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Time For the Ball Drop: 10 Actors Who Have Showed Balls on Film

By Joe Reid @joereid

Published Dec. 28, 2018, 9:00 p.m. ET

Colin Farrell in 'Alexander' — Colin Farrell, *Alexander*
Director Oliver Stone has produced so many "director's cut"s and "definitive cut"s of his 2004 epic (and epic bomb) about the life of Alexander the Great, it's tough to remember which ones feature which Colin Farrell nude scenes. Just appreciate the fact that in one of them, Colin's balls are supporting performers.
[Where to Stream *Alexander*]Photo: Warner Bros.

Tilda Swinton and Ewan McGregor in 'Young Adam' — Ewan McGregor, *Young Adam*
The Scottish actor's propensity for going full frontal in movies earned McGregor a reputation as an exhibitionist (in addition to a great actor). In this early film from *Outlaw King* director David Mackenzie, McGregor stars alongside fellow often-nude Tilda Swinton.
[Where to Stream *Young Adam*]Photo: Sony Pictures Classics

Michael Fassbender in 'Shame' — Michael Fassbender, *Shame*
Fassbender got a LOT of attention for swinging his dick around in this 2011 movie from future *12 Years a Slave* and *Widows* director Steve McQueen. But where that dick led, his balls sure did follow.
[Where to Stream *Shame*]Photo: Fox Searchlight

Ken Davitian in 'Borat' — Kev Davitian, *Borat*
In a scene that had audiences full of Borat-loving bros squirming in their seats at clutching at their WIIIFE, rotund American actor Davitian belly-flopped on top of Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat in the middle of a naked brawl, leaving his testicles pressed aggressively against Borat's famously bushy 'stache.
[Where to Stream *Borat*]Photo: 20th Century Fox

Andy Samberg in 'Popstar' — Judd Apatow (???), *Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping*
The rumor has long been that it was in fact *Popstar* producer Judd Apatow who volunteered to be the anonymous penis that ends up pressed against Connor 4 Real's limousine window. The Lonely Island boys have "confirmed" this in interviews ... unless they were kidding. Which would be so unlike them! So the mystery continues.
[Where to Stream *Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping*]Photo: Universal

Jason Segel in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' — Jason Segel, *Forgetting Sarah Marshall*
One of the most famous instances of Comedy Penis in movie history, Jason Segel's emotionally distraught twig and berries were the stars of this particular show.
[Where to Stream *Forgetting Sarah Marshall*]Photo: Universal

Viggo Mortensen in 'Eastern Promises' — Viggo Mortensen, *Eastern Promises*
Viggo got an Oscar nomination for playing an extremely tough Russian enforcer whose bathhouse brawls included more than a few flashes between his legs.
[Where to Stream *Eastern Promises*]Photo: Focus Features

Jason Biggs in 'American Reunion' — Jason Biggs, *American Reunion*
When *American Reunion* reunited the gang from *American Pie* 13 years later, you knew there would be a reprise of the famous pie-fucking gag. In this case, it was Jim (Biggs) hiding his shame with the lid of a saucepan. The ... transparent glass lid of a saucepan. When will it be time for us to forgive cinema for showing us Jason Biggs's squished-up balls?
[Where to Stream *American Reunion*]Photo: Universal

Martha Plimpton in 'Pecker — Unknown, *Pecker*
More people should seek out and appreciate the 1998 John Waters film *Pecker*, featuring good lead performance by Edward Furlong as the titular Pecker, an amateur photographer in Waters' belovedly trashy Baltimore. Pecker enjoys snapping photos all over town, including the gay bar, where barkeep Martha Plimpton tries her best to enforce the one rule: no teabagging. She's not very successful.
[Where to Stream *Pecker*]Photo: Fine Line

'There's Something About Mary' zipper shot — Ben Stiller (Sorta), *There's Something About Mary*
These may not have been real testicles, but the ordeal they underwent was still pretty harrowing. Ben Stiller's high school dweeb getting his frank and beans stuck in his zipper -- that he somehow still zipped all the way up -- remains one of the great visual shocks of raunchy comedy.
[Where to Stream *There's Something About Mary*]Photo: 20th Century Fox

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We are officially counting down to the New Year — only three more days before that big, glittery ball in Times Square drops and we usher in 2019 to do with us what it will.

On this occasion of the New Year’s Eve ball drop, we thought it only thematically appropriate to talk about balls of a different sort. Specifically the full-frontal variety. Actors who commit to frontal nudity on film are 1) our greatest heroes, 2) committed to storytelling in a way that most of the rest of us will never be, and 3) more accustomed than most to the feel of a spring breeze blowing through their nether regions. And for this (and more) they must be commemorated.

The ten actors we’ve listed here (including one unknown go-go dancer in a John Waters movie and one unfortunate set of prosthetics) have all displayed the guts, the courage, the fortitude, the … what’s the word I’m looking for(?) … to show themselves off in public. Good for them. May we all ring in the new year with those kind of cojones.