Another Top 10 Smartest Celebrities

these folks have a lot going for them including brains welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for another top 10 smartest celebrities before we begin we publish new videos every day so be sure to subscribe for more great content for this list we've looked at celebrities who are far more than just a pretty face however those who achieved fame as a direct result of their intelligence do not qualify in short the intelligence of contenders should not be what they are most famous for that being said if your favorite Brainiac celebrity didn't make our list be sure to check out our original list of the top 10 smartest celebrities number 10 Matt Damon that's gonna last until next year you're gonna be in here regurgitating Gordon wood talking about you know the pre-revolutionary utopia and the capital forming Effects of military mobilization does life imitate art or does art imitate life a young Matt Damon may suggest the latter as his breakout work and Good Will Hunting told the story of an incredibly talented young man forced to face his past and live up to his potential at the prestigious Harvard University Damon actually began working on the award-winning screenplay during a playwriting class he was taking at you guessed it Harvard University one Scene survives actually from that from what I handed in with what eventually became Good Will Hunting this of course skyrocketed him to fame and his light has hardly dimmed since then but it did cut short his studies technically making Damon just short of being a college grad but take a look past the charisma and good looks and you'll find a well-spoken very bright men as well I hope you'll turn toward the problem of your choosing I hope you'll drop everything and I hope you'll solve it number 9 Edward Norton a man what do you really listen to this it's an article written by an organ in the first person the first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club Norton seemingly applied this logic to Yale as he's modestly allowed this impressive era of his life to fly largely under the radar a back injury forced him to give up the glory of rowing and take a stab at theatres but Edward actually began a promising career in business before fully transitioning to film moving to Japan after graduation to consult the nonprofit enterprise community partners Norton spoke fluent Japanese although his vocab has become limited since and remains on the company's Board of Trustees to this day number 8 rashida Jones I'm not gonna talk for long cuz I have to pee again it's not to pee every six minutes cuz of a beach ball in my stomach that's punching on my bladder with notable roles in Parks and Recreation the office and the social network to name a few Jones has more than her fair share of enviable accomplishments she also has a considerable head on her shoulders so the moral of the story is if you make out with someone in levered old library you're guaranteed at least a network sitcom yet another Harvard alum Jones successfully graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in comparative religion in 1997 she actually had plans to become a lawyer but the OJ Simpson trial allegedly left her jaded instead 1997 saw her take her first step into the limelight with a role in the Mario Puzo miniseries the last dawn before catching her major break on Boston Public and things have only been on the up-and-up ever since get out of this office get out of my life number 7 Steve Martin you know the killer was a man or women it takes a true genius to play a fool and Steve's had his fair share of roles as the sucker he's also a member of Mensa an IQ Society only open to those in the 98th percentile or higher just take a look at his successful repertoire of work and it's clear that there is a high degree of headiness to it just rinna application form with books screenplays and music out there along with his many comedic roles this man can do it all Martin enrolled in philosophy at California State University and later UCLA originally intended to become a professor a path that instead led him straight to comedy because number six Emma Watson you may know her best as the incredibly intelligent witch Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series and Watson had plenty of inspiration to draw upon for her role in 2011 she became a student while maintaining her acting career working towards a degree in English literature from Brown University while also studying for a time at Oxford Watson is clearly quite well-spoken and her UN Women campaigns more than proven the only downside to all this trying to avoid imaginary points for Gryffindor from unruly classmates whenever she answers a question number five Ken Jeong your spectacular breasts mean nothing to me it's not appropriate at all he could totally lose his license there's probably a good chance your first introduction to this actor was a full view of his unmentionables in his side-splitting performance in the hangover is it a surprise to hear he would also be more than prepared to save your life on a minutes notice ken Jeong studied pre-med at Duke University and got his MD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seven years I worked full-time hey not too many actors can transition to a six-figure job at a hospital if the rolls dry up during his early days Chong actually would split his time between treating patients and taking comedy gigs before his big break as a doctor in knocked up would you smoke cigarettes do you smoke on occasion when was the last time you had one big number for Geena Davis handbook for the recently diseased deceased they say if you say Beetlejuice three times in a row a Mensa member who's fluent in Swedish with an IQ of 140 will appear your Excellencies and honored guests there's my aesthetic that it proven a game I've bought ahead a challenge while Davis may be most associated with Thelma & Louise and Beetlejuice she's put her impressive intelligence to good use as well notably Jena received an honorary Doctorate from Bates College in 2009 for research on gender studies in the media Hey it's not easy to be an Olympic caliber athlete Academy award-winning actress and noted genius but this triple threat is accomplished number three Jon Stewart Jesus Mohammed and Moses all went to the same high school there if anyone ever tries to make the argument that stand-up comedy is a fool's profession Jon Stewart is more or less the definitive counter-argument to this claim before his historic stint on The Daily Show Stewart studied at the College of William and Mary majoring in psychology Thank You mr. president I had forgotten how crushing lead all these ceremonies are thank you despite his clear intelligence he decided to bounce around to various odd jobs while taking a stab at comedy clubs in New York City today Stewart has left his mark in film literature TV and more his influence is widespread and his knack for entertainment with wait continues to permeate our culture despite the fact that he walked away from the show that made him a household name number 2 Sharon Stone did you kill mr. Boz mr. Amell I'd have to be pretty stupid to write a book about killing and then kill somebody the way I described it in my book Stone is an Academy Award nominated actress and a certain leg crossing scene in Basic Instinct has reached nearly legendary status in film lore but she's also undoubtedly the smartest person in most rooms she walks into at age 15 while most of us were working on getting our learner's permit Sharon was awarded a college scholarship to Edinboro University where she studied creative writing and Fine Arts stupid with an IQ of 154 Stone is comfortably in the top portion of the 99th percentile qualifying for but never actually joining Mensa it wouldn't be hard wouldn't be hard at all before we unveil our number one pick here are some honorable mentions I think the last certificate of merit I received as my cycling proficiency so I'm wondering if you have any background in education of course I worked at a school for three years you did I know how like actor radiometry sounds yeah I have a master's degree in poetry so number one Quentin Tarantino I don't need you to tell me how good my coffee is okay I'm gonna buys it I know how good it is don't get any ideas but Tarantino dropped out of high school and landed a job at a porn theater this behavior may not appear emblematic of a genius but he's undeniably just that it's not a place for smart people Jerry yes a slew of films that are considered masterpieces may indicate his prowess but the Pulp Fiction director had set himself apart from the rest of the world long before that with a nearly unheard of IQ of 160 for reference this puts him squarely in the 99.99 sixth percentile right next to legendary theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking truly a poster child of structured education sort Cummings Tarantino was destined to shake things up from the very beginning but at the same time though yeah there's a lot more to competition but also those crappy movies aren't competition it thing is like dynamite do you agree with our picks check out these other great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day

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Length: 10min 1sec (601 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 25 2017