# Actor that plays the Worlds Most Interesting Man (Dos Equis) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104 "2012-08-01T21:36:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/1 "2012-08-01T21:36:26Z")
Dos Equis’ pitchman is Jewish actor living in Marina del Rey. I always enjoy the Dos Equis commercials. They are pretty clever an funny. I’ve drank Dos Equis for years. Jonathan Goldsmith is a veteran character actor. He got shot different five times in Gunsmoke. John Wayne shot him between the eyes in the Shootist. He’s had a long career. He says that he modeled this character on Fernando Lamas. **Stay Thirsty my friends.** 😃 > **[Jonathan Goldsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Goldsmith)** > > Jonathan Goldsmith (born September 26, 1938) is an American character actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is best known for appearing in television commercials for Dos Equis beer, from 2006 to 2016, as the character The Most Interesting Man in the World. > Goldsmith was born on September 26, 1938, in the Bronx. His parents were both Jewish, his mother a model and his fathe... > **[Jewish Journal](https://jewishjournal.com/hollywood_jew/article/dos_equis_pitchman_is_jewish_actor_living_in_marina_del_rey_20100504/)** > [@](#): > > “He once had an awkward moment just to see how it feels. He lives vicariously through himself,” a disembodied voice states. > > “He is the Most Interesting Man in the World.” > > Seated at a table, surrounded by beautiful women, a bearded man with salt-and-pepper hair looks into the camera: “I don’t always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis. Stay thirsty, my friends.” ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/2 "2012-08-01T21:42:01Z")
I like the commercial and the actor. I almost hate to say anything negative about it but when I watch the commercial all I can think of is someone who has oulived their usefullness and is living in the past. Kind of like an old windbag. I am no youngster myself. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/3 "2012-08-01T21:47:18Z")
> [@badger5149](#): > > I like the commercial and the actor. I almost hate to say anything negative about it but when I watch the commercial all I can think of is someone who has oulived their usefullness and is living in the past. The hot babes hanging on his elbow say otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/4 "2012-08-01T21:58:26Z")
Plenty of what he is shown doing is clearly in the present, like telling his pet mountain lion to get down off the kitchen counter. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/5 "2012-08-01T22:02:01Z")
I heard him on the Adam Carolla podcast some time ago, the result of a tremendously misguided press tour they made him go on. Not only was he far from interesting, he was absolutely terrified of doing something his wife (listening in another room) would object to, as well as anything that might require payment from Dos Equuis. The most henpecked man in the world, maybe. It was a very disappointing interview. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/6 "2012-08-01T22:02:57Z")
Several of the Dos Equis commercials in one video. There were a couple I hadn’t seen before. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IxgiTeXKOOc/hqdefault.jpg "Compilation of the Dos Equis Beer Commercials - The Most Interesting Man in the World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxgiTeXKOOc) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/7 "2012-08-01T22:18:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The hot babes hanging on his elbow say otherwise. Hugh Hefner ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/8 "2012-08-01T22:58:50Z")
Stay posting my friends! ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/9 "2012-08-02T00:35:40Z")
The best I’ve seen is: “I don’t always drink…actually, yes, yes I do.” ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/10 "2012-08-02T02:02:41Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Plenty of what he is shown doing is clearly in the present, like telling his pet mountain lion to get down off the kitchen counter. That’s my favorite scene from the commercials. As a matter of fact, some of the quotes have gotten too Chuck Norrisy for me, but the scenery during the commercials always deliver a truly interesting man. Opening the trap and freeing the bear… that was great. When it comes to the actual quotes, I prefer the ones that are over the top but not super hero. Like I prefer, “He gives out business cards that say only, ‘I’ll call you.’” over, “Mosquitoes refuse to bite him purely out of respect.” Love the music, too. Great commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/11 "2012-08-02T04:10:48Z")
What surprises me the most about those goofy ads is that they managed to get veteran voice over actor\*\* Will Lyman\*\* to do the narrations. Best known for narrating PBS’ long running \*Frontline \* and other documentaries he’s a pretty classy guy who generally doesn’t lend (i.e. sell) his voice to lightweight commercial stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/12 "2012-08-02T04:18:40Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > When it comes to the actual quotes, I prefer the ones that are over the top but not super hero. Like I prefer, “He gives out business cards that say only, ‘I’ll call you.’” over, “Mosquitoes refuse to bite him purely out of respect.” They’re deceptively hard to write, though. I’ve tried to come up with a few of my own and never quite capture that flavor of insouciant braggadocio. Intros for The Stig are the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Recusant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@Recusant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recusant)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/13 "2012-08-02T04:39:24Z")
As amusing as I sometimes find the commercials to be, I’ve always found it kind of odd to end with “stay thirsty”, since that would entail not drinking. It’s essentially a commercial saying “don’t use our product”. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/14 "2012-08-02T05:04:15Z")
I don’t think those ads work at all (though I haven’t really seen that many). The guy isn’t oafish enough to be amusing, and he’s too straight to take seriously. It just makes me think that only a loser would be inspired enough by the ad to go drink that beer (which actually isn’t so bad). ---
**Author:** ![eman77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@eman77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eman77)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/15 "2012-08-02T05:31:01Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I don’t think those ads work at all (though I haven’t really seen that many). The guy isn’t oafish enough to be amusing, and he’s too straight to take seriously. It just makes me think that only a loser would be inspired enough by the ad to go drink that beer (which actually isn’t so bad). You are very wrong my friend and see the world in a nasty light. Plenty of people have given that beer a try, including myself, after seeing and enjoying those commercials. They put Dos Equis on the map. When they first came out, they were by far the best on television. Sales went up 22% in 2006-2010 while all other domestic beers, on average, went down 4%. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/16 "2012-08-02T05:42:21Z")
> [@Recusant](#): > > As amusing as I sometimes find the commercials to be, I’ve always found it kind of odd to end with “stay thirsty”, since that would entail not drinking. It’s essentially a commercial saying “don’t use our product”. The best I have been able to work out is that it means you should continue doing adventurous, manly things that would cause you work up a big thirst. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/17 "2012-08-02T06:34:23Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > …As a matter of fact, some of the quotes have gotten too Chuck Norrisy for me… I love those commercials, and they ALWAYS remind me of the Chuck Norris jokes. Good call! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/18 "2012-08-02T06:56:23Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I don’t think those ads work at all (though I haven’t really seen that many). The guy isn’t oafish enough to be amusing, and he’s too straight to take seriously. It just makes me think that only a loser would be inspired enough by the ad to go drink that beer (which actually isn’t so bad). I disagree. As Robot Arm posted, it’s actually difficult to write one-liners that work in this concept. (Something like “He can speak French…in Russian” sounds great even if it doesn’t make sense.) And regardless of what he may be like in real life, Goldsmith gives a nice delivery in the ads. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/19 "2012-08-02T07:04:27Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > He says that he modeled this character on Fernando Lamas. The settings and activities in flashback always made me think of Hemingway, though. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104/20 "2012-08-02T11:15:32Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > They’re deceptively hard to write, though. I’ve tried to come up with a few of my own and never quite capture that flavor of insouciant braggadocio. > > Intros for The Stig are the same way. I find with the Stig (watching as an American) that 50% of the statements follow the template: “Some say He \” Although I DID catch the reference Geremy made of the Audi A8, saying it was as low to the ground as a Badger’s Badger. And was surprised you could say that on National TV. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-that-plays-the-worlds-most-interesting-man-dos-equis/630104.md?page=2)