16 Actors Who Enjoyed Shooting Nude Scenes

Ever since movies first started to hit cinema screens, nudity has been part of the industry. That isn't entirely surprising given that movies often replicate real life, and there are plenty of times in our lives when people end up without their clothes on for various reasons. Of course, things have changed somewhat in the modern era, with intimacy coordinators and studio policies in place to ensure that actors are kept safe and maintain their dignity.

That's not to say, though, that every actor enjoys doing nude scenes or even agrees to do them. Plenty of actors have refused to appear naked on screen and many releases end up using body doubles or special effects to fool the audience. However, there are some actors who genuinely enjoy doing nude scenes, whether it's for a blockbuster movie or a high-profile television series. These actors were all more than willing to take off their clothes — and actually had fun getting naked for the camera.

Joel Silver, the producer behind a string of box office successes such as the "Lethal Weapon" films and "The Matrix," often combined high-octane action with a generous amount of female nudity in many of his popular films. While that has made him a controversial figure, he continued the tradition with the 2001 movie "Swordfish." In fact, it was Silver who persuaded Halle Berry to come aboard the film and perform a topless scene, making it one of her first nude scenes in a Hollywood movie.

For her part, Berry doesn't seem to have been fazed by the experience in any way. Although she was nervous at first, this was something that the actor had shown an interest in throughout her career but never quite felt confident enough to do. "So much of my life I was afraid to [do a nude scene]," she told Entertainment Weekly. "With the success of my Dorothy Dandridge project and the critical acclaim that brought me, I finally felt that I didn't have to prove myself anymore."

Ashton Kutcher is an actor who has appeared in everything from "That '70s Show" and "Dude, Where's My Car?" to "Two and a Half Men" and "No Strings Attached." The latter of these sees the actor star opposite Natalie Portman as two friends who enter into an arrangement to begin a physical relationship without becoming boyfriend and girlfriend. As you might have guessed, the movie features some nudity as the two characters get up close and personal.

That wasn't something that was upsetting for Kutcher. In fact, the actor revealed to the Belfast Telegraph that he found the entire experience pretty enjoyable. Taking a philosophical approach that everyone is born naked, the actor wasn't worried about what he looked like on camera, even if the towel he was using to keep some modesty was smaller than he originally expected. "I like having it out, I don't mind being naked — we all came into the world this way, and there's very little you can do about it. You are who you are," he said.

Unlike many of her contemporaries, Jennifer Lawrence has never been an actor associated with nudity. Even though she is one of the most successful actors of recent times, with roles in both the "X-Men" and "The Hunger Games" film series, Lawrence has largely avoided roles that require her to strip off her clothing. She made a notable exception to this policy in 2023 when she appeared in the comedy "No Hard Feelings."

The film features a notable scene where Lawrence and Andrew Barth Feldman's character go skinny-dipping at the beach. While the pair are naked in the water, a group of teenagers steal their clothes, prompting Maddie to jump out and fight them off. The actor admitted that she had a great time filming the outlandish action sequence, saying, "it was a blast" when discussing the film with USA Today. As well as it being a lot of fun, Lawrence found another benefit from performing the scene in the workout it provided. "That was the most exercise I've had in a really long time," she revealed.

Long before he became a comic and actor, Ken Jeong was working as a doctor. He finally got his break in the entertainment industry when he was cast in "Knocked Up," going on to star in a number of comedies before he landed a role in "The Hangover" as Leslie Chow. He immediately made an impression thanks to his outlandish introduction when he jumped completely naked out of the trunk of a car and attacked Bradley Cooper's character.

It turns out that Jeong didn't just enjoy filming that particular scene but actually suggested it in the first place. He told NBC News that he came up with the idea as a way to make the audience laugh and give them something to remember him by. The actor said of his motivation, "I just kind of wanted to shock everybody." Speaking to The Washington Post, Jeong also confirmed that he is always willing to get naked if it gets a laugh from viewers. "I am totally uninhibited at the risk of making myself look idiotic," he explained.

Some people might know James McAvoy from the "X-Men" franchise, where he played a young Charles Xavier, or from other well-received films such as "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and "The Last King of Scotland." He has also been closely associated with M. Night Shyamalan, appearing in both "Split" and "Glass" in the last decade. The actor is also known for his stage work, and it is in the theater that he finds the most enjoyment when performing without any clothes.

McAvoy admitted that he likes being totally open on stage, without any protection from the audience, which gives him a sense of freedom. He told the Daily Star, "I like to get naked. Naked on film is not that much fun, but naked on stage is really quite freeing because there's nowhere to hide, you're completely vulnerable. When you're completely vulnerable, it can't get any worse, can it?"

Kristen Wiig is a comedian and actor who debuted on "Saturday Night Live" in 2005 and stayed for seven years, subsequently appearing in movies such as "Knocked Up," "Bridesmaids," and "The Martian." In 2014, she also starred in the comedy-drama "Welcome to Me," playing a woman who wins the lottery and begins broadcasting her own show after moving into a casino. Suffering from borderline personality disorder, she stops her medications and makes a number of bizarre decisions as her mental health deteriorates.

This culminates in a scene where Wiig's character walks naked through the casino floor. Wiig found it exhilarating, if a little scary, to do the scene, as it meant she could be seen by the cast and crew as well as everybody else inside the real-life casino. "I was terrified to do it, for the obvious reasons," she told the Los Angeles Times. "And then after I did it, I was like, oh this is actually kind of freeing, how many people can say they were just walking around a public place naked with a bunch of people around?"

Like many actors and comedians who got their start on Judd Apatow projects, Jason Segel starred in the television series "Freaks and Geeks." Appearing alongside the likes of Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, Linda Cardellini, and James Franco, Segel established himself as a leading actor and went on to star in the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" for nine years, a part that didn't exactly call for much nudity.

That wasn't the case for the film "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," where the actor is shown naked very early in the film after being unceremoniously dumped by his girlfriend, played by Kristen Bell. Segel has since spoken about the scene and the fact that he wasn't all that bothered about being nude, which makes sense considering he actually wrote the film. Segel explained to Vulture that the moment was necessary to help keep viewers guessing about what would happen next. "The full-frontal nudity," he said. "I thought that was hilarious. I was actually not very uncomfortable doing it. I really felt free."

In many ways, Ben Affleck has had a career that many actors would envy. He's done everything from portraying Batman to writing the award-winning "Good Will Hunting" and directing the highly acclaimed "Argo." Yet fans have rarely had the opportunity to see Affleck in the buff, with the actor seemingly choosing to keep his clothes on while on the screen.

However, the "Argo" director said on "The Daily Show" that he wanted to keep one particular scene in the movie but was convinced by the rest of the cast and crew to cut it down. The shot in question involved a nude depiction of Affleck's character in a shower. He eventually got his wish, though, in the 2014 mystery thriller "Gone Girl." Affleck revealed to MTV News that he finally got to appear naked via a brief full-frontal shot of him that appears in the film.

From what he told MTV, Affleck was very happy to strip off for "Gone Girl," even if it was just for just a few seconds. "I try to get it in every movie," Affleck joked in the interview. "The penis is in there! It's IMAX penis! You've gotta pay 15 bucks to see it in 3D ... it's better in 3D."