# Unusual Celebrity Crushes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952 "2006-01-07T23:45:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/1 "2006-01-07T23:45:49Z")
I know this has been done before, but a search yielded only threads a year or more older. Do you have any unusual crushes? By unusual, I mean actors or actresses who are not conventionally attractive, or are attractive only to you? Mine: [John C. McGinley](http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_images/tv2/programmes/scrubs/mcginley_d.jpg) [William F. Buckley](http://stanfordreview.org/Archive/Volume_XXVI/Issue_5/Opinion/images/buckley.jpg) [Billy Bob Thornton](http://eur.yimg.com/i/xp/premier_photo/6/627b577d21.jpg) [David Letterman](http://www.cnn.com/US/9606/21/fringe/pc.patter.moos/letterman.lg.jpg) [Bill Murray](http://filmcritic1963.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/cn08616crop1.jpg) and [Steve Martin](http://www.allenandunwin.com/media/authors/martinsteve.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/2 "2006-01-08T00:29:51Z")
1. [Nicholas Brendon](http://digilander.libero.it/underyourspell/gallery/xander/nick30.jpg). Typically a very goofy looking man but he cleans up well. Obviously. 2. [Alan Tudyk](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/AlanTudyk/Dodgeball/bf35d2ec.jpg). More sexy goofiness. 3. [Jenna Malone](http://www.killermoviereviews.com/uploads/SAVEDJennaMalone.JPG). Pretty plain and exceedingly average but she really does it for me for some reason. 4. [Nana Visitor](http://www.trekkies2.com/photos/DeniseNanaVisitor.jpg). Has a very elegant beauty, I think, but not many people seem to agree. 5. [Chiwetel Ejiofor](http://images.zap2it.com/20040920/toronto_04/chiwetelejiofor_toronto04.jpg) I’ve been mesmerized by him in all the movies I’ve seen him in but I don’t know of anyone who seems to share my appreciation. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/3 "2006-01-08T00:58:53Z")
1. [Patricia Clarkson](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3972/Events/3972/PatriciaCl_Kambo_6812728_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Clarkson,%20Patricia) - she just seems like such a nice lady (not to mention very pretty) 2. [Ginnifer Goodwin](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/3930/Events/3930/GinniferGo_Vespa_6689943_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Goodwin,%20Ginnifer) 3. [Carolina Kluft](http://www2.iaaf.org/Multimedia/Photo/wjc02/Women/CAROLINA.jpg) - I love athletic woman. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/4 "2006-01-08T01:43:29Z")
That picture of Carolina puts a specific idea in my head… ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/5 "2006-01-08T02:00:01Z")
[Allison Janney](http://www.fashiondish.com/issues/images/sep1500images/Janney%20500.jpg) [Laura Kightlinger](http://www.girlcomic.net/apr2k2/images/laurasizeone.jpg) [Suzanne Whang](http://www.womanintl.com/images/suzanne_roof-00010.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/6 "2006-01-08T02:12:40Z")
[Doug Jones](http://www.makeupmag.com/images/Content_Photos/DougJones.jpg). He played Abe Sapien in Hellboy (I have a bigger crush on the character of Abe, but let’s not go into that…). I think he’s kinda cute. The fact that he’s a real sweetie helps that - he seems very genuine and kind. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/7 "2006-01-08T02:19:51Z")
[Amber Benson](http://www.amberbenson.co.uk/ab1.jpg) . Y’all can have Alyson. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/8 "2006-01-08T02:51:02Z")
I’ve had a weird “crush” on Patricia Neal ever since I read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when I was 5. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/9 "2006-01-08T04:00:16Z")
Jena Malone is an unusual celebrity crush? Hm. Well, her, then. She’s my imaginary girlfriend. 🙂 (note: She’s only a year and a half older than I am, so the only creepiness is that I’m a girl.) I second Allison Janney, although that is a _scary_ picture. I’ve had a shameless crush on [“Weird Al” Yankovic](http://photos.lacoccinelle.net/18/94/1894.jpg) since 1999 (when he ditched the glasses and grew out the fro). ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/10 "2006-01-08T04:13:28Z")
[Tony Shalhoub](http://us.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0312172/Ss/0312172/MONK_USA_000096-lowres.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Shalhoub,%20Tony) - Just started watching Monk, and saw the third episode - there are moments in it where he is so sexy to me. Goodness only knows why. Can’t find a picture, but I loved Will Patton in Entrapment, 70’s mustache and all. Oh - and the guy who played the captain in King Kong. Yum. Susan ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/11 "2006-01-08T04:50:18Z")
