Six Celebrities With Hidden Talents

Did you know Condoleeza Rice is a classical pianist? A video of her playing “Amazing Grace” with a violinist named Jenny Oaks Baker has been making the rounds this week. Here are five more celebrities with hidden talents . . .

Pierce Brosnan can breathe fire. He learned to do it in 1969 when he was 16, but stopped after he burned the inside of his mouth on an episode of “The Muppets” in 1996.

Mike Rowe from “Dirty Jobs” was an opera singer. He wanted to be an actor, but couldn’t get his union card until he found out he could get it a lot faster if he started singing in the opera. So he auditioned for the Baltimore Opera Company, and did shows there for the next six years. Watch it here
Geena Davis is a world-class archer. She started doing it as a hobby in the late ’90s, and almost made the Olympic team about two years later.

Steve Buscemi is an excellent juggler. He wanted to be a street performer, and practiced every day as a kid. He showed off his skills on an episode of “Boardwalk Empire” in 2012.

Christopher Walken was a lion tamer. He did it while he worked for a traveling circus as a teenager.