Celebrities Who Play Board and Card Games

Think celebrities do nothing but party all night at discos, binge drink, and get divorced? Think again. Celebrities more often prefer to stay at home for a quiet evening of board and card games with their friends, just like regular folks.

Notes:

1. There are vast indices of information about celebrities who play certain games, such as Famous Chess Players (also here). A little of this information is incorporated below.

Update: I think half the celebrities in the world must play Poker, as can be seen on various TV shows specially devoted to this, so I may ignore many of these. Here are celebrity Scrabble players. Here's a list of alleged celebrity Dungeons and Dragon players.

2. Where I write board games or card games below, specific games were not mentioned. Contact the celebrity's agent or PR team for further information.

3. I believe that the number of celebrities who actually play board games is vastly more than I have listed.

4. I believe that the number of celebrities who play video or computer games is vastly less than the number who play board games; prove me wrong and I'll send you a beer (but if you try and fail, you owe me a root beer).

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Adam Sandler: board games (source)

Al Gore: Cranium (source)

Alan Alda: Spite and Malice, Chess (source, source)

Alyssa Milano: Taboo, Scrabble (source)

Amy Winehouse: Scrabble (source)

Angelina Jolie: board games (source)

Ashlee Simpson: Monopoly (source)

Ashley Judd: Go Goddess, Pictionary, ... (source, source)

Ashton Kutcher: Dominoes (source)

Barack Obama: Taboo, Scrabble, Twister (source, source, source)

Barenaked Ladies: Cranium (source)

Beastie Boys: Scrabble, Mahjongg (source)

Ben Affleck: Poker, Chess, Dungeons and Dragons (source, source, source)

Beyonce Knowles: Guess Who, Connect Four (source, source)

Bill Clinton: Hearts, Oh Hell, card and board games (source, source)

Bill Gates: Bridge, Chess (source, source)

Billy Bob Thornton: board games (source)

Blur: Scrabble (source)

Bobby Brown: Life (source)

Bono: Checkers, Chess, Dominoes (source, source, source)

Brad Pitt: Poker, board games (source, source)

Brooke Shields: Charades (source)

Bruce Willis: Mexican Train Dominoes (source)

Camryn Manheim: Cribbage, Poker (source, source)

Cast of That '70s Show: Monopoly (source)

Catherine Zeta Jones: Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Yahtzee (source)

Charlize Theron: Dominoes (source)

Cheryl Hines: Poker (source)

Chevy Chase: Poker (source)

Chris Martin: Scrabble (source)

Chris Rock: Chess (source)

Christina Aguilera: Scrabble, board games (source, source)

Chuck Palahniuk: Uno, Trivial Pursuit (source)

Consequence: Connect Four (source)

Craig David: Monopoly (source)

Darryl Hannah: board games, Liebrary (source)

David Arquette: Pictionary (source)

David Cross: Poker (source)

David Hasselhoff: board games (source)

David Schwimmer: board games, Poker (source, source)

David Walliams: dominoes (source)

Demi Moore: Mexican Train Dominoes (source)

Dido: Scrabble (source)

Don Cheadle: Poker (source)

Donna Karan: dominoes (source)

Drew Barrymore: board games (source)

Dulé Hill: Poker (source)

Ellen DeGeneres: games, Pictionary (source)

Erin O'connor: Dominoes (source)

Eva Herzigova: Dominoes (source)

Eva Longoria Parker: Clue, dominoes, Pictionary (source, source, source)

Foo Fighters: Gin Rummy (source)

Gabrielle Union: Scrabble (source)

Gary Powell: Scrabble (source)

George W. Bush: Risk, Dominoes (source, source)

George Clooney: poker (source)

Guy Ritchie: Chess (source)

Gwen Stefani: dominoes (source)

Hank Azaria: Charades, Poker (source, source)

Helen Hunt: Charades (source)

Hilary Duff: board games (source)

Hillary Clinton: Pinochle, card and board games (source, source)

Howard Stern: Chess (source)

Jack Nicholson: card games (source)

James Franco: Dominoes (source)

James Van Der Beek: dominoes (source)

James Woods: Poker (source)

Jamie Lee Curtis: Scrabble, board games (source)

Jacqueline McKenzie: collects board games (source)

Jason Alexander: Poker, Backgammon (source)

Javier Bardem: Dominoes (source)

Jemima Khan: Dominoes (source)

Jenna Fischer: Carcassonne, Lost Cities, Bohnanza (source)

Jennifer Aniston: Dominoes, Scrabble, Charades, Poker (source)

Jennifer Lopez: Dungeons and Dragons, Scrabble (source, source)

Jennifer Tilly: poker (source)

Jeremy Piven: Dominoes (source)

Jerry Hall: Monopoly (source)

Jessica Alba: Charades, Pictionary, Monopoly, Jenga, Apples to Apples (source, source, source)

Jessica Biel: Scrabble, Apples to Apples (source)

John Allen Nelson: Scrabble (source)

John Cusack: board games (source)

