Top 10 Unlikely Celebrity Gamers You Might Have Played With
06. Samuel L. Jackson (Xbox and PlayStation)
As an actor Samuel L. Jackson has been in the business since 1972 - his first role being Stan in Together for Days - and considering his high-profile roles in classics like Mo' Better Blues, Pulp Fiction (What me again! I dare you!), and xXx, at first you wouldn't think that video games would hold much of an interest for him...
But when you look under the surface there is so much evidence supporting his fascination with and serious dedication to video games that to say he is 'into gaming' is like saying water is wet.
The thing is, like his choices in film and TV, Jackson has played some very targeted and influential roles in video games as a voice actor.
Who can forget Officer Frank Tenpenny in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar / 2004), his Samurai and Ninja in Afro Samurai (Namco Bandai / 2008), Nick Fury in Iron Man 2 (Sega / 2010) or Mace Windu in LEGO Star Wars III (Traveller's Tales / 2011)?Those are just his credited roles mind you -- he has more than just a handful of cameos across the video game spectrum, and the fact that he has hosted the video game awards multiple times should be a clue that he has something of an interest in that sort of entertainment.
While reminiscing during an interview with Access Hollywood, Jackson talked about his early game play experiences starting with Pong and moving on to Atari and arcade games like Space Invaders, but admits that today he has total enthusiasm for games like Assassin's Creed, or really any first-person-shooter.
He likens modern day games to film, noting that they have more entertainment value than most movies. Asking him what his preferred console is will just earn a blank stare.
'I want to play shooting games. I need to get more first-person-shooters,' he declares. 'I don't mind doing that - sitting at home - I'll sit at home and throw down with guns in front of the TV all day long! Give me a gun and I am all over it. I have total enthusiasm for all these games.'
Piecing together a picture of his current video game preferences through a wide assortment of interviews reveals that Jackson wasn't kidding about loving the shooter genre - but not just first-person shooters as it turns out.
While he has a special place in his heart for the GTA series, and an addiction to the Fallout series, he gets a lot of mileage out of his heavy daily play in GTA Online and Call of Duty.
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Terribly written article, did you even spell-check this?
Felicia Day
Aisha Tyler
Nathan Fillion is not here.
Wat.
good article, although i could've enjoyed it more without that long introduction..
Mila has actually done voice work for more games than you think - it seems that some of the work she does in games is under a pseudonym. As for the question as to whether she is a gamer or an addict - I have to ask, just what is the difference?
As far as the statement that consoles are for kids and PCs for adults, I don't agree with that. Not at all.
So Milla Kunis plays the voice of the chick that tries to kill the awesome Benjamin "MFK" King? Wow...
DayZ SA is the best MMO out there right now.
Consoles are for kids, PC gaming is for real adults.
I played Ultima Online for years, I wonder if I ever ran into Robin Williams unknowingly.
I did 3's with Robin a few times and he was really good
RIP Jett
Yes, it sucks that he went that way... By all accounts he was a pretty awesome person and a great gamer.
RIP Robin Williams :(
[color=Purple][/color] Rawr enough fighting
Missing Fabio i know he was a hardcore everquest 1 player and he had some serious play time in everquest 2 by the time i started playing/quit.
How was Zachary unlikely?
I PLAYED GrIFTBALL WITH HER
My dad played cod with Robin Williams a few times.
corpse grinder from cannibal corpse plays WOW
RIP Robin Willams :(
My girlfriend (22) and me (23) play games together. She is not a gamer, but will kick you fcking ass in League of legends. <3
Thanks for your comments.
For the celebs whose gamer tags we knew we did not include them in the piece out of respect for them - they already get slammed, no need to make their gamer tag unusable by making it public.
And as a result of this piece we can now add the following celebs as gamers thanks to either their own private comments or those of their mates:
Daniel Craig - Xbox 360 / Halo Series
Ellen DeGeners - iPad / MP Puzzle Games
Jay Leno - Xbox 360 and One / Forza Series
Kim Kardashian - iPad / Tapped Out
Lebron James - PS3/4 / Multiple Genres
Robert Downy Jr. - Xbox 360 / FPS and Action-Adventure
Rosario Dawson - PC / MMOs
What about Zlatan Ibrahimovic he plays on playstation
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Loll,dlwosl
Played Warhammer:AoR with the Blue Oyster Cults lead singer for a while. Mythic did the stupid thing of listing boht his server and character name, the annoying swarms were not fun.
Snoop Dogg is know to play Tekken.
It's pretty cool to see what system they play on. I just wish they said the usernames/ gamer tags for these people lol
Robin Williams Used to play ultima online, like a boss that he is.
whoopi goldber plays diablo 3,nuff said.
Idiot females whining about not having more female gamers on the list! hahaha! PMSing?
I really want to know fox's gamer tag because i might have seen her online