History OneOfUs / TVDweebs

* Creator/NathanFillion, star of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', is an avid ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' fan. He regularly plays ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' on Xbox LIVE and chats with fans during games.

* Molly C. Quinn of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' is a huge fan of ''Star Trek'', even showing up to Comic con in a red uniform. She was very excited to work with Creator/JonathanFrakes (Will Riker) when He directed episodes.

* Creator/NathanFillion, star of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''Series/{{Castle}}'', is an avid ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' fan. He regularly plays ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' on Xbox LIVE and chats with fans during games.

** He usually introduces his Oddball segment by noting the anniversary of some obscure, often times nerdy piece of trivia. As well, during one particular clip featuring a home-made beer serving robot he quipped: "You just give the command and [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] here will pour you a cold one."

** Idle also named, in the same book, his comedic and actor heroes: ''Theatre/BeyondTheFringe'', Arthur Askey, Arthur Haynes (with Dermot Kelly and Nicholas Parsons), Jimmy Edwards, Creator/FrankieHowerd, Creator/PeterCook, Creator/PeterSellers, Creator/SpikeMilligan, Charlie Drake, Creator/NormanWisdom and Jerry Desmond, Flanagan and Allen, Flanders and Swann, Mrs. Shufflewick [[note]] A drag act by comedian Rex Jameson [[/note]], Creator/MorecambeAndWise, Creator/TommyCooper, Creator/TonyHancock, Creator/MartyFeldman, Garry [=McDonald=] [[note]] Idle lists his character Norman Gunston [[/note]], Barry Humphries, Creator/BillyConnolly, Creator/FrenchAndSaunders, Creator/SteveCoogan, Creator/JonathanMiller, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Buck Henry, [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Chico Marx]], Creator/PhilSilvers, Creator/DickVanDyke, Roger Hancock, Creator/BrigitteBardot, Creator/AvaGardner, Harry Worth, Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/DenholmElliott, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/WilfridHydeWhite, Creator/RexHarrison, Creator/RalphRichardson, Kenneth Horne, Max Miller, Al Read, Stanley Baxter, Creator/StephenFry and Creator/HughLaurie, Creator/LaurelAndHardy, Creator/BusterKeaton, Freddie Starr, Creator/WoodyAllen, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Humphrey Barclay, Father Guido Sarducci (who played a character named Don Novello), Pamela Stephenson, ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'', Frank Muir and Denis Norden, ''Radio/DoesTheTeamThink'', Ted Ray, ''Radio/DownYourWay'', Creator/WillieRushton, John Fortune, Eleanor Bron, Creator/RoyKinnear, Anthony Newley in ''Series/TheStrangeWorldOfGurneySlade'' (but he added "only in that"), ''Theatre/LookBackInAnger'', The Royal Court Theatre, The Royal Variety Show, the old ''The New Statesman'', the old ''Spectator'', Creator/JackBenny, Creator/SidCaesar, Creator/JohnBelushi, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GildaRadner, "Sunday Night at the London Palladium", Creator/SydneyGreenstreet, ''Theatre/{{Carousel}}'', Harry Dean Stanton, Creator/GeneHackman, Tony Buffery, ... . His favorite directors Jonathan Lynn, Creator/MichelangeloAntonioni, Creator/FrancoisTruffaut, Creator/MikeNichols,...

* Jaleel White, of ''Series/FamilyMatters'' fame, is a big fan of VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, and considers his roles as the Blue Blur in [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog three]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM different]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground cartoons]] as some of his absolute favorites.

* Joey Luthman, known for his roles on ''{{Series/Weeds}}'', ''Series/ANTFarm'', and ''Series/ICarly'', is a massive [[Series/DoctorWho Whovian]] and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' fan. He plays the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime ocarina]] and is known to appear at parties dressed as a very convincing Link.

** And now she has cosplayed as Shana from LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana for Comic-con 2011, and she had two steampunk costumes for Comic-con 2012.

* Creator/HiroshiKamiya (''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei, {{LightNovel/Durarara}}, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'') is a HUGE ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' nerd, and his house is reportedly full of Gundam figures. He also likes playing [[DatingSim "gal games",]] specifically ''Amagami,'' collects toys and [[BoysLove boy's love drama CD's,]] and adores cats, himself having a Russian Blue named Nyanko-sensei, which is coincidentally the name of his character Natsume's feline youkai companion from ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends.''

