Celebrities

Daniel Radcliffe

Just saw Daniel Radcliffe sitting reading on the subway. You may now him from the many great independent movies and stage shows he's been in, or probably Harry Potter.

Ric Ocasek

Ric Ocasek, lead singer of The Cars, can not possibly be mistaken for anyone else. He is basically the Sandman: gaunt, tall, and wearing all black. He wandered into Big Daddy's diner one day.

Mila Kunis

A highlight of my celebrity brushes - Mila Kunis, star of Jupiter Ascending, and a million other, better things, like That 70's Show, and Family Guy. Marc and I saw her walking in the Village with an albino-esque guy. She was pretty short.

Scarlett Johansen

Scarlett sat in the booth next to Rachel and me at the good ol' Lyric Diner. She was with a friend and wore a black coat and fedora that she pulled down over her face when she stood up. She was obviously trying to stand out by pretending to be inconspicuous. I did not notice what she ordered for dinner.

Michael C. Hall

We passed Michael C. Hall while walking in the West Village to go to a fancy restaurant for my wife's birthday. He was waiting outside a store with his dog. What a great birthday present - since he's one of her favorite actors, both in Dexter and Six Feet Under.

Seth Meyers

Saw Seth Meyers picking up his kids from school. Love his A Closer Look segments, and he did a Day Drinking with Kristen Stewart that is particularly hilarious.

Danny Pudi

Danny Pudi is famous for being a S.H.I.E.L.D. radio technician in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Cool cool cool.

Larry David

Larry David, of Curb Your Enthusiasm, sat behind us when we saw the Broadway show Little Women.

Keri Russell

I saw Keri Russell walking along Sixth Avenue and it only took me about three blocks to work up the nerve to say "Hi" to her. She also said, "Hi." And that was the end of that. The picture here (along with the words) was one of the first that came up after Google Image searching Kerri Russell. It cracks me up.

Spike Lee

Lawrence M. of New York, New York, writes: "This morning I saw Spike Lee in the Dunkin Donuts in my office building. He was buying breakfast for his kid. He is short and wears thick glasses."

Krysten Ritter

Jessica Jones, also known for Breaking Bad and Veronica Mars, was getting a photo with two fans who spotted her, before entering the Bowery Hotel. She was very tall.

Kirsten Dunst

I passed Kirsten walking on Broadway. She was wearing a plain white t-shirt and looked like she was coming from some type of yoga or dance class. Update: I've since seen her twice more, all in the NoHo area.

Sarah Silverman

I passed Sarah on Broadway too, right outside the my office. She was very casually dressed, with a baseball cap and backpack. She was smirking, but that might just be her resting smirk face.

Kiefer Sutherland

Passed by Kiefer Sutherland while walking on 14th Street. Two different people were trying to bug him. Not cool, New Yorkers! You're usually better than this.

Jason Schwartzman

My friend Viviane and I sat next to Jason Schwartzman and his wife, clothing designer Brady Cunningham, at Cafe Gitane in SoHo. They had a dog that was friendly to Viv and wisely steered clear of me.

Julia Roberts

I didn't get to see her, but Lawrence and his friend saw a movie with Julia Roberts, star of "Hook" and "Eat Love". She was actually in the theater in Union Square with them watching "The Other Guys." When she left she climbed into a black SUV with her entourage.

Mario Batali & Emeril

Maya and I went into the just-opened Eataly, Mario Batali's mall of a restaurant on Madison Square, and saw him and Emeril sitting on stools chatting.

Kristen Schaal

We saw Mel from Flight of the Conchords jogging in Hudson River Park during one of our sketch Meetups.

Boone from Lost

Yesterday I saw Boone from Lost (Ian Somethinghander) walking down the street talking on his cell phone, presumably to my friend Ji. Or perhaps, to one of Ji's friends, asking them to see if Ji "like" likes him.

Of course, it's unlikely he could even form complete sentences since due to his untimely death on the show this was most likely Zombie Boone. Perhaps he was asking about Ji's brains.

Jay Baruchel

Jay Baruchel was filming Sorcerer's Apprentice near where I work. He was in Tropic Thunder, Undeclared, and is shown here with Kristen Bell in Fanboys.

Elisha Cuthbert

Elisha Cuthbert of TV's 24 sat next to Rachel and I at a restaurant down the street on 3rd Ave. If you've never seen the show Happy Endings, she's hilarious in that.

Moby

Moby of being Moby fame, was eating at the table next to us at Rice restaurant (which is now gone and sadly missed. It was the restaurant where we asked Lawrence to officiate our wedding.)

Seth Rogen

Saw someone who looked just like Seth Rogen on 5th avenue one night, so I'm going to assume it was him. This means there are actually three people named Seth on this page, weird.

Claire Danes

Claire Danes, of Homeland, or "Homelands" as my wife calls it, was walking in Union Square when I passed her by the Gandhi statue.

Rachel Bilson

Saw Rachel Bilson walking on Lafayette by Bleecker Street. Unlike most of the celebrities here, I'm not 100% certain it was her ... more like 90%.

Harvey Keitel

I saw Harvey Keitel shooting a scene for Life on Mars on Bleecker Street where I work. The set dressing made it feel like I walked into the 1970s.

Sarah Jessica Parker

Spotted Sarah Jessica Parker outside our apartment packing clothes in a wardrobe trailer. At least, it looked like her from above. The staff was wearing Sex and the City shirts, which seemed like a clue.

The Flash

Saw John Wesley Shipp, of the old and new Flash TV shows (and Dawsons Creek), at a comic book show. A very nice guy.

