21 Actors Who Only Play Themselves

It’s easy for an actor to get typecast. It might be the way that they look (nobody’s buying Chalamet as an action hero), or they might have a very particular set of skills, or it might just happen by accident. You play one guy who communicates exclusively in complicated special handshakes, and then you play one more guy who does that, and suddenly, you’re the handshake guy.

When the only part an actor can play is themselves, though, they never stood a chance. There’s one thing they can do, and it just happens to be what they would be doing anyway. Sometimes, that’s plenty to fill seats; other times, it’s a one-way ticket to infomercialdom. Whatever the case, one Redditor asked r/AskReddit, “Which actor seems to only play themselves?” and many such one-dimensional thespians filled their (computer) screens in return.

21 Bill Burr

 

20 Vinnie Jones

 

19 Martin Freeman

 

18 Will Smith

 

17 Hugh Grant

 

16 Ryan Reynolds

 

15 Jason Statham

 

14 Mark Wahlberg

 

13 Charlie Sheen

 

12 Harrison Ford

 

11 George Clooney

 

10 Kevin Costner

 

9 Tracy Morgan

 

8 Michelle Rodriguez

 

7 Dwayne Johnson

 

6 Arnold Schwarznegger

 

5 Vince Vaughn

 

4 Joel McHale

 

3 John Wayne

 

2 Chuck Norris

1 Noel Gugliemi