The Best Autograph Signers of 2012

Who are the nicest celebrities in Hollywood? These are my personal rankings of the best autographs signers in Hollywood for 2012.   I based my rankings on my personal experiences with these celebrities, how often I saw them in 2012, how many autographs they signed each time, and how friendly they were when interacting with the fans.

Honorable Mention:
HM) Joel Kinnamon.  Can sign an autograph per second.
HM) Charlie Hunnam.  Really chill guy & good signer.
HM) Alison Brie. A sweet girl who you just want to introduce to your grandma.
HM) Kit Harington.  If I saw him more in 2012 he might have made top 10.
HM) Matt Bomer.  A guarantee to sign at each event he attends.
HM) Jeremy Renner.  Best Avengers signer of the year.

THE TOP 10:

10) Norman Reedus.  Norman is one of my personal favorites.  He is great about signing and he can knock out about 40 autographs in sixty seconds.  At The Walking Dead premiere he signed for the whole line, then got done with press, and just came back over to the fans to see if he missed anyone the first time.

 9) Pauley Perrette.  This NCIS star is one of the best signing actresses in Hollywood.  She goes to a lot of events in LA, and each time she is great about making sure she takes a couple minutes out of her time to sign some autographs.  And Pauley is also really good about taking photos with fans.

8) Giancarlo Esposito.  I joke that while Giancarlo played a ruthless-murdering-drug-kingpin in the hit show Breaking Bad, he is all teddy bear in real life.  He's a great signer and wins extra points for his memory.  On his way into an event my buddy asked if he could sign afterwards because I was on my way and I am a big Breaking Bad fan.  Giancarlo came out after the event, stopped and looked at my buddy and said, "where's your friend the Breaking Bad fan at?" and then made sure he signed for me first before anyone else.

7) Olivia Munn.  Olivia made a steady stream of appearances around the time The Newsroom was premiering.  And each and every appearance she made she signed up a storm.  She also wins extra points for her personal messages she sometimes writes to fans along with her autograph.  I've seen her write some rather long and jokingly sexual messages to male fans on their photos.

6) Jeffrey Dean Morgan.  JDM seems to truly enjoy interacting with fans.  If he sees you, and you hold out a photo of him, he will walk right over to you to sign it, without you even having to call his name.  He has a longer more intricate signature than any of the people higher on this list so it takes him a bit longer to sign an autograph, but it is a safe bet than you can get four autographs out of him every time you see him.

5) Milla Jovovich. I did not think it was possible, but Milla outsigned the photos at the Resident Evil Retribution premiere.  Every autograph collector there got all their photos signed and then just stood around with our hands in our pockets while Milla signed receipts, business cards, scraps of paper, and other junk for random people who just walked by and saw a crowd.  She even gave her very expensive looking purse to a little girl who was at the premiere.

4) Jon Bernthal. I didn't get to see Jon as much as I would have liked in 2012, but there is possibly no cooler human being on the planet than Jon Bernthal.   He gets his high ranking because he will stand around and sign a stack of photos for you, then once he is done signing he will just shoot the shit and chill with you for a while.

3) Berenice Marlohe.  The new Bond Girl is an incredibly good signer.  She made a handful of appearances in LA to promote Skyfall and she just kept signing autographs, and signing autographs, and signing more autographs.  No matter how many photos were thrown in front of her she just laughed and signed them all.  She wins my award for best female signer of 2012.

2) Matt Damon.  Matt is not someone you see often in Los Angeles, but he made his way onto my list by spending about 10 days in LA in December and just racking on multiple occasions.  There is no signing machine quite like Matt Damon.  He can knock out 40 autographs in a matter of a minute.  He takes photos with fans. He will personalize autographs if you ask.  And he's usually got a smile on his face the whole time.  He is one of the nicest celebs you will ever meet.

1) Johnny Depp.  I saw him three times in 2012 and all three times he signed up a storm.  Johnny wins my top ranking for 2012 because of his effort at the Dark Shadows premiere.  He did press first, then came back out to the crowd and signed for 45 strait minutes.  Johnny also gets the top spot in part because SOOOO many people come out for his autograph (so he has many more fans to appease than other celebs). It's clear Johnny is incredibly nice and the only bad experience you may have with him is in dealing with his British personal security guard who can be rude.




That's my top 10 best autograph signers of 2012.  Celebs out there, I want to see a solid effort in 2013 to try to unseat the reigning 10.