Nice Celebrities

branie

Which ones have you met? I saw Pauline Mclynn after her perfomance in The Taming of the Shrew, and I got her autograph. Very nice lady :-)

Ulysses Gaze

Steve Vai before his last gig in Dublin. Lovely guy, really modest and down to earth.

Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth in Dublin - Again very nice guy.

magnumlady

I met Jeff Wayne (The War of the Worlds) last year.....such a lovely man.

ItsAWindUp

Met Gary Linekar and his missus in Florence airport last August, he was very polite.

Diabhal Beag

Michelle Heaton was the nicest celeb I ever met TBH.

crazybaldhead

Met Brendan Gleeson a good few times and always found him extremely polite.

Michael B

crazybaldhead wrote: »

Met Brendan Gleeson a good few times and always found him extremely polite.

Used to serve him in Gibneys in Malahide a good few times, always a really nice man. Everyone in Malahide only has good things to say about him (can't say the same for some other local celebs here!)

Have also served Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neeson and they were true gents.

I've noticed that the bigger the celebrity, often the nicer the person.

Thumpette

Served Johnny Briggs (Mike Balwin from corrie) when i was working in a hotel years ago- absolute gent!

HipLady

met ray darcy years back, as always he had a big hearty smile..and a full head of hair then 2!

LimeFruitGum

Jimmy Magee... absolute sweetheart.
I was in the audience for a kids' show many years ago. After the show, I went autograph hunting around RTE and he helped me get Peter Collins' autograph and a couple of Fair City people (now long gone from the show) :-)

pitkan

Roly is the only person I ever met. Served him petrol one night on his way to a gig when he was at the height of his popularity...around the time of his `Hello Darling` chart hit.

sambora

Kevin Spacey is a lovely guy!!

waltersobchak

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Steve Vai before his last gig in Dublin. Lovely guy, really modest and down to earth.

Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth in Dublin - Again very nice guy.

Im jealous as fu*k:cool: I met Joe Satriani and he's also unbelievably modest, friendly and down to earth..

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Pierce Brosnan. His smile nearly blinded me but he was sound

PeterIanStaker

Kerry King & Jeff Hannemann are extremely sound. As are the guys from Mastodon.

jacko1

Terry O'Quinn (John Locke - Lost) - really nice guy

not_xanthor

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

Kerry King & Jeff Hannemann are extremely sound

*********envy*********

Rubberlegs

This is going back a few years now but used to see Ryan Tubridy a lot around Waterford. He was in the Book Centre one day and my mother and daughter went over to him, I got an attack of the shys, I know, I'm such a wuss:rolleyes:. Anyway he chatted away to them and was asking my daughter what books she read etc. She asked him for a Holey Moley mug, twas the time he was doing the Full Irish on 2FM. So he told her write to him and remind him that she had met him, and sure enough she got the mug. Still have it, on top of fridge, full of biros:D. Nice dude, and very, very tall:p

minister poxbottle

alex higgins
mick mc carthy
joey dunlop
robbie dunlop
ken doherty
ian dempsey
donal mc cann
barry devlin
the guy that plays dinny byrne

ALL GENTLEMEN

Rubberlegs

Yeah, the Dunlops were true gents, always made time for a word with you. Met Mick McCarthy, Terry Wogan and Ronnie Corbett years ago playing some kind of golf tournament at the golf course on road where I grew up, all very nice. Nell McCafferty is lovely, also, mad as a hatter, met her through work.

No1XtinaFan

Jamie Carragher!

Was in his restaurant last year, I am a HUGE fan of his! Myself my oh and our 2 friends where sitting there going, imagine Jamie Carragher walked in now and he did! With his 2 kids! He was lovely too, I really didn't want to disturb him coz he was with the family and about to get food but I would have regretted it so badly aftterwards! He was lovely and posed for a pic with my! My oh was delighted, he said he had a very firm hand shake as well!!!!!!

Degsy

Saw Louis Walsh in Marks N Spencers yesterday,spoke to him briefly,he was very pleasant and seemed very down to earth.

Eve_Dublin

Ian Dempsey. He used to come to the coffee shop I worked in in Dublin about 4 years ago and used to chat to me when I was round the side having a smoke. I tried to play it cool but I he was my first crush as a kid.

Oh and Dave Couse....ex lead singer of Irish band A House. He chatted to me for ages after a solo gig in London and gave me a t-shrt and copy of his CD and asked me did I want to go for pint! Sound!

helimachoptor

Went for a pint with John Shea (not not the player) in NY a few years ago.

billymitchell

Played footie with Woody Harrleson & Stuart Townsend last week, really down to earth nice guys

randytylor

I like the megan fox I have seen her in one glamour show. She is really gorgeous and Since then I fell on her. I really very much attract to her as she were looking very hot. But I did not like that she was with her BF Austin.

blueser

randytylor wrote: »

I like the megan fox I have seen her in one glamour show. She is really gorgeous and Since then I fell on her. I really very much attract to her as she were looking very hot. But I did not like that she was with her BF Austin.

Er; not quite got the gist
of this thread, have you?

cjmcork

The mammy and sister met Louis Walsh and gushed about him for weeks afterwards (the Mammy wasn't a fan before she met him, but loves him now)...........

I met Eddie Izzard YEARS ago in Cork, backstage at the everyman, and he was a dotey-pet!

babygirlz

Simon Le Bon and Richard E Grant, I thought they were both lovely

washiskin

babygirlz wrote: »

Simon Le Bon

If I could go any greener with envy I would.....

I've always heard that he was sound out.

Wonkagirl

Brian O'driscoll.. very obliging when it comes to visiting sick fans in hospitals, posing for fotos with fans, chatting etc.. no airs or graces about him like some of the rugby set

Wonkagirl

Degsy wrote: »

Saw Louis Walsh in Marks N Spencers yesterday,spoke to him briefly,he was very pleasant and seemed very down to earth.

that's gas, i've seen him in M&S too- the one on grafton st? was picking up a packet of mange tout at the same time as him, you know the way you think u know these people- i said ''ah howerya louis' like he was an old friend, forgetting he wasnt.. he was nice tho, didnt run away or anything

j1974

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Michelle Heaton was the nicest celeb I ever met TBH.

I thought they said Celebs????? not eejits... isn't she the ex band mamber who appears like an oompah loompa!!

Wonkagirl

j1974 wrote: »

I thought they said Celebs????? not eejits... isn't she the ex band mamber who appears like an oompah loompa!!

she is nice though- i've met her too- and lets face it, that's what qualifies as a celeb in this country, once you take bono out of the picture

j1974

I met stephen speilberg coming out of the royal dublin when he was making private ryan here, he was nice enough to smile and return a hello. also met clancy brown (screw from shawshank) in stephens green, he was very nice and polite. and also matthew mcconnaughy, was in our gym while making reign of fire, he is realy that laid back, and very approachable and well mannered, he'd even spot you and have a laugh if you were the only ones there, which was the case, cos I trained in the morning early.
also stupidly good looking and ridulously tanned to the point where I though he was black when I first saw him!! yeah training near the likes of him can certainly do nothing for your self image, BASTA*D!!!

Exclamation Marc

Frank Kelly was amazing to me when I was about 10. Met him in a Texaco station and asked for an autograph, completely without any autograph material. He said hang on, went in and bought me a Christmas card and wrote it out to me.

Will never forget it. Was a lovely thing to do.

Also David Beckham, met him after a United Chelsea game (my dads friend had arranged a VERY quick meet) and he gave me his match jersey and signed it for me.

Two absolute gents.

LimeFruitGum

FireballPitcher wrote: »

Frank Kelly was amazing to me when I was about 10. Met him in a Texaco station and asked for an autograph, completely without any autograph material. He said hang on, went in and bought me a Christmas card and wrote it out to me.

Will never forget it. Was a lovely thing to do.

Awwww! How sweet!

nermal15

The only celebrity I've ever met was John Hurt, but yeah he was nice!

Biggins

Met many a well known face but off the top of my head the below are nice:

* Mark Sheppard: Serenity, Battlestar Galacticia, Leverage, etc.
* Jewel Staite: Firefly/Serenity.
* Robert Patrick: Termanator 2, Stargate Atlantis, amid many other things.
* Nicholas Brendan: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other shows (some comedy).
* Danny Strong: Buffy, Angel, other shows.
* Clare Kramer: In some of the above shows. Now a close friend.
* Keith Szarabajka & Vincent Kartheiser From Angel. Two nice blokes. Vincent is barking mad though! LOL
* Armin Shimmerman and J.G. Hertzler: Buffy, Star Trek, and other shows and stage acting.
* J Rugust Richard: Above shows.
* Christian Kane: Leverage, Angel, etc. Seen him sing with "Kane" live a few times and met him later and chatted. One very humble bloke too.
* Steve Carson: The other half of the band "Kane" - equally a great bloke.
* Alice Krige: (Borg Queen) - A very soft speaking quiet woman. Very kind and generous to the public.

By far though amid the many that I work with, deal with and are friends, is Nathan Fillion.



