Memorable Nerd & Geek Characters

Seth Cohen, cool nerd, comic book freak and creator of the Chrismukkah, The O.C.

As Sheldon Cooper, theoretical physicist, in The Big Bang Theory

As Boris, in Whatever Works

"Believe me, if I can understand quantum mechanics, I can certainly comprehend the thought process of a sub-mental baton twirler."

As the dry and sarcastic Enid in Ghost World

As Juno MacGuff, in Juno

Jiro Kitamura, loner who celebrates his birthday with nobody, creates a human-like robot (Cyborg Girl)

Chuck Bartowski, a computer geek who becomes a spy, in Chuck

As Octave Parango in 99 Francs

Unhappy genius publicist

As Charlie Eppes, a math genius and professor of applied mathematics, in Numb3rs

"Everything is numbers"

Charlie's girlfriend is Amita (Navi Rawat), a very sharp mathematician, geek with a high IQ.

As Bruce Wayne, The Dark Knight

Poor traumatized anti-social rich geek that designs and wears a gadget-equipped armored batsuit to fight crime

As Tony Stark, the brilliant inventor and billionaire in Iron Man

Marshall Flinkman, tech geek at the CIA, in Alias

"My name is Marshall J. Flinkman, and I'm here to rescue you."

As the nerd The Brain, in Brick (2005)

As Jill, a spy in Chuck

As Tom Hansen in (500) Days of Summer

Greeting-card writer and frustrated architect

Chloe O'Brian, 24

Antisocial geek married to another geek. Carries a taser, a cellphone and a laptop everywhere she goes.

Jill Robinson, meets a guy from the Internet, in Californication
Also as Megan Reeves, a FBI psychological profiler and nerd lover, in Numb3rs

Peter Parker, Spiderman

Poor nerd got bitten by a genetically modified spider.

As Larry Fleinhardt, professor of physics and white food lover, in Numb3rs

"I just think I may have lost touch with certain important aspects of life in the real world."

Barbara Gordon, a computer-savvy librarian, in Birds of Prey. Considered one of the smartest persons in the DC Universe

Chloe Sullivan, reporter and heroine in Smallville

Dana Scully, medical doctor and forensic pathologist in X-Files

As Ross Geller, paleontologist, in Friends

As George McFly, nerd and sci-fi author in Back to the Future (1985)



"Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out that he'd melt my brain."

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As Rachel Gibson, computer genius and field agent in Alias

As Kate Libby, a strongwilled female hacker in the Hackers movie

As Angela Bennett, an anti-social software engineer, in The Net

As Susan Calvin, a robopsychologist in I, Robot

Her general fields are advanced robotics and psychiatry. She specialize in hardware-to-wetware interfaces in an effort to advance U.S.R.'s robotic ahthropomorphization program. (don't ask me)

As Birkhoff, a computer genius in Nikita

Birkhoff was also present in the La Femme Nikita show from 1997-2001 (played by Matthew Ferguson).

As Kate Bowman in Red Planet

Pilot and commander of an AI-equipped spaceship in a Mars mission

As John Connor, in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Guy can reprogram terminators, machines want him dead, so much that they may actually try traveling back in time to kill his mom

As Andy Stitzer, the virgin in The 40-Year-Old Virgin

As Allegra Geller, a virtual-reality game designer, in eXistenZ

As Hiro, in Heroes (Not memorable after season 1)

As Eleanor Green, a programmer, in Man of the Year (2006)

As Michael Tribbiani, a rocket scientist, in Joey

As Hannah in Everwood

Richard Longman, in The Center of the World

Poor dot-com millionaire nerd guy falls in love with a lesbian stripper

As Hlynur, in 101 Reykjavík. Anti-social icelandic nerd. Net-addicted. Doesn't answer the phone.

"Hlynur here. I’m probably home right now… so please talk to me after the beep, I’m listening."

As Arlo Glass, a systems analyst at CTU, in 24