> [@ErinPuff](#): > > Jena Malone is an unusual celebrity crush? Hm. Well, her, then. She’s my imaginary girlfriend. 🙂 (note: She’s only a year and a half older than I am, so the only creepiness is that I’m a girl.) Creepy? She’s fully legal at 21. I’d still have a crush on her if she were 16, though, and the reason I included her is mostly for her obscurity. I’ve watched a lot of her movies but that’s only because I hunted them out. Most people know her only as “that girl from _Saved!_”, if that. Also, I called dibs by naming her first. So hands off. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/12 "2006-01-08T05:30:15Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > That picture of Carolina puts a specific idea in my head… That’s kinda why I picked the picture I did. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/13 "2006-01-08T05:45:19Z")
When I was a kid, I had a crush on [Gilligan](http://www.sscastaway.com/gilbig.jpg). I’m pretty sure I was the only one. I’ve also had crushes on Steve Martin and Tony Shaloub, as previous posters have mentioned. Add to that: [Danny Kaye](http://www.classicmoviemusicals.com/kaye1a.jpg) Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce on MASH [Jim Hutton](http://www.cinefania.com/pics/personas/4/4753.jpg) as Ellery Queen (Tim’s father) Phil Hartman Conan O’Brien [Craig Ferguson](http://www.severed-dreams.net/craigferguson/Captures/Grace/grace47.jpg) [Matt Perry as “Chandler Bing”](http://adpush.dreamscape.com/cgi/friends/perry.jpg) [Jon Stewart](http://jon.happyjoyfun.net/pics_ae/elmo/elmopalooza18.jpg) [Gregory Hines](http://www.uttyl.edu/news/2002/oct21/GIFS/hineslg.jpg) [“Sully”](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2184/Events/2184/JasonWiles_Count_1827583_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Sudduth,%20Skipp) from Third Watch [Michael Palin](http://www.finiu.perfect.net.pl/obrazki/palin2.jpg) Ben Stiller Kevin Spacey Robin Williams Yeah, I like the funny boys. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/14 "2006-01-08T05:56:30Z")
:eek: at Amber Benson. Nothing unusual about having _that_ crush. My weirdest crush was on “erotic performer” Felecia (sorry, no pictures - NSFW). I also had a thang for both Jewel and Alanis Morrisette. However, since they refused to fight it out over me, I was forced to turn to a [real woman](http://imdb.com/name/nm0004989/). And yes, being married is much nicer. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/15 "2006-01-08T06:23:50Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > Yeah, I like the funny boys. When I was a kid I had a crush on just about anyone funny. I think that’s how I get all the weird celebrity crushes. Sometimes when someone’s being funny they act really sexy as a joke, and they can act really really dirty because it’s only kidding. Especially if that person normally looks or acts like he isn’t very sexy, then I’ll get a crush on him for sure. If he normally wears a suit, then it’s twice as bad. That’s how I have this huge crush on Stephen Colbert. It boggles my mind how he just looks like a dad, but then in the back of my mind I remember him being naked or having hot gay emergency sex in the bathroom on Strangers with Candy. So mine is **Stephen Colbert**. He’s completely out of control hot. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/16 "2006-01-08T06:41:42Z")
I used to have a huge crush on Jerry Lewis, way back when he was partnered with Dean Martin, and thin (early '50s). Adrian Brody Dick van Dyke, back when he did the _Dick van Dyke Show._ Frank Zappa Kobe Bryant ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/17 "2006-01-08T07:03:13Z")
> [@AlbertRose](#): > > My weirdest crush was on “erotic performer” Felecia (sorry, no pictures - NSFW). I remember Felecia! Great tan lines, typically only performed in scenes with other women. For me, I have an amazing attraction to Fran Drescher, to the point where I catch myself lingering on _The Nanny_ reruns on Lifetime before realizing I hate the show and don’t even care for her character that much. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/18 "2006-01-08T07:26:41Z")
For several years in the 1990s, I had a crush on Christopher Walken. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/19 "2006-01-08T07:41:32Z")
[Sean Bean](http://www.jamiehughesphotography.com/celebbandw/images/seanbean.jpg) William H. Macy [Adam Baldwin](http://bestof.provocateuse.com/images/photos/adam_baldwin_99.jpg) [Giles](http://www.tailkinker.com/convention/people/autograph/thead.jpg) was far and away the [hottest](http://us.ent4.yimg.com/tv.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/tv_pix/upn/buffy_the_vampire_slayer_cast_photos/anthony_stewart_head/buffy2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952/20 "2006-01-08T07:43:53Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > [Sean Bean](http://www.jamiehughesphotography.com/celebbandw/images/seanbean.jpg) > William H. Macy > [Adam Baldwin](http://bestof.provocateuse.com/images/photos/adam_baldwin_99.jpg) > [Giles](http://www.tailkinker.com/convention/people/autograph/thead.jpg) was far and away the [hottest](http://us.ent4.yimg.com/tv.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/tv_pix/upn/buffy_the_vampire_slayer_cast_photos/anthony_stewart_head/buffy2.jpg) …aaaaaand to finish that thought… :smack: [man](http://www.handbag.com/graphics/library4/Anthony-Stewart-Head.jpg) on _Buffy_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-celebrity-crushes/338952.md?page=2)