Never seen the commentaries, but love the show.
#7 was an athlete? Gosh, I'm having a hard time coming up with a character was both a rich athlete and a published author--especially one where the actor is a household name. Lemme do research on one last idea and get back to you.
Edit: I know he's not an athlete, but he fits all of the other criteria. I'm thinking maybe there's something in a commentary or comic book that I missed somewhere to fill in the gap. Is #7 Franklin Stern? He's rich, he's probably published, he's in the second half of season one, he was probably athletic in his youth and the actor is a household name.
Elisabeth