# Who is the guy in the Apple commercials?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 28, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-guy-in-the-apple-commercials/362482 "2006-06-28T13:09:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![LemonPledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@LemonPledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LemonPledge)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-guy-in-the-apple-commercials/362482/1 "2006-06-28T13:09:11Z")

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Who is that guy on the new Apple commercials – the younger guy who plays the Apple computer? I know I’ve seen him somewhere.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-guy-in-the-apple-commercials/362482/2 "2006-06-28T13:15:18Z")

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I’ve seen him in the movie GalaxyQuest. He was the fanboy who knew details of the ship.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-guy-in-the-apple-commercials/362482/3 "2006-06-28T13:16:34Z")

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The new Herbie movie, too, God help me.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-guy-in-the-apple-commercials/362482/4 "2006-06-28T13:17:26Z")

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Looks like I’ve seen [Justin Long](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519043/) in Dodgeball also.

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**Author:** ![LemonPledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@LemonPledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LemonPledge)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-guy-in-the-apple-commercials/362482/5 "2006-06-28T13:20:55Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> I’ve seen him in the movie GalaxyQuest. He was the fanboy who knew details of the ship.

Ahhhhhh, I think that’s where I remember him from too. Thanks.  
Love that movie.

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**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-guy-in-the-apple-commercials/362482/6 "2006-06-28T13:24:48Z")

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He was also in the TV show Ed.

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**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-guy-in-the-apple-commercials/362482/7 "2006-06-28T13:35:36Z")

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The PC guy, by the way, is John Hodgman, master of surrealist deadpan. He’s the originator of [Little Gray Book Lectures,](http://www.littlegraybooks.com/), has been featured on This American Life (notably in the “Flight or Invisibility?” segment in the [Superpowers](http://thislife.org/pages/descriptions/01/178.html) show), and now, one is pleased to observe, is a frequent contributor to The Daily Show.