People I've Met/Seen at Comic Con
by BatBanks | created - 04 Jun 2017 | updated - 8 hours ago | PublicFew celebs I met.
*2022 (I miss Fan Expo because I didn't know it about until I find out this August, there three celebrities that I should've met: David Tennant (I miss him again (2015), I wish he comes back next year)), Ashley Eckstein (voice of Ashoka in Star Wars: The Clone Wars), and Chris Sarandon.)
*2023 (Two celebrities that I could not meet are Christina Ricci (She cancelled her appearance) & Joseph Quinn (I hope he come back next year)
1. Kevin Conroy
Actor | Batman: The Killing Joke
Kevin Conroy was born on November 30, 1955 in Westbury, New York. At age 17, Kevin earned a full scholarship to attend Juilliard's drama division, where he studied under actor John Houseman. In 1978, after graduating from Juilliard, he toured with "The Acting Company", Houseman's acting group, and ...
Wizard World in Philadelphia 2015 (My aunt and I met him and both had our picture taken with him. He such a nice man, I told him I grew up watching Batman: The Animated Series and he told me the Batcave will always be there for me.)
Wizard World 2019 (His booth was next to John Glover, but I already met him in 2015.)
2. John Cusack
Actor | Grosse Pointe Blank
John Cusack is, like most of his characters, an unconventional hero. Wary of fame and repelled by formulaic Hollywood fare, he has built a successful career playing underdogs and odd men out--all the while avoiding the media spotlight. John was born in Evanston, Illinois, to an Irish-American ...
Wizard World 2017 (We didn't know he was going to be there and I end up getting his autograph; He such a nice guy. My aunt biggest shame was that she didn't bring her camera to have picture with him.)
3. James Marsters
Actor | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
James graduated from Davis High School and attended Juilliard, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American Conservatory Theatre. After spending ten years doing stage work he finally moved to L.A. to pursue a career in film and television. After appearing in several guest roles...
Wizard World 2017 (This made my day and dream come true to met James Marsters for the first time. He is such a cool/nice man to me (I was very shy). He gave me high five and wave at me couple time after we left.)
4. Cole Sprouse
Actor | Riverdale
Cole Mitchell Sprouse was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy to American parents, Melanie (Wright) and Matthew Sprouse, and was raised with his older identical twin Dylan Sprouse in Long Beach, in their parents' native California. Cole began his acting career alongside Dylan at the tender age of six ...
Wizard World 2017 (He was such outgoing young person (I am four years older than him), He gave me a big hug and I told him he's very cute and he just smile after I say that.)
5. Sean Astin
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Sean Patrick Astin (né Duke; February 25, 1971) is an American actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director, producer, family man, author, marathon runner, political activist and philanthropist who is well known for his film debut portraying Mikey in Steven Spielberg's The Goonies (1985), for playing...
Wizard World 2018 (I met him, he was such happy & sweet person, he shakes and bumps my aunt hand and mine. Plus he said I was beautiful.)
6. Sebastian Stan
Actor | Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Sebastian Stan was born on August 13, 1982, in Constanta, Romania. He moved with his mother to Vienna, Austria, when he was eight, and then to New York when he was twelve. Stan studied at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts and spent a year at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
When he went ...
Wizard World 2018 (Could've been better but I am disappoint because I didn't have chance to interactive with him because their screw-up meeting time, he only look at me once and I shake his hand. I didn't have chance to say hello, my aunt ask him he was in Once Upon a Time TV Series and he said yes and it very long time ago (either he didn't enjoy the role or didn't like/care about the show the way he said), but he's kind of friendly but looks tired from long day of photo ops and autograph. If he ever come back next year or any year I will be blessed to have a photo ops and sign a photo of him again so I was lucky to say hello this time.
