Poll: Surprising Hidden Talents of Celebrities

Results of 8,605 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Kate Beckinsale

    

   was a literary prodigy who twice won the W.H. Smith Young Writers Award
2. 2.
   

   Christopher Walken

    

   worked as a lion tamer
3. 3.
   

   Johnny Cash

    

   was a military code breaker
4. 4.
   

   Marilu Henner

    

   has hyperthymesia, which means she can recall almost every day of her life in near perfect detail, as well as public events that hold some personal significance to her
5. 5.
   

   Bob Barker

    

   was taught karate by Chuck Norris and has practiced it for over 20 years
6. 6.
   

   Pierce Brosnan

    

   has worked as a fire eater
7. 7.
   

   Brian May

    

   is an astrophysicist
8. 8.
   

   Angelina Jolie

    

   is an expert knife thrower
9. 9.
   

   Geena Davis

    

   made it to the top 32 trying out for the US Olympic Archery team in 1999
10. 10.
    

    Ken Jeong

     

    is a licensed physician and only ended his medical career after Knocked Up was released
11. 11.
    

    Neil Patrick Harris

     

    is a master magician
12. 12.
    

    Colin Farrell

     

    was a country line dancing teacher
13. 13.
    

    Jonathan Davis

     

    studied at the San Francisco School of Mortuary Science during his college years and became a professional embalmer for a funeral home as well as an assistant in the Kern County Coroner’s Department
14. 14.
    

    Ally Sheedy

     

    wrote a best-selling book at age 12
15. 15.
    

    Daniel Day-Lewis

     

    was an apprentice to an Italian shoemaker
16. 16.
    

    Ed O'Neill

     

    has been studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for over 22 years.
17. 17.
    

    Neil deGrasse Tyson

     

    was a star athlete as a wrestler and rower in high school and college
18. 18.
    

    Christina Hendricks

     

    plays accordion
19. 19.
    

    Mike Rowe

     

    performed with an opera company for six years
20. 20.
    

    Snoop Dogg

     

    is a certified football coach and has served as head coach for both of his sons' youth football teams
21. 21.
    

    Hill Harper

     

    earned a JD from Harvard Law School where President Obama was his classmate
22. 22.
    

    Tom Morello

     

    was a male stripper after graduating from Harvard and also worked in a California senator's office
23. 23.
    

    Matthew Perry

     

    was a nationally-ranked junior tennis player
24. 24.
    

    Steve Martin

     

    has recorded and toured as a banjo artist and has even established a prize for banjo and bluegrass excellence to bring more visibility to the art
25. 25.
    

    Conan O'Brien

     

    is an expert tap dancer
26. 26.
    

    Anthony Quinn

     

    studied architecture under Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West
27. 27.
    

    Taylor Lautner

     

    at the age of eight represented the US in the World Karate Association where he won three gold medals and was named the Junior World Forms and Weapons champion
28. 28.
    

    Jack White

     

    also upholsters furniture
29. 29.
    

    Rod Stewart

     

    builds massive late 1940s Pennsylvania and New York railroad scenes that include buildings, cars, storefronts and characters
30. 30.
    

    Vanilla Ice

     

    won three Grand National Championships in dirt bike racing