10 Celebrities with Surprisingly Impressive Hidden Talents

Keanu Reeves as John Wick in John Wick Chapter 4
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Keanu Reeves as John Wick in John Wick Chapter 4
Credit: Lionsgate | Fair use for promotional purposes

The Hollywood celebrities that we know and love are not just great actors. They also have impressive hidden talents aside from their usual bread and butter that make them an even cooler person.

Here are some of the celebrities with surprisingly impressive hidden talents.

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves in John Wick Chapter 4
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Keanu Reeves is known for his iconic action movie roles, but apparently, he's also a talented skater and ice hockey player.

He even said in an interview that he used to play pickup hockey "basically every day" when he moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

Steve Martin

Steve Martin is not just one of the all-time great comedians, but he is also an amazingly talented banjo player. It's even occasionally part of his stage acts.

This fact might not be a surprise for fans who have followed his career for decades, but it is truly impressive that he has this unique musical skill that we don't usually see in a celebrity.

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner in The Avengers
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Mark Ruffalo might be known as an Oscar-nominated actor and the Hulk, but he also has a great talent for unicycling.

The actor has publicly shared his impressive skill in unicycling, which is a unique talent to have nowadays and something that you don't usually see in an A-lister.

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris in Doctor Who
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Neil Patrick Harris is known for his iconic TV roles throughout this career such as Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother and his stage roles, but he is also a highly-skilled magician.

The actor has been using his magician skills to great use throughout the years since he became skilled in that talent. While we don't know what his secret yet, there's no doubt that it is an amazing talent to have for anyone regardless of their stature.

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon in Ray Donovan
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Susan Sarandon might be one of the greatest actresses of American cinema, but she is also a talented ping pong player.

She is even the co-founder of SPiN, an international chain of franchised table tennis clubs and bars. You can find a lot of footage and photos of her playing the game online.

Zac Efron

Zac Efron in Ricky Stanicky
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Zac Efron is known for his variety range of beloved roles throughout his career, but apparently, he is also a talented pole dancer.

Some people might perceive that pole dancing is a feminine activity, but Efron has proved that it can be embraced by anyone regardless of gender and sexuality and there is an art and talent involved to be skilled at it.

Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant
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Kaley Cuoco might be known for her beloved comedic TV roles, but she is also a talented equestrian and has participated in competitions.

Aside from that, she was also a skilled tennis player when she was young, but she decided to focus on her acting career instead. Regardless, it is truly impressive that she has these multiple talents aside from being a great actress.

Idris Elba

Idris Elba in The Suicide Squad
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Idris Elba has become known for being one of the great actors of film and TV, but as it turns out, he is also a talented DJ himself.

The actor has also chanelled his impressive DJ skills in the short-lived Netflix series Turn Up Charlie where he played a struggling DJ.

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan in Black Adam
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Pierce Brosnan is not just one of the iconic actors who has played James Bond, but he also used to be a professional fire breather.

While those days are over, there is no doubt that it is an impressive talent to have and it adds to the cool factor of the beloved actor.

Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson
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Mike Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time, but he also has a great talent in the old art of pigeon racing.

The legendary boxer has been public about his love for racing pigeons ever since he was a kid in Brooklyn and it remained to be an impressive hidden talent of him throughout the years.

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