Famous People Who Play Dungeons & Dragons

Joe Manganiello's "D&D" group started out relatively small. He recruited his brother and a handful of friends that loved "Dungeons & Dragons" as much as he did, and that group included former WWE superstar Paul Wight, aka The Big Show. Wight wasn't available to take his seat at the table right away, but he joined the party after booking a TV show in Los Angeles. "He said, 'Hey bro, I'm gonna be there for a few months, save me a seat bro, I'm bringing my dice, we gotta play,'" Manganiello recalled during a Variety feature on the star-studded "D&D" gang.

Wight still remembers the moment he first saw Manganiello's game room, a former wine cellar that he's transformed into a home dungeon with stacks of "D&D" paraphernalia, from mounted dragon heads and dangling beholders to mind flayer plaques. "The first time I walked into the dungeon down there and saw everything, I was blown away," he said. "I was like, 'Oh my god, I've spent my money the wrong way, why didn't I do this?"' His hectic work schedule and size have always stopped him from having an active social life, but The Big Show feels right at home playing "D&D." "I don't fit in anywhere — I go to the movies, three people behind me can't see," he said before revealing that he looks forward to his "D&D" games all week long. "You think about what's going on, the adventure."