An absolute charming gent of a man whom is very naturally funny, humble and NEVER forgets just how lucky he is to be doing what he is doing.
You invite him to a party and he becomes the life and soul of it. He's just a "gas" character.
Every time we (wife and I) meet him, is a very enjoyable special day indeed.

gravityisalie

Biggins wrote: »

Met many a well known face but off the top of my head the below are nice:

* Mark Sheppard: Serenity, Battlestar Galacticia, Leverage, etc.
* Jewel Staite: Firefly/Serenity.
* Robert Patrick: Termanator 2, Stargate Atlantis, amid many other things.
* Nicholas Brendan: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other shows (some comedy).
* Danny Strong: Buffy, Angel, other shows.
* Clare Kramer: In some of the above shows. Now a close friend.
* Keith Szarabajka & Vincent Kartheiser From Angel. Two nice blokes. Vincent is barking mad though! LOL
* Armin Shimmerman and J.G. Hertzler: Buffy, Star Trek, and other shows and stage acting.
* J Rugust Richard: Above shows.
* Christian Kane: Leverage, Angel, etc. Seen him sing with "Kane" live a few times and met him later and chatted. One very humble bloke too.
* Steve Carson: The other half of the band "Kane" - equally a great bloke.
* Alice Krige: (Borg Queen) - A very soft speaking quiet woman. Very kind and generous to the public.

By far though amid the many that I work with, deal with and are friends, is Nathan Fillion.



An absolute charming gent of a man whom is very naturally funny, humble and NEVER forgets just how lucky he is to be doing what he is doing.
You invite him to a party and he becomes the life and soul of it. He's just a "gas" character.
Every time we (wife and I) meet him, is a very enjoyable special day indeed.

i'm so glad to hear that about nathan fillion , i loved him in buffy and firefly/serenity he is such a great actor and seems like a fun guy on any extra footage with outakes etc..

amybabes

jacko1 wrote: »

Terry O'Quinn (John Locke - Lost) - really nice guy

random, i met him 2 in a really random town in america
he was very nice

hayser

So glad to hear Nathan Fillion's a nice man. I thought this story was gas:

http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2009/07/blind-items-revealed_9603.html

Biggins

hayser wrote: »

So glad to hear Nathan Fillion's a nice man. I thought this story was gas:

http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2009/07/blind-items-revealed_9603.html

Read that and to be honest, even though Nathan comes out of it good, from the man my wife and I know, he would NEVER say those words - especially the stronger ones.
The wording/phrasing of what he is quoted to have said is just something which would never come from him and far, far off from his natural polite character and manner.

As one person commented on that site:

This is complete slander. That anyone believes it is astounding. First of all, Nathan would never use those words. Second of all, even if he did, the "insult" is worded like a five-year-old. "The crew hates you, the cast hates you, the producers hate you." Nathan's more clever than that.

True, very, very true.
With hand on my heart - a nicer bloke you cannot meet and chat to.

Asphyxia

I remeber when I was 13 I went to see Good Charlotte haha! We were really sad because we weren't aloud to stay behind to see could we meet them but to our luck walking up Grafton street awhile after we spotted none other than Benji Madden. We ran up to him and he was so lovely giving us autographs and pics and hugs. I was in heaven at the time ha.

phasers

Michael Gambon is a legend.

not_xanthor

phasers wrote: »

Michael Gambon is a legend.

More information please?

Asphyxia

Ooh completely forgot, I did meet Ronan Keating when I was 10/11. He was doing a charity walk and past walked through our little town and stopped and had a break. I found him very polite and lovely and easy to speak to, he never minded any one coming up to him which was great.

phasers

not_xanthor wrote: »

More information please?

No.

Rubberlegs

Mentioned him in a previous post but Ryan Tubridy is a true gent:). Met him again today on his Bucket and Spade tour. After the programme was off air he made time to talk to everyone and posed for endless photos. He made my daughter's day by sitting down on the prom wall with his arm around her, told her he loved her glasses:D

Clare Bear

73Cat wrote: »

Mentioned him in a previous post but Ryan Tubridy is a true gent:). Met him again today on his Bucket and Spade tour. After the programme was off air he made time to talk to everyone and posed for endless photos. He made my daughter's day by sitting down on the prom wall with his arm around her, told her he loved her glasses:D

Not a fan of his but I have to agree with this, he was very friendly and charming anytime I've met him.

Tiny Explosions

phasers wrote: »

No.

:rolleyes:


I met Gary Sinise a few years ago in a bar in New York, really sound bloke....I was talking to him for about half an hour till I realised who he was!!:D