You look like a cross between Gary Cooper and Liberace!
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Find your celebrity dopelganger. MyHeritage is another site that uses face recognition on photos you upload, but the slick interface in this demo matches you up with one of 3,200 celebrities from the past two centuries which you (supposedly) resemble. You can upload photos with multiple people in them as well, and it will identify all the faces in the shot. I can't vouch for accuracy, but it is entertaining. [Registration required. Try username: metafilter@metafilter.com; pass: metafilter. The site does not appear to save photos that you have uploaded as part of the demo.]
My apparent resemblance to Moritz Daffinger earned me a couple free drinks in Vienna.
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:11 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:11 AM on May 17, 2006
I did this with a program last year and it spat out that I resemble Eddie Murphy. Being neither male, nor horsefaced, nor black, I remain too traumatized to try it again.
posted by CunningLinguist at 11:17 AM on May 17, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by CunningLinguist at 11:17 AM on May 17, 2006 [1 favorite]
Apparantly I look like Selma Blair, Katie Holmes and Scarlett Johannson.
(That login doesn't work anymore, try Bugmenot instead.)
posted by Lotto at 11:17 AM on May 17, 2006
(That login doesn't work anymore, try Bugmenot instead.)
posted by Lotto at 11:17 AM on May 17, 2006
John Candy (sniffle). I'm a girl and I'm not fat. I just have an, ahem, squarish head. I'm not going to do that anymore. (Runs to look for chocolate by the office coffee pot).
posted by WyoWhy at 11:22 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by WyoWhy at 11:22 AM on May 17, 2006
Apparently I look like a male Maggie Gyllenhaal.
But not Jake.
This requires further research.
posted by Zozo at 11:23 AM on May 17, 2006
But not Jake.
This requires further research.
posted by Zozo at 11:23 AM on May 17, 2006
Hi. I'm Peter Sellers. Apparently.
posted by interrobang at 11:33 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by interrobang at 11:33 AM on May 17, 2006
Apparently I look like Patrick Stewart and Prince Harry AND Gabriel Garcia Bernal. Odd.
posted by GriffX at 11:35 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by GriffX at 11:35 AM on May 17, 2006
Alan Ruck. But I already knew that.
posted by drinkcoffee at 11:39 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by drinkcoffee at 11:39 AM on May 17, 2006
David Letterman (54%). Meh.
I actually look a lot more like "Arliss" on the HBO series of the same name.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:39 AM on May 17, 2006
I actually look a lot more like "Arliss" on the HBO series of the same name.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 11:39 AM on May 17, 2006
Rachel Weisz, Brad Pitt, and Penelope Cruz all at 63%. I dare say they are matching by the bags under our eyes because that's the main commonality.
posted by wilky at 11:43 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by wilky at 11:43 AM on May 17, 2006
I feel that anything that tells a pudgy guy like me that I look like Leonardo DiCaprio (70%) must be trying to sell me something. (Other highlights: Barry Levinson at 60% and Maria Montessori at 54%.)
posted by j-dawg at 11:43 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by j-dawg at 11:43 AM on May 17, 2006
Since I wear glasses, I look like every celebrity that wears glasses.
posted by unsupervised at 11:44 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by unsupervised at 11:44 AM on May 17, 2006
This is less than accurate I'm guessing.
I'm a 6'4" 290lb whiteboy of Norwegian and German Jewish extraction.
I uploaded two pictures.
In the first, it thinks I look 64% like Jet Li.
In the second, my closest matches were Jesse McCartney, Che Guevara, and Benicio Del Toro.
I want my nickel back.
posted by stenseng at 11:44 AM on May 17, 2006
I'm a 6'4" 290lb whiteboy of Norwegian and German Jewish extraction.
I uploaded two pictures.
In the first, it thinks I look 64% like Jet Li.
In the second, my closest matches were Jesse McCartney, Che Guevara, and Benicio Del Toro.
I want my nickel back.
posted by stenseng at 11:44 AM on May 17, 2006
i swear if i get told i look like i'm italian or hispanic dude scream...
