Chad Michael Murray. Katrina Marcinowski/Netflix
Chad Michael Murray is giving Us what we would like.
Murray, 43, posed shirtless for a calendar photoshoot and shared the steamy photographs one week earlier than the discharge of his Netflix vacation movie The Merry Gents, during which he performs a dancer at a male revue.
“It was both this or one other ugliest canine of the yr calendar,” Murray joked by way of his Instagram Story on Wednesday, November 13. “Hyperlink coming quickly :).”
Earlier that day, Netflix unveiled the pictures by way of Instagram with a particular video message from Murray himself.
“So, hear, I could have the right white elephant present to your vacation get together,” mentioned the actor, sporting a darkish pinstripe swimsuit with a white shirt beneath. “Take a look at my 2025 calendar.”
For the month of January, Murray flaunts his tanned and toned physique in a loosened bow tie and tuxedo pants, and in February’s shoot, he holds a heart-shaped pillow in entrance of his crotch whereas holding a Cupid’s arrow.
In March, he holds a basketball and inexperienced bow tie, a nod to St. Patrick’s Day; in April, he’s bought bunny ears; in Could, he’s bought a bouquet of roses to your mom; in June, he suggestions his commencement hat; in July, he wears the American flag like a gown; and in August, he’s bought a cake for his birthday on the twenty fourth.
Come September, he sports activities his recreation day face, clutching a soccer on the sector; in October, he holds a pumpkin whereas carrying overalls (one strap slipped off); and for the vacations, he’s proven basting a Thanksgiving turkey and peeking out from behind a Christmas tree.
Each Murray and Netflix are constructing pleasure for The Merry Gents, which can be launched on Wednesday, November 20. It additionally stars Britt Robertson, Marla Sokoloff, Beth Broderick, Michael Gross and Maxwell Caulfield. The movie follows Ashley (Robertson), knowledgeable dancer who, in hopes of saving her dad and mom’ small-town performing venue, decides to stage an all-male, Christmas-themed revue. Murray, who performs Luke — a reputation all too acquainted for One Tree Hill followers — is a repairman who agrees to affix the present.
Murray hasn’t been shy about exhibiting off his chiseled abs over time. In an October 2020 interview with British GQ, he defined his fundamental relationship with meals.
“I’m not a foodie, in order that helps,” he mentioned. “I eat out of necessity, not out of want. I carry my very own meals to work – have carried out for the final ten to fifteen years,” he mentioned. “I stay on the identical factor each single day: nuts, espresso, Sort bars. I carry tuna to work each day for lunch with some Wheat Thins — American Wheat Thins.”