7. Dean Cain
Actor | God's Not Dead
Dean Cain was born Dean George Tanaka in Mount Clemens, Michigan, to actress Sharon Thomas Cain and Roger Tanaka. His mother married his adoptive father, director Christopher Cain, when Dean was three. Though he grew up in Malibu and attended Santa Monica High School, his career plans favored ...
Wizard World 2019 (He came pass me and my aunt and said hello to us. He's surprised friendly included in his booth. His booth was next to John Glover.)
8. John Glover
Actor | Scrooged
John Soursby Glover, Jr., is an American actor, known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville. In 1993 he co-starred in the dark comedy Ed and His Dead Mother with Steve Buscemi and Ned Beatty.Glover was ...
Wizard World 2019 (He's friendly and fun man to meet. He was kind disappoint that neither us has camera. But my aunt told him he did good performance in the movie he did with Roy Scheider & Ann-Margret, 52-Pick Up. He's was happy with both us.)
9. Jewel Staite
Actress | Firefly
Born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, Jewel Staite spent the first three years of life living in Maui, Hawaii. She started out as a model and was recommended at the age of six to act. She won an award as best actor in "Meeting Dad," a Vancouver, British Columbia Film School short.
Wizard World 2019 (She's sweet lady but surprise that she small in person, she asked me if I was a fan of Firefly with Nathan Fillion, but I told her it was Are You Afraid of the Dark? She was surprised and she mention that she heard that they were bring it back.)
10. Cary Elwes
Actor | Saw
Cary Elwes was born in Westminster, London, England, the third son of interior designer/shipping heiress Tessa Georgina Kennedy and the late portrait painter Bede Evelyn Dominick Elwes. He is the brother of producer/agent Cassian Elwes and artist Damian Elwes. He was raised in London and attended ...
Wizard World 2019 (He's actual nice, sweet gentleman and hug me (I think he like me because of how he look with his blue eyes). His handler told my aunt and me that he's nice man and turned it out that was true.)
11. Lana Parrilla
Actress | Once Upon a Time
Lana Maria Parrilla (born July 15, 1977) is an American actress. Parrilla is best known for her roles on television and radio. She was a regular cast member in the fifth season of the ABC sitcom Spin City (1996) from 2000 to 2001. She later starred in Boomtown (2002-2003), Windfall (2006), ...
Wizard World 2019 (She's pleasant lady and she's really pretty in person just as she was in Once Upon a Time.)
12. Peter Weller
Actor | RoboCop
Peter Frederick Weller was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, to Dorothy Jean (Davidson) and Frederick Bradford Weller, a federal judge and career helicopter pilot for the United States Army. He traveled extensively as his father literally flew around the world. Before he was out of his teens, he ...
Fan Expo 2023 (Peter is talker He talks about how music changed from the 80's to now and he asks my aunt and me are we related. He blows kiss at me, and we all said bye.)
13. Jodi Benson
Actress | Toy Story 3
Jodi Benson was born on October 10, 1961 in Rockford, Illinois as Jodi Marie Marzorati. She has received worldwide recognition & critical acclaim as the voice of Ariel in The Little Mermaid (1989), Tour Guide Barbie in Toy Story 2 (1999), Weebo in Flubber (1997) as well as Thumbelina in Thumbelina ...
Fan Expo 2023 (She's friendly lady.)
14. Emily Bett Rickards
Actress | Arrow
Canadian actress Emily Bett Rickards was born on July 24, 1991. She attended film school after graduating high school, and also attended Alida Vocal Studio. She played "Felicity Smoak" on the CW network's Arrow (2012) and The Flash (2014), and appears in the upcoming, acclaimed feature film, ...
Fan Expo 2023 (Emily is very sweet.)
15. Cameron Monaghan
Actor | The Giver
Cameron Monaghan was born in Santa Monica, California. Cameron's debut TV role as "Winthrop Paroo" in The Music Man (2003) was originally played by Ron Howard in The Music Man (1962). Cameron began his acting career at 5 years old in commercials. At age 7, he began appearing on stage as Stuart ...
