in ''Film/LizAndDick''. |
| 159 | * ''Series/{{Feud}}'' casts Creator/SusanSarandon as Creator/BetteDavis, Creator/JessicaLange as Creator/JoanCrawford, and Creator/CatherineZetaJones as Creator/OliviaDeHavilland. In addition, the cast features Creator/AlfredMolina as Creator/RobertAldrich, Creator/KathyBates as Joan Blondell, and Creator/JohnWaters as Creator/WilliamCastle. |
| 160 | * ''Series/FosseVerdon'' casts Creator/SamRockwell as Creator/BobFosse and Creator/MichelleWilliams as Creator/GwenVerdon. |
| 161 | * ''Film/{{Gia}}'' is a {{Biopic}} about supermodel Gia Carangi starring Creator/AngelinaJolie ([[TimeShiftedActor and]] Creator/MilaKunis) as the titular protagonist. It also had Creator/FayeDunaway as fashion legend Wilhelmina Cooper. |
| 162 | * ''Film/MyDinnerWithHerve'' casts Creator/PeterDinklage as Creator/HerveVillechaize and Creator/AndyGarcia as Creator/RicardoMontalban. |
| 163 | * ''Series/PamAndTommy'' had Creator/LilyJames as Creator/PamelaAnderson and Creator/SebastianStan as [[Music/MotleyCrue Tommy Lee]]. |
| 164 | * A Season 1 episode of ''Series/That70sShow'' has Wrestling/DwayneJohnson playing his father, Wrestling/RockyJohnson. |
| 165 | [[/folder]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | [[folder: Theatre]] |
| 168 | * The original cast of ''Theatre/LadyInTheDark'' featured Creator/VictorMature as Randy Curtis, a handsome Hollywood actor desired by women around the world. |
| 169 | [[/folder]] |
| 170 | |
| 171 | [[folder: Western Animation]] |
| 172 | * Creator/AdamWest has a memorable guest appearance in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' voicing 1960s crime show star Simon Trent, whom the titular Batman idolized as a kid. |
| 173 | * In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Swedish movie star Ann-Margret plays "Ann-Margrock," a famous actress visiting Bedrock. James Darren (as "James Darrock") and Creator/TonyCurtis (as "Stony Curtis") also appeared in episodes. |
| 174 | * Creator/AdamWest is in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' voicing the aging star of a 1960s crime show. It's not AdamWesting, but it's darn close since the whole thing is clearly an AffectionateParody of ''Series/{{Batman 1966}}''. |
| 175 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E12TheLastestGunInTheWest The Lastest Gun in the West]]", Dennis Weaver, star of the TV series ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'' and ''Series/McCloud'', plays washed-up has-been western film star Buck [=McCoy=]. |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
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