# People you don't expect to see naked, naked **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061 "2006-10-27T02:46:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061/101 "2006-10-31T00:01:00Z")
[QUOTE=The Weird One] It’s certainly still unusual for men to do nude scenes [/QUOTE] Most major male film actors under the age of 50 have done a nude scene. Let’s look at the last three years’ nominees for the Best Actor Academy Award, and nude scenes they have done: • Philip Seymour Hoffman: none • Heath Ledger: _Brokeback Mountain_ — frontal • David Strathairn: _Return of The Secaucus 7_ — frontal; _A Map of the World_ • Terrence Howard: none • Joaquin Phoenix: _The Yards_ • Jamie Foxx: _Any Given Sunday_ • Leonardo DiCaprio: _Total Eclipse_ — frontal; _The Aviator_ • Johnny Depp: _Private Resort_ • Don Cheadle: none • Clint Eastwood: _Space Cowboys_ • Jude Law: _Wilde_; _The Talented Mr. Ripley_ • Ben Kingsley: none • Bill Murray: none ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061/102 "2006-10-31T00:09:17Z")
Tara Reid…oh, wait. Wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061/103 "2006-10-31T00:23:56Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] • Philip Seymour Hoffman: none [/QUOTE] More’s the pity… ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061/104 "2006-10-31T01:07:01Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] :eek: I will be _running_, not walking to get this flick. Who cares if it’s good or bad? Who cares if it has a _plot_, for that matter? :: wipes drool from chin :: [/QUOTE] Add Velvet Goldmine and The Pillow Book to that list. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061/105 "2006-10-31T01:31:29Z")
[QUOTE=Nonsuch] I suppose that makes Jennifer Jason Leigh “the American Helen Mirren.” [/QUOTE] She gives an excellent performance in \*\*Flesh + Blood \*\* . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061/106 "2006-10-31T15:31:17Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] • Philip Seymour Hoffman: none [/QUOTE] ☹ And I guess male nude scenes are more common than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061/107 "2006-10-31T18:21:49Z")
Have we mentioned Mandy Patinkin yet, in **Run Ronnie Run**? That had me reaching for the brain bleach. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061/108 "2006-10-31T19:04:44Z")
[QUOTE=astro] I was surprised at the film [full body massage](http://www.amazon.com/Full-Body-Massage-Nicolas-Roeg/dp/6303953719) by Mimi Rogers. Real and sizeable. [/QUOTE] She was also topless in _The Door in the Floor_. While I’m a big fan of large ones, hers were practically down to her waist. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061/109 "2006-10-31T19:12:17Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] • Ben Kingsley: none • Bill Murray: none [/QUOTE] Huh. So there _is_ a God. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-dont-expect-to-see-naked-naked/378061/110 "2006-10-31T19:20:03Z")
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