Fan Expo 2024 (He's so friendly and he took the time for everyone for their autographs and photos. He was friendly to me and ask me if I were a fan of Gotham and I say yes (which my shy side took over again) and when he took a yellow ship and drew a face of his Joker. Me and my aunt got happy, and I gave a clap for him and said think you and he smile.)
16. Ben McKenzie
Actor | Gotham
Ben McKenzie was born Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan in Austin, Texas on September 12, 1978, to Mary Frances (Victory), a poet, and Pieter Meade Schenkkan, an attorney. His uncle is playwright Robert Schenkkan. Ben is of Dutch Jewish (from his paternal grandfather), English, and Scottish descent. He ...
Wizard World 2015 (Seen him take a photo with somebody but there were no lineup on his both.)
17. Penn Badgley
Actor | You
Penn Badgley was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Lynne Murphy Badgley and Duff Badgley, who worked as a newspaper reporter and carpenter. Badgley split his childhood years between Richmond, Virginia. and Seattle, Washington. In Seattle, he was involved in the Seattle Children's Theater and did ...
Wizard World 2015 (Seen him take a photo with two females fan another one had no long line.
18. Thomas Ian Nicholas
Actor | Adverse
Thomas Ian Nicholas joined the Producers Guild of America while producing and acting in his most recent film, ADVERSE, a drama/thriller with a large ensemble cast that includes Mickey Rourke, Sean Astin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Penelope Ann Miller, Matt Ryan and more. In 2018, he produced and starred...
Wizard World 2018 (Seen him, but not met him)
19. Keshia Knight Pulliam
Actress | The Cosby Show
Keshia Knight Pulliam was born on April 9, 1979 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Cosby Show (1984), House of Payne (2006) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009). She has been married to Brad James since September 25, 2021. They have one child. She was previously ...
Wizard World 2015 (Seen her take a photo with somebody, she the third person had no longer line.
20. Nicholas Brendon
Actor | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Nicholas Brendon was born three minutes after his identical twin brother, actor Kelly Donovan on April 12, 1971 in Los Angeles, California. He attended Chatsworth High School, where he struggled with stuttering but was also a starter on the baseball team. He had dreams of playing for the L.A. ...
Wizards World 2017 (Seen him, but didn't met him.)
21. Emma Caulfield Ford
Actress | WandaVision
Born as Emma Chukker and raised in San Diego, California, Emma Caulfield began studying drama at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe Theatre, where she won the distinguished honor of "Excellence in Theatre Arts". She picked up her drama studies once again at The American School in Switzerland ...
Wizard World 2017 (Seen her, but didn't met her.)
22. Jesse Eisenberg
Actor | The Social Network
Curly haired and with a fast-talking voice, Jesse Eisenberg is a movie actor, known for his Academy Award nominated role as Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The Social Network. He has also starred in the films The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland, The Education of Charlie Banks, 30 Minutes or ...
Wizard World 2017 (Seen him, but not met him.)
23. Lou Ferrigno
Actor | The Incredible Hulk
An internationally famous and well respected bodybuilder / actor, Lou Ferrigno first appeared on TV screens in 1977 as the musclebound title character of The Incredible Hulk (1978), the alter ego of meek scientist David Banner. Ferrigno was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1951 and as a child ...
Wizard World (He comes every years.)
24. Famke Janssen
Actress | X-Men: The Last Stand
Famke Janssen was born November 5, 1964, in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, and has two other siblings. Moving to America in the 1980s, she modeled for Chanel in New York. Later, taking a break from modeling, she attended Columbia University, majoring in literature.
This model-turned-actress broke into...
Wizard World 2017 (Seen her, but not met her.)
25. Barry Bostwick
Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Tall (6' 4"), agile, energetic, and ever-so-confident as both actor and singer, especially on the award-winning Broadway stage, Barry Bostwick possesses that certain narcissistic poise, charm and élan that reminds one instantly (and humorously) of a Kevin Kline -- both were quite brilliant in their...