* Creator/EmilyOsment of ''Series/HannahMontana'' fame is an avid player of ''VideoGame/RockBand'' and is a fan of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' if her Website/IMDb page is to be believed.

** Idle also named, in the same book, his comedic and actor heroes: ''Theatre/BeyondTheFringe'', Arthur Askey, Arthur Haynes (with Dermot Kelly and Nicholas Parsons), Jimmy Edwards, Creator/FrankieHowerd, Creator/PeterCook, Creator/PeterSellers, Creator/SpikeMilligan, Charlie Drake, Creator/NormanWisdom and Jerry Desmond, Flanagan and Allen, Flanders and Swann, Mrs. Shufflewick [[note]] A drag act by comedian Rex Jameson [[/note]], Creator/MorecambeAndWise, Creator/TommyCooper, Creator/TonyHancock, Creator/MartyFeldman, Garry [=McDonald=] [[note]] Idle lists his character Norman Gunston [[/note]], Barry Humphries, Creator/BillyConnolly, Creator/FrenchAndSaunders, Creator/SteveCoogan, Creator/JonathanMiller, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Buck Henry, [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Chico Marx]], Creator/PhilSilvers, Creator/DickVanDyke, Roger Hancock, Creator/BrigitteBardot, Creator/AvaGardner, Harry Worth, Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/DenholmElliott, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/WilfridHydeWhite, Creator/RexHarrison, Creator/RalphRichardson, Kenneth Horne, Max Miller, Al Read, Stanley Baxter, Creator/StephenFry and Creator/HughLaurie, Creator/LaurelAndHardy, Creator/BusterKeaton, Freddie Starr, Creator/WoodyAllen, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Humphrey Barclay, Father Guido Sarducci (who played a character named Don Novello), Pamela Stephenson, ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'', Frank Muir and Denis Norden, ''Radio/DoesTheTeamThink'', Ted Ray, ''Radio/DownYourWay'', Creator/WillieRushton, John Fortune, Eleanor Bron, Roy Kinnear, Anthony Newley in ''Series/TheStrangeWorldOfGurneySlade'' (but he added "only in that"), ''Theatre/LookBackInAnger'', The Royal Court Theatre, The Royal Variety Show, the old ''The New Statesman'', the old ''Spectator'', Creator/JackBenny, Creator/SidCaesar, Creator/JohnBelushi, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GildaRadner, "Sunday Night at the London Palladium", Creator/SydneyGreenstreet, ''Theatre/{{Carousel}}'', Harry Dean Stanton, Creator/GeneHackman, Tony Buffery, ... . His favorite directors Jonathan Lynn, Creator/MichelangeloAntonioni, Creator/FrancoisTruffaut, Creator/MikeNichols,...

* Creator/JodelleFerland from ''Series/DarkMatter'' is another cosplayer - indeed the green hair of Five was inspired by it - including as Clara Oswald from ''Series/DoctorWho''. At the 2015 Comic Con, she get to meet Creator/PeterCapaldi, which made her very happy.

* Chandler Riggs of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' fame is a [[https://twitter.com/chandlerriggs/status/675057805670424581?lang=en fan]] of WebVideo/FilthyFrank.

* Creator/PedroPascal of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''Series/{{Narcos}}'', and ''Series/TheMandalorian'' fame considers himself a life-long movie nerd, and a lover of classic literature. He's explained in interviews that he inherited his love of movies -- especially from the horror genre -- from his father, who brought him to the theater many times a week growing up; sometimes they even watched features that Pedro wasn't old enough to attend by himself yet.

* Creator/LanceReddick is a self-confessed ''ginormous'' comic-book geek and telephile. He recently stated that he would love to play [[ComicBook/BlackPanther T'Chaka]], ComicBook/MartianManhunter, or [[ComicBook/GreenLantern John Stewart]] if he could.

* Creator/StephanieSheh: Aside from being an anime voice actor, she's very vocal about her feelings on piracy. In 2010, she mentioned that she would have loved to play [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Knives Chao]], stating her resemblance towards Creator/EllenWong. She mentioned on Twitter that she's a fan of Literature/TheHungerGames trilogy and would love to read other Dystopian such as ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' and Literature/{{Legend}}.

