Name | Twitter ID | Why They’re Listed Here |
Al Yankovic | alyankovic | An icon of geeky music |
Discovery Channel US | Discovery | Items of interest about shows on the network |
Matt Roush | RoushTVGuideMag | A good source for info about all sorts of TV shows, including geeky ones |
Cracked.com | cracked | Awesomely amusing lists of stuff |
Lore Sjöberg | loresjoberg | A strange, strange man who writes for Wired and other publications |
Carlton Cuse | CarltonCuse | Writer and Executive Producer of LOST |
Aasif Mandvi | aasif_mandvi | Correspondent for The Daily Show, actor in a few movies |
Craig Engler | Syfy | Craig is a Senior VP at Syfy, and tweets about shows on the network. Plus he gives away stuff now and then. |
John Cusack | shockozulu | An excellent actor in many movies, some of them geeky |
DavidHLawrence XVII | dhlawrencexvii | Extremely creepy and evil villain Eric Doyle on Heroes on NBC and the BBC, etc. |
The Big Picture | big_picture | Some of the best photographic features on the web; always worth a look |
Psych_USA | Psych_USA | The official Twitter account for the excellent, and geeky, show “Psych.” |
Guy Kawasaki | GuyKawasaki | A good source for interesting news stories |
Ira Glass | iraglass | The host of This American Life; his Twitter account is “on hiatus,” but hopefully he’ll come back soon. |
Kevin Smith | ThatKevinSmith | The director of “Clerks,” “Chasing Amy,” “Dogma,” etc. Warning: Many, if not most, of his tweets are NSFW. |
Chris Hardwick | nerdist | Fun and interesting geeky stuff |
Bear Grylls | BearGrylls | The guy from “Man vs. Wild,” which isn’t inherently geeky but is often awesome. |
Michio Kaku | mkaku2050 | Theoretical physicist, star of “Sci-Fi Science” on the Science Channel. |
Discovery Space | Discovery_Space | All kinds of space-related news |
Josh Schwartz | JoshSchwartz76 | TV producer and screenwriter; co-creator of “Chuck.” |
Alyson Hannigan | alydenisof | Actress from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and, currently, “How I Met Your Mother” |
Felicia Day | feliciaday | Actress, writer, geek, best known for “The Guild” and “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” |
Neil Gaiman | neilhimself | One of the best writers of any sort alive today, and an often-entertaining tweeter |
Richard Garriott | RichardGarriott | Pioneer of computer gaming (the Ultima series, e.g.). Also recently traveled to space and back |
James Kyson Lee | jameskysonlee | Plays Ando on Heroes |
Henson Company | hensoncompany | Yes, that Henson. They don’t own the Muppets any more, but they have some awesome projects nonetheless. |
Teller | MrTeller | As in “Penn and Teller.” Brilliant magician; also an actor and author |
Stephen Colbert | StephenAtHome | If you have to ask, you probably shouldn’t follow him. |
Peter Serafinowicz | serafinowicz | British actor, comedian, and voice artist. Always good for a laugh. |
Star Wars | starwars | The Official Lucasfilm StarWars.com Twitter |
Mo Ryan | moryan | The television critic for the Chicago Tribune, often tweeting about geeky shows. |
The Muppets Studio | MuppetsStudio | The official Twitter account of The Muppets Studio |
Lucasarts Games | lucasartsgames | Official Twitter feed for LucasArts, creator of videogames from Fate of Atlantis to The Force Unleashed |
Bill Corbett | BillCorbett | Self-described “Clown Prince of Crime.” best known as Crow from MST3K. Currently works on RiffTrax. |
Wil Wheaton | wilw | Actor, author, and Secretary of Geek Affairs. |
Penn Jillette | pennjillette | The magician and TV personality; has an opinion on just about everything. |
Eliza Dushku | elizadushku | Actress on “Dollhouse” and “Buffy.” |
Peter Sagal | petersagal | The host of the always-awesome “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me” radio show. |
Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me | waitwait | The oddly informative news quiz from NPR |
Beth Riesgraf | BethJRiesgraf | Actress on the excellent show “Leverage” (she plays Parker). |
William Shatner | WilliamShatner | Captain Kirk himself |
Burn Notice | BurnNotice_USA | The offical Twitter feed for the great TV show, which you should watch if for no other reason than that Bruce Campbell is a regular cast member. |
mileskahn | mileskahn | Producer on The Daily Show; often tweets about interesting stuff. |
Bill Prady | billprady | Executive Producer, The Big Bang Theory |
David Blue | DavidBlue | Actor who can currently be seen on “Stargate: Universe.” |
Paul McCartney | PaulMcCartney | If you don’t know, telling you probably won’t help. |