FABIO CANNAVARO!? ....AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH...i'm NOT italian! i'm INDIAN!!! I'm don't look like Zach Braff either for that matter!!!
this failed the doorstop test.
posted by Doorstop at 11:45 AM on May 17, 2006
FABIO CANNAVARO!? ....AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH...i'm NOT italian! i'm INDIAN!!! I'm don't look like Zach Braff either for that matter!!!
this failed the doorstop test.
posted by Doorstop at 11:45 AM on May 17, 2006
I wear glasses, and none of the suggested faces had glasses. Apparently I look like Nicole Kidman. (Those of you who have met me, feel free to dispute.)
posted by Karmakaze at 11:46 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by Karmakaze at 11:46 AM on May 17, 2006
I wear glasses and all mine were glasses wearing and. . . male (I'm not). But I really kinda DO look like Danny Elfman, circa 2000. Wierd Fun.
posted by rainbaby at 11:48 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by rainbaby at 11:48 AM on May 17, 2006
Dino Zoff 51%
Percival Lowell 50%
Joe Cocker 50%
Charles Manson 49%
Tori Amos 48%
Grace Kelly 43%
Woodrow Wilson 43%
Iain Banks 43%
L. Ron Hubbard 42%
Kevin Smith 42%
Yes, that makes sense.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:49 AM on May 17, 2006
Percival Lowell 50%
Joe Cocker 50%
Charles Manson 49%
Tori Amos 48%
Grace Kelly 43%
Woodrow Wilson 43%
Iain Banks 43%
L. Ron Hubbard 42%
Kevin Smith 42%
Yes, that makes sense.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:49 AM on May 17, 2006
Mine says there's no face in my picture. Even when pointed out, the program does not see my face.
And now, a therapy interlude.
posted by headspace at 11:49 AM on May 17, 2006
And now, a therapy interlude.
posted by headspace at 11:49 AM on May 17, 2006
Apparently I look like Gary Sinise, despite an age and gender difference...
posted by small_ruminant at 11:50 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by small_ruminant at 11:50 AM on May 17, 2006
Clearly, my wife and I are made for some sort of sci-fi action movie?
Why?
I got Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, and Erich von Daniken.
While in the same picture, my wife was listed as Eva Longoria, Charlize Theron, and, uh, Jet Li.
So obviously I'm the hunky yet awkward professor who uncovers an alien threat against humanity. I turn to my colleges, but they laugh at me. I try and warn the government, but the maddening bureaucracy, typified by a stout redhaired woman with catseye glasses and a beehive, stymies me at every turn. Dejected, I go to console myself in a bar and go over my notes one last time, desperate for an idea on how to get the word out. As I work over my third scotch, as seen by the empty glasses being used as paperweights on the notes and folders spread on the bar top, a mysterious woman in red approaches me.
Being roguish-yet-nerdy, I bend her ear a bit as to my plight. Normally, I would never do such a thing, but the crushing disappointment I felt in the "explaining my theory" montage was just too much for me. To my surprise she listens, hell, she even seems interested!
She pays my tab and escorts me from the bar. Yes! But wait! She knows my name and I never told it to her! What? She's an agent from a private company that heard of my plight and wants to help? Great! Slightly woozy from the scotch, I get into a waiting limo and we speed off into the night.
She explains that the aliens are already here! They've infiltrated the government already, thus explaining why nobody would listen to me. What I uncovered was their invasion fleet enroute to subjugate the Earth! Boo! Oh, and the aliens killed her husband. Boo! But that means she's single again! Yay!
Eventually the limo drops us off at a secret underground base. It's a pretty sciencey place, full of weird inventions and kooky staff who will likely form our crack team. There, a gruff director - perhaps someone whose Heritage.com match looks like Clint Eastwood or the dude that plays House (depending on budget) - walks me through the last part of the plan. He explains how the corporation uncovered the alien threat long ago and has been secretly working to defeat them for a long, long time. They fund themselves via the inventions stolen/developed from their interactions with the aliens, just as a large part of the plot of this movie is stolen from MIB.
Anyways, during the demonstration it turns out that I, as an expert in ufo and spacey stuff, am able to provide the last piece of the puzzle. There's no time to waste! We must get ready to execute Plan Alpha!
Plan Alpha involves montages of me being trained, kooky lab rats blowing up stuff with gooey results, and me making dinner for Beautiful Agent who, as we all know, looks like Eva Longoria/Charlize Theon and has the moves of Jet Li. Over dinner near the end of the training, she's just about to open up to me when the red alert goes off! We're on the move!
Standard explosions, infiltration, and go-on-without-me/I-won't-forget-your-sacrifices follow. We make it into the alien compound when surprise, the redhaired woman with catseye glasses shoots my love in the back! No! She stands over me, raygun aimed at my chest, and recounts her race's dastardly plan. Just as she say a snide 'Good bye' to me, something hits her in the back of the head!
It's Beautiful Agent! She's not dead! But wait! She doesn't look right! It's almost like her skin is loose on her! Oh no! She's an alien too! I recoil in fear, but she comes to me, pulling off her disguise revealing her true form, which basically looks like her old form except is blue and more well endowed. She explains that the corporation she works for is actually an intergalactic society dedicated to stopping the even bureaucracy aliens! And that through my actions, I have not only won a place in its ranks, but a place in her heart!
Scenes of me getting into a space ship, a humorous quip about inter-species space sex, and we're off! Credits roll!
