My Proud and Diverse Heritage

The impossibly lovely Lisa Whiteman ran her face through the celebrity face comparison engine at myheritage.com and got an unexpected result. I thought, I’ve beaten myself up enough this past year with narcissistic deprecation (alleviated only when jessica cutler added me to her sidebar), so in solidarity, I ran a few photos through myself.

By the way, Lisa: Natalie Portman. And that’s all I’m gonna say about that (and why it is I have such a huge crush on you).

Like Lisa, I have heard a baffling array of who looks like me (David Duchovny, Zach Braff, Harold Ramis), but none of those people are experts. The only expert, as you know, is the Internets. So here is the Internets' judgments (yes, you may 'click' on photo for larger image):


Alanis Morissette. Yes, I think it’s ironic. Well, as ironic as rain on your wedding day. So, I guess, not ironic at all. Just depressing, really.


Al Pacino. Well, the OLD Al Pacino, anyway. I don’t watch movies, so I was a little disconcerted by this choice. I thought the guy was dead.


John Williams. I love John Willams! He’s the guy who did all the music to Star Wars, right? It is an honor to be compared to him, and by ‘honor’ I mean OMFG, WTF?


Tupac. I wonder if I’ll get my own cult?


Elvis Costello. I always thought he was, you know, different looking. In any case, I just fed-exed 25 copies of this photo to Diana Krall. /crosses fingers


Still Alive Al Pacino. This looks like a public service announcement titled, “I thought I couldn’t get herpes from Al Pacino. I thought wrong.”