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* Begley in ''[[Neurotically Yours]]'' is British. He's also very mean, but so is pretty much everyone else.

* David Mitchell's "incredibly posh and aristrocratic" character in ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]''. He takes a number of different jobs like waiter, clothes store clerk, or vicar. He always gets contrasted to "that friendly australian girl" who used to work in his place.

'''Vicar:''' ''"I saw you in here last week. I saw you reading the notices and talking about your views. and eating other peoples' biscuits. We were watching you from the vestry, and we all thought you were a bitch!"'' }}

* The ''[[Psych]]'' episode "American Duos" parodies ''American Idol'', with [[Tim Curry]] playing the Simon Cowell role.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' gives us Zaeed Massani: [[Bounty Hunter]], [[Sociopathic Hero]] and borderline [[Psycho for Hire]]:

* Shaun Hastings in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', especially to Desmond.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' got Simon Cowell to play a parody of himself as a staff member at an exclusive preschool in which Marge was trying to enroll Maggie. At the end of the episode, Simon's snark finally pushes Homer to violence...and he proceeds to ''criticize Homer's beating''.

** He also criticises [[Credits Gag|the show's credits]] and makes special note of how [[Lampshade Hanging|unoriginal his own appearance is]].

** There's also a Simpsons short where he plays as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s66wTXO2F3g a really hopeless contestant]. An interesting role reversal, to be sure.