TV/movie characters/actors with Aspergers' Syndrome

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09 Dec 2010, 9:07 am

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There are some characters on TV that I suspect have AS. Dino Dan on Nick jr. for example. He's obsessed with dinosaurs and injects aspects about them in everyday activities. I'd be certain if he had it if it weren't for the fact that he's accepted by his peers and seems to have friends.

The kid on Parenthood how is supposed to have AS I think they misdiagnosed. I've seen him behave and interact, that's NOT Aspergers!

Jamie Hyneman. His affect if very flat, seldom smiles and has a rigid disposition. Likes things just so, he doesn't joke around and so on.

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09 Dec 2010, 9:38 am

I'm not sure but I think Tom Hanks has it. And I think his character Forrest Gump can be an aspie too :huh: not so sure though.

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09 Dec 2010, 10:55 am

FalconPunch39 wrote:

I'm not sure but I think Tom Hanks has it. And I think his character Forrest Gump can be an aspie too :huh:

not so sure though.

Forrest Gump's IQ is too low. To qualify for an AS diagnosis you must be above 70. Any IQ below that falls into low-functioning Classic Autism.

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09 Dec 2010, 12:07 pm

actors with AS: Dan Akroyd and Daryl Hannah. Those are the only ones i know of. When it comes to characters if think Abed in Community and Peter Parker are aspies.

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09 Dec 2010, 6:32 pm

Daria Morgendorfer, Spock and Data.
And of course Adam.

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09 Dec 2010, 10:26 pm

I know your heart is in the right place, but we do not need any more of these threads.

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11 Dec 2010, 1:41 am

FalconPunch39 wrote:

I'm not sure but I think Tom Hanks has it. And I think his character Forrest Gump can be an aspie too :huh:

not so sure though.

I read somewhere that Tom Hanks does have Aspergers, and that he is supposedly related to Abraham Lincoln who also supposedly had AS.

And since we are just guessing, the actors Xander Berkeley and Keanu Reeves, also may be Aspies. Its always difficult to tell since I don't know them personally.

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11 Dec 2010, 1:43 am

Darkword wrote:

I know your heart is in the right place, but we do not need any more of these threads.

Personally I don't mind, before finding this one I did a search and the ones I found were from 2005-2006 lol so I figure I would reply to the most recent one

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13 Dec 2010, 9:31 pm

Roderick in The Saddest Music In The World.

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13 Dec 2010, 10:25 pm

What about Willow from Buffy the Vampyre Slayer?, or is she meant to just portray an interlectual geek girl?

Funnymentioning Keaun Reeves in that with all his money, and the vast choice of models going back 100 years, he chooses to ride the same make, model, year of motorbike that I ride.

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19 Dec 2010, 1:28 pm

Larry David from Curb Your Enthusiasm

he seems like the person that would that would take thing literally like a person with AS would.

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19 Dec 2010, 7:07 pm

Dr. House

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19 Dec 2010, 7:47 pm

imbatshitcrazy wrote:

Dr. House

Dr. House is no Aspie. He is just a pr*ck.

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19 Dec 2010, 8:03 pm

Steve Brule from Tim and Eric acts like he has Aspergers.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msonq5VR1ec[/youtube]

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19 Dec 2010, 8:57 pm

Connor, a character from the teen soap Degrassi, has Asperger's. There was an entire episode that revolved around him and his Asperger's.

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20 Dec 2010, 6:51 am

ruveyn wrote:

imbatshitcrazy wrote:

Dr. House

Dr. House is no Aspie. He is just a pr*ck.

ruveyn

actually scrtch that, Wilson said in the episode, "In Lines in the Sand", "You're not autistic... you don't even have Asperger's."

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_Dr._Hous ... z18eSRnEeH

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