Real people appearing as themselves in fictional shows

[Howe_zat]

The Simpsons has tons, even in early seasons they had one every other episode

Adam West, Leonard Nemoy, Buzz Aldrin, Paul & Linda McCartney, all those baseball players from the baseball episode

 

[Howe_zat]

Theory: People don't complain about all the pop culture references in 90s Simpsons episodes becasue they've forgotten about all the 90s US TV comedians that no one cares about any more

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm

Larry David as himself playing a fictional version of himself.

 

[nightprowler10]

Saddam Hussein in Seinfeld

Saddam Hussein in the South Park movie.

 

[wpdavid]

I quite enjoyed Will Wheaton's fictionalized version in The BIg Bang Theory.



Hawking has nice cameos in that too.


Matt Le Blanc on that show where he keeps talking about his Friends gig was funny too.

That reminds me of a scene in 'Extras', which was Ricky Gervais' follow-up series to The Office. David Bowie appeared as himself in one episode, and did himself justice, iirc.

Kate Winslett was another who appeared in Extras, and sent herself up brilliantly.

 

[wpdavid]

Mick Jagger and Paul Simon were both great in The Rutles.

 

[Howe_zat]

That reminds me of a scene in 'Extras', which was Ricky Gervais' follow-up series to The Office. David Bowie appeared as himself in one episode, and did himself justice, iirc.

Kate Winslett was another who appeared in Extras, and sent herself up brilliantly.

Oh yeah Extras was amazing for this. It was pretty much the premise of the show.

 

[wpdavid]

Graham Souness in Boys from the Black Stuff.

 

[Furball]

Matt Le Blanc in Episodes.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Creed Bratton

 

[GIMH]

Isabella Rossellini in Friends

 

[Anil]

Saddam Hussein in Seinfeld

how about seinfeld in seinfeld?

 

[Neptune]

I played myself in Ad Astra

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

All entertainers in sports entertainment (WWE)

 

[Shady Slim]

how about seinfeld in seinfeld?

we can even go deeper

jerry seinfeld in jerry in seinfeld

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Linford Christie and David Bellamy both appeared in Grange Hill. Richard Branson was also in Only Fools and Horses. Robert Urich was in Cheers.

 

[wpdavid]

Linford Christie and David Bellamy both appeared in Grange Hill.

That reminds me. Several footballers have appeared in 'Jamie Johnson'; Marcus Rashford, Raheem Sterling and Luis Saurez spring immediately to mind, but I'm sure there's others too.

 

[Furball]

Isabella Rossellini in Friends

Jean Claude Van Damme in Friends.