Jackie Earle Haley: Nerdage’s #22 actor with geek appeal


Published: May 13, 2011 by Matthew Price Comment on this article Leave a comment

Jackie Earle Haley
Jackie Earle Haley

Former “Bad News Bears” child star Jackie Earle Haley was excellent as Rorschach in 2009′s “Watchmen” and starred for the past two seasons on the just-canceled “Human Target” on Fox, which was based on a DC Comics series.

He replaced Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger in a reboot of “Nightmare on Elm Street” in 2010, and is slated to appear in the upcoming “Dark Shadows” film, directed by Tim Burton, in 2012.    Haley comes in at #22 on Nerdage’s list of actors with geek appeal.

- Matt Price

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Features Editor Matthew Price has worked for The Oklahoman since 2000. He’s a University of Oklahoma graduate who has also worked at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and was a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern for the Dallas Morning News. He’s...
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