Discovery Communications | DiscoveryComm | News from Discovery Communications, parent company of the various Discovery networks |
Jeffrey Donovan | Jeffrey_Donovan | Actor, star of “Burn Notice,” often tweets from the set. |
Paula Poundstone | paulapoundstone | One of the funniest people on Twitter. |
Topless Robot | ToplessRobot | Nerd news, humor and self-loathing. |
John Kovalic | muskrat_john | The awesome cartoonist behind Dork Tower and all the illustrations for Munchkin, among many other things. |
Disney’s D23 | DisneyD23 | The official community for Disney fans |
Girl Genius | girlgenius | The Twitter account for Phil and Kaja Foglio about their awesome webcomic. |
Tim O’Reilly | timoreilly | Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media; tweets about lots of awesome stories. |
Pavel | SciFiScoop | Sci Fi Scoop is a science fiction and fantasy news site. |
Bre Pettis | bre | Founder of MakerBot, contributor to MAKE, all-around awesomely geeky guy. |
Ken Plume | KenPlume | Very funny guy, has worked with Kevin Smith a fair bit. |
Dr. Horrible | drhorrible | A Twitter account that has on occasion actually been manned by Joss Whedon… we think. Tweets news of all things Whedon, not just Dr. Horrible. |
John Scalzi | scalzi | Sci-fi writer, essayist, blogger, and huge geek. |
Brian Bendis | BRIANMBENDIS | Comic book writer extraordinaire |
Neil Grayston | neilgrayston | Plays Fargo on SyFy’s “Eureka.” |
AnimalPlanet | AnimalPlanet | Updates on all things Animal Planet. |
Sockington the Cat | sockington | Not really geeky, but so much fun we had to include him. |
Walt Disney Pictures | DisneyPictures | The official Twitter account for Walt Disney Pictures. |
Rainn Wilson | rainnwilson | Best known as Dwight from “The Office” (US version). Tweets about all sorts of interesting stuff. |
Diane Duane | dduane | Writer of some of the best Star Trek books from several decades ago, and tons of other good stuff. |
Dean Devlin | Electric44 | Producer of “Leverage,” among many other things. |
Ken Levine | KenLevine | Ken Levine is an Emmy winning writer/director/producer/major league baseball announcer. |
Tory Belleci | ToryBelleci | MythBuster. ‘Nuff said. |
Cory Doctorow | doctorow | Writer, blogger, major geek. |
Patrick Norton | patricknorton | Part of Tekzilla |
Greg Grunberg | greggrunberg | Plays Matt Parkman on “Heroes,” voiced Kirk’s stepdad in the new “Star Trek” movie, and is very much a geek himself. |
Dave McKean | DaveMcKean | An incredible artist who collaborates with Neil Gaiman from time to time. |
Simon Pegg | simonpegg | Hilarious British actor. Played Scotty in the new “Star Trek” movie. |
Chris Anderson | chr1sa | Editor-in-Chief of Wired Magazine; GeekDad’s Editor Emeritus; popular author of many books. |
John Cleese | JohnCleese | Quite probably one of the funniest men ever to have lived |
Jane Espenson | CapricaSeven | Writer of many geeky TV shows, including “Buffy,” “Battlestar Galactica,” and the upcoming “Caprica.” |
J.K. Rowling | jk_rowling | Author of the Harry Potter books, of course. |
Disney•Pixar | DisneyPixar | The official Twitter account of Disney•Pixar. |
Andy Ihnatko | Ihnatko | Technology pundit |
Matt Nix | MattNixTV | Creator of the USA Network series Burn Notice. |
LeVar Burton | levarburton | Actor best known to geeks as Geordi from ST:TNG. |
Bill Cosby | BillCosby | Still one of the funniest people around |
Psych Writer’s Room | psychwrites | An account shared by various of the writers of “Psych.” |
Stephen Hawking | Prof_S_Hawking | Yes, that Stephen Hawking. |
Steve Levitan | SteveLevitan | Co-Creator, Executive Producer of ABC’s “Modern Family,” which is one of the funniest new shows on TV. |
Heinz Doofenshmirtz | DrDoofenshmirtz | The evil “genius” from “Phineas and Ferb.” Probably not official, but still fun. |
Neil Patrick Harris | ActuallyNPH | Dr. Horrible himself! Has proven to be much, much more than Doogie. |
Sesame Street | sesamestreet | The official account for the great 40-year-old kids’ TV show. |
Nar Williams | narwilliams | Host of the show “Science of the Movies,” and all-around geek. |
John Hodgman | hodgman | Much more than just a PC. |
Mindy Kaling | mindykaling | Writer and actress (Kelly) on “The Office.” |
Henson Parents | hensonparents | The Jim Henson Company’s official outreach to parents. |
Veronica Belmont | Veronica | Host of Tekzilla on Revision3 and Qore on PSN. Also, a geek. |
Buzz Aldrin | TheRealBuzz | The second person to set foot on the moon, among other things. |
Neil Innes | NeilInnes | Composer of very silly songs, many of them with the members of Monty Python. |
Jewel Staite | JewelStaite | Best known to geeks as Kaylee in “Firefly”/”Serenity.” |
