If this tactic should be used against you and you feel it is undeserved, here is a page of research to help you provide a defensive response. All of the famous skeptics listed below have at least one acting credit in the Internet Movie database (IMDb) and thus have a bit of fictional Hollywood pretense on their résumés, with their credibility surviving intact as they act as the gatekeepers of mainstream science. Listed alphabetically.

1. Derren Brown . . . (1971 – ), member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Skeptic magazine (UK). IMDb
2. Richard Dawkins . . . (1941 – ), Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Editorial Board member of Skeptic magazine (US). IMDb
3. Ann Druyan . . . (1949 – ), Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. IMDb
4. Harry Houdini . . . (1874 – 1926), member of the Committee on Psychic Phenomena organized by Scientific American magazine in the 1920s that offered a cash prize for proof of supernatural phenomena; namesake of the "Houdini Hall of Honor" into which chosen prominent scientific skeptics are inducted by the US-based Independent Investigations Group. IMDb
5. Jamie Hyneman . . . (1956 – ), co-creator and co-host of the TV series MythBusters. IMDb
6. Penn Jillette . . . (1955 – ), Skeptic-oriented stage and television entertainer, half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller. IMDb
7. Lawrence M. Krauss . . . (1954 – ), Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. IMDb
8. Elizabeth Loftus . . . (1944 – ), Executive Council member and Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. IMDb
9. Bill Nye . . . (1950 – ), Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. IMDb
10. James E. Oberg . . . (1944 – ), Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. IMDb
11. James Randi . . . (1928 – ), co-founder of the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP, now known as the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry); founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation. IMDb
12. Carl Sagan . . . (1934 – 1996), co-founder of the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP, now known as the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry). IMDb
13. Adam Savage . . . (1967 – ), co-creator and co-host of the TV series MythBusters. IMDb
14. Michael Shermer . . . (1954 – ), founder of The Skeptics Society, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic magazine (US). IMDb
15. Seth Shostak . . . (1943 – ), Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. IMDb
16. Julia Sweeney . . . (1959 – ), Editorial Board member of Skeptic magazine (US). IMDb
17. Jamy Ian Swiss . . . (1953 – ), member of the Board of Directors of New York City Skeptics, co-founder of National Capital Area Skeptics, columnist for Skeptic magazine (US). IMDb
18. Carol Tavris . . . (1944 – ), Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Editorial Board member of Skeptic magazine (US). IMDb
19. Teller (Raymond Joseph Teller) . . . (1948 – ), Skeptic-oriented stage and television entertainer, half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller. IMDb
20. Neil deGrasse Tyson . . . (1950 – ), Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. IMDb