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There are two ways of approaching the fact that you look a lot like a celebrity. One is to ruthlessly break it to people that, unfortunately, they are mistaken, you aren't Tom Cruise or Jake Gyllenhaal, and that they shouldn't look for their phone so they could snap a pic with you. That's the disappointment approach. The other way of dealing with it is embracing your looks and just going along with the person that walks up to you with an enamored expression on their face and starts spilling compliments about your work. That's the one that's a little more fun.
The people listed below (some of them - actual celebrities) went for the latter and that way made the day of many people, who thought they met their heroes. Scroll down below to see whether you would be confused by these lookalikes as well!
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#1
Matt Or Mark?
Kaspar Kristiansen 7 years ago
Mark Wahlberg probably thought "What the heck... I've been called worse"
Kjorn 7 years ago
both matt damon and Mark Wahlberg are well aware of that. they never corrected the people who make that mistake. that way more hilarious that way
Night Gaunt 7 years ago
I have read before that they both get mistaken for the other and have agreed to not correct people and just go along with it
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#3
Here's Me Before A Hugh Laurie Concert, With Some Guy Who's Not Hugh Laurie
David Daisy May Boldock 7 years ago
It may be him not being him that way you will never know lol
#4
Morgan Freeman
Nevi Løvfelt 7 years ago
Hahah it's funny so much the "morgan" guy in the first picture enjoy the situation."Ahh free publicity, and they dont even know who I am"!
#5
Someone Pretended To Be Tom Cruise In A Small Chicken Shop In North Eastern Thailand And Is Remembered There Forever
LittleGrayMouse 7 years ago
Isn't that the place that you can tell them you're famous and they'll give you free food? I've heard friends of mine do that...
#6
Wow, What Are The Odds Of Finding Robert Downy Jr. In A Small Texas Mall?
HG Guy 7 years ago
That guy is a mexican oil worker, he is popular here in mexico as a mexican tony stark
Ann McNeil 7 years ago
Getting a pic with Ironman- I'd sure look 2, 3 or 10 times- well done,, sir!
#7
Hate To Break It To Ya Buddy
#8
3 Years Ago, Happy Drunk, I Thought I Met Jake Gyllenhaal… I'm Now 90% Sure I Didn't
Sabal Minor 7 years ago
Last Sept I was on a flight & a guy that looked even more like the real Jake not only sat right next to me, but before we boarded was walking down my isle & sat next to me in the lounge where I noticed the resemblance. I told him on the plane but didn't know the actor's name (I had to describe broke back mnt.movie! <embarrassed but funny
#9
That Ain't Drake
thebridget 7 years ago
It looks just enough like Drake to be in a Madame Tussauds wax museum but that's about it
#10
A Homeless Man Convinced Me He Was George RR Martin
I figured it out like a week later when he was still there with his 'agent' and his trolley. i had to walk past him everyday for a couple weeks and i avoided eye contact with him because it was too embarrassing on my part.
Stephanie Hutner 7 years ago
Why is meeting celebrities so important to people?! Who the f**k cares?
Yazlinne Castillo 2 years ago
And why did you bother commenting on this page? If you hate this stuff then leave.
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The Famous Junkie 7 years ago
Why do you people care so much when others think? The old homeless guy probably was desperate for company.
kkathleen517 7 years ago
I can't believe there are this many stupid people. I'm embarrassed for them.
blugeagua 7 years ago
No that’s not the real author. By the way, the book series is not called Game of Thrones. It’s called A Song of Ice and Fire. The first book in the series is called A Game of Thrones though.
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Peter Dinklage Bought Us Drinks!
Katie McCready 7 years ago
Oh my God, THANK YOU! No one ever gets this one right. I’ve had copy editors and teachers and ex-boyfriends insist that I was wrong when I’ve pointed out it should be, “and me.” It’s a simple rule, right? If you took the other person’s name out of the sentence, would it make sense? No one would say, “Peter Dinklage’s evil twin bought I a beverage,” but I still see (or worse...HEAR) people making this error all the time, and often people who really should know better, like newscasters, politicians and educators. Even Aaron Sorkin can’t get this one right— characters on The West Wing did this all the time. However, Friday Night Lights made me a fan for life in an episode where Coach Taylor quietly corrects a coworker with the same “irked/embarrassed that something so petty irks me” expression on his face that I feel growing on my own whenever I hear someone end a sentence with “and I.”
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#12
She Thought She Met Tyler The Creator
Jingjing Yang 7 years ago
1 first this is definitely will 2 who is tylor the creator 3 how she know that tylor the creator 4 why she think they look resmebly too many mesery here lmfao (⌒▽⌒)
#13
That's Not Him Sweetie
Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
I wonder how many times the guy has scored goods and dates, just because?
#14
My Friend's Special Bachelorette Party Guest: Morgan Freeman
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
i'm asking the same question! That has to be the closet look-alike to Morgan Freeman if it isn't actually him.
