34 Surprising Celebrity Facts That Made Us Say ‘That’s a Surprising Fact About That Celebrity!’

Sure, celebrities are probably reasonably good at the thing that made them famous in the first place — be it pretending to be a Marvel superhero, or beating the hell out of an instrument to make a pleasant sound. But there’s a lot else going on beneath the surface that would surprise us. Plenty of celebrities have had interesting jobs before they got into showbiz (Hugh Jackman, for example, was a clown), ambitions completely away from the spotlight (LeVar Burton wanted to be a Catholic priest) or just strange tangentially related ambitions that sound kind of insane (Michael Jackson wanted to make a Harry Potter musical).
Here’s a list of some of our favorite celebrity facts that made us, in fact, say, “Hey, this fact about this celebrity is quite surprising, and I’ll remember to bring this up as a fun fact next time they come up in a conversation!”
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Glenn Close

Steve Carrell

LeVar Burton

Ariana Grande

Missy Elliott

Simon Cowell

Jerry Springer

Benedict Cumberbatch

Michael Jackson

Ryan Gosling

Helen Mirren

Jon Hamm

Justin Bieber

Prince

Dr. Phil

Katy Perry

Bill Murray

Chris Kirkpatrick

Shirley Temple

Bryan Cranston

Anthony Hopkins

Ezra Miller

Margot Robbie

Hugh Jackman

Paul Rudd

Vangelis

Martin Luther King Jr

Elvis Presley

Rebel Wilson

Geena Davis

Chris Hemsworth

Miley Cyrus

Angela Kinsey

Jack Gleeson
