Celebrity doppelgangers

Authors’ public presence is usually low-watt compared to other entertainers such as actors and musicians. Most authors do not get recognized on the street. Certainly not this one:But at some point, most of us hear that we look like someone famous. Over the years, I’ve gotten a broad range. While I was flattered by most of these impressions, frankly, I didn’t see it with any of them beforehand.

According to camp friends in 1987:

Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick)

Don’t remember who said it, but heard most of these multiple times (coincidentally, all are comedians):

Bob Saget

Ben Stiller

Jerry Seinfeld

Seth Meyers

According to kids at schools I’ve spoken at since 2008:

Steve Nash

 

Wolverine (Hugh Jackman; I’m laughing, too;
granted I don’t shave every day, but still…)

Superman (yes, laughing again, but honored at the same time)

According to a four-year-old I know:

Sean Hopper (Huey Lewis and the News)

Oh, to be completist, a high school friend said the guy at the end of this commercial reminded her of me: