00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at high-IQ celebrities in modern times, based
00:10on existing evidence and various reports from different outlets.
00:13Also, we aren't claiming these are the smartest celebs, this is just about the numbers.
00:17You're not someone who started off wanting to be in movies, did you?
00:20No.
00:21You got a degree in... is it chemical engineering?
00:22Chemical engineering, yeah.
00:25Number 10, Mayim Bialik.
00:26While the main characters on The Big Bang Theory, except for Penny, are all geniuses,
00:30at least one of the actors playing them is as well, or at least, according to her reported
00:34IQ score of somewhere between 153 and 160.
00:38Really?
00:39Is that what you think?
00:40Yes, that's what I think, and I'm super smart, so it's probably true.
00:45Mayim Bialik played a neurobiologist on the show, but in real life, the actress has a
00:49doctorate in neuroscience, which she got at UCLA, a fact that was actually referenced
00:54on the show prior to Bialik becoming a cast member.
00:56You know who is apparently very smart?
00:58It's the girl who played TV's Blossom.
00:59She got a PhD in neuroscience or something.
01:03And for the record, we would definitely want Mayim Bialik on our physics bowl team.
01:07I really want to eat this banana, but it's stuck inside this bamboo puzzle box.
01:15Number 9, Sharon Stone.
01:17While numerous actresses turned down the role of Katherine Trammell in 1992's Basic Instinct,
01:21Sharon Stone was smart enough to say yes to the role that would make her a star.
01:30And speaking of smart, Ms. Stone doesn't just get high marks for her beauty and acting
01:34ability.
01:35Stone has a beautiful brain as well, one that had her starting grade 2 when she was just
01:435 years old, and one that has given her an IQ score that is reported to be somewhere
01:47in the low to mid-150s.
01:53Number 8, Conan O'Brien.
01:55When it comes to being funny, hosting late night talk shows, and even doing an invisible
01:59string dance, there's no doubting the fact that Conan O'Brien is exceptionally gifted.
02:09But those words could also be used to describe his placement on the IQ scale.
02:13For those unaware of the scale, the exceptionally gifted range begins at 160, and goes all
02:17the way to 179.
02:18O'Brien, who was valedictorian of his high school class, and graduated magna cum laude
02:28from Harvard University in 1985, has an IQ that stands at 160.
02:38Number 7, Dolph Lundgren.
02:40Dolph Lundgren is a perfect example of don't judge a book by its cover, or more precisely,
02:45don't judge an actor's IQ by the characters they play.
02:50Lundgren made his name as a martial artist and action star, and has always been known
02:54more for his big muscles than his big brain.
03:05But did you know that he speaks fluent English and Swedish, and can speak a little French,
03:09German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish as well?
03:12He also has a master's degree in chemical engineering, and received a Fulbright scholarship
03:16to MIT.
03:17Although he left to become an actor, his IQ is reported to be 160.
03:29Number 6, Matt Damon.
03:31Matt Damon didn't just play a wicked smart guy in Good Will Hunting.
03:34He is one.
03:35There aren't saying that Damon could have solved the math problems that Will Hunting
03:38does in the movie, and Damon wouldn't say that either.
03:46But he did write the very first draft of the script that would become Good Will Hunting,
03:49for a theater course he was taking at the prestigious Harvard University.
03:57And as for his IQ, while we have seen it listed at 143, most places report Damon to be sporting
04:02an even more impressive 160 IQ.
04:10Number 5, Ashton Kutcher.
04:12While many of the characters he's played have IQs that we can only assume would be
04:15lucky to hit high double digits, Ashton Kutcher himself has an IQ well past 100.
04:24Yep, the guy who played Michael Kelso in The Dude That Couldn't Find His Car has an IQ
04:30that's higher than most of you.
04:36Unless your IQ is 161, because according to most reports, Kutcher's comes in at 160.
04:42Although we've also seen sources claim it's only 154.
04:45Either way, it's quite an impressive number, and no, you aren't being punked.
04:56Number 4, Quentin Tarantino.
04:58Have you ever met a high school dropout with an 163 IQ?
05:01Well, if you've met Quentin Tarantino, then yes you have.
05:04Although some reports list Tarantino with an 160 IQ rather than 163.
05:15He was living in Los Angeles at the time when he decided that Narbonne High School in Harbor
05:19City just wasn't for him.
05:24He had a number of jobs before eventually making it to Sundance with Reservoir Dogs
05:28and launching himself to fame and a directing career that rivals many of the best to ever
05:32do it.
05:39Number 3, Rowan Atkinson.
05:41Electrical engineering isn't very funny, but it is what Rowan Atkinson devoted much of
05:45his time to before taking the comedic path we are all familiar with.
05:54Before there was Blackadder and before there was Mr. Bean, there was Atkinson graduating
05:57with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and he followed that
06:01up with a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Queens College, Oxford.
06:06So what's his IQ you ask?
06:08Would you be impressed if we told you it was 170?
06:10Well, if so, you'll be even more impressed when we tell you Atkinson's IQ is actually
06:15reported to be 178.
06:25Number 2, James Woods.
06:26What did you get on your SATs?
06:28If you answered 1579, then you have something in common with actor James Woods.
06:36Woods studied at MIT and was on a path to become an eye surgeon, but dropped out before
06:40graduating in order to do the whole acting thing.
06:43Based on that massively impressive SAT score, reports have Woods' IQ at 180 or 184, depending
06:48on who you ask.
06:49And to put that high number in a little context, Einstein's IQ has been estimated by many
06:54to have been around 160.
07:00Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
07:03Jim Carrey.
07:04The Dumb and Dumber Star has a reported IQ of 153.
07:15Goldie Hawn.
07:16Hawn is in Mensa with her 140 plus IQ.
07:26Danica McKellar.
07:27Danica McKellar has an 154 IQ and a mathematical theory named after her.
07:40Ayesha Tyler.
07:41Tyler is beautiful, funny, talented, and rocking a reported 156 IQ.
07:51Lisa Kudrow.
07:52Kudrow's reported IQ is 154.
07:55Insert your own Phoebe joke here.
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08:18Number 1.
08:19Brian May.
08:20How many rock guitar astrophysicists are there?
08:23We don't know, but we do know there's at least one of them.
08:26And that man is Brian May.
08:33Rolling Stone ranked him as the 33rd greatest guitarist of all time, and a Guitar World
08:37Reader's Poll ranked him at number 2.
08:39But neither of those numbers is as impressive as the number 180, which happens to be May's
08:43reported IQ.
08:44We've even seen some sources list it a tad higher than 181.
08:48And that astrophysicist thing ain't no gimmick either.
08:51Not only does May have a PhD in the field, he's also worked with NASA as a science team
08:55collaborator.
08:56It's NASA, ladies and gentlemen, taking us out into the very edges of the solar system
09:01to Pluto and beyond.
09:03And he wrote We Will Rock You and Fat Bottom Girls.
09:05Enough said.
09:11Which of these high IQs surprised you the most?
09:14Let us know in the comments.
09:15What is 15 plus 17?
09:1832.
09:19Yeah.
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