Jerome Edward Trager "Jerry" Messing is an American actor.Messing
played Pugsley Addams in the 1998 film Addams Family Reunion, and had
a reoccurring role on the short-lived cult NBC dramedy, Freaks and
Geeks, as Gordon Crisp, an optimistic geek with trimethylaminuria. He
also appeared in five episodes of Even Stevens and two episodes of Mr.
Show with Bob and David. Messing has not appeared in an acting role
since 2003.In 2011, Messing appeared in a music video for artist
Viennie V, playing a contestant on a dating show. To date, the video
has over 770,000 views.On October 31, 2013 a picture of Messing
appeared on Reddit. The photo features Messing wearing a fedora and
grinning at the camera. After being widely disseminated online,
Messing was labeled "Fedora Guy" and the picture became synonymous
with "neckbeard" and "nice guy" stereotypes. Messing has stated in
subsequent interviews that the picture was an outtake for a headshot
photoshoot he took when attempting to restart his acting career, after
briefly attending Florida International University to study
psychology. As Messing noted, "I'm certainly not thrilled with the
communities the photo has come to represent, but it isn't something I
can really do anything aboutâ€"so I don't let it bother me."
played Pugsley Addams in the 1998 film Addams Family Reunion, and had
a reoccurring role on the short-lived cult NBC dramedy, Freaks and
Geeks, as Gordon Crisp, an optimistic geek with trimethylaminuria. He
also appeared in five episodes of Even Stevens and two episodes of Mr.
Show with Bob and David. Messing has not appeared in an acting role
since 2003.In 2011, Messing appeared in a music video for artist
Viennie V, playing a contestant on a dating show. To date, the video
has over 770,000 views.On October 31, 2013 a picture of Messing
appeared on Reddit. The photo features Messing wearing a fedora and
grinning at the camera. After being widely disseminated online,
Messing was labeled "Fedora Guy" and the picture became synonymous
with "neckbeard" and "nice guy" stereotypes. Messing has stated in
subsequent interviews that the picture was an outtake for a headshot
photoshoot he took when attempting to restart his acting career, after
briefly attending Florida International University to study
psychology. As Messing noted, "I'm certainly not thrilled with the
communities the photo has come to represent, but it isn't something I
can really do anything aboutâ€"so I don't let it bother me."
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