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:51 AM on May 17, 2006 [5 favorites]
Why?
I got Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, and Erich von Daniken.
While in the same picture, my wife was listed as Eva Longoria, Charlize Theron, and, uh, Jet Li.
So obviously I'm the hunky yet awkward professor who uncovers an alien threat against humanity. I turn to my colleges, but they laugh at me. I try and warn the government, but the maddening bureaucracy, typified by a stout redhaired woman with catseye glasses and a beehive, stymies me at every turn. Dejected, I go to console myself in a bar and go over my notes one last time, desperate for an idea on how to get the word out. As I work over my third scotch, as seen by the empty glasses being used as paperweights on the notes and folders spread on the bar top, a mysterious woman in red approaches me.
Being roguish-yet-nerdy, I bend her ear a bit as to my plight. Normally, I would never do such a thing, but the crushing disappointment I felt in the "explaining my theory" montage was just too much for me. To my surprise she listens, hell, she even seems interested!
She pays my tab and escorts me from the bar. Yes! But wait! She knows my name and I never told it to her! What? She's an agent from a private company that heard of my plight and wants to help? Great! Slightly woozy from the scotch, I get into a waiting limo and we speed off into the night.
She explains that the aliens are already here! They've infiltrated the government already, thus explaining why nobody would listen to me. What I uncovered was their invasion fleet enroute to subjugate the Earth! Boo! Oh, and the aliens killed her husband. Boo! But that means she's single again! Yay!
Eventually the limo drops us off at a secret underground base. It's a pretty sciencey place, full of weird inventions and kooky staff who will likely form our crack team. There, a gruff director - perhaps someone whose Heritage.com match looks like Clint Eastwood or the dude that plays House (depending on budget) - walks me through the last part of the plan. He explains how the corporation uncovered the alien threat long ago and has been secretly working to defeat them for a long, long time. They fund themselves via the inventions stolen/developed from their interactions with the aliens, just as a large part of the plot of this movie is stolen from MIB.
Anyways, during the demonstration it turns out that I, as an expert in ufo and spacey stuff, am able to provide the last piece of the puzzle. There's no time to waste! We must get ready to execute Plan Alpha!
Plan Alpha involves montages of me being trained, kooky lab rats blowing up stuff with gooey results, and me making dinner for Beautiful Agent who, as we all know, looks like Eva Longoria/Charlize Theon and has the moves of Jet Li. Over dinner near the end of the training, she's just about to open up to me when the red alert goes off! We're on the move!
Standard explosions, infiltration, and go-on-without-me/I-won't-forget-your-sacrifices follow. We make it into the alien compound when surprise, the redhaired woman with catseye glasses shoots my love in the back! No! She stands over me, raygun aimed at my chest, and recounts her race's dastardly plan. Just as she say a snide 'Good bye' to me, something hits her in the back of the head!
It's Beautiful Agent! She's not dead! But wait! She doesn't look right! It's almost like her skin is loose on her! Oh no! She's an alien too! I recoil in fear, but she comes to me, pulling off her disguise revealing her true form, which basically looks like her old form except is blue and more well endowed. She explains that the corporation she works for is actually an intergalactic society dedicated to stopping the even bureaucracy aliens! And that through my actions, I have not only won a place in its ranks, but a place in her heart!
Scenes of me getting into a space ship, a humorous quip about inter-species space sex, and we're off! Credits roll!
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:51 AM on May 17, 2006 [5 favorites]
Chris Noth, Carson Daily, Wm Kok (?!), Coolio, Spencer Tracy, Pele and Oscar Wilde -- quite a spread. I'll take it!
posted by wsg at 11:51 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by wsg at 11:51 AM on May 17, 2006
heh. therapy interlude indeed!
posted by small_ruminant at 11:51 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by small_ruminant at 11:51 AM on May 17, 2006
Appparently, I look 72% like Zach Braff.
And 62% like Ginger Rogers. Not sure how that happened.
posted by bcveen at 11:54 AM on May 17, 2006
And 62% like Ginger Rogers. Not sure how that happened.
posted by bcveen at 11:54 AM on May 17, 2006
A cross between Kareem Abdul Jabar and some guy named Jan Peter Balkenede. WTF??? I have to admit, white though I am, I look more like Kareem than the white guy. Which is to say, nothing like either one.
posted by IronLizard at 11:55 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by IronLizard at 11:55 AM on May 17, 2006
It's also amazing the change in results with a slightly different picture.
posted by IronLizard at 11:56 AM on May 17, 2006
posted by IronLizard at 11:56 AM on May 17, 2006
...now it says i look like tony danza.... and that my friend looks like patrick swayze...
