66 Responses to “Celebrity Gamers”

1. SB on July 13th, 2006 at 1:46 am

   I just saw a Conan O’Brien interview with Stephen Colbert in which he clearly states that he played a lot of D&D in his youth. That asterisk is confirmed.

2. Flora on July 31st, 2006 at 12:42 am

   Nathan Fillion is supposed to be a Halo addict. Agree with Patrish that a joint interview with Whedon would be — interesting, though you might need a whip and a chair. Christina Hendricks? Hadn’t heard that one. Also check out Alan Tudyk (since this comment seems to be turning into one about things Firefly-ish).

3. quantumcat on September 10th, 2006 at 9:27 pm

   Do we know what well known gamers live in or visit the South ? (Especially the Nashville area) It’d be nice for the more considerate fen to see their favorites at a con or other gaming hang-out. But it’d be nice if these respected celebrities just made it a little more obvious to the Mundanes that bright,appealing people indulge in this ‘fringe’ activity. Let’s see a 4×8 game table and terrain storage in a shelter mag. Let’s see the GOOD guys at CSI playing D&D. Let’s have Billy Graham describe all five colors of the mana God sent Moses. (O.k. That might be pushing it a bit too far.) Until the public associates gamers with sane,savvy and scintillating folks as much as they do misfits,our hobby will be at a disadvantage. If famous people can proselytize for bland or harmful things, why not endorse some positive things they actually do enjoy?

4. Dale C T on June 28th, 2007 at 11:03 pm

   I understand that Samual L Jackson is quite a geek and is more than likely a gamer.

5. Adam Edwards on August 14th, 2007 at 10:37 am

   Chris Bonnington, British Everest climber and explorer is an avid wargamer – cited in a Radio times Interview about ten years ago.

6. Matt Forbeck on August 14th, 2007 at 10:48 am

   Thanks, Adam!

7. ChuckJustice on September 4th, 2007 at 10:35 pm

   I saw Trent Reznor at Gen Con, walking around with a players badge, doing regular con stuff. It was a few years back, I think it was the first Gen Con in Indy. He wasn’t a “Media Guest of Honor” so I can only assume he was there as a gamer.

8. Vin Diesel on D&D « High Adventure Games on December 30th, 2007 at 1:43 pm

   [...] got me thinking a bit about Celebrity Gamers and this list of suspected and confirmed Celeb Gamers at on Matt Forbeck’s Blog. It turns out a lot of celebrities and famous people are gamers. Besides Vin Diesel; Wil Wheaton, [...]

9. Dave Vasquez on May 30th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

   Slipknot’s first album has a ton of references to Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

10. Matt Forbeck on May 30th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    Very cool, Dave. Thanks!

11. Sylahmoon on October 25th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    I’d like to see Vin Diesel and Quentin Tarantino interviewed. This way we get the best of both types of gamers at the same time.

12. WJWalton on February 24th, 2009 at 11:58 am

    I just found this in USAToday – from a piece on tattoos of NBA players: “The Spurs’ Tim Duncan can hurt you on the court — and in the Forbidden Forest. He likes playing Dungeons & Dragons so much, he got a tattoo of the wizard Merlin on his chest.” – http://www.usaweekend.com/09_issues/090208/090208sports-tattoos.html Not sure if the D&D part is true, though. Sports writers still take potshots at gamers whenever they can. But I’m looking into it.

13. WJWalton on February 26th, 2009 at 8:21 am

    Tim Duncan’s Wikipedia entry seems to confirm it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Duncan

14. Matt Forbeck on February 26th, 2009 at 9:42 am

    Thanks!

15. WJWalton on August 16th, 2009 at 1:05 pm

    New one for you – Georgian Supreme Court Justice David Nahimas – http://www.ajc.com/news/new-georgia-supreme-court-116310.html He seems to be in a stage of geek denial, however – “Nahmias was also a great fan of that classic late ’70s/early ’80s pastime of geeky young men everywhere — Dungeons and Dragons. (When asked about it, Nahmias’ replied, “Yeah, but I did also play on the varsity soccer team.”)”

16. WJWalton on August 19th, 2009 at 9:59 am

    And another – filmmaker Paul Weitz (American Pie, and the upcoming Cirque du Freak movie). “You know, I’ve worked on movies in the past that are based on books and I usually say…we’re shooting the script. We’re not shooting the book. But I felt like, well, I was a big Tolkein fan as a kid, and I played Dungeons and Dragons, and I know how important the screen adaptations of those were to me when I was a kid…” http://movieblog.ugo.com/movies/on-the-set-of-cirque-du-freak-the-vampires-assistant http://movies.ign.com/articles/101/1014634p1.html