Actually, I find Hopkins, especially since Lambs, to be the opposite of your definition of an actor, Turnbull. He's struggled to shed the typecasting ever since; of course, he doesn't help himself by agreeing to do sequels.
Morgan Freeman's the same. His latest film he did play himself, oddly enough: as the narrator in March of the Penguins.
Is Cruise playing himself in Magnolia? Not sure, but he's terrific.
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