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* [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] is practically the God-King of this trope, as he did more than [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcfI0gf9oDc 30 advertisements], from energy drinks, noodles and beer to cars, DirecTV and anti-piracy. Schwarzenegger was one of the first celebrities to take advantage of this phenomenon, and many others followed suit.
* Ben Affleck did a L'Oreal ad in the UK that featured the line, "Here comes the SCIENCE!", which got discovered by [[Fark]] and became the [[Trope Namer]] (well it defined the form) for [[Here Comes the Science!]].
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* [[Harrison Ford]] in a series of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJuC9pGR4zE Japanese ads] for ''[[Uncharted]] 3''.
* [[Jean Reno]] did a commercial for a canned coffee drink in full Viking regalia, including [[Horny Vikings|a horned helmet]].
** Reno did it again, but this time playing ''[[Doraemon]]'' of all things to promote Toyota's "Fun To Drive Again" series of ads where it shows the Doraemon characters 20 years later. Reno appears in 2 of 3 ads so far in the series. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120718081003/http://kotaku.com/5900234/jean-reno-makes-a-great-anime-cat/gallery/1 See the ads here.]
* Kiefer Sutherland of ''[[24]]'' has starred in a series of Jack Bauer-themed commercials for Calorie Mate nutritional supplements, where he plays the part of the grizzled agent while maneuvering through schoolgirls on a crowded subway car or disarming bombs in downtown Tokyo. This also appears to be the sole reason why Carlos Bernard made an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvzyeFhCfTg appearance] on a Japanese comedy show as Tony Almeida.
* American soccer player Landon Donovan made some ads [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Dz0wD1jeQ for a sports-based lottery in Mexico].
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** [[Ben Stiller]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bW_cHfnOXM&feature=related humiliated] himself during a commercial for Chill Energy Drink, yelling in overdubbed Japanese about how fresh it is.
* The cast of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' once did a Japanese advert for Georgia coffee, which is coffee in a can.
* Former Soviet premier [[Mikhail Gorbachev]], of all people, appeared in a commercial for Pizza Hut in the States and other countries. Given that he used to head the [[Soviet Union]] and all, it was seen as greatly ironic and embarrassing for him to shill for a capitalist company and thus espouse consumerism. He did however explain in a ''New York Times'' interview that he did it to [[Money, Dear Boy|fund his research foundation]], and that the capitalist irony didn't matter as the product he was shilling is "a people's matter" regardless of political ideology, i.e. food. The commercial was never shown in his native Russia especially as he is quite unpopular there.
== Film ==
* ''[[Lost in Translation (film)|Lost in Translation]]'' uses this for Bob Harris's reason to be in Japan. He's there doing an ad for Suntory whiskey in a job that he in no way has any reason for being chosen for other than for being a recognizable face. His wife keeps phoning him about carpet samples and paint colors so it's implied that he's building a house which is probably why he's doing it. The depressed funk he gets from the debasement is a large part of the entire theme of the film (note that [[Sofia Coppola]]'s father, [[Francis Ford Coppola]], did in fact [[Truth in Television|do this with Suntory ads in Japan]], as did Sean Connery, who gets referenced a few times in the movie).
* Referenced in ''[[Mean Girls]]'', although the character appears to consider it unequivocally cool:
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== Web Original ==
* http://www.japander.com/ is a Web site devoted to cataloging these.
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' has a [https://web.archive.org/web/20131122055117/http://www.cracked.com/funny-3966-japanese-commercials/ topic page on Japanese commercials], as well as list articles focusing on with [http://www.cracked.com/article_17080_8-humiliating-japanese-ads-starring-oscar-nominees.html Oscar nominees] [http://www.cracked.com/article_14924_the-5-most-ridiculous-celebrity-cameos-in-japanese-ads.html celebrity cameos].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zb6fKHYCwA This gem] from ''[[The Meth Minute 39]]'' parodies the concept.
* ''[[The Onion]]'' parodies this by having [[Barack Obama]] appear [http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-earns-money-for-us-by-appearing-in-japanese,21292/ in a Japanese advertisement] to earn money to help the U.S. economy.
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