* Bob West, the original voice of [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney the Dinosaur]], is a huge fan of The Muppets, and got to visit the ''Series/SesameStreet'' set after meeting some [=Muppeteers=] (representing the non-Muppets series ''Series/ThePuzzlePlace'') during the production of ''Film/KidsForCharacter''. He also is a fan of Music/AllenToussaint, at least according to the first episode of the Purple Roads Podcast.

* Creator/BobWest, voice of [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney the Dinosaur]], is a HUGE geek. He is a Trekkie, a Whovian, a Star Wars freak, a LOTR nerd and has a keen interest in outer space.

* Creator/MaxwellAtoms, creator of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' and ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'', has many nerdy interests and likes to pepper references to them in his works. Specific examples he's talked about include horror movies, ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', and gothic/industrial music (Music/NineInchNails in particular being "definitely in the top five" of his favorite artists overall, and he had already been a fan of Music/{{Voltaire}} for a while prior to arranging for his appearance on ''Billy & Mandy''). He also plays video games and has cited ''VideoGame/TheElderScrolls'' as his favorite CRPG series of all time, to the point of [[https://maxwellatoms.tumblr.com/post/185753113147/i-recently-rediscovered-some-of-the-mods-i-made making mods]] for ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]''.

* Creator/MaxwellAtoms, creator of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' and ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'', has many nerdy interests and likes to pepper references to them in his works. Specific examples he's talked about include horror movies, goth/industrial music (Music/NineInchNails in particular being "definitely in the top five" of his favorite artists overall), and ''Literature/{{Dune}}''.

* Hungarian voice actor and translator Dániel Hamvas proudly admits he puts all the time spent on the net to good use by incorporating the latest slang, LeetLingo and cuss words into his translations, or those that he supervises. His most famous and renowned "contributions" are the strikingly colorful scripts of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (where he also plays the role of Chris) and ''Westernnimation/TheBoondocks'', and he also appears to be an all-round geek, in a good sense.

* Actor/MaisieWilliams: After participating in a ''Series/GameOfThrones'' panel at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, she later joined the crowd at Comic-Con, wearing a ComicBook/SpiderMan mask [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/elliewoodward/maisie-williams-managed-to-go-unnoticed-at-comic-con-thanks#4bx3ssm so she could tour the convention floor without being recognized.]]

** He got a cameo in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''. Who was he? [[spoiler:Howard the Duck]]. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, really]].

** He's a massive fan of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' and finally appeared as a guest star in the second to last episode.

* Creator/AlysonCourt, star of ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'', the animated ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' series, the 1992 ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' cartoon, and ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingSpiez'', as well as being the voice of Claire Redfield in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series, plays ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' (2nd edition, no less), is a big time politics nerd (calls herself a "[[BunnyEarsLawyer punditz]]"), and she's also the one who named the Mavericks - with Music/GunsNRoses-themed names, no less - in the English version of ''VideoGame/MegaManX5''.

* Ben Browder (from ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' and ''Series/StargateSG1'') is a sci-fi evangelist, naturally, and he also loves ''WesternAnimation/TheWestWing''. What a dork.

