Sunday nights have become an amazing night of TV watching. With "Hung," "Entourage" and "True Blood" currently on tap, next month then adds "Dexter" to that list.
This past Sunday, as I sat watching Bill Compton trapped in a hotel room with his maker on HBO's "True Blood," I realized something: There are a lot of really cool characters on television again.
So I thought that this week I would give you Fanboy's 15 Coolest Cats on Television starting with No. 15 ...
This past Sunday, as I sat watching Bill Compton trapped in a hotel room with his maker on HBO's "True Blood," I realized something: There are a lot of really cool characters on television again.
So I thought that this week I would give you Fanboy's 15 Coolest Cats on Television starting with No. 15 ...
15. Jon Hamm: When you talk about cool, there's no way you can leave
off "Mad Men's" Don Draper. And with the AMC series kicking off its
third season on Aug. 16, the suave creative director of Sterling Cooper
will soon be wowing 'em again.
14. Justin Kirk: Kirk plays Andy Botwin on the Showtime hit, "Weeds." The "Weeds" homepage lists Andy's weaknesses as "marijuana, innocent-looking girls from Israel who partake in sadomasochist bedroom romps, and biker chicks with deadly brothers."
13. Deborah Ann Woll: As newly minted "True Blood" vamp Jessica Hamby,
Woll brings a cool teenage innocence to her recently turned vampire
self. And that killer red hair doesn't hurt either.
12. Adam Richman: There is something to be said for a guy who cruises the country looking to take on any and every food challenge he can find on the Travel Channel's "Man V. Food." The new season started last week and airs Wednesday nights at 10 p.m.
11. Thomas Jane: Ray Drecker is a former high-school baseball legend turned down-on-his-luck high-school basketball coach in HBO's "Hung." Divorced and now homeless, Drecker turns to male prostitution with the help of his pimp, Tonya. And he has the guts to bare his bottom ... in the opening credits.
10. Hugh Laurie: He's Dr. Gregory House on "House." The limp. The attitude. The genius. And now the ... mental illness?
9. James Roday: Before Simon Baker was CBS' "Mentalist," Roday was
Shawn Spencer on USA's "Psych." As a fake psychic, Spencer brings his
super sense of perception and '80s references to each and every crime.
8. Grant Imahara: This electronics specialist is a former animatronics engineer and model maker for George Lucas. He's worked on "Jurassic Park," been one of the few men to operate R2-D2 and is now busting myths on Discovery's "Mythbusters."
7. Kat Von D: Born Katherine Von Drachenberg, Kat is the owner of High Voltage Tattoo, the subject of her TLC reality series "LA Ink." The tattooed bombshell also has her own makeup line for Sephora and is a best-selling author.
6. Jeremy Piven: If there's one thing Piven has in common with his "Entourage" character Ari Gold, it's their drive. Piven has been busting his acting chops since 1983. Little known fact: Piven is brother-in-law to "Anchorman" director and FunnyorDie.com co-creator Adam McKay.
5. Jasika Nicole: As lab assistant Astrid Farnsworth on Fox's sci-fi
(not SyFy) hit, "Fringe," Nicole is the ying to the yang of offbeat
genius Dr. Walter Bishop. I figured I'd give her some credit here as
she doesn't get much on the show.
4. Jorge Garcia: Dude. There is no way you could compile a list of the coolest characters on television without including "Lost's" lovable big man, Hugo Reyes. And as we've seen in some season six viral marketing, good things could be coming for the owner of Mr. Cluck's chicken restaurant.
3. Michael C. Hall: A blood-analyst for the Miami police department. A husband. A father. A man who murders evildoers who escape the law. If you can't find the cool in "Dexter," you're not looking hard enough.
2. Mike Rowe: No he's no the coolest for trying to sell us Ford trucks. He's not the coolest for hosting "Dirty Jobs." He's not even the coolest for narrating "Deadliest Catch." What makes this man of many talents cool is his past as an opera singer.
1. Nelsan Ellis: It was a tough decision to think of the coolest
character on television. But when I really thought about it, "True
Blood's" Lafayette, a gay black man who dresses flamboyantly and was
once chained up in the basement of a vampire bar for selling vampire
blood, was an easy selection.
PHOTOS: HBO, Twentieth Century Fox, NBC Universal
14. Justin Kirk: Kirk plays Andy Botwin on the Showtime hit, "Weeds." The "Weeds" homepage lists Andy's weaknesses as "marijuana, innocent-looking girls from Israel who partake in sadomasochist bedroom romps, and biker chicks with deadly brothers."
13. Deborah Ann Woll: As newly minted "True Blood" vamp Jessica Hamby,
Woll brings a cool teenage innocence to her recently turned vampire
self. And that killer red hair doesn't hurt either.12. Adam Richman: There is something to be said for a guy who cruises the country looking to take on any and every food challenge he can find on the Travel Channel's "Man V. Food." The new season started last week and airs Wednesday nights at 10 p.m.
11. Thomas Jane: Ray Drecker is a former high-school baseball legend turned down-on-his-luck high-school basketball coach in HBO's "Hung." Divorced and now homeless, Drecker turns to male prostitution with the help of his pimp, Tonya. And he has the guts to bare his bottom ... in the opening credits.
10. Hugh Laurie: He's Dr. Gregory House on "House." The limp. The attitude. The genius. And now the ... mental illness?
9. James Roday: Before Simon Baker was CBS' "Mentalist," Roday was
Shawn Spencer on USA's "Psych." As a fake psychic, Spencer brings his
super sense of perception and '80s references to each and every crime.8. Grant Imahara: This electronics specialist is a former animatronics engineer and model maker for George Lucas. He's worked on "Jurassic Park," been one of the few men to operate R2-D2 and is now busting myths on Discovery's "Mythbusters."
7. Kat Von D: Born Katherine Von Drachenberg, Kat is the owner of High Voltage Tattoo, the subject of her TLC reality series "LA Ink." The tattooed bombshell also has her own makeup line for Sephora and is a best-selling author.
6. Jeremy Piven: If there's one thing Piven has in common with his "Entourage" character Ari Gold, it's their drive. Piven has been busting his acting chops since 1983. Little known fact: Piven is brother-in-law to "Anchorman" director and FunnyorDie.com co-creator Adam McKay.
5. Jasika Nicole: As lab assistant Astrid Farnsworth on Fox's sci-fi
(not SyFy) hit, "Fringe," Nicole is the ying to the yang of offbeat
genius Dr. Walter Bishop. I figured I'd give her some credit here as
she doesn't get much on the show.4. Jorge Garcia: Dude. There is no way you could compile a list of the coolest characters on television without including "Lost's" lovable big man, Hugo Reyes. And as we've seen in some season six viral marketing, good things could be coming for the owner of Mr. Cluck's chicken restaurant.
3. Michael C. Hall: A blood-analyst for the Miami police department. A husband. A father. A man who murders evildoers who escape the law. If you can't find the cool in "Dexter," you're not looking hard enough.
2. Mike Rowe: No he's no the coolest for trying to sell us Ford trucks. He's not the coolest for hosting "Dirty Jobs." He's not even the coolest for narrating "Deadliest Catch." What makes this man of many talents cool is his past as an opera singer.
1. Nelsan Ellis: It was a tough decision to think of the coolest
character on television. But when I really thought about it, "True
Blood's" Lafayette, a gay black man who dresses flamboyantly and was
once chained up in the basement of a vampire bar for selling vampire
blood, was an easy selection.PHOTOS: HBO, Twentieth Century Fox, NBC Universal
