Jim Rash has an impressive résumé: He played bumbling Dean Pelton on the fan-favorite NBC (and later, Yahoo Screen) series Community, he won an Oscar for co-writing the 2011 George Clooney movie The Descendants, and this summer, he stars with Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum in the romantic dramedy Fly Me to the Moon.
Despite his fame, Rash — who is one of PEOPLE’s 100 Reasons to Love America thanks to his sharp wit and hilarious performances — is not instantly recognizable, he reveals in the new issue.
The actor, writer and director, 52, says he’s been mistaken for musician Moby, and in one amusing instance, Stanley Tucci, the actor and host of the CNN series Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.
“I was in a hotel lobby and a woman said, ‘Can I get a selfie?’ As we’re posing, she says, ‘I love your show about Italy.’ I was like, ‘I’m not Stanley…
