That guy in those Dos Equis commercials? Actor.
Who is really The Most Interesting Man in the World?
A guy at the bar I frequent says he met him at some party and says he talks like the “whitest of white guys”, what ever that means to said Guy-At-Bar…
What makes you think he was an actor?
There are a bunch of them although it usually takes a long time for their stories to get out. Ernest Shackleton,
Simo Häyhä (the White Death and Audie Murphy come to mind as fairly recent historical example although they are all dead now. They were all so bad-ass that their real stories would seem contrived if you made them into a movie (ironically, Audie Murphy became a movie star after his service and military awards).
For living people, I had a friend that ran into Tim Berners-Lee in a local bar in Boston. My friend was young and dumb and didn’t know much about computers (this was the late 1990’s) yet they had a great time drinking together. It wasn’t until someone recognized him that he even had the slightest clue that his new buddy was somebody notable. He told me about it and asked me if I ever heard of of him and my only reaction was :eek: It is pretty impressive to get drunk with the person that invented the web and they don’t even mention it until asked.
I heard he once auditioned for a part in a movie, and the production had to shut itself down when they realized the movie they were making wasn’t good enough for him.
Ranulph Fiennes is as interesting as the come, and still alive.
In one of his books, Martin Gardner pointed out that somewhere exists the Least Interesting Person In the World, who, if discovered, would instantly become the Most Interesting.
Wab Kinew
( Of course it’s subjective! But right now, for me, in my world, this is my choice. He’s a very intriguing guy! )
Only one guy on the planet served in combat before earning a doctorate before walking on the moon, and two-fisted author Buzz Aldrin has stories to tell.
Let me know if he is ever interviewed by Rex Murphy, the other most interesting man in the world.
Arlo Guthrie had a song about the Least Interesting Person In the World:
Y’know how, when you’re down, somebody will tell you, “You ain’t got it so bad; just look at that guy.” And it makes you feel better that there’s somebody that’s got it worse than you. And then somebody else will tell *that *guy the same thing about some other guy. Eventually, you get to the Last Guy. * Nobody *has it worse than the Last Guy. What’s more, nobody even cares. If someone points him out, people will just say, “Eh, its the Last Guy. Screw him.”
(This was the intro to The Pause of Mr. Claus.)
You mean The Buzz Aldrin, right?
There’s a story about Armstrong talking with a well-traveled couple and pressing them endlessly for details about their visits to far corners of the world. They, of course, kept pressing him for details about the moon. When they asked why he kept asking about their travels, he said, “because I’ve never been anywhere BUT the moon!”
Donald Trump is interesting in a similar way that anthrax is interesting – from a distance, wearing protective gear.
Pete Goss is pretty damn interesting. He has circumnavigated the globe solo in a sailboat multiple times. During the 1996 Vendée Globe solo around the world yacht race he barely made it through a hurricane when he learned that fellow racer Raphaël Dinelli had abandoned his ship.
Goss came about and headed back into the storm, eventually somehow finding and saving Dinelli.
Kim il sung is, at least according to the people afraid of being sent to a concentration camp he is.
Boxed the Dalai Lama, check. Oldest man to go to the North Pole on foot, check. Performed on a power metal track, check. Hunts yetis, check. Three Everest attempts, check. Acted on stage, TV and in movies, check. Arguably the world’s shoutiest man, check.
Ladies and gents, may I present Mr Brian Blessed.
Champion powerlifter who spent a week in a military prison after going AWOL to win a bodybuilding contest; went on to become a seven-time Mr. Olympia before becoming the biggest movie star in the world; twice elected Governor of California as America’s most famous immigrant. What, like I have to say it? I’m not going to say it.
Cecil Adams.
I read a biography of Robert Ripley (the “Believe-it-or-not” guy) and his life seemed pretty darn interesting! His childhood was interesting, as was his rise to fame, then all of his travels and even the time he spent at home.
Peter Lake. Here’s his bio on IMDB. Highlights include: parachuting into the Andes to find lost Incan cities, working on the movie “The Deep”, producing music videos and commercials for Donna Summer, Kiss, Village People and Parliament-Funkadelics, and infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan to expose them to the authorities. Not mentioned in the article, but also among his exploits, he arranged the purchase of several dozen South American slaves for the express purpose of granting them their freedom.
He’s an amazing, amazing guy, and a friend of mine. He’s without a doubt the most interesting person I’ve ever met, and very possibly the most interesting man alive.