Celebrity scientists: Stars who love science
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Harvard alum was a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search in 1998 and a co-author on a study published in the journal NeuroImage in 2002. "I don't care if [college] ruins my career," Portman <a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/2002/05/23/cerebral-celebs-give-up-screen-for-studies/">has said</a>. "I'd rather be smart than a movie star." (Reuters)
Dolph Lundgren is known for his role as Russian boxer Ivan Drago in Rocky IV. But did you know the Swedish actor has is a genius with an <a target="_blank" href="http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/these-celebrities-are-smarter-than-they-look/story-fn907478-1226482660623">IQ of 160</a> and a master's in chemical engineering. (AP)
She may have played the stereotypical dumb blonde on "Friends," but Kudrow is no space cadet. The actress has a <a target="_blank" href="http://commencement.vassar.edu/2010/100523.kudrow.html">degree in biology</a> from Vassar College. (Reuters)
Actor James Franco is a serial student. The "This Is the End" star attended NYU, Columbia University, Yale, UCLA and many others. At UCLA, his studies included Philosophy of Science. (AP)
Before he was a band geek, Queen guitarist Brian May was a science geek. He a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London and is <a target="_blank" href="http://astro.ic.ac.uk/bmay/home">currently a visiting professor</a> of the same subject there. (AP)
Sutherland was a double major studying engineering and drama at the Victoria College of the University of Toronto. (Reuters)
Kutcher is more than just a pretty face. The actor <a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/2002/05/23/cerebral-celebs-give-up-screen-for-studies/">gave up</a> a biochemical engineering program at the University of Iowa to become an actor. (Reuters)
The "Blossom" star took a break from acting to study neuroscience at UCLA and it paid off. Her science background <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKPr7rYSQd8">helped land her a role</a> on the hit show "The Big Band Theory." (Reuters)
Before he was Mr. Bean, Atkinson <a target="_blank" href="http://www.oxforduniversityfilm.com/oxford-alumni.html">earned a degree</a> in electrical engineering at The Queen's College in England. (AP)
The former "Desperate Housewives" star <a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519456/bio">studied human movement</a>, or kinesiology, at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. (Reuters)