Celebrities Who Were Secretly Incredible Athletes

Malcolm Gladwell

That's him on the right! Malcolm used to compete in competitive track and field before he set his eyes on storytelling. Even with his full-time job at The New Yorker, he still finds time to run. "I just like the purity of it," he once said. "I like the fact that it doesn't have the rules and refs, the owners and teams, fancy uniforms and equipment, and all the other things that have weighed down so much modern sport."

Advertisement

Next Page →

The More You Know

  • Brad Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise.
  • Matthew Broderick was convicted of careless driving in a car accident in which two people died.
  • Chuck Norris’s first name is actually Carlos.
  • Denzel Washington's finger falls out of place from time to time.
Next Page →