When you’re a celebrity, you’re often careful of what you show the world and what you keep to yourself. That’s why when we find out about these celebrity secret talents, it’s always a shock to find out what cool things they’ve been hiding. From solving a Rubik’s Cube, to flying airplanes and riding a unicycle, there are so many strange, hidden celebrity secret talents that these stars have. Some of them you’d find rather surprising!
Terry Crews – Artist
While we know Terry Crews as an actor and the host of America’s Got Talent, it turns out that he has a secret talent of his own — he’s an incredibly talented artist. According to NBC, Terry has been painting and drawing since 1997, and he’s insanely good at it. He’s been known to draw a lot of sports-related paintings, some of which he showed off when he was on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Justin Bieber – Rubik’s Cube
Justin Bieber is known for his voice, obviously. He’s an amazing singer, dancer, and performer. While he’s often in the news for his talents and whatever other trouble he gets up to, he also has celebrity secret talents as it turns out, Justin Bieber can actually solve a Rubik’s Cube. Not only can he solve the hard puzzle that so many people can’t, but he can also do it in under one minute!
Pierce Brosnan – Painter
Actor Pierce Brosnan has been in so many movies, from James Bond to Mamma Mia. What many people don’t know about him, though? He’s an extremely talented painter. In fact, in May 2023, he finally decided to showcase his art to the public with a solo art exhibition called “So Many Dreams.” He has made over 300 pieces of art and is still going. His subjects range from landscapes to portraits and even abstract art. Who knew that he had one of many celebrity secret talents?
Geena Davis – Archery
While Geena Davis is yet another successful actress, she’s just another celebrity with secret talents. After watching the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Geena became fascinated with archery and decided to take up the sport on her own. After just two years, she was so good at it that she competed against 300 other women for a spot on the U.S. Olympic archery team to compete in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Unfortunately, she fell short of making the team, but she’s still incredibly talented at the sport.
Harrison Ford – Pilot
We might know Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Indiana Jones, but in real life, he’s just as exciting as the characters he plays. In the 1990s, he bought a used airplane and asked one of his pilots to give him flying lessons, and the rest was history — he’s been flying planes ever since. These days, he has several planes that he uses to fly basically anywhere he wants to go. While he’s had some accidents over the years, that hasn’t stopped him from flying, and he still gets back up in the air any chance he gets.
Mike Tyson – Pigeon Racer
While we all know that Mike Tyson is a champion fighter and a part-time actor, what many people might not know is his very unique celebrity secret talents. For Mike Tyson, it’s not what you think; he races pigeons! He’s had a love for the birds since his childhood, when he grew up in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, he took care of pigeons as a hobby, and he felt at peace while doing so. After he retired, he had a pigeon coop constructed in his home where he has over 350 pigeons. He cares for the birds and has even competed in pigeon racing.
Conan O’Brien – Tap Dancing
Conan O’Brien is hilarious, but he’s also a man of many other talents, one of them being tap dancing. He started taking tap dancing lessons when he was around nine years old. He’s been practicing and even dancing professionally ever since. While it’s not his main talent, he has shown off his moves on his own show and on stage a handful of times, and we have to say he’s pretty good at it!
Nick Offerman – Woodworking
Actor Nick Offerman might make us laugh on screen, but he’s yet another celebrity who has a secret talent. As for Nick Offerman, that secret talent is woodworking — and he’s insanely good at it, too. He started learning his craft when he was a child, and he even went on to open his own store in 2001, the Offerman Woodshop in Los Angeles. The shop sells anything and everything you could possibly make out of wood, especially furniture. He’s even written a book about woodworking.
Mark Ruffalo – Unicycling
Mark Ruffalo revealed one of his celebrity secret talents on The Graham Norton Show back in 2014 — he can ride a unicycle! He revealed that he learned how to ride one when he was just 12 years old. When he appeared on the show, it had been over two decades since he rode a unicycle; however, he hopped on and rode it with no problem. Proving that riding a unicycle is like riding a bike; you never forget.
Christopher Walken – Lion Tamer
Christopher Walken has the ultimate celebrity secret talent of all celebrity secret talents. Before he became the actor we know and love, he accepted a job as a lion tamer when he was just a teenager. While he only did it for one summer, he really bonded with Sheba the Lion, and he was able to teach her some basic tricks to impress the crowds that came to see the circus.
