Adam Sandler
[ranking: 5]
In real life: Adam Sandler has made a career playing a regular, uncomplicated guy, because he??s never forgotten his roots. He came from a working class family and set his sights on being a comedian. Once he achieved his goals, he??s been content with maintaining a career playing regular Joes. He just wants to make people laugh. In film and TV roles: Uncomplicated and not impressed with the trappings of fame, Sandler is just fine making one silly film after the other. Audiences love them. The box office proves it at a collective revenue of $2 billion and counting. He??s had his moments of playing opposite of his usual lovable schlubs in Reign Over Me and Punch Drunk Love, but it seems as though he??s still just playing a more existentially fraught version of himself. Exhibit A: Funny People. Notable quote: ??My name is Adam Sandler. I'm not particularly talented. I'm not particularly good-looking. And yet I'm a multi-millionaire.??
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Matthew McConaughey
[ranking: 10]
In real life: Let??s put it this way - naked bongo playing is the one of the more normal things Matthew McConaughey has done. He??s dancing to his own beat, played by Martian ghosts surfing the debris of comets. Or he's smoking a boatload of weed. In film and TV roles: There hasn't been a role yet that can make Matthew McConaughey disappear completely. He may lose tons of weight or slip on a bald cap, but he can??t mask who he is. All right all right all right. Notable quote: ??There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it.??
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Zach Galifianakis
[ranking: 15]
In real life: Sincerely offbeat and squirm-inducing, Zach Galifianakis is a strange person who gravitates between random acts of kindness and admitting to hating children. Like if Andy Kaufman had lived. In film and TV roles: He is Baskets the Clown (Baskets). And it can be impossible to tell how Zach Galifianakis the actor and Zach Galifianakis the awkward, moronic host of Between Two Ferns differ from one another. Notable quote: ??Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious.??
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Ricky Gervais
[ranking: 13]
In real life: Ricky Gervais broke into the industry at nearly 40 and, from the start, he wasn??t impressed. As with a lot of top comedians, he basically just is who he is, regardless of the context (even if the context is pretending to be someone else). In film and TV roles: If you wanted to know what Gervais thought of show business before the Golden Globes, look no further than his series Extras, in which he takes the piss out of everyone and everything, including himself. Gervais??s bread and butter is taking down the very industry he works in. Notable quote: ??People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same.??
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Will Smith
[ranking: 12]
In real life: Will Smith was born in West Philadelphia and launched his rap career while still in high school. In his early 20s, he moved to Hollywood to be an actor. He's an affable, charming man who would rather compliment you than take praise for himself.
In film and TV: In movies like Independence Day and Men in Black, Smith comes across as slightly more arrogant than he is in real life, but his charisma and kindness translate more or less directly from real life to the silver screen. As for his television roles, well, to quote the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song: "In west Philadelphia born and raised..." You know the rest.
Notable quote: "In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet."
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George Clooney
[ranking: 16]
In real life: George Clooney is made of golden sun rays, right? He's also a committed political activist and a lot of people who know him really seem to love him. In film and TV roles: At his most serious and at his most goofy, the characters he??s played seem like Clooney at different times of the day or night, with different levels of intoxication. Notable quote: ??I can't give you 150 takes. I can't even give you 30 different ways of doing it! I don't have the talent or the range for it.??
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