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Enneagram Type 2 Celebrities and Famous People

Famous people who are Enneagram Type 2 illustration of the helper type two

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Type 2s are typically driven to help others, sometimes at the expense of their own interests, and they look to make positive change in the world, so there are lots of examples of famous Type 2 celebrities and characters to draw from. Type 2s are empathetic, compassionate, and sociable. See if you recognize those traits in our examples of Enneagram Type 2 famous people.


Enneagram Type 2 Famous Actors

Type Twos are helpful and prone to help to others, so they like to give others their best as well as help them grow. Type 2 celebrity actors will tend to be empathetic actors, very likeable to those they work with and desirable in a cast setting, but may be a little shy.

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Henry Cavill

British actor, Henry Cavill achieved global fame with his portrayal as Superman in the DC Extended Universe superhero film franchise, as well as giving his face to Geralt of Riveria in The Witcher tv series.

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Margot Robbie

Australian actress and producer, nominated for two Academy Awards, Margot Robbie was one of the highest-paid actresses in 2019, and it renowned for her portrayal of Harley Quinn in the DC Extended Universe.

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Tom Hiddleston

English actor, Tom Hiddleston is a winner of a Golden Globe and Laurence Olivier award, acclaimed for his stage performances in Coriolanus and Betrayal. He is best known as portraying Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Other mentions: Steven Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire), Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller's Day Off), Saoirse Ronan (Ladybird), Kirsten Dunst (Fargo), Kristen Bell (The Good Place).


Enneagram Type 2 Famous Musicians

Type Twos are team orientated, and recognize intuitively how music works within a group dynamic. With an innate sense of how they can best help a team environment, they are also not prone to acts of individual performance and compositional excellence. Type Twos tend to be more natural and expressive musicians.

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Bae Suzy

South Korean singer, a member of the girl group Miss A who moved to solo releases. Bae also stars in popular Korean TV shows and has been described as "The Nations' First Love" in her home country of South Korea.

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Giuseppe Verdi

Italian opera composer, Verdi has composed some of the most popular and famous operas of all time. Aida, Nabucco, Otello and Falstaff. His operas are widely celebrated and continually performed up to the present day.

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Thomas Newman

American composer, Newman has been nominated an incredible fifteen times for an Academy Award. Newman has written many popular film scores such as The Shawshank Redemption, Finding Nemo, American Beauty, WALL-E, and Skyfall.

Other mentions: Giacomo Puccini, Suzie Collier, Joseph Haydn, Luciano Pavarotti, Kim Sejeong, Bang Chan, Chuu.


Enneagram Type 2 Famous Philosophers

Type Twos are compassion and have relatively high levels of emotional intelligence making them especially ideal philosophers to deal with morality and moral questions in general. With an innate sense of what is kind or not, they can best navigate complex questions in this field. Type Twos tend to be more natural and morality led philosophers.

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Susan Neiman

American moral philosopher, Susan Neiman focuses on Enlightenment moral philosophy, and the juncture between this, metaphysics and politics. Her book, Moral Clarity, argued that secular culture failed to satisfy the reasoning behind moral values.

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Kwame Anthony Appiah

British-Ghanaian philosopher and cultural theorist, Kwame was the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, and is a strong advocate for cosmopolitanism and global citizenship.

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Elsa Punset

Spanish philosopher and communicator, Elsa is well known for her expertise in using emotional intelligence as a tool for positive change, and for her popular science communications.

Other mentions: Susan Neiman.


Enneagram Type 2 Famous Athletes

Type Twos are great team players, with an innate sense of how they can best help a team environment. But they also not prone to acts of individual excellence associated with top tier athletes. Type Twos tend to be more natural and expressive athletes.

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Mohamed Salah

Egyptian professional footballer, regarded as one of the great players of the sport, known for dribbling and fast paced play.

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Roger Federer

Swiss professional tennis player, winner of 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and world number 1 for 310 weeks.

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Colin Kaepernick

American football quarterback and civil rights activist, renowned for his protestation against police brutality and racial inequality in the United States.

Other mentions: Damon Hill, George Russell, N'Golo Kante, Kevin Anderson, Simona Halep, Juan Martin del Potro.


Enneagram Type 2 Fictional Characters

Type Twos are typically driven to help others, sometimes at the expense of their own interests, and are immensely compassionate, often kind. They look to make positive change in the world. This lends itself to stereotypes of well-meaning and kind protagonists, rarely villains. These are some of the well known examples of such characters in fiction.

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Anna

From Disney's Frozen franchise, Anna is the princess of Arendelle, and sister to Elsa, the heiress to the throne. Anna is determined, fearless, filled with an open heart, and a representation of love.

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Toshinori Yagi 'All Might'

All Might is strongest hero in the My Hero Academia anime universe. He is the eighth user of the One For All Quirk, and one of the teachers at U.A. High School.

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Princess Peach Toadstool

Princess Peach is the lead female character in Nintendo's Mario franchise. Originally a damsel in distress character, Peach has a major protagonist in many of the super mario video games. Peach has also become an unusual LGBT icon.

Other mentions: Sabrina Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Kaede Akamatsu (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony), Howl Pendragon (Howl's Moving Castle), Sakura Haruno (Naruto Shippuden), Judy Hopps (Zootopia).

 


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Chloe Yarwood, MSc

University of Chichester, Advanced Applied Psychology

Chloe Yarwood, MSc in Advanced Applied Psychology from University of Chichester. Specialist in personality type theory and developing valid personality questionnaires.