Who's the Most Famous Person You Know or Knew?

[Skwim]

Preferably this would be on a first name basis, but even a handshake of mutual recognition will qualify.

The most famous person I knew is probably the late Dave Margulies, who played the accountant Larry Goldie in the movie All That Jazz, the doctor in Ace Ventra Pet Detective, Harvey in 9 1/2 Weeks, the mayor in the Ghost Busters movies, and in many TV shows including Tony's lawyer Neil Mink in the Sopranos.​

As Lenny Clotch the mayor ................................................................................As Neil Mink​

Filmography

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (1972) as Walter Mitty
The Front (1976) as Phelps
Last Embrace (1979) as Rabbi Josh Drexel
All That Jazz (1979) as Larry Goldie
Night-Flowers (1979) as Psychiatrist
Hide in Plain Sight (1980) as Detective Reilly
Dressed to Kill (1980) as Dr. Levy
Times Square (1980) as Dr. Zymansky
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) as Walter Kress
Daniel (1983) as Dr. Duberstein
Ghostbusters (1984) as Mayor Lenny Clotch
9½ Weeks (1986) as Harvey
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) as Mr. Farber
Candy Mountain (1987) as Lawyer
Ishtar (1987) as Mr. Clarke
Magic Sticks (1987) as Goldfarb
Running on Empty (1988) as Dr. Jonah Reiff
Ghostbusters II (1989) as Lenny Clotch, the mayor of New York City
Funny About Love (1990) as Dr. Benjamin
A Stranger Among Us (1992) as Lt. Oliver
Out on a Limb (1992) as Mr. Buchenwald
Day of Atonement (1992) (English version, voice)
Family Prayers (1993) as Uncle Sam
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) as Doctor
Hudson River Blues (1997) as Stan
Lifebreath (1997) as Abe Gross
Celebrity (1998) as Counselor Adelman
Man of the Century (1999) as Mr. Meyerscholtz
Looking for an Echo (2000) as Dr. Ludwig
Bought & Sold (2003) as Kutty Nazarian
Invitation to a Suicide (2004) as Roman Malek
Whiskey School (2005) as Rex Michaels
Ira & Abby (2006) as Dr. Arnold Friedman
Noise (2007) as Heart Attack Man
All Good Things (2010) as Mayor
Roadie (2011) as Don Muller
The Girl on the Train (2013) as Morris Herzman
Fading Gigolo (2013) as Chief Rebbe
A Most Violent Year (2014) as Saul Lefkowitz
License Plates (2016) as Jacob
Adam Bloom (2016) as Harris Sutton (final film role)
Curmudgeons (2016) (short film) as Ralph​

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[sun rise]

I know someone who went to school with Jerry Garcia but that's too far to really count. Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin at a demonstration back in the day would be closest but without a handshake.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

well, "locally known" or "known in field" including a number of politicians, sports figures, and other miscellaneous celebrities, but no one with national or international cache. And I'm pretty sure none of them would recall me now.

One of my favorites was Kevin Duckworth, 7-0 and close to 300 lbs, who played center for EIU and later the Portland Trailblazers. I took a picture of him dunking the ball (at EIU), with his shoe taking up a good portion of the frame...he landed on top of me a fraction of a second later. He'd say "hi" and ask if I was still okay every game after that...

Another fun one was getting to take pictures of Burl Ives, of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer fame. He was also an EIU alum.

 

[Twilight Hue]

The closest was Rick James. Looong time ago. He was my cousin's neighbor (Few doors away) who had visited Rick at his house on occasions although I never met him personally, but it's the closest I've came to anyone of mass recognition but I missed the opportunity to meet him myself.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

Preferably this would be on a first name basis, but even a handshake of mutual recognition will qualify.

The most famous person I knew is probably the late Dave Margulies, who played the accountant Larry Goldie in the movie All That Jazz, the doctor in Ace Ventra Pet Detective, Harvey in 9 1/2 Weeks, the mayor in the Ghost Busters movies, and in many TV shows including Tony's lawyer Neil Mink in the Sopranos.​

As Lenny Clotch the mayor ................................................................................As Neil Mink​

Filmography

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (1972) as Walter Mitty
The Front (1976) as Phelps
Last Embrace (1979) as Rabbi Josh Drexel
All That Jazz (1979) as Larry Goldie
Night-Flowers (1979) as Psychiatrist
Hide in Plain Sight (1980) as Detective Reilly
Dressed to Kill (1980) as Dr. Levy
Times Square (1980) as Dr. Zymansky
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) as Walter Kress
Daniel (1983) as Dr. Duberstein
Ghostbusters (1984) as Mayor Lenny Clotch
9½ Weeks (1986) as Harvey
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) as Mr. Farber
Candy Mountain (1987) as Lawyer
Ishtar (1987) as Mr. Clarke
Magic Sticks (1987) as Goldfarb
Running on Empty (1988) as Dr. Jonah Reiff
Ghostbusters II (1989) as Lenny Clotch, the mayor of New York City
Funny About Love (1990) as Dr. Benjamin
A Stranger Among Us (1992) as Lt. Oliver
Out on a Limb (1992) as Mr. Buchenwald
Day of Atonement (1992) (English version, voice)
Family Prayers (1993) as Uncle Sam
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) as Doctor
Hudson River Blues (1997) as Stan
Lifebreath (1997) as Abe Gross
Celebrity (1998) as Counselor Adelman
Man of the Century (1999) as Mr. Meyerscholtz
Looking for an Echo (2000) as Dr. Ludwig
Bought & Sold (2003) as Kutty Nazarian
Invitation to a Suicide (2004) as Roman Malek
Whiskey School (2005) as Rex Michaels
Ira & Abby (2006) as Dr. Arnold Friedman
Noise (2007) as Heart Attack Man
All Good Things (2010) as Mayor
Roadie (2011) as Don Muller
The Girl on the Train (2013) as Morris Herzman
Fading Gigolo (2013) as Chief Rebbe
A Most Violent Year (2014) as Saul Lefkowitz
License Plates (2016) as Jacob
Adam Bloom (2016) as Harris Sutton (final film role)
Curmudgeons (2016) (short film) as Ralph​

