Remember those Dos Equis ‘most interesting man in the world’ commercials? A friend sent me this article, and it turns out the actor who plays the most interesting man, Johnathan Goldsmith, is actually quite interesting himself. Here are a few examples:
A montage of highlights from the real life of Jonathan Goldsmith might include (had there been cameras present) footage of him rescuing a stranded climber on Mt. Whitney, saving a drowning girl in Malibu, sailing the high seas with his friend Fernando Lamas.
“I love the old philosophers,” he said. “I have a large library. I am not a die-hard sports fan. I love to cut wood.”
Goldsmith eventually made it—out to Los Angeles, anyway—and embarked on a career as a “that guy,” very often the that guy who gets killed, on television shows such as “Bonanza,” “Mannix,” “Gunsmoke,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “The Rockford Files,” “Barnaby Jones,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “CHiPs,” “Dynasty,” “T. J. Hooker,” “Knots Landing,” “Magnum, P.I.,” “MacGyver,” and “Dallas,” to name a few.
The Most Interesting Man in the World, it turns out, is a Jewish guy from the Bronx.
He goes to a boat show and buys a dog.
“I love pocketknives,” Goldsmith said, flipping one open, gang-fight style. “I bought a couple for my grandsons, so they could cut off their seat belts.”
And for reference, here are a few of the commericals:
Seat belts.