** Idle also named, in the same book, his comedic and actor heroes: ''Theatre/BeyondTheFringe'', Arthur Askey, Arthur Haynes (with Dermot Kelly and Nicholas Parsons), Jimmy Edwards, Creator/FrankieHowerd, Creator/PeterCook, Creator/PeterSellers, Creator/SpikeMilligan, Charlie Drake, Creator/NormanWisdom and Jerry Desmond, Flanagan and Allen, Flanders and Swann, Mrs. Shufflewick [[note]] A drag act by comedian Rex Jameson [[/note]], Creator/MorecambeAndWise, Creator/TommyCooper, Creator/TonyHancock, Creator/MartyFeldman, Garry [=McDonald=] [[note]] Idle lists his character Norman Gunston [[/note]], Barry Humphries, Creator/BillyConnolly, Creator/FrenchAndSaunders, Creator/SteveCoogan, Creator/JonathanMiller, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Buck Henry, [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Chico Marx]], Creator/PhilSilvers, Creator/DickVanDyke, Roger Hancock, Creator/BrigitteBardot, Creator/AvaGardner, Harry Worth, Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/DenholmElliott, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/BillyCrystal, Creator/SteveMartin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Creator/RexHarrison, Creator/RalphRichardson, Kenneth Horne, Max Miller, Al Read, Stanley Baxter, Creator/StephenFry and Creator/HughLaurie, Creator/LaurelAndHardy, Creator/BusterKeaton, Freddie Starr, Creator/WoodyAllen, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Humphrey Barclay, Father Guido Sarducci (who played a character named Don Novello), Pamela Stephenson, ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'', Frank Muir and Denis Norden, ''Radio/DoesTheTeamThink'', Ted Ray, ''Radio/DownYourWay'', Creator/WillieRushton, John Fortune, Eleanor Bron, Roy Kinnear, Anthony Newley in ''Series/TheStrangeWorldOfGurneySlade'' (but he added "only in that"), ''Theatre/LookBackInAnger'', The Royal Court Theatre, The Royal Variety Show, the old ''The New Statesman'', the old ''Spectator'', Creator/JackBenny, Creator/SidCaesar, Creator/JohnBelushi, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GildaRadner, "Sunday Night at the London Palladium", Creator/SydneyGreenstreet, ''Theatre/{{Carousel}}'', Harry Dean Stanton, Creator/GeneHackman, Tony Buffery, ... . His favorite directors Jonathan Lynn, Creator/MichelangeloAntonioni, Creator/FrancoisTruffaut, Creator/MikeNichols,...

* Creator/AlysonCourt, star of ''Series/TheBigComfyCouch'', the animated ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' series, the 1992 ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon, and ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingSpiez'', as well as being the voice of Claire Redfield in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series, plays ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' (2nd edition, no less), is a big time politics nerd (calls herself a "[[BunnyEarsLawyer punditz]]"), and she's also the one who named the Mavericks - with Music/GunsNRoses-themed names, no less - in the English version of ''VideoGame/MegaManX5''.

** In the same book Idle lists The Beverley Sisters, Music/ElvisPresley, Music/TheEverlyBrothers, Music/BuddyHolly, Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheHollies, Music/StephenStills, Music/RandyNewman, Music/RyCooder, Creator/NoelCoward, the radio music show ''Friday Night Is Music Night'', Radio Luxembourg, Music/TheBonzoDogBand (all listed as individual members), Music/HarryNilsson, Music/TheKinks, Music/PaulSimon, Music/TheWho (naming Keith Moon specifically), Billy Cotton, Johnnie Ray, Music/TheRollingStones, Paddy Roberts, Creator/DaveBrubeck, Creator/GerryMulligan, Johnny Hodges, Music/DukeEllington, Creator/CountBasie, Music/JohnColtrane, Music/CharlieParker, George Melly, [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spinal Tap]], Music/JoanArmatrading, Music/BobDylan, [[Music/SoeurSourire The Singing Nun]], Allan Smethurst, aka "The Singing Postman", Doc Cox aka Ivor Biggun, Sonny Terry and Brownie [=McGhee=], Lonnie Donegan, Music/BillHaleyAndHisComets, Gerard Hoffnung, Music/JimmyCliff and Music/JoniMitchell as his musical heroes.

** She also ''directly'' references terms from Wiki/TVTropes (ie, once screaming "Nerd Rage!"), which seems to indicate she actually ''visits'' the site.

* Creator/DanHarmon, creator of Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Series/{{Community}}'', has posted several Tweets on his Website/{{Twitter}} account revealing an in depth knowledge of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. He has also posted on Reddit about using Wiki/TVTropes as a resource library.

* Creator/JhonenVasquez, creator of ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' and ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', is a huge video game addict, even saying (as of Comic Con '05) that he has gaming systems from the Dreamcast to the Xbox 360; and is a fan of ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'', ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'', ''VideoGame/BioShock'', and ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark'', just to name a few. He's also a big fan of the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' movies, even giving a homage to them in an ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' episode, "Lice".

* And then of course, there's Creator/WilWheaton, who doesn't just ''play'' [[CreatorsPet geeky characters]]... Apparently, he ignored the Wesley-hating by painting his ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' figures. And he [[TheScrappy despises]] [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Wesley Crusher]] [[UpToEleven even more than any of us!]] And he had a significant role in two seasons of ''WebVideo/TheGuild''! And he watches ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets''.