I look like José Carreras, apparently.
My old neighbour Jim Flook (no relation to The Flookys) got me on to this site called MyHeritage.com. You upload a photo of yourself and it uses facial recognition software to match you with the celebrity you resemble the most.
I got a 64% match with the least-known of the Three Tenors. More disturbingly I had a 55% match with Imelda Marcos.
I’d be interested to hear what you guys get.
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I did it while back, I think I had Sean Connnery and Jason Donavan…..i think the hair loss is the only thing us three have in common!
Apparently I’m 64% like some Turkish singer, Ibrahim Tatlises. Erm… Worryingly, 54% like some model, Erin Wasson.
As it happens, you bear a disturbing resemblance to Watford boss Adrian Boothroyd in that photo of yours Peter!
I, for what it’s worth, am 71% like Harold Ramis – an American actor who’s best known for being Egon in ‘Ghostbusters’.
I remember doing this a wee while ago and ended up being best matched by Chinese actor Jet Li. Can’t see it myself…
I tried it with three different photos and it keeps giving me “No Matches.”
I feel cheated.
Nick – Re: Adrian Boothroyd. Hopefully an omen that Forest and Watford will be crossing paths in the Championship next season.
Shermozzle – at least, Erin is a model. Same can’t be said Imelda, especially in her latter years. and that was the Imelda I matched.
Marie – No matches or Jose Carreras. I know which I’d prefer. Maybe you should set up a web site dedicated to finding a celebrity who looks like you.
Simon – the Scottish Jet Li. The perfect quote for the front of your mullet book!
Andrew – hair loss. The beanie was my attempt to avoid getting Phil Collins.
Also, can any one remember the Seinfeld episode that features the story line about getting the autograph of the least famous of the Three Tenors?
I can’t remember if it was Jose or Placido Domingo. I’ve got the DVDs and am sorely tempted to use this as an excuse for an extended Seinfeld-athon. But I’ve got a book to finish …
I got an 85% match with Brad Pitt. Surprising really as I thought it would be higher. What with using a photo of Brad Pitt instead of one of my own…
Jose was the other one, Peter. It was the episode with the Maestro (possibly the title of it as well) who told Jerry he couldn’t get a place in Tuscany. I think it also had a story involving Kramer getting burned by a latte and suing the coffee shop (“Who told you to put the baum on?” as Jackie memorably demanded to know). Can’t remember the George storyline but it probably involved Susan as I’m pretty sure it was from the season he got engaged.
Are you now going to go round saying you look like the “other one”?
Paul – just used your post as an excuse to watch that episode of Seinfeld. While an undeniable classic (the George plot sees him getting a rocking chair for the security guard at Susan’s uncle’s clothes store) it’s not the one featuring ‘the other one.’
I’ve since learnt that ‘The Doll,’ another episode in series seven, and featuring the above-mentioned Maestro, is the episode I was trying to remember. Like all good Seinfeld episodes it features so many great plots that your memory convinces you it is three different episodes, not just one. The highlight, as usual, is the George storyline – discovering that Susan collects dolls and has one that looks like his mother. A classic.
Re: Calling myself The Other One. Could be highly appropriate considering I’m always getting mixed up with Tim Moore …
What?
I thought you were Tim Moore! You mean you’re not….?
Hi Peter,
Great cure for insomnia this – was quite flattered to find out i look like an actress from Dawson’s Creek called Meredith Monroe – an 83% match! I wonder if she is any relation?
Hey Wendy – just checked out which one Meredith Monroe was on Dawson’s Creek. That would be the cutest one then. Well done!
You should also take heart from Wayne’s comment above. His photo of Brad Pitt picture got an 85% match with the real Brad Pitt.
That’s brilliant!
Unfortunately I bear a striking resemblance to Jack Black.
My bad, Peter. Maybe finding out that I look like Hugh Jackman has gone to my head…
well i got michael palin. might not be too bad but for the fact he’s at least twice my age.
I had a 75% match with Keifer Sutherland. He should be worried as he apparently looks like a balding, slightly pudgy, near middle-aged man. Not exactly an action hero.
Okay, I gave it a second chance because I didn’t want to look like Lance Armstrong … Jamie Lee Curtis came up both times, second photo she was the top and only match …
Had a great laugh with it
I got 72% with the main actor from the film 300 and about 70% with David Beckham, all well so far. Now, I also got 65% with Peter O’Toole and a bit less with Osho (some very rich Guru)
My wife got 75% with Jennifer Anniston, that, although she is not my favorite, it is not too bad. Now, she also got 63% with Charles Manson. Should I be worried?
Oh! And according to this site, my mum looks 63% like Kofi Annan and 55% like the Dalai Lama…… no comment
lordy… apparently i look like Tyra Banks.
flattering, except i’m a short, blue eyed, blonde, fair skinned woman.
worryingly, i also resemble about 25 different Bollywood actresses.
is there something my darling mother isn’t telling me?
Um…I got 74% Katie Holmes….very disturbing. Tried it again and got 78% Brendan Fraser. Much better.
63% Clint Eastwood. Damn, I’m going to try again, this time with a photo where I don’t have grey hair…
OK, I tried again, this time with a picture of me with *no* hair — in front of the Chairman Mao photo in Tian’anmen Square.
Most disturbingly, I am now 83% matched with George W. Bush (though 71% with Tom Cruise). The good news is that the other crazy tyrant, Mao Zedong, is a 86% match with… the exact same portrait of himself.
Good to see you have a nottingham forest hat on.
Well according to this site, I look 74% like Leonardo Di Caprio!!
86% katie holmes, 78% yasmine bleeth. That’s made my day!
More disturbingly, my husband comes up as several old women and Walt
Disney. Hmm.