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** He also does a nightly, syndicated radio show, 'Nights with Alice Cooper' where he is very well spoken, funny and knowledgable. He tells jokes and stories about other musicians and interviews his famous friends. He regularly makes the distinction between his real life self and his stage persona on air.
** In interviews, Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper's real name) refers to Alice Cooper in the third person, and has mentioned that his children didn't think of Alice Cooper as their father when they were growing up.
* [[Penn and& Teller]] also maintain a distinct "version" of themselves for the stage. Most notably, Teller is almost never seen to speak on stage, maintaining a mute contrast to Penn Jillette's boisterous, extra-large personality. This model of themselves has been consistent even in other roles, for example in an episode of ''[[Babylon 5 (TV)|Babylon 5]]'' where they played comedy team Reebo and Zooty. Off stage, however, Teller is known to be an articulate and engaging speaker. On occasion, when Teller speaks on camera, his face is obscured. A notable subversion is their feature-length film ''[[Penn and Teller Get Killed (Film)|Penn and Teller Get Killed]]'', in which Teller maintains his mute persona until the very end, when he breaks character and speaks.
* Andy Kaufman, again, experimented extensively with different personas on stage -- all of them ''called'' "Andy Kaufman," but not representative of his real personality.
* [[Stephen Colbert]]'s on-air persona as a [[Strawman Political|self-centered, hypocritical, frothing-at-the-mouth strawman conservative commentator]] is a complete act. Questioned by Larry King, he confirmed that "I call him 'him'."
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