Celebrities Who Were Secretly Incredible Athletes

Mahershala Ali: Basketball

Mahershala Ali is best known for his role on House of Cards, but he's got quite a few accolades under his belt. He's won two Academy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild awards, one BAFTA award, and a Golden Globe Award. He had an incredible role in the hit movie Moonlight. 

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The More You Know

  • Tom Cruise has an asymmetrical face.
  • At 10 years old and while still in elementary school, Warren Buffett started having lunch meetings with a New York Stock Exchange member. He bought his first stock at age 11. Today, he’s worth $80 billion.
  • Cameron Diaz broke her nose in a surfing accident in Hawaii on her birthday in 2003.
  • Actor Joaquin Phoenix was born in a cult, which might help explain why his siblings were named River, Rain, Liberty, and Summer. Their parents were members of Children of God group, which was founded in the 1960s.
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