# Cute or Sexy Nerds **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035 "2009-01-13T04:02:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/1 "2009-01-13T04:02:43Z")
I overheard this conversation, 'cause again I was eavesdropping, but that’s what people get for talking loud on a subway. Anyway these two girls were talking about sexy or cute nerds. These were famous but the problem I, ahem, overheard was that the guys they listed weren’t really nerds, but famous attractive people who play nerdy guys. Like Paul Rudd for instance. Or Michael Phelps but athletic guys aren’t nerds or dorks right? So my question is what nerdy or geeky (whatever term you use) famous people do you find attractive. I found myself thinking this and it was hard, because again most of the people that look nerdy are actually nice looking but dressed down to play nerdy guys or girls. I would use Topher Grace or Toby McGuire as great examples of a nice looking man who is dressed down to look nerdy. Actually they kind of look like the same person 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/2 "2009-01-13T04:07:00Z")
How about Stephen Colbert and John Stewart? Both kinda nerdy. Colbert especially: he and Vin Diesel are both admitted Dungeons & Dragons players. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/3 "2009-01-13T04:08:19Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I would use Topher Grace or Toby McGuire as great examples of a nice looking man who is dressed down to look nerdy. [Nope. Still looks like a dork.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Tobey_Maguire_and_Jennifer_Meyer_by_David_Shankbone2.jpg/359px-Tobey_Maguire_and_Jennifer_Meyer_by_David_Shankbone2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/4 "2009-01-13T09:28:12Z")
That guy [Kyle Ensley](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TK58i1cn2Y) who auditioned for last season’s AI and got as far as the chair. The perfect Hollywood nerd, and cute as a bag full of buttons. (I was already meh on that season, and when he was cut, I said “Screw it.” Didn’t even stick around for that Australian hottie, and David Cook was never on my radar.) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/5 "2009-01-13T09:31:23Z")
Get over it, the nerds won. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/6 "2009-01-13T09:32:17Z")
Tina Fey, of course. She’s a nerd goddess. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/7 "2009-01-13T10:52:41Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I would use Topher Grace or Toby McGuire as great examples of a nice looking man who is dressed down to look nerdy. Actually they kind of look like the same person And that person is Jake Gyllenhaal. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/8 "2009-01-13T12:05:36Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > [Nope. Still looks like a dork.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Tobey_Maguire_and_Jennifer_Meyer_by_David_Shankbone2.jpg/359px-Tobey_Maguire_and_Jennifer_Meyer_by_David_Shankbone2.jpg) [I](http://img103.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2007/06/22/17424maguirel-46wgsagk1.jpg) [dunno](http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/bungalow/5317/cosmo8.jpg), [depends](http://top100boysofsummer.tripod.com/tobey.gif) [on](http://www.womenrepublic.co.uk/zzzzz/mag1.jpg) [the](http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Tobey_Maguire%20-%201%20-%20Spider-Man_3.jpg) [photo](http://bp2.blogger.com/_bYEE-K0aHQc/RyeIj-CeeJI/AAAAAAAAHis/C5CvzvhS7N0/s1600-h/Tobey+Maguire10.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/9 "2009-01-13T12:13:34Z")
> [@Monkey\_Chews](#): > > [I](http://img103.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2007/06/22/17424maguirel-46wgsagk1.jpg) [dunno](http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/bungalow/5317/cosmo8.jpg), [depends](http://top100boysofsummer.tripod.com/tobey.gif) [on](http://www.womenrepublic.co.uk/zzzzz/mag1.jpg) [the](http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Tobey_Maguire%20-%201%20-%20Spider-Man_3.jpg) [photo](http://bp2.blogger.com/_bYEE-K0aHQc/RyeIj-CeeJI/AAAAAAAAHis/C5CvzvhS7N0/s1600-h/Tobey+Maguire10.jpg). It’s true! With enough professional lighting, makeup, styling, and enhancement, they really do a good job of making him look not dorky. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/10 "2009-01-13T12:36:01Z")
Well, David Tennant? The current Doctor Who. I think he’s sexy anyway 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/11 "2009-01-13T15:08:53Z")
Anthony Edwards - my biggest nerd crush! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/12 "2009-01-13T15:15:13Z")
Nerd couple- Willow Rosenberg & Wesley Wyndham-Price. (Alyson Hannigan & Alexis Denisof, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/13 "2009-01-13T15:17:52Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Nerd couple- Willow Rosenberg & Wesley Wyndham-Price. Ow, Willow’s back to liking guys again, is she? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/14 "2009-01-13T15:19:54Z")
Matthew Gray Guber of Criminal Minds is sexy nerd personified ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/15 "2009-01-13T16:04:10Z")
> [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](#): > > Well, David Tennant? The current Doctor Who. I think he’s sexy anyway 🙂 I’ll agree with this. He’s adorable. Barack Obama’s a Trekkie. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/16 "2009-01-13T16:28:38Z")
> [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](#): > > Well, David Tennant? The current Doctor Who. I think he’s sexy anyway 🙂 Most definitely. That’s the only reason I got into the show at all. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/17 "2009-01-13T18:51:50Z")
Confession time - [Stephanie Courtney](http://amazon.imdb.com/name/nm0183960/) who plays the dorkiest pitchwoman on TV - Flo - the Progressive Insurance girl. I think Flo is hot. What the hell is wrong with me? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/18 "2009-01-13T18:58:22Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Confession time - > > [Stephanie Courtney](http://amazon.imdb.com/name/nm0183960/) who plays the dorkiest pitchwoman on TV - Flo - the Progressive Insurance girl. > > I think Flo is hot. > What the hell is wrong with me? Not a thing. Flo/Stephanie has a cult following here. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/19 "2009-01-13T19:02:16Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first person to mention Kari from Mythbusters. DAYUMN! ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035/20 "2009-01-13T19:25:54Z")
Masi Oka (Hiro from _Heroes_) and Phil Plait (the Bad Astronomer). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-or-sexy-nerds/481035.md?page=2)