John Dolmayan: Dungeons and Dragons (source)

John McCain: Poker (source)

Johnny Depp: Poker (source)

Johnny Knoxville: Dungeons and Dragons (source)

Jon Favreau: Poker (source)

Josh Hartnett: Dominoes (source)

Joshua Malina: Poker (source)

Julia Roberts: Cranium (source)

Julia Stiles: Poker, Monopoly (with real money) (source)

Justin Timberlake: Cranium, Scrabble (source, source)

Kate Hudson: board games, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Dominoes (she hosts game night) (source, source, source)

Katie Holmes: dominoes, Yahtzee, Scrabble, board games (source, source)

Kayne West: Connect Four (source)

Keira Knightley: backgammon (source)

Ken Marino: Scrabble (source)

Kevin Nealson: Poker (source)

Kirsten Dunst: board games (source)

Kristen Johnson: Charades (source)

Kylie Minogue: Scrabble (source)

Laura Bell Bundy: card games, including gin, poker, rummy, and phase 10 (source)

Laura Prepon: Poker (source)

Lily Allen: Scrabble (source)

Lindsay Lohan: Scrabble (source)

Louis Sachar: Bridge (source)

Lucy Liu: Mexican Train Dominoes (source)

Ludacris: Scrabble (source)

Madonna: Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Chess (source, source)

Mandy Moore: Scattergories (source)

Mario Lopez: Pictionary (source)

Martha Stewart: Scrabble (source)

Martin Short: Poker (source)

Matt Damon: poker (source)

Matthew Perry: poker (source)

Mekhi Phifer: Poker (source)

Michael Bolton: Scrabble (source)

Michael Ian Black: Poker (source)

Michelle Trachtenberg: Dominoes (source)

Mick Jagger: Monopoly (source)

Mickey Rooney: Poker (source)

Mike Myers: D&D (source)

Milla Jovovich: dominoes (source)

Mimi Rogers: Poker, Go Goddess (source)

Mischa Barton: board games (source)

Moby: Scrabble (source)

Morgan Fairchild: Poker (source)

Natalie Dormer: Poker, Perudo (source)

Natalie Imbruglia: Dominoes (source)

Natalie Portman: Pictionary (source)

Neil Patrick Harris: Taboo (source)

Nelly: Chess (source)

Nicolas Cage: Chess (source)

Nicole Scherzinger: Cranium, Spades, card and board games (source)

Nicollette Sheridan: Scrabble (source)

Olivier Martinez: Dominoes (source)

Orlando Bloom: Dice and card games (source)

Paris Hilton: Poker, Monopoly (source, source)

Penelope Cruz: Dominoes (source)

Pete Wentz: Monopoly (source)

Peter Andre: Backgammon (source)

Peter Jackson: board games (source)

Phish: Chess (source)

Poppy Montgomery: board games (source)

Quentin Tarantino: collects '70s board games (source)

R.E.M.: Cranium (source)

Raven-Symoné Pearman: Scrabble (source)

Renee Zellweger: board games (source)

Rich Sommer: more than 150 war and Euro games (source, source)

Richard Branson: Chess (source)

Ridley Scott: Dominoes (source)

Robbie Williams: Checkers, Scrabble, Backgammon (source, source, source)

Robin Williams: Warhammer, Warhammer 40k, D&D (source, source)

Rumer Willis: Dominoes (source)

Russel Crowe: Master and Commander (source)

Ryan Adams: Chess, Texas Hold'em (source)

Salma Hayek: board games, Mexican Train Dominoes (source, source)

Samuel West: collects board games (source)

Sandra Oh: Settlers of Catan (source)

Sarah Silverman: Scrabble (source)

Serena Williams: UNO (source)

Shanna Moakler: Poker (source)

Sharon Stone: Scrabble, dominoes (source, source)

Shirley Manson: Scrabble (source)

Sienna Miller: backgammon, dominoes (source, source)

Snoop Dogg: Dominoes (source)

Steven Colbert: D&D (source)

Steve Martin: Poker (source)

Sting: Chess, Scrabble (source, source)

Stuart Townsend: Dominoes (source)

Tamara Beckwith: Dominoes (source)

Terrell Owens: card games, dominoes (source)

Tobey Maguire: Backgammon, Poker (source, source)

Tom Cruise: Dominoes, Yahtzee, Scrabble, board games (source, source)

Tony Parker: Clue (source)

Victoria Beckham: Dominoes (source)

Vin Diesel: Dungeons and Dragons (source)

Vince Vaughn: Poker, board games (source, source)

Weezer: Dungeons and Dragons (source)

Wentworth Miller: Scrabble (source)

Wil Wheaton: is a true gamer (source)

Will Smith: Chess (source)

William H. Macy: Charades (source)

Willie Nelson: Dominoes (source)

Woody Allen: Chess (source)

Zooey Deschanel: board games (source)

Do you have any corrections or additions? Email or comment!

Note: I will update this post as more information comes in.

Yehuda