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Not a lot of people know it but I'm famous.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I played ping pong once with Kevin McHale:

Kevin McHale (basketball) - Wikipedia

His reach gave him an unreal advantage. And sadly he looks old in that six year old picture. I wonder what I look like

And I waited on Prince once when he came to the 24 hour joint I worked at in my youth. After playing a local venue before he hit the big time, but after everyone in Minneapolis knew he was going places.

 

[Axe Elf]

I had a friend in college who knew a guy whose mother went to the same laundromat as Jello Biafra's mother.

True story.


I've also dined in the Senate dining room in Washington with the likes of Bob Dole and John Glenn, but I doubt if they would have recognized me a week later.

I dated a gal who worked in real estate and was part of a team of agents working with Donald Trump on a property deal in Phoenix, but that was a good ten years before he became a political figure.

John Congleton is my Facebook friend.

 

[Woberts]

Way back in the day, I played Dungeons and Dragons with Gary Gygax. That means my Gygax number is 0. Beat that, nerds. (If you don't know what Dungeons and Dragons is, get out from under your rock. And Gary Gygax was the man mostly credited with creating D&D)
I also met Billie Joe Armstrong when he was on the Revolution Radio tour. That was awesome.

 

[Jesster]

I used to train in martial arts with Chuck Norris's stunt double, Chip Wright. The training kind of sucked and so did I.

 

[Axe Elf]

Way back in the day, I played Dungeons and Dragons with Gary Gygax. That means my Gygax number is 0. Beat that, nerds. (If you don't know what Dungeons and Dragons is, get out from under your rock. And Gary Gygax was the man mostly credited with creating D&D).

I am a distant relative of Gary Gygax (some kind of great grand uncle or something), but I never actually met him.

 

[David T]

Eddy Vedder of.pearl jam..I worked on his house for a year.. great guy and we interacted a lot.

Another was technology celebrity, Nathan myhrvold inventor of Windows and billionaire. I worked on his house for 4 years Interfaced with him daily. I signed a NDS that's all I can really say. And he was smart.

 

[Woberts]

Another was technology celebrity, Nathan myhrvold inventor of Windows and billionaire. I worked on his house for 4 years Interfaced with him daily. I signed a NDS that's all I can really say. And he was smart.

I have no idea what this is, can you explain? Unless you meant a non-disclosure agreement. *Whispers* and if you did, then tell us. They'll never find out.

 

[David T]

Not a lot of people know it but I'm famous.

Well that actually could be true and no one would know it.!!

I kinda suspected you were. It's empirical fact that that famous people, are nutty and your posts fit that profile. Not that there is, anything wrong with that!!

Actually I am kidding just to clarify...on the famous part that is. Ha!!! Kidding I just needed a lame excuse. to put the gif in.
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[Aldrnari]

Can't say I've ever known anyone famous, but my brother did go to school with the band members of MXPX.

Also, my group of friends knew this mysterious lady in the Ellensburg foothills we called "the crazy mountain lady" who was friends with Kevin Costner. He would come and visit her log cabin and stay from time to time. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to meet him myself.

 

[David T]

I have no idea what this is, can you explain? Unless you meant a non-disclosure agreement. *Whispers* and if you did, then tell us. They'll never find out.

Yes .... Well I can say that the NDS was not like the Stormy Daniels NDS with Donald Trump.Ha!!!

I never signed an NDS with Eddie but I wouldn't say much beyond he is a very very cool dude. It's like I don't say much about clients.

 

[YmirGF]

Cancer man from the X-Files was a client of mine before and during the shooting of the X-Files. Great guy and... a non-smoker.

William B. Davis (@William_B_Davis) | Twitter

He was a regular client with our computer store for about 3 years.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

I got to meet with and talk with Jane Goodall when I was younger. That was one of the highlights of my teen years.

 

[Revoltingest]

Cancer man from the X-Files was a client of mine before and during the shooting of the X-Files. Great guy and... a non-smoker.

William B. Davis (@William_B_Davis) | Twitter

He was a regular client with our computer store for about 3 years.

You win!
My lame arsched brush with minor league fame.....
I went to school with the guy who headed research for Reagan's Star Wars program.
He offered me a job in it.
I declined.
(Other things going on.)

 

[Revoltingest]

Not a lot of people know it but I'm famous.

How could you be famous if almost no one knows it?
That sort'a defines obscurity.
I, however, am well known among the people who know me well.

 

[sandy whitelinger]

How could you be famous if almost no one knows it?
That sort'a defines obscurity.
I, however, am well known among the people who know me well.

Notorious is your fame.