--- description: An appreciation of 11 famous people who have successfully distilled their essence in one small blurb title: The 11 Best Celebrity Bios on Twitter image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The 11 Best Celebrity Twitter Bios by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2014 2:31 PM CUT by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2014 2:31 PM CUT Tom Cruise made all of our dreams come true earlier this month when he embraced his true nature and changed his Twitter bio to accurately reflect [his favorite activity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv2bAqk9PLw "undefined").  The man spends a considerable amount of time running in his films — always has. It’s not a bad thing, and he’s got no reason to be shy about it. Good on you, Maverick. To commemorate Cruise’s revelation, here are 10 other delightful celebrity Twitter bios: **Anna Kendrick**  Fun fact: Anna Kendrick is consistently delightful. She even went to the trouble of choosing an appropriate picture and a fun location. She would definitely get more candy canes than Glen Coco. **Shaquille O’Neal**  Obviously there are bonus points involved if you’re bold enough to use your name in some sort of verb or noun in your bio (looking at you, Val). **Robert Downey Jr.**  We do indeed. **Cher**  Twitter Twitter What does this mean? It’s like the bio version of Jaden Smith’s tweets. I’m disappointed this isn’t his bio. Those two would get along famously. **Joel McHale**  A little backstory here: In 2011, McHale co-starred in a little picture called _Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D_ (that’s the actual title) with Jessica Alba. At the time, Alba’s Twitter bio mentioned that she was a “proud mom.” McHale decided he wanted in on the fun and followed suit. In short, no, he’s not a mother. Still a funny guy though (and father). **Patton Oswalt**  Twitter Twitter At this point, you’re really not allowed to have any sort of Twitter-related list and not include Oswalt. He probably played a lot of Europe and Toto while he was DJ-ing. **Mindy Kaling**  Twitter Twitter See what she did there? **Nicole Richie**  Twitter Twitter Can you imagine if this were true? And also that Paris Hilton invented the paper-clip? I would watch a reality show where the two of them team up and invent things that have already been invented. Call me, FOX. **Michael McKean**  Twitter Twitter Short, sweet and right to the point. Potentially dangerous if taken literally though. **Mia Farrow**  Twitter Twitter Aren’t we all? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/102872/best-celebrity-twitter-bios/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/102872/best-celebrity-twitter-bios/"},"headline":"The 11 Best Celebrity Twitter Bios","datePublished":"2014-05-19T14:31:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:22.646Z","description":"Tom Cruise recently changed his Twitter bio to reflect his lifelong passion. Here are 11 other stars who have successfully distilled their essence in one small blurb","url":"https://time.com/102872/best-celebrity-twitter-bios/","keywords":["celebrities","Social Media","twitter","Anna Kendrick","Robert Downey Jr.","Mindy Kaling","tom cruise"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/102872/best-celebrity-twitter-bios/","name":"The 11 Best Celebrity Twitter Bios"}}]}] ```