...this thing gives weird results.
posted by Doorstop at 11:59 AM on May 17, 2006
...this thing gives weird results.
posted by Doorstop at 11:59 AM on May 17, 2006
Oh my God, the computer can't find my face. I must kill myself because of this loss of face.
posted by Megafly at 12:02 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by Megafly at 12:02 PM on May 17, 2006
I think it's just giving you lip. Don't let it be too cheeky with you. I'd keep an eye on it.
But then again, I have a nose for these things.
posted by stenseng at 12:02 PM on May 17, 2006
But then again, I have a nose for these things.
posted by stenseng at 12:02 PM on May 17, 2006
ooops, the account has now been shut down due to possible misuse. oops. :P
posted by ozreiuosn at 12:05 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by ozreiuosn at 12:05 PM on May 17, 2006
Al Pacino and Hugh Grant? At least it got my ethnic background right.
posted by geoff. at 12:12 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by geoff. at 12:12 PM on May 17, 2006
Apparently I look like Hugh Jackman/Tom Cruise/Wayne Knight (!), my wife is a cross between Norah Jones and Sting, and my son looks like a mix of Angelina Jolie, Mischa Barton, Ginger Spice, and Winston Churchill.
But Norah Jones comes up as Katie Holmes, and Angelina Jolie looks most like Jessica Alba. It did think Hugh Jackman looked like Hugh Jackman, but it also guessed Bing Crosby, Rudy Guiliani, Dudley Moore, and Cybill Shepherd, among others.
posted by GhostintheMachine at 12:14 PM on May 17, 2006
But Norah Jones comes up as Katie Holmes, and Angelina Jolie looks most like Jessica Alba. It did think Hugh Jackman looked like Hugh Jackman, but it also guessed Bing Crosby, Rudy Guiliani, Dudley Moore, and Cybill Shepherd, among others.
posted by GhostintheMachine at 12:14 PM on May 17, 2006
Augusto Pinochet, Nick Nolte and Johnny Depp in that order. I would be more psyched if the order was reversed.
posted by I Foody at 12:18 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by I Foody at 12:18 PM on May 17, 2006
I got a 60% match on Sam Neill, and 56% on Adam Sandler.
Those two don't even look alike (and Adam Sandler is a better match).
posted by Dipsomaniac at 12:18 PM on May 17, 2006
Those two don't even look alike (and Adam Sandler is a better match).
posted by Dipsomaniac at 12:18 PM on May 17, 2006
Judging by the results so far, I'm willing to bet the US government buys this software to look for terrorists in airports.
posted by GhostintheMachine at 12:19 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by GhostintheMachine at 12:19 PM on May 17, 2006
I tried it with a number of photos, and got Holly Hunter twice, Cybil Sheppard, Jessica Alba, and Shannon Doherty once. Er, no.
posted by orange swan at 12:19 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by orange swan at 12:19 PM on May 17, 2006
stenseng:
You're Che alright. Do I get a reward for turning you in?
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 12:19 PM on May 17, 2006
You're Che alright. Do I get a reward for turning you in?
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 12:19 PM on May 17, 2006
With a mustache, I look like Groucho Marx. Without, I look like Johnny Depp. Life is good.
posted by RGD at 12:20 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by RGD at 12:20 PM on May 17, 2006
It spat out the few most famous female Chinese actors for the first 3 - Gong Li (71%), Leslie Cheung(71%), and Anita Mui(66%).
Well, at least it's got country of origin right, but really I've been told I look more Ming-Na than Gong-Li.
Then it told me that I'm 67% Rose McGowan. WTF? I look more Rose McGowan than Anita Mui?
This thing must be calculating distances between the pupil of the eyes, size of the lips, and general facial shape, then pretty much ignores skin color altogether.
posted by Sallysings at 12:29 PM on May 17, 2006
Well, at least it's got country of origin right, but really I've been told I look more Ming-Na than Gong-Li.
Then it told me that I'm 67% Rose McGowan. WTF? I look more Rose McGowan than Anita Mui?
This thing must be calculating distances between the pupil of the eyes, size of the lips, and general facial shape, then pretty much ignores skin color altogether.
posted by Sallysings at 12:29 PM on May 17, 2006
Good stuff; 52% Heather Ledger, 70% Einstein, 67% Tim Henman... mmmkay.
posted by AllesKlar at 12:38 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by AllesKlar at 12:38 PM on May 17, 2006
It gave me 59% George Clooney and 50% Andre Agassi. I can live with those odds.
posted by NationalKato at 12:45 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by NationalKato at 12:45 PM on May 17, 2006
I "look" like Chester Bennington (???) despite he being a clean shaven blonde and I a goateed brunette. But worse, my 20 month year old son "looks" like Ross Perot!
posted by Seth_Messinger at 12:52 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by Seth_Messinger at 12:52 PM on May 17, 2006
It told me I'm Sammy Davis Jr.
