Talk:Impersonator

Parent impersonation
I think it would be interesting to have a section discussing this variation in particular. For example:

Still trying to find other sources to get an idea of how this is generally referred to. ScratchMarshall (talk) 20:08, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

This article needs cleanup, and has since 2016
I am going to move the un-referenced and too-long list of "notable impersonators" to this talk page where anyone interested removing the cruft, then putting a few items with RS describing them as "notable impersonators" into alphabetical order, can then move the cleaned-up list back to main page. Update: this list is unnecessary, however, because there is already a category "Impressionists (entertainers) by nationality" with multiple sub-categories. HouseOfChange (talk) 03:52, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Notable impersonators (moved from mainspace for cleanup)

 * Moin Akhter
 * Joe Alaskey has impersonated Jackie Gleason and Mel Blanc
 * Shafaat Ali
 * Anthony Atamanuik impersonates Donald Trump
 * Ate Glow did comedic impersonations of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
 * Alec Baldwin impersonates Donald Trump
 * Rory Bremner
 * Steve Bridges
 * Reggie Brown impersonates Barack Obama
 * Frank Caliendo
 * Jim Carrey
 * Dana Carvey
 * Dan Castellaneta
 * Charlie Chaplin—parodied Adolf Hitler in the film The Great Dictator
 * Jim Cummings
 * Marc Dreier
 * Jimmy Fallon (does regular impersonations, but better known for impersonating famous singers)
 * Will Ferrell
 * Tina Fey
 * Fátima Flórez portrays Cristina Kirchner
 * David Frye
 * Mikheil Gelovani portrayed Joseph Stalin at least a dozen times in film in their lifetimes
 * Frank Gorshin—several actors, best known for Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster
 * Sunil Grover
 * Bill Hader
 * Darrell Hammond
 * Hal Holbrook has portrayed Mark Twain
 * Jess Harnell
 * Jay Jason
 * Clay Jenkinson portrays Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, Theodore Roosevelt and Robert Oppenheimer and others
 * Val Kilmer has portrayed Mark Twain
 * Maurice LaMarche
 * Jan Leighton, famous for his impersonations of historical figures, estimated at over 3,000 in his lifetime
 * Rich Little, called "The Man of a Thousand Voices"*Tress MacNeille
 * Ross Marquand
 * Kate McKinnon
 * Vaughn Meader
 * Jim Meskimen
 * Dmitry Orlov, occasionally does impersonations of Berl Lazar
 * Rob Paulsen
 * Sammy Petrillo, best known for his Jerry Lewis impersonation
 * Jay Pharoah
 * Jim Post portrays Mark Twain
 * Mike Randall has portrayed Mark Twain and Charles Dickens
 * Stevie Riks
 * Tim Russell
 * Sour Shoes
 * Martin Short
 * Kevin Spacey
 * Aries Spears
 * Freddie Starr
 * Larry Storch
 * Jeffrey Weissman has portrayed Mark Twain and Crispin Glover, the latter of whom sued over Weissman's impersonation of him
 * Frank Welker
 * Joe Wiegand portrays 26th US president, Theodore Roosevelt
 * Kristen Wiig
 * Emlyn Williams impersonated Charles Dickens
 * Robin Williams
 * Debra Wilson
 * Howard X, best known for his impersonation of Kim Jong-un

This list has been tagged with a Cleanup list template since 2019. Maybe a category would be better than a list. Not every comic actor or SNL player needs to be listed in the body of this article. HouseOfChange (talk) 00:46, 18 December 2023 (UTC)


 * I have deleted names without articles or references and sorted A > Z by LAST name - Arjayay (talk) 10:14, 9 July 2024 (UTC)