12 CELEBS WHO GIVE GEEKS HOPE FOR FAME AND FORTUNE
August 26, 2009 by admin
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By Tara Miller
Remember when celebrities had to be gorgeous, fit, abounding as good as glamorous? Thank integrity times have been changing, interjection to the lapse of slapstick comedy, comic book drive-in entertainment as good as TV shows about the supernatural. Geeks have been eventually given starring roles, branch them in to sex black with mega fortunes to opposition normal celebrities. Take the demeanour during the list of twelve celebs who give bland geeks goal for celebrity as good as fortune.
Justin Long: Justin Long is the single of Hollywood’s cutest geeks, interjection to purposes that prominence his sarcastic facial expressions, squeaky voice as good as friendly loser persona. Long has appeared in drive-in entertainment similar to Jeepers Creepers, Waiting, Dodgeball, as good as Live Free or Die Hard, as good as he’s additionally good well known as the Mac Guy, starring in multiform Macintosh mechanism commercials upon TV. But notwithstanding his geeky impression, Long continues to win behaving tools in large films, as good as he’s additionally the on-again, off-again beloved of hottie Drew Barrymore.
Rosario Dawson: Rosario Dawson is the mega-hottie as good as an award-winning actress, yet she’s additionally the sum geek. The New York City-raised thespian has appeared in geek classics similar to Clerks II as good as multiform comic book films, similar to Sin City as good as Wonder Woman. In genuine life, Dawson has certified to being the comic book geek as good as even has her own series, OCT: Occult Crimes Taskforce.
Jimmy Fallon: Jimmy Fallon captivated fans given of his jittery, excitable skits upon Saturday Night Live, as good as right divided he’s landed his own late night speak uncover upon network TV. He’s additionally the LASIK air blower as good as lonesome the sum operation upon his video blog, has starred in drive-in entertainment similar to Fever Pitch as good as Factory Girl, as good as has scarcely 1 million supporters upon Twitter.
Kristen Stewart: Actress Kristen Stewart got her large mangle when she starred conflicting Adrien Brody as good as Meg Ryan in In the Land of Women, yet her purpose in the Twilight movie done her the teenage obsession. Stewart, though, seems flattering dispassionate about her fame, as good as after she’s accomplished personification with vampires, wants to go behind to propagandize to turn the writer.
Rainn Wilson: Rain Wilson wears large glasses, droll ties, as good as plays the single of the many vitriolic dorks upon TV. But he’s additionally the single of the many excitable actors right now, interjection to his impression Dwight Schrute upon The Office. Besides personification Dwight, however, Wilson additionally acted as an partner mortician upon Six Feet Under, appeared as the store clerk in Juno, worked as the drama clergyman as good as relocating outpost motorist prior to apropos famous, as good as is the owner of the website SoulPancake.com. Back in Illinois where Wilson grew up, his mother is the karate teacher.
Daniel Radcliffe: Geeky boys who wear large eyeglasses can right divided make an effort to be hot-bodied abounding actors similar to Daniel Radcliffe. When the immature thespian initial pennyless out in Harry Potter as good as the Sorcerer’s Stone, he was twelve years aged as good as talked out of the side of his mouth. Now, Radcliffe has left bare for the entertainment prolongation of Equus as good as is the single of the richest immature actors in the complete world. In 2007, his resources was estimated during seventeen million pounds.
Masi Oka: Masi Oka doesn’t only fool around the comic book dork upon TV, the Heroes thespian has been an central geek given the age of 12, when he was featured upon the cover of Time repository as the single of "Those Asian-American Whiz Kids," 4 years after looming upon the diversion show. Oka graduated from Brown University with the grade in mechanism scholarship as good as arithmetic as good as worked during the visible special goods company, where he collaborated upon projects for The Perfect Storm, Star Wars, as good as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men’s Chest.
Amber Tamblyn: Amber Tamblyn is the pleasing immature actress, yet she’s mostly good well known for personification humble, ungainly teenagers upon TV as good as in cinema similar to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. In genuine life, Tamblyn is the daughter of thespian as good as thespian Russ Tamblyn as good as the granddaughter of vaudeville thespian Eddie Tamblyn. She is an zealous producer as good as vegetarian, as good as is the partner of geeky thespian David Cross, who is scarcely twenty years her senior.
Kristen Bell: Twenty-eight year-old Kristen Bell is the dwarfed blonde thespian who proposed out enjoying extrinsic success upon Broadway as good as has given starred in renouned TV shows as good as movie comedies. On TV, Bell appeared as the geeky teenage investigator upon Veronica Mars as good as as the immature lady with abnormal powers upon Heroes; as good as narrates for the pretension impression (and teenage techie) upon Gossip Girl. Bell, interjection to cinema similar to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, is starting to be noticed some-more as the Hollywood hottie than the sum geek, as good as additionally has the quiescent eye that she declared "Wonky."
Sarah Silverman: Comedian as good as thespian Sarah Silverman has her own TV uncover upon Comedy Central, is the star of viral web videos, as good as pops up in cameo appearances in countless documentaries, drive-in entertainment as good as TV shows. But the Jewish star is additionally the print kid for self-deprecating geekiness. Fired from her pursuit as the bard for Saturday Night Live after only the single year, Silverman is additionally the on-again, off-again partner of speak uncover horde Jimmy Kimmel, as good as loves personification Scrabble online.
Michael Phelps: On the single hand, Michael Phelps is deliberate to be the single of the biggest athletes in the complete world. The Olympic contestant has fourteen bullion medals, an intensely enviable physique, as good as the honeyed friendship to his mother as good as sister. But if we take divided all the medals, Phelps is the lanky, ungainly immature male with the slight debate snag as good as ADHD. To hyper geeks everywhere: get in shape, turn the inhabitant hero, as good as chicks everywhere will tumble in adore with you.
Michael Cera: Who says geeks can’t develop in to teenager heartthrobs over night? Canadian thespian Michael Cera was the #1 geek superhero of 2007 as good as 2008, starring in brand new teenager classics similar to Superbad, Juno as good as Nick as good as Norah’s Infinite Playlist, in further to his repeated purpose upon Arrested Development. And even yet Cera is dark as good as has the squeaky voice as good as duck legs, he gets prohibited girls similar to Alexis Dziena as good as Kat Dennings. Before removing his large break, Cera uttered purposes upon Adult Swim’s Tim as good as Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as good as Brother Bear in The Bernstein Bears series.
