Here's his call to his mom in which he plays one of her friends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFelLlvCYHo There's something compulsively watchable about him. And this time he's wearing a shirt, so it's not that.
I find myself laughing at his facial expressions, which seem instinctual and not planned out, like a character overtakes him. Perhaps that's what promnted the comment about his being a good actor.
So yeah, I think he's talented--much more so than Chris Crocker seemed in his "Leave Britney Alone" video.