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Shanna Westhof 7 years ago
I have done a side-by-side comparison of Morgan Freeman puling a similar face and I am pretty darn sure that is the real deal. Earring in the same ear - CHECK, Forehead wrinkles in the same place - CHECK, Same eye being slightly bigger than the other - CHECK. download-5...49b178.jpg 
#15
Been A Year Today Since She Thought She Met Ed Sheeran
just a thought! 7 years ago
After Ned Sheeran ate, he went to Bed Sheeran...
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#16
Went To My Local Pub. Two Cute Girls Insisted I Was Andy Samberg. Kept Taking Selfies With Me. Bartender Took This. Best Photo Of Me Ever
Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
Somewhere, Andy Samberg may read this and either laugh his a*s off or cry a bucket of tears.
#17
Just Chatting It Up With Rod Stewart Himself
#18
Ran Into Chris Pratt
Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
I give the lookalike points for trying to do the muggy smile. He can’t do it, but at least he tried.
#19
My Dad Thought He Met Will Smith At The World Cup
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#20
Johnny Depp Got A Free Hot Dog
Just Amiable 7 years ago
When they say fed him a hotdog, I imagine them holding it like those ppl feeding those giraffes at the zoo & him eating it like some drunk street pigeon 😂👍
#21
Friend Thought He Met Bono At Dreamforce In 2013
#23
Yikes, Bill Murray Isn't Looking Too Good
#24
Oprah Winfrey Was On A Flight
Cassie 7 years ago
They used to give those pins out to passengers pretty freely. I have several and I didn't have to pretend to be somebody famous to get them. I got most of mine flying solo as a kid.
Load More Replies... Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
The flight attendant must receive this request 100 times a week. She looks like she handles it better than I would if it were me.
#25
Met Peter Dinklage In Vegas
D.S. Watson 7 years ago
could it be because everybody keeps assuming every little person in America is Peter Dinklage?
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Kaspar Kristiansen 7 years ago
Wow, is every little person now mistaken for Dinklage? Wee Man must be all mad!
Brittney Stanford 7 years ago
anyone else wondering why the chick with blue haid has one eye closed in every pic?.. just me?
blugeagua 7 years ago
And I guess that includes ever little person who is a woman.
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#26
I Spent An Hour Convincing My Friend (Kick Ass) That We Did Not Meet Johnny Depp
Kaspar Kristiansen 7 years ago
Dude is at a costume party, meets someone dressed like Johnny Depp and thinks it's the real Depp.... ?
John Bennick 7 years ago
Whoever he is, he certainly went out of his way to look like Johnny Depp.
Gayle Bynum Cardosa 7 years ago
That guy is fully trying to pass himself off. He looks like the type who acts like, "what? Oh you think I look like who? Really? Seriously? Ha ha, how funny! I never thought of that!" Meanwhile when he's at home he's studying every movie and photo of the guy he can get his hands on.
Chess Wizard 7 years ago
Considering the fact that the other guy is dressed like Kick A*s, I would say this is probably a halloween party or something similar, and he did the Depp costume for fun.
Load More Replies... Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
Johnny looks like he put on a few pounds. Since this morning? 🤨
#27
Not Ryan Gosling. Actually Printed In A Magazine
Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
I’d like to know how LARGE his tip was by the end of the evening.
#28
It's Common... To Mistake Somebody For Somebody Else
#29
Sometimes You Gotta Go Back... To Figure Out Who You Weren't Really Drinking With
Kat Olmstead 7 years ago
I'm seeing a trend here. Alcohol, drunk, thinks they met a celebrity. Might want to take a break.
Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
Well, if he was drinking Coors Lite, he got McConaughey Lite.
#30
Meeting Rihanna
Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
That girl is gonna be slapped, and hard, if she ever runs into the “REAL” Rihanna!
Little Menace 7 years ago
I had it the other way round back in the early 90s. Always had dark hair and a fringe and sort of rock clothing on. I am also very small. I washed my hands in a public toilet and a black lady ran at me and said "you are Chrissie Hinde, oh god you are really Chrissie Hinde. I at first denied it but she was so happy. I shook her hand and then told my husband bewildered but amused. I was not only far too small but also about 15 years younger, but who cares if she really believed it and she's happy? That's also the reason I never ask any 'famous' person for an autograph.
#31
That Ain't Me Bro
Shruti Naik 7 years ago
the best thing ever is when you make a mistake of meeting a celebrity and the actual celebrity comments on your pic!
#32
A Friend Of Mine Thought She Had Met Zach Galifianakis
anarkzie 7 years ago
"I'm....only....going....to...get....this....one....chance"
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#33
Life Complete
Stille20 7 years ago
How are these people so excited to meet someone like Daniel Craig (and others) but they don't know what they look like
Julie Todd 7 years ago
Because they usually only know them from movies and t.v. shows, but they don't always look the same in real life. They usually have make-up on and their hair done, all of that stuff, and they aren't always all made up when on the street doing their own thing.
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Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
She looks more like Anne Hathaway than he looks like Daniel Craig. She doesn’t look much like Anne Hathaway... 🤔
#34
Girl From My Facebook Feed Swore She Met Macklemore
Ms. Terious 7 years ago
This is literally the best comment on Bored Panda in the world XD
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#35
Former President Bush
#36
That's Not Niall Horan
Ann Ros'a 7 years ago
“So Just Dumb B***h Dumb Jealous F*****g Noob F*****g Jealousy”... just a guess’.
