Famous people who play D&D.

[KaosDevice]

From what I remember from a brief email exchange with George RR Martin (what a really nice guy btw.) he and his gang of misfits played ye olde Superworld back in the day.

 

[Odhanan]

From a French website obviously (but only the names interest you I guess):

Jason Alexander (Seinfeld)
Bare Naked Ladies (groupe)
Jeff Bezos (PDG d'Amazon.com)
BillyZeKick (groupe)
Biohazard (groupe)
Steven Brust (auteur)
Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead)
Claudia Christensen (Babylon 5)
River Cuomo (chanteur de Weezer)
Vin Diesel (The Fast and the Furious, Pitch Black, Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan, Voix du Geant de Fer)
Lexa Doig (Andromeda, Jason X)
Dream Warriors (groupe)
Emilio Estevez (Young Guns, Stakeout, The Outsiders)
Lou Ferrigno (L'Incroyable Hulk) joue à Warhammer
James Franco (Freaks and Geeks)
C.S. Friedman (auteur)
Bill Gates (Microsoft)
Matt Groenig (createur des Simpsons et de Futurama)
GWAR (groupe)
Peter Jackson (de Bad Taste au Seigneur des Anneaux)
Matthew Lillard (Scooby Doo)
George Lucas (Est-il besoin de le présenter ?)
Craig McCracken (createur Power Puff Girls, Dexter's Lab)
Marcy Playground (groupe)
Metallica (groupe)
Jason Mewes (Mallrats, Clerks, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)
Mike Meyers (Wayne's World, Austin Powers, etc.)
Tom Morello (guitariste de Rage Against the Machine)
Todd Pratt (joueur de baseball des New York Mets)
Sam Raimi (réal. Spiderman, Evil Dead, Hercules, Xena, etc.)
Rush (groupe)
Michael Sheard (Mr Bronson de Grange Hill, Admiral Ozzel de Star Wars)
Stephen Lea Sheppard (The Royal Tenenbaums, Freaks and Geeks)
Armin Shimmermann (Deep Space 9, Buffy)
Kevin Smith (Mallrats, Clerks, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back)
Jon Spencer (Blues Explosion et Boss Hogg bands)
Steven Spielberg (Est-il besoin de le présenter ?)
Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, etc.)
Jacques Villeneuve (champion du monde de F1)
Wil Wheaton (Star Trek TNG, Stand By Me)
Joss Whedon (Buffy et Angel)
Robin Williams

 

[ThirdWizard]

Sitting at a table with Robin Williams, Matt Groenig, Craig McCracken, Bruce Campbell, and with Joss Whedon and Steven Spielberg co-DMing would allow me to die happy.

 

[kenobi65]

Does Bill Gates game (or used to)? I forgot.

There was an article in The Onion in '97 entitled, "Bill Gates Grants Self 18 Dexterity, 20 Charisma". It contained a copy of "his" character sheet; the whole article was a scream.

Unfortunately, it's old enough that you have to be subscribed to The Onion's "premium content" to retrieve it now.

Still, it's probably proof that at least one of the writers of The Onion played D&D at one point.

 

[Blair Goatsblood]

I don't consider him to be famous, but ervry time I look at a magazine rack I see his ugly mug, so I guess he counts.... I know the singer of Lamb of God and he's a Vampire player.

Also, this is very very far frorom famous, but Matt who used to play bass for gore metal band Exhumed (hey..they're famous if your into underground metal) is a huge gamer geek and wrote some material for All Flesh Must Be Eaten, and has had opportunities to work on Call of Cthulhu sourcebooks.

John Spencer?!?! Weird!

 

[Macbeth]

David X Cohen of Futurama said most of the writers gamed, even kept copies of
the game at the workplace for info/quotes/inspiration.

That would explain the episode with Gary Gygax in it.

"I'm..."(Rolls 1d4+1d6)"Happy to meet you." - Gary Gygax, Futurama Episode: Anathology of Interest

"Here, take mt +1 Axe." - Gary Gaygax, same episode

"I'm a 12th level Vice President" - Al Gore, same episode.

 

[Vonlok The Bold]

Had he lived longer I'm sure that Mark Bolan(aka T. Rex) would have played. Most people know

He was a huge Lord of the Ring fan, and initially wouldn't have any references in his songs of anything that was even close to the 20th century. His original bass player also took the name Took after the Pippen from Lord of the Rings.

Supposedly he and his girlfriend painted a dragon on their living room wall. The dragon came alive and would have eaten them, had Bolan not cast some spells on it. That was before he was really into drugs too.

Just look at these lyrics.



[size=+1]DRAGON'S EAR[/size]

Dragon's ear and druid's spear
Protects you while the *Dworns are here
The winds of wrath chill cold the cloth
That drapes her shape from fangs of fear

I love you my love
Please taketh this heart which I bear
O heal my sorrow
Weareth my arms like a charm
Through the dales of your doom

Our lives are merely trees of possibilities. [size=-1](*Dworn-Machinery of war, a bronze frame with wheels of white ivory and the horns of a gazelle for steering, so sayeth Agadinmar.)[/size]



[size=+1]THE WIZARD[/size]

Walking in the woods one day
I met a man who said that he was magic
Wonderful things he said
Pointed hat upon his head
Knew why people laughed and cried
Why they lived and why they died Shadows followed him around
He walked the woods without a single sound
Golden eagles at his door
Cats and bats played on the floor
Silver sunlight in his eyes
The wizard turned and melted in the sky

Suneye

Love you Oh girl I do
Love you
Come the sun
See it run
Across the sky
Cosmic eye
Is for you
And no one else
Love you Oh girl I do
Love you
Come the sun
See it run
Across the sky
See it cry
For you
And no one else
Tree wizard puretongue
The digger of holes
The swan king
The Elf lord
The eater of souls
Lithon the black
The rider of stars
Tyrannosaurus Rex
The eater of cars.

The guy was singing about Elf Lords, Druids, Wizards, and Dragons. Had he lived I have no doubt that he would have been a hard core D&D gamer.

 

[hero4hire]

. The 'short guy' on Ally Macbeal plays Birthright.
-Shay

Of course! He starred in Dragonslayer!

 

[hero4hire]

Sitting at a table with Robin Williams, Matt Groenig, Craig McCracken, Bruce Campbell, and with Joss Whedon and Steven Spielberg co-DMing would allow me to die happy.

I dunno..I am sure I'd have to kill someone's character....

 

[kolvar]

Terry Pratchett played OD&D till some mothers he tried to convince that the game, their kids where playing, was harmless, raped the dungoen (his words). They actually conceded, or so he says.