I'm tall, white and have both eyes.
I'm chalking this up to Flash being 99% bad at facial recognition.
posted by DragonBoy at 12:52 PM on May 17, 2006
I'm tall, white and have both eyes.
I'm chalking this up to Flash being 99% bad at facial recognition.
posted by DragonBoy at 12:52 PM on May 17, 2006
I (white male) look like:
Jackie Chan, 71%
Eddie Irvine, 68% (british race car driver)
Prince Harry of Wales, 64%
And by the way, blahblahblah, I tried the metafilter info, and got rejected. Tried a few bugmenots, and they were also rejected. So I entered my own - try joeyjoejoe@somebody.com, PW=joejoe.
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 12:52 PM on May 17, 2006
Jackie Chan, 71%
Eddie Irvine, 68% (british race car driver)
Prince Harry of Wales, 64%
And by the way, blahblahblah, I tried the metafilter info, and got rejected. Tried a few bugmenots, and they were also rejected. So I entered my own - try joeyjoejoe@somebody.com, PW=joejoe.
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 12:52 PM on May 17, 2006
Apparently I look like Mary-Kate Olsen and Barry Levinson and Bae Yong-jun. Also Kate Moss and Jiang Zemin. Uh huh.
posted by needs more cowbell at 1:08 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by needs more cowbell at 1:08 PM on May 17, 2006
25, 145# white male, 72% Martin Luther King Jr....that's a first, all the bugmenots were useless, heres my info which was also added to bugmenot
leavemealone@yourwebmasterisdumb.com password-123456
posted by killyb at 1:20 PM on May 17, 2006
leavemealone@yourwebmasterisdumb.com password-123456
posted by killyb at 1:20 PM on May 17, 2006
Kirstin Dunst, Kate Beckinsale and Nicole Kidman for me. I can kind of see looking like Kirstin Dunst, but please, if I looked like Kate Beckinsale when those lycans attacked me I could have distracted them with my feminine charms, instead of being totally mauled. Good times.
posted by supercrayon at 1:32 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by supercrayon at 1:32 PM on May 17, 2006
Hmm.
67% Edward Norton,
63% Anita Mui (the nose, I think),
61% Elia Kazan,
61% Scarlett Johansen.
I love PookMail, by the way, for getting around registrations like this.
posted by wanderingmind at 1:44 PM on May 17, 2006
67% Edward Norton,
63% Anita Mui (the nose, I think),
61% Elia Kazan,
61% Scarlett Johansen.
I love PookMail, by the way, for getting around registrations like this.
posted by wanderingmind at 1:44 PM on May 17, 2006
I'd say you're a dead ringer, stenseng. Didn't you hear that George Wendt has been tapped to play Che in a new biopic?
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:46 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:46 PM on May 17, 2006
My girlfriend got Vivian Leigh (74%), Sophia Loren (73%) and Kate Beckensdale (71%).
I scored Guillermo Coria (60%), Meryl Streep (54%) and Whoopie Goldberg (50%). Last I checked, I'm a white dude.
The Internet may think I look goofy, but at least it thinks my girlfriend is hot. Thanks, random imaging software!
posted by cryosis at 2:00 PM on May 17, 2006
I scored Guillermo Coria (60%), Meryl Streep (54%) and Whoopie Goldberg (50%). Last I checked, I'm a white dude.
The Internet may think I look goofy, but at least it thinks my girlfriend is hot. Thanks, random imaging software!
posted by cryosis at 2:00 PM on May 17, 2006
It thinks I look like
Kim Cattrall 71%
Heather Locklear 68%
Tata Young 62%
Sezen Aksu 61%
Mary Kate Olsen 57%
Shannon Doherty 56%
I do look like S. Doherty quite a bit, the others, meh. Big eyes & heart shaped face, it's not uncommon.
I put photos of our cats through it but no fun was to be had, heh.
posted by zarah at 2:23 PM on May 17, 2006
Kim Cattrall 71%
Heather Locklear 68%
Tata Young 62%
Sezen Aksu 61%
Mary Kate Olsen 57%
Shannon Doherty 56%
I do look like S. Doherty quite a bit, the others, meh. Big eyes & heart shaped face, it's not uncommon.
I put photos of our cats through it but no fun was to be had, heh.
posted by zarah at 2:23 PM on May 17, 2006
Thanks FoB - nothing bolsters the old self-image throughout the day than being indirectly compared to George Wendt...=)
posted by stenseng at 2:24 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by stenseng at 2:24 PM on May 17, 2006
Speaking of doppelgangers, this link is a double from several months ago. (first link in the post)
posted by easternblot at 2:26 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by easternblot at 2:26 PM on May 17, 2006
Marc Anthony, David Hockney, Patrick Swayze, and Owen Wilson. At least I don't look like any women.
posted by sjvilla79 at 2:35 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by sjvilla79 at 2:35 PM on May 17, 2006
Did it again with another photo and got Winston Churchill, Steve Martin, and Jodie Foster.