Mayor Adam West

We saw Adam West at the same show, but we didn't want to have to wait in line to actually meet him. He seemed so special, with his fancy security detail and all.

Jimmy Fallon

Saw Jimmy Fallon one Saturday night at The Copper Door - right down the street. It was very late - presumably after an SNL taping. He was talking to us and everything, basically because there was no one else in the bar. We've also passed him on the street several times since then.

Jane Krakowski

We passed Jane Krakowski, from 30 Rock, at WholeFoods - but she did not look like Betty Rubble, shown here.

Ali Larter

Marc and I saw Ali Larter a while ago walking her dog on the Lower East Side. This was long before her 21 annoying characters on Heroes.

Oliver Platt

Marc, Lawrence and I saw Oliver Platt walking between 5th and 6th Avenue on 22nd street. Probably headed towards Barnes & Noble, like any reasonable person. He looked pretty cool.

Sayid from Lost

We saw Naveen Andrews - Sayid of TV's Lost - an hour before we were about to watch the show. Ji and Lawrence and I saw him at some movie premiere in Union Square. There were other actors there too, giving interviews to the cameras, but he was the only one we recognized.

Jean Grey

Famke Janssen is our second celeb spotting at the delicious restaurant Rice on Elizabeth St. in NoHo.

John Glover

John Glover, titan of industry whether you're referring to Smallville or Gremlins 2*, was next to us at the counter of Banana Republic today, arguing over a coupon. That's how he made that Luthor fortune!

*The New Batch.

Joshua Jackson

Marc and I also ran into Joshua Jackson, star of Dawson's Creek. He walked out of a movie theater with us after we saw Big Fish. He held the door for us, which was nice. His date was unsurpisingly attractive. (In the photo at left, I went to college with the other guy, James Vanderdawson.) We were not able to verify if he was from Earth-1 or Earth-2.

Kristin Davis

Passed Kristin Davis walking along the gorgeous stretch of Fifth Avenue next to Central Park.

Illeana Douglas

Illeana Douglas is in a bazillion movies, such as Ghost World. She was at Union Square's trendy Coffee Shop.

Matt Pinfield

Matt Pinfield (not to be confused with Penfold, whom we did NOT see, unfortunately) and his posse were in a BBQ place where my boss and I were eating. Antwan and I were very embarrassed when the boss talked to him, but he seemed a good sport.

Kelly Clarkson

Lawrence saw Kelly Clarkson, who is his Idol. Ha ha Ha! Whew.

Scott Wolf

Scott Wolf and his wife, Kelly something from the Real World, were shopping at a fancy clothing store in SoHo. They are both attractive, and like many of the folks here, much shorter than you'd think.

Cousin Larry

Mark Linn-Baker, best known to non-theatre-goers as cousin Larry on Perfect Strangers, walked by me on the way to work ... for both of us. He's in a show now across the street from my office. Here's a great caricature by the indomitable Al Hirschfeld (with Nathan Lane on the left, I think).

Scott Adsit

Hey - it's that guy from 30 Rock! You know, that guy. He was at a restaurant on Bleecker across the street from Qdoba. The guys who work at Qdoba are so nice. And they have little chip strips that can go on your taco salad - an important edge over their bitter rival, Chipotle. What were we talking about?

Danny Strong

Here's Danny Strong, who played Jonathan for many years on Buffy. I passed him in the West Village on the way to work one day. This was the funniest photo I could find of him online, on a Jedi Chefs site. Yes.

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore, or her bizarro twin because I swear it looked just like her, was standing by me on 3rd Ave. She was with some elementary school kids. I wonder if she has kids, or was just kidnapping some. I guess I could look that up if I felt like it.

This photo is a brilliant recreation of a Sargent painting.

Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon makes my Sex in the City celebrity bump-intos almost complete. She was in the Met with people who looked like her parents, and a baby. It may have been a fake animatronic baby, or a pig; I didn't get that close a look.

Joe Perry

This guy has crazy hair. He's Joe Perry from Aerosmith. We saw him talking on the phone on 3rd Avenue a block away from our apartment. No doubt discussing with Steven Tyler how to make Amazing into another song.

Ja Rule

Lawrence also saw Ja Rule. He looks pretty tough in this photo, much like Lawrence himself.

Chris Robinson

AND, Lawrence saw Chris Robinson, from the Black Crowes and married to Kate Hudson fame. Oddly, his friend saw the lead singer from the Counting Crows the other day. Next we plan to see Ray Bolger, Brandon Lee, and Cillian Murphy.

Elaine

I saw Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the Rodeo Bar two blocks up from our old apartment. Lawrence didn't believe me since his back was to her.

Paul Dano

This is Paul Dano, who was in The Girl Next Door with Elisha Cuthbert (see above) and Little Miss Sunshine. We saw him at the good ol' Lyric Diner.

Seth Green

Ji saw Seth Green (not his action figure version) on NJ Transit and ALSO on the subway! It's like he was stalking her.

They Might Be Giants

I was lucky enough to run into John Flansburgh and John Linnell of one of my favorite bands, They Might Be Giants, in Union Square. Of all these celebrities, they were the only ones I stopped to say hi too, and shake their hands. They were nice and had at least one Dan from their band of Dans with them too.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I saw Kareem Abdul-Jabbar walking down 17th street. I later found out he was leaving a book-signing event at Barnes & Noble. He is much taller than I am.

Paul Giamatti

John Adams himself was waiting in the (unmoving) taxi line with us at Union Station in Washington during the blizzard of December '09. 2 feet of snow. No taxis. Sad Paul.