Rob Corddry | robcorddry | Former correspondent on The Daily Show. A strange, strange man. |
Rachel Maddow | maddow | Political commentator on MSNBC; occasionally mentions geeky subjects. |
Michael J. Nelson | michaeljnelson | Mike from MST3K; founder of RiffTrax. Hilarious guy all-around. |
How I Met Your Mother | HIMYM_CBS | The official Twitter account for the very funny show |
Adam Baldwin | adamsbaldwin | Best known as Jayne from “Firefly”/”Serenity.” Currently plays Casey on the excellent and very geeky “Chuck.” |
Stephen Fry | stephenfry | The amazingly funny British actor, author, and blogger. |
Zachary Quinto | ZacharyQuinto | Sylar, Spock, geek |
Ming-Na | MingNa | Self-described geek, actress who can currently be seen on “Stargate: Universe.” |
Bonnie Burton | bonniegrrl | Editor and Writer at Lucasfilm; author of several excellent books. |
Elizabeth Banks | ElizabethBanks | Actress in the Spider-Man movies (Betty Brant) and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.” Very funny tweeter. |
Zachary Levi | ZacharyLevi | Plays “Chuck” on the show of the same name. |
Miles O’Brien | milesobrien | NOT the Star Trek character, but an excellent journalist specializing in space and technology. |
Steve Jackson Games | SJGames | Probably the best game company in the world. |
Drew Carey | DrewFromTV | Actor and current game show host. Also an admitted geek. |
Science Friday | scifri | The official account for NPR’s Science Friday. Tweet them questions during the show. |
Mark Bittman | bittman | Food columnist for the New York Times. Author of many excellent cookbooks. |
Jon Favreau | Jon_Favreau | Director of Iron Man and, soon, Iron Man 2. Self-described geek. |
Grant Imahara | grantimahara | MythBuster and major robotics geek. |
Discovery News | Discovery_News | Science, technology, and related news stories |
Warren Ellis | warrenellis | British author of comic books, novels, TV shows, etc. |
Rob Neyer | robneyer | Writer on baseball who includes geeky observations every so often. |
Great White Snark | GreatWhiteSnark | Very geeky humor |
Ruth Reichl | ruthreichl | Former editor of Gourmet magazine. Tweets about food-related things, mostly. |
MythBusters Official | MythBusters | If you like the show, you should be following this Twitter account. |
Annalee Newitz | Annaleen | Writer and Editor-in-Chief for the sci-fi blog io9. |
John Rogers | jonrog1 | TV, comics, and film writer |
Jason Segel | Jason_Segel | Actor, writer, currently working on the next Muppet movie. |
Trace Beaulieu | TraceBeaulieu | Former MST3K-er, now on Cinematic Titanic. |
Robert Scoble | Scobleizer | Well-known geeky blogger. |
Leo Laporte | leolaporte | Host of This Week in Technology, among other things. |
Roger Ebert | ebertchicago | Film critic, who we strongly suspect of being a geek |
The Onion | TheOnion | Often hilarious fake news |
Michael Ausiello | EWAusielloFiles | TV news, often including geeky shows. |
NASA | NASA | News from NASA |
Bill Amend | billamend | Cartoonist, best known for “FoxTrot.” Self-described geek. |
Carrie Fisher | CarrieFFisher | Best known to geeks as Princess Leia, of course, but a very talented writer and actress in other roles besides. |
Curt Smith | curtsmith | Co-founder of the excellent rock group Tears For Fears. Appears to be fairly geeky. |
DK Publishing | DKPublishing | Publishers of some of the best kids’ books, and many excellent grown-ups’ books around. |
Rod Roddenberry | roddenberry | Gene Roddenberry’s son |
Jayson Peters | nerdvana | Excellent geek blogger |
Adam Savage | donttrythis | MythBuster, geek dad, funny guy. |
PBS Parents | pbsparents | Official Twitter account for parents regarding PBS programming. |
RiffTrax | rifftrax | If you enjoyed MST3K, you need to know about RiffTrax |
Adam West | therealadamwest | Batman — the campy out-of-shape one, not the one who needs a throat lozenge. |
Rick Bayless | Rick_Bayless | Excellent chef, TV personality, and cookbook author. |
Brent Spiner | BrentSpiner | Best known as Data, of course, but an excellent character actor besides. |
Nathan Fillion | NathanFillion | Captain Tightpants himself |
Damon Lindelof | DamonLindelof | Co-creator of LOST |
Katherine Nelson | katherinen | VP of Communications at Discovery Channel |
Maurissa Tancharoen | MoTancharoen | Co-writer of “Dr. Horrible.” Also Joss Whedon’s sister-in-law. |
Science Channel | ScienceChannel | The official Science Channel Twitter feed. Features show information, network exclusives and breaking science & tech news. |
Ryan Penagos | Agent_M | Editor of Marvel.com. |
Anthony Daniels | ADaniels3PO | The man inside C3PO. |