What the fuck?
posted by stenseng at 2:39 PM on May 17, 2006
What the fuck?
posted by stenseng at 2:39 PM on May 17, 2006
John Cusack and Tim Roth. I did this a while ago and got Anthony Edwards.
Hm.
I am so much more aesthetically pleasing than any of them.
Really.
posted by exlotuseater at 3:19 PM on May 17, 2006
Hm.
I am so much more aesthetically pleasing than any of them.
Really.
posted by exlotuseater at 3:19 PM on May 17, 2006
Forest Whitaker and Chole Sevigny.
I don't know what to say, given that I'm a white male... maybe I'll try another picture.
posted by tweak at 3:25 PM on May 17, 2006
I don't know what to say, given that I'm a white male... maybe I'll try another picture.
posted by tweak at 3:25 PM on May 17, 2006
Steven Morrissey (didn't even know he had a first name), Rabindranath Tagore, Cindy Crawford.
OK, I see the resemblance.
I do think, however, that this is the closest I shall ever be to Cindy Crawford.
posted by beelzbubba at 3:41 PM on May 17, 2006
OK, I see the resemblance.
I do think, however, that this is the closest I shall ever be to Cindy Crawford.
posted by beelzbubba at 3:41 PM on May 17, 2006
In order: Dan Ackroyd, Ibrahim Tatlises (with full mustache and bushy eyebrows), Lucy Liu, Rod Stewart, Eve Peron, Bridget Bardot AND Tom Cruise.
They've nailed it!!!
posted by tula at 3:42 PM on May 17, 2006
They've nailed it!!!
posted by tula at 3:42 PM on May 17, 2006
And Leonardo Dicaprio, John Lennon, Octavio Paz, and Fay Wray.
Fay frickin' Wray.
Yep, need to work out some bugs.
posted by geekhorde at 3:42 PM on May 17, 2006
Fay frickin' Wray.
Yep, need to work out some bugs.
posted by geekhorde at 3:42 PM on May 17, 2006
Second photo: Heather Locklear and Steve Buscemi!!!!!
AWESOME!
posted by tula at 3:48 PM on May 17, 2006
AWESOME!
posted by tula at 3:48 PM on May 17, 2006
I am a cross between Ozzy Osbourne & Peter Sellers. My life is now complete, as I have fulfilled all my ambitions.
The second photo I uploaded was a 3/4 view, and of every result returned, they had only one thing in common - they were all 3/4 views. Of fat chinese ladies, skinny black dudes, and everything in between.
posted by dvdgee at 3:50 PM on May 17, 2006
The second photo I uploaded was a 3/4 view, and of every result returned, they had only one thing in common - they were all 3/4 views. Of fat chinese ladies, skinny black dudes, and everything in between.
posted by dvdgee at 3:50 PM on May 17, 2006
My husband and I BOTH look like Tommy Lee Jones. That's gotta count for something.
posted by Biblio at 3:53 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by Biblio at 3:53 PM on May 17, 2006
I tried two pictures and the only person that came up both times is Agam Rudberg (whomever she is - Israeli actress/model, apparently). Those who have met me will confirm I look nothing like her. Dammit.
posted by deborah at 3:53 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by deborah at 3:53 PM on May 17, 2006
Jean Michelle Jarre (73), Nicole Kidman (73), Jennifer Connely (72), Veronica Ferres (70), Anonio Sabato Junior (20), Heidi Klum (68), Rachel Hunter (68), Andy Garcia (67), Mira Sorvino (67).
Proof positive that I am extraordinarily pretty. As befits my uberpretty status, I demand a pony.
posted by Sparx at 4:06 PM on May 17, 2006
Proof positive that I am extraordinarily pretty. As befits my uberpretty status, I demand a pony.
posted by Sparx at 4:06 PM on May 17, 2006
One of these things is NOT like the others....
Emma Watson
Rick James
Kelly McGillis
Sophie Marceau
posted by Lucinda at 4:10 PM on May 17, 2006
Emma Watson
Rick James
Kelly McGillis
Sophie Marceau
posted by Lucinda at 4:10 PM on May 17, 2006
I must have a bad photo: John Holloway (Sawyer on "Lost"), Candice Bergen, Eva Braun.
