(The identity of the geeky young man is listed below)
Take your favorite celebrity nerd. Now imagine that nerd back in school, when most geeks are at their very dorkiest. If your head hasn’t exploded, then let’s take a look at some of our favorite nerdlebrities in the most awkward years of their lives. These are yearbook photos of celebrity geeks:
15. Bill Gates
He would eventually trade each nose freckle for billions of dollars. Though perhaps it made him a little smug?
14. Ben Stiller
Derek Zoolander would be embarrassed about having a giant Jew-fro in high school.
13. Steve Buscemi
The man who would eventually become the creepy old guy in Ghost World only looked somewhat-creepy in these days.
12. Natalie Portman
Her yearbook photo is not as awkward as this recent interview.
11. Dan Aykroyd
Dan’s a huge geek for UFOs and ghosts, but there’s nothing supernatural about his really dorky yearbook photo.
10. REM’s Michael Stipe
Andy Kaufman’s biggest fanboy might want to put all copies of this picture on the moon.
9. President Barack Obama
An established comic book collector and Blackberry addict, here’s our nerd President back-in-the-day.
8. Steve Wozniak
The “Woz” is a co-founder of Apple, along with Steve Jobs. Here’s a picture of the two partners together in their geeky teens.
7. Kelsey Grammer
Before the smartypants actor gave life to geeks Frasier Crane and X-Men’s The Beast, he… played football?
6. Jon Stewart
Our moment of zen? Acknowledging the second Jew-fro on the list.
5. Shia LaBeouf
…and now he stars in The Transformers movies! So there you go.
4. George Lucas
This yearbook photo was the inspiration for Yoda’s ears. I know it!
3. Stephen Colbert
He commands a massive internet army, stars in the Tek Jansen comic books, and — what comedian didn’t have a fro in school?
2. Al Gore
Climate change, “inventing the internet,” guest starring in multiple episodes of Futurama: this kid’s got a long, geeky future ahead of him.
1. Tina Fey
After seeing this photo, I lizzed.
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