31 Famous People Who Have Unknown Talents
Sometimes celebrities can still surprise you.
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Famous people spend so much time in the public eye, it's easy to assume that we already know everything about them we could ever possibly learn. And, honestly, we know things we would un-learn if we could. But every now and then, a celebrity sneaks a hidden talent under the radar, and can surprise us.
Here's a list of famous people who are surprisingly gifted in ways that have nothing to do with their fame.
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Vanilla
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![Peter Weller holds a doctorate in art history. He returned to school at age 57 and earned a master's degree in Roman and Renaissance Art, a Ph.D. in I](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/4/742434.jpg?v=2)
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![Rock legend Neil Young invented a new remote control system for model trains. His son has cerebral palsy, and needed an easier way to operate his mode](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/5/742435.jpg?v=2)
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![CRACKEDCON Nuno Bettencourt, who strummed and crooned his way through More Than Words with Extreme, is a ridiculously fast shred guitarist. He's got](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/2/742432.jpg?v=2)
![Longtime British PM Tony Blair worked as a concert promoter and sang in a rock band. Blair went into music because he was a big fan of The Rolling Sto](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/4/0/742440.jpg?v=2)
![Pierce Brosnan once worked as a fire eater. He says he decided to join a fire-eating workshop when he noticed that the women in attendance were toples](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/1/742431.jpg?v=2)
![Mike Rowe is an opera singer, by trade. He wanted to get into acting, but needed to join the union, but couldn't join the union without acting experie](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/2/6/742426.jpg?v=2)
Jason Lee
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Kenny Rogers
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![Johnny Cash was a military code breaker. Cash was assigned to the cryptographic intelligence unit, intercepting Soviet Morse code. He was so good at c](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/2/9/742429.jpg?v=2)
![Kate Beckinsale is a literary prodigy who has mastered several languages. When she was younger she wrote award- winning short stories and poems, takin](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/2/7/742427.jpg?v=2)
![Before he became a fool-pitying action hero, Mr. T was a bodyguard. Partial client list: Steve McQueen Michael Jackson Leon Spinks Muhammad Ali CRACKE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/3/0/742430.jpg?v=2)
![Jimmy Stewart planned to be an architect, and graduated near the top of his class at Princeton. His work earned him a full grad school scholarship. Th](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/2/5/742425.jpg?v=2)
![Inside the Actors Studio host James Lipton wrote the theme to Thundercats. He also guest- starred on Family Guy, The Simpsons, and Arrested Developmen](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/2/3/742423.jpg?v=2)
![Jack White is a furniture upholsterer. At one point he even hid 100 clear vinyl records made by his original band, The Upholsterers, inside furniture](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/2/2/742422.jpg?v=2)
![Flavor Flav, the clock-loving court jester from Public Enemy, is a musical prodigy. As a kid, he taught himself how to play everything from the piano](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/1/6/742416.jpg?v=2)
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![Queen guitarist Brian May is an astrophysicist, and co-author of a book on the origins of the universe. BRIAN MAY PATRICKMOORE RISUNTOTT BANG! THE COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/1/3/742413.jpg?v=2)
![Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) created a documentary film exposing government manipulation in Japan. TRUTH ENEMY SHOCKING TOMORROW'S UNMASKED! THE ABOUT O](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/1/9/742419.jpg?v=2)
![Creed Bratton, who played Creed Bratton in The Office, was a guitarist for The Grass Roots in the 1960s. The Grass ROOtS The Grass Roots were a pretty](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/1/5/742415.jpg?v=2)
![Canadian figure skater Elvis Stojko is a martial arts master. Stojko received his black belt in karate at age 16, land went on to study 'Hung Gar,' a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/2/0/742420.jpg?v=2)
![Harrison Ford is an experienced pilot who flies rescue missions. Photos: studiowings.com He commanded an airlift of medical supplies to Haiti, polices](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/1/7/742417.jpg?v=2)
![Actor Chevy Chase has absolute pitch, and played drums for two rock bands in the sixties. One group, called The Leather Canary, went on to become '70s](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/1/1/742411.jpg?v=2)
![Colin Farrell once made a living teaching line dancing. As a 19-year-old aspiring actor, Farrell supported himself by touring nightclubs across Irelan](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/1/4/742414.jpg?v=2)
Ice Cube
![Ice Cube is an authority on architecture. Before returning to Compton to revolutionize rap, Ice studied architectural drafting. And for their 2011 pos](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/2/1/742421.jpg?v=2)
![Christopher Walken worked as a lion tamer when he was a teen. He did a routine with a lioness named Sheba who -would do tricks. Walken says she was l](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/1/2/742412.jpg?v=2)