And the 'j' in 'jwest' stands for John.
posted by jwest at 4:13 PM on May 17, 2006
And the 'j' in 'jwest' stands for John.
posted by jwest at 4:13 PM on May 17, 2006
Ofra Haza, Ben Affleck, and Luc Besson. uh...what?
posted by dragstroke at 4:16 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by dragstroke at 4:16 PM on May 17, 2006
Paul McCartney, Tupac Shakur and Marc Anthony
How am I black, latino AND white?
posted by jne1813 at 4:38 PM on May 17, 2006
How am I black, latino AND white?
posted by jne1813 at 4:38 PM on May 17, 2006
OJ Simpson?? Dang, and in the pic I was wearing a kilt!!
posted by UseyurBrain at 4:51 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by UseyurBrain at 4:51 PM on May 17, 2006
One photo yielded Emilio Estevez, Barbara Streisand, and an older man whose name I forget.
Another, preferred photo yielded Baryshnikov as 70% similar and Colin Farrell as 60% similar.
The problem with this thing is that it tends to draw similarities by bringing up faces that have similar components– in my case, somewhat thicker eyebrows, large eyes– and assumes that if a face has several components that are similar, then it will look similar in an overall sense. Unfortunately, that turns out not to be true for the majority of cases. I don't really look too much like Colin Farrell, I think, but I'll take the compliment. :)
posted by invitapriore at 4:54 PM on May 17, 2006
Another, preferred photo yielded Baryshnikov as 70% similar and Colin Farrell as 60% similar.
The problem with this thing is that it tends to draw similarities by bringing up faces that have similar components– in my case, somewhat thicker eyebrows, large eyes– and assumes that if a face has several components that are similar, then it will look similar in an overall sense. Unfortunately, that turns out not to be true for the majority of cases. I don't really look too much like Colin Farrell, I think, but I'll take the compliment. :)
posted by invitapriore at 4:54 PM on May 17, 2006
Huh. Monica Lewinsky.
I bear a more than passing resemblance to her, actually.
posted by hollygoheavy at 5:37 PM on May 17, 2006
I bear a more than passing resemblance to her, actually.
posted by hollygoheavy at 5:37 PM on May 17, 2006
I, Doohickie,
apparently look like Desmond Tutu, Joe Montana, Brigham Young, Charles Bronson, and Al Pacino.
Go figure.
posted by Doohickie at 6:06 PM on May 17, 2006
apparently look like Desmond Tutu, Joe Montana, Brigham Young, Charles Bronson, and Al Pacino.
Go figure.
posted by Doohickie at 6:06 PM on May 17, 2006
60% Keith Richards. I don't know if I should be proud or scared.
posted by Kronoss at 6:45 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by Kronoss at 6:45 PM on May 17, 2006
Seth_Messinger writes "But worse, my 20 month year old son 'looks' like Ross Perot!"
He'll grow out of that ... your son, that is.
posted by krinklyfig at 6:50 PM on May 17, 2006
He'll grow out of that ... your son, that is.
posted by krinklyfig at 6:50 PM on May 17, 2006
3rd pic, after the Steve Buscemi incident.
Carrie Anne Moss, Angelina Jolie, Alyson Hannigan, Carole Lombard, Elisha Cuthbert, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lisa Marie Presley, Natalie Portman, Maria Callas.
It's a miracle I manage to keep my hands off myself.
posted by tula at 7:36 PM on May 17, 2006
Carrie Anne Moss, Angelina Jolie, Alyson Hannigan, Carole Lombard, Elisha Cuthbert, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lisa Marie Presley, Natalie Portman, Maria Callas.
It's a miracle I manage to keep my hands off myself.
posted by tula at 7:36 PM on May 17, 2006
I tried with two photos and could have been given a more accurate and consistent set of lookalikes had they been assembled by a team of electroshocked taxidermic chimps on DMT.
posted by aletheia at 7:56 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by aletheia at 7:56 PM on May 17, 2006
My 1.5 year old white male baby reads pretty consistently as hot Asian women. Fascinating.
posted by nanojath at 8:43 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by nanojath at 8:43 PM on May 17, 2006
It's definitely a photo recognition service more than a feature recognition service. There's something very humbling about matching up with both Kate Beckinsale (yay!) and, well, several men.
posted by Isabeau Sahen at 9:41 PM on May 17, 2006
posted by Isabeau Sahen at 9:41 PM on May 17, 2006
First pic (older one)
It's hard to figure out who these celebs are.
I had to look up Paul Walker and Ryan Reynolds from the site, waaaay too pretty if you ask me. I think I got away with not being a girl b/c of teh stubble.
My wife was quick to concur that I'm not that pretty. Hmmm....
(second pic)
Michael Owen, 79% nailed me I think.