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Um... That's... Not Me
djinnjeannie 7 years ago
Arian Foster, an NFL player although the guy in the pic is a whole lot better looking, I'd be happier to meet him.
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She Met Maklemore. I'm Not Going To Be The One To Tell Her
Lauren Nicklow 7 years ago
I think he also kind of looks like max headroom a little bit. XD
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Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
Men who support equality don’t drape their arm, suggestively, around new acquaintances shoulders). #JUSTSAYIN’#beenthereandcringintimesup!
#39
Just Met Zach Galifianakis
Friedlander Rosenzweig 7 years ago
Have ya ever seen one of his movies, Missy? Wear your glasses next time!
#40
Drake - Or Not Lol
Final score:
14points
#41
Breaking Bad's Hank
Shaun Obanion 7 years ago
These people look NOTHING like the people the other people think they are!
Annie 1973 2 years ago
Maybe the stereotype of all white/black /Asian/etc all look alike?
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That Time I Thought I Met Lenny Kravitz At Coachella...
Final score:
10points
Signe Manat Hansen 7 years ago
Looks more like The Weeknd. And Lenny Kravitz has pierced nipples :p
Brandi Ricks (Submission author) 7 years ago
This was 2006, way before The Weeknd
Load More Replies... Kat Olmstead 7 years ago
How are these people even fans if they can't recognize a celebrity? Most of these aren't even close!
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Echo 7 years ago
No it means you have a life. Hehe. Or have no life and no interest in tv or music. I didn't know the people's names, but I was able to guess they were teen idols, rap artist or in the NBA players case, A basketball star. That man was TALL!
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Pamela 7 years ago
I'm the opposite. I live in Los Angeles and used to work at a popular beauty store in the mall that celebs would frequent. The amount of times I would help a celebrity with out knowing it, just to have a coworker tell me who they were after, was alarmingly high lol
Nadine Ducca 7 years ago
This would totally be me! I'm so bad with faces and I don't really give a damn if someone's famous or not, that I'd be helping people out without a second glance.
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diane a 7 years ago
Seems like sometimes these mistaken identity "celebrities" are nicer to people than perhaps the real ones might be. I remember in pre-selfie days, meeting a very famous footballer of the time in a local bar when he tapped me on the shoulder to borrow a pen to give an autograph to a fan. I asked if i could have one myself and he said "no". Never even got my pen back.
Echo 7 years ago
It's pretty funny the running theme in most of the pictures is, "i was drunk and ran in to a celeb." Lol
Roxy Eastland 7 years ago
Do you think it ever happens that two people both think the other one is someone famous, and happily take selfies together? That would be funny.
The Dreaded Geek 7 years ago
I would assume most of them are just funny posts for their social media profiles if a similiar thing didn't happen to me 3 years ago. Walking down the street I ran into some (sober) guy in his fifties who mistook me for some semi-famous local singer. And the more I was trying to explain to him I'm not that guy, the more he was like "Oh, of course you are. I watched you perform on TV a few days ago.". Certain
The Dreaded Geek 7 years ago
We didn't take a selfie, but it certainly made my day (damn, fix this BP app).
Load More Replies... Echo 7 years ago
No it means you have a life. Hehe. Or have no life and no interest in tv or music. I didn't know the people's names, but I was able to guess they were teen idols, rap artist or in the NBA players case, A basketball star. That man was TALL!
Load More Replies... Pamela 7 years ago
I'm the opposite. I live in Los Angeles and used to work at a popular beauty store in the mall that celebs would frequent. The amount of times I would help a celebrity with out knowing it, just to have a coworker tell me who they were after, was alarmingly high lol
Nadine Ducca 7 years ago
This would totally be me! I'm so bad with faces and I don't really give a damn if someone's famous or not, that I'd be helping people out without a second glance.
Load More Replies... diane a 7 years ago
Seems like sometimes these mistaken identity "celebrities" are nicer to people than perhaps the real ones might be. I remember in pre-selfie days, meeting a very famous footballer of the time in a local bar when he tapped me on the shoulder to borrow a pen to give an autograph to a fan. I asked if i could have one myself and he said "no". Never even got my pen back.
Echo 7 years ago
It's pretty funny the running theme in most of the pictures is, "i was drunk and ran in to a celeb." Lol
Roxy Eastland 7 years ago
Do you think it ever happens that two people both think the other one is someone famous, and happily take selfies together? That would be funny.
The Dreaded Geek 7 years ago
I would assume most of them are just funny posts for their social media profiles if a similiar thing didn't happen to me 3 years ago. Walking down the street I ran into some (sober) guy in his fifties who mistook me for some semi-famous local singer. And the more I was trying to explain to him I'm not that guy, the more he was like "Oh, of course you are. I watched you perform on TV a few days ago.". Certain
The Dreaded Geek 7 years ago
We didn't take a selfie, but it certainly made my day (damn, fix this BP app).
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