Wizard World 2017 (Seen him)
26. Michael Rooker
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy
Michael Rooker was born on April 6, 1955 in Jasper, Alabama. When he was thirteen, his parents divorced and he went with his mother to live in Chicago. He caught the acting bug while attending college, and began appearing in local stage productions. On first breaking into film, his intensity and "...
Wizard World 2017 (Seen him, but not met him).
27. Gene Simmons
Actor | Extract
Best known as the fire breathing, blood splitting and larger than life co-founder of the major hard rock group, KISS. Simmons was actually born Chaim Witz in August 1949 in Haifa, Israel, the son of Hungarian Jewish parents, Flóra "Florence" (Klein or Kovács) and Feri Yechiel Witz. He moved to New ...
Wizard World 2017 (Me, my aunt, and few other only saw the back of him coming to his booth. And others could not believe it, it was him.)
28. Billy Boyd
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Billy Boyd was born in 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Mary and William Boyd. The talented young boy, inspired by Star Wars to try acting, got his first taste of it in his school's production of Oliver Twist when he was 10. Boyd's parents were extremely supportive, driving over two hours to get him ...
Wizard World 2018 (Seen him, but not met him)
29. Karl Urban
Actor | Star Trek
Originally from Wellington, New Zealand, Karl Urban now lives in Auckland. Born on June 7, 1972, he is the son of a leather-goods manufacturer (who had hoped that Karl would follow in his footsteps). His first acting role was when he was 8 -- he had a line on a television series. However, he did ...
Wizard World 2018 (Seen him, but not met him)
30. Henry Winkler
Actor | The Waterboy
Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Ilse Anna Maria (Hadra) and Harry Irving Winkler, were German Jewish immigrants who escaped the Holocaust by moving to the US in 1939. His father was the president of an international lumber company while his ...
Wizard World 2018 (Seen him, but not met him)
31. Sean Maher
Actor | Serenity
Sean Maher is well known to television and film audiences for his role as 'Dr. Simon Tam' in Joss Whedon's feature "Serenity". The film was based on the critically acclaimed series "Firefly".
Maher was born and raised in New York where he attended the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. He moved to Los...
Wizard World 2019 (His booth was next to Jewel; Seen him, but not met him)
32. Holly Marie Combs
Actress | Charmed
Holly moved to New York at the tender age of 7. Already her stunning looks had turned heads, resulting in jobs in print ads and commercials. Soon these experiences lead to a desire to act, a dream shared by Holly's mother, who herself was only 24. After a few bit parts, Holly landed a leading role ...
Wizard World 2019 (Seen her, but not met her)
33. Adam Baldwin
Actor | Serenity
Adam Baldwin is an American actor who is from Illinois. He is known for playing Jayne Cobb from Firefly and Serenity, Hal Jordan in various DC cartoons and games and Animal Mother from Full Metal Jacket. He also acted in Independence Day, The Patriot, Predator 2, American Underdog, Superman: ...
Wizard World 2019 (His booth was next to Jewel; Seen him, but not met him)
34. Hale Appleman
Actor | The Magicians
Graduate of famed LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts.
Studied at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama.
Starred in the Roundabout Theater Company's revival production of David Rabe's Streamers, directed by Scott Ellis. ('08/'09 Season)
Played Jesus in the New York Premiere of Sarah ...
Wizard World 2019 (Seen him, but not met him)
35. Edward Furlong
Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Edward Walter Furlong was born in Glendale, California. His mother, Eleanor (Tafoya), is from a Mexican family, and worked at a youth center. Furlong had no acting ambitions until he was approached by casting agent Mali Finn, who was looking for a young actor to play the role of John Connor in what...
Wizard World 2019 (Seen him, but not met him)
36. Jared Gilmore
Actor | Once Upon a Time
Jared Gilmore was born on May 30, 2000 in San Diego, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Once Upon a Time (2011), Mad Men (2007) and The Back-up Plan (2010).