David Lloyd George 65%
(1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor - the last member of the Liberal (!!!??!?!?) Party to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
So I'm Owen with a David Lloyd George beard? Ok. But I'm British like the Pope's Italian.
posted by Smedleyman at 9:57 PM on May 17, 2006
It's hard to figure out who these celebs are.
I had to look up Paul Walker and Ryan Reynolds from the site, waaaay too pretty if you ask me. I think I got away with not being a girl b/c of teh stubble.
My wife was quick to concur that I'm not that pretty. Hmmm....
(second pic)
Michael Owen, 79% nailed me I think.
David Lloyd George 65%
(1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor - the last member of the Liberal (!!!??!?!?) Party to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
So I'm Owen with a David Lloyd George beard? Ok. But I'm British like the Pope's Italian.
posted by Smedleyman at 9:57 PM on May 17, 2006
Audrey Tatou, Drew Barrymore, and... River Pheonix?
I guess everyone is having this "WTF?" issue. I can see the first two in the photo that I used, though ordinarily I do not look at all French.
HUMANS have compared me to Claire Danes and Scarlett Johansson. You be the judge:
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:06 PM on May 17, 2006
I guess everyone is having this "WTF?" issue. I can see the first two in the photo that I used, though ordinarily I do not look at all French.
HUMANS have compared me to Claire Danes and Scarlett Johansson. You be the judge:
posted by grapefruitmoon at 10:06 PM on May 17, 2006
I have to admit, I have heard the David Beckham thing before and I wonder what it says about my psychology that I also brought up Shakira and Kylie Minogue who I think are totally hot.
posted by Deep Dish at 10:38 PM on May 17, 2006
Angelina Jolie looks 71% like Yasmine Bleeth.
Got Hillary Swank 100% dead on, though.
posted by moonbiter at 11:07 PM on May 17, 2006
Got Hillary Swank 100% dead on, though.
posted by moonbiter at 11:07 PM on May 17, 2006
Sallysings said:
posted by foonie at 12:34 AM on May 18, 2006
It spat out the few most famous female Chinese actors for the first 3 - Gong Li (71%), Leslie Cheung(71%), and Anita Mui(66%).Just had to point out, Leslie Cheung was male.
posted by foonie at 12:34 AM on May 18, 2006
Oh wait, I didn't even look at the others.
Bin Laden, 53%
Jesse McCartney, 52%
Uma Thurman, 51%
Nino Rota, 50%
Hu Jintao, 48%
Francesco Totti, 47%
Pedro Almodovar, 47%
Yassar Arafat, 46%
Gong Li, 45%
Jim Courier, 45%
posted by papakwanz at 1:20 AM on May 18, 2006
Bin Laden, 53%
Jesse McCartney, 52%
Uma Thurman, 51%
Nino Rota, 50%
Hu Jintao, 48%
Francesco Totti, 47%
Pedro Almodovar, 47%
Yassar Arafat, 46%
Gong Li, 45%
Jim Courier, 45%
posted by papakwanz at 1:20 AM on May 18, 2006
Flickr pool with other people's results. Me? I got Hugh Grant.
posted by antifuse at 1:21 AM on May 18, 2006
posted by antifuse at 1:21 AM on May 18, 2006
Elvis Costello, 62%
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 61%
Richard Gere, 55%
Hmm...no mention of the celebrity I'm most often told I resemble: Clint Eastwood.
posted by darkstar at 1:38 PM on May 18, 2006
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 61%
Richard Gere, 55%
Hmm...no mention of the celebrity I'm most often told I resemble: Clint Eastwood.
posted by darkstar at 1:38 PM on May 18, 2006
I wear glasses, and none of the suggested faces had glasses. Apparently I look like Nicole Kidman. (Those of you who have met me, feel free to dispute.)
I'd say more like a raven-haired Daria, but I don't know if animated celebrities count. ;)
posted by ShawnStruck at 5:41 AM on May 19, 2006
I'd say more like a raven-haired Daria, but I don't know if animated celebrities count. ;)
posted by ShawnStruck at 5:41 AM on May 19, 2006
Audrey Hepburn!
Then again the first time I tried this, I got nobody.
posted by divabat at 9:23 AM on May 19, 2006
Then again the first time I tried this, I got nobody.
posted by divabat at 9:23 AM on May 19, 2006
63% Zhang Ziyi.
I give up. Even this software thinks that I've Asian heritage, which I've been hearing for years (often while out with one or the other of my black parents). It can't be denied anymore.
Sorry, Dad. Mom's got something she needs to tell you.
posted by nuala at 6:14 PM on May 19, 2006
I give up. Even this software thinks that I've Asian heritage, which I've been hearing for years (often while out with one or the other of my black parents). It can't be denied anymore.
Sorry, Dad. Mom's got something she needs to tell you.
posted by nuala at 6:14 PM on May 19, 2006
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