I'm sure a decent percentage of people have had another tell them, "You know who you remind me of?" before uttering a celebrity's name. However, this happens to me on an almost weekly basis, and while I hear one celebrity's name more frequently than others, I think I've been told I resemble twelve different celebrities over the course of the past year or so, and am starting to think I should change my name middle name from Matthew to Look-alike.
According to others, who do I apparently resemble? Oh, just the following:
1) Tom Hanks
2) Matt Bomer
3) Jeff Duhamel
4) Jon Hamm
5) Bill Hader
6) Topher Grace
7) Joshua Jackson
8) Gavin Rossdale
9) Arnold Schwarzenegger
10) Rob Lowe
11) Ewan McGregor
12) Cary Grant
Update: I was just told I resemble two other actors:
13) Mark Valley
14) Patrick Wilson
Update: Here's another...
15) Christopher Reeve (as Superman)
Update: ...and another...
16) Peter Bergman
Update: ...and yet another...
17) Chris Pine
Update: ...and yes, another...
18) Kurt Russell
Oh, and would you know, yet another...
19) Micky Dolenz
...and yet another...
20) Tom Cruise
...and yes, another...
21) Laurence Olivier
The list keeps going...
22) Henry Cavill
...and here are two more...
23) Robert Montgomery
24) Jude Law
...and one more...
25) Kristoff from Frozen (yes, I apparently even resemble animated characters)
...and another...
26) Neil Patrick Harris
...and add another to the list...
27) Colin Hanks
...and yet another...
28) Pierce Brosnan
...and two more...
29) Tom Everett Scott
30) Joe Scarborough
...and another...
31) Christopher Wray
32) Kirk Cameron
33) Mr. Fantastic (from the 1994 cartoon, Fantastic Four)
I may be forgetting some names, but those are the first 33 which come to mind. The most common comparison I hear is (a young) Tom Hanks. My family doesn't see the resemblance, but many outside the family sure seem to see it. At no time was the more the case than last night, when I met with a friend for karaoke. On three separate occasions, a person tapped me on the shoulder and said, "Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Tom Hanks?" After the third such occasion, I really started to wonder if I was on candid camera. Not only that, but when I heard my name called to sing a song, multiple people started chanting the actor's name: "Tom Hanks! Tom Hanks! Tom Hanks!" I couldn't help but wave and laugh. If I ever stop in there again, I may bring a Wilson volleyball with me, speak in a Southern Forrest Gump-ian accent, and be prepared to start taking pictures and signing autographs.
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