Wizard World 2019 (His booth was next to Rebecca Mader; Seen him, but not met him)
37. Rebecca Mader
Actress | The Devil Wears Prada
Rebecca Mader was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England as Rebecca Leigh Mader. She is an actress and writer, known for The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Iron Man Three (2013), Once Upon A Time (2014-2018) and Lost (2008-2010). She has been married to Marcus Kayne since November 23, 2016. She was ...
Wizard World 2019 (Her booth was next to Lana Parrilla; Seen her, but not met her)
38. Ian Somerhalder
Actor | The Vampire Diaries
Ian Somerhalder was born and raised in the small southern town of Covington, Louisiana. His mother, Edna (née Israel), is a massage therapist, and his father, Robert Somerhalder, is a building contractor. He has Cajun (French), English, and Scots-Irish ancestry. Boating, swimming, fishing and ...
Wizard World 2019 (Seen him, but not met him)
39. Michael Rosenbaum
Actor | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Michael Owen Rosenbaum is an American actor and pod-caster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the Superman television series Smallville, a role that TV Guide included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time". Rosenbaum is also known for portraying Martinex in Guardians of...
Fan Expo 2023 (Seen him leaving his booth)
40. Tara Strong
Actress | Batman: The Killing Joke
Tara Strong began her acting career at the age of 13 in Toronto, Canada. She landed several TV, film, and musical theater roles as well as her first lead in an animated series as the title role of "Hello Kitty." After a short run at Toronto's Second City theater company, she moved to Los Angeles ...
Fan Expo 2023 (She was next to Jodi Benson booth)
41. Peter Cullen
Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Peter Cullen is a Canadian-American voice actor who is widely known for voicing Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise as well as the Michael Bay film series. He is also known for providing the vocal effects of the Predator from the 1987 film of the same name, Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, ...
Fan Expo 2023 (He was next to Jodi Benson booth)
42. Stephen Amell
Actor | Arrow
Stephen Amell is a Canadian actor, known for portraying Oliver Queen / Green Arrow in the Arrowverse television franchise (based on the comic character of the same name) and Casey Jones in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016).
Stephen Adam Amell was born on May 8, 1981 in Toronto,...
Fan Expo 2023 (His booth was next to Emily)
43. David Ramsey
Actor | Arrow
David Ramsey stars as former United States Army Special Forces soldier, John Diggle, on the CW's People's Choice Award winning show "Arrow," based on the DC Comics superhero.
Created by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg, "Arrow" follows presumed-dead billionaire playboy Oliver ...
Fan Expo 2023 (His booth was to Emily)
44. Bonnie Wright
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Bonnie Francesca Wright was born on February 17, 1991 to jewelers Gary Wright and Sheila Teague. Her debut performance was in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) as Ron Weasley's little sister Ginny Weasley. Bonnie tried out for the film due to her older brother Lewis mentioning she ...
Fan Expo 2023 (Her booth was to David)
45. Ashley Eckstein
Actress | Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Ashley was born in Louisville, Kentucky but was raised in Orlando, Florida. Often playing the antagonist, Ashley played Muffy, the popular nemesis on That's So Raven. Besides acting, Ashley loves to design and make clothes. Ashley's parents are Tony and Sharon Drane. She also has three siblings, ...
Fan Expo 2024 (Seen her across Cameron booth) (I was also planning to meet her too, until I find out her autograph ticket was too expensive this year.)
46. Matt Lanter
Actor | Jupiter's Legacy
Matthew Mackendree Lanter was born April 1, 1983 in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, to Jana Kay (Wincek) and Joseph Hayes Lanter. He has a sister, Kara. When he was eight years old, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where his father's family is from. His recent ancestry includes Polish, English, ...
Fan Expo 2023 (See him next to Ashley booth)
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