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Chad Michael Murray poses shirtless for the sexy 2025 calendar: See all 12 photos
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Chad Michael Murray poses shirtless for the sexy 2025 calendar: See all 12 photos

Chad Michael Murray makes 2025 a year to remember.

The actor posed for a sexy themed calendar for Netflix, ahead of his stripped-down role as a handsome dancer in the Christmas rom-com The cheerful gentlemen.

“So listen, I might have the perfect white elephant gift for your Christmas party,” Murray, 43, says in a video on Netflix’s Instagram page, along with all 12 monthly snapshots. “View my 2025 calendar.”

In each of the photos, Murray is festive every month, wearing red underwear and Cupid’s arrow for Valentine’s Day in February, bunny ears for Easter in April, an American flag for the 4th of July, and jack-o-lanterns for Halloween in October. For his birthday month of August, Murray holds a sprinkle-covered cake.

Chad Michael Murray.

Netflix


Fans had a blast in the comments section on Instagram. “Netflix is ​​healing millennial Americans (now),” one follower wrote, while another commented, “Can we have this in HD so I can print it?”

“Someone’s calling me an ambulance,” another fan joked. Another wrote: “IT’S A VERY MURRAY CHRISTMAS.”

Chad Michael Murray.

Netflix


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Chad Michael Murray.

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The cheerful gentlemen is about a former big-city dancer (Britt Robertson) who, while home for the holidays, orchestrates an all-male Christmas-themed revue to try to save her parents’ small-town performances.

Murray previously told PEOPLE that he “never danced professionally or trained in any way” before committing to mastering his dance moves for this role.

Chad Michael Murray.

Netflix


“As we get older, it’s not as easy as it was in our 20s, so it’s been a lot of work, dedication and focus,” he said.

“We worked six-hour days in the dance hall. I got there before all the other guys so I could learn the majority of all the things before they got there because some of the guys already had dance training. I wanted to be ahead of the curve so I not holding anyone back. If I was going to do this, I wanted to be all in.

Chad Michael Murray.

Netflix


Meanwhile, the film’s co-star and writer Marla Sokoloff said she was impressed with Murray and Robertson on set.

Chad Michael Murray.

Netflix


“I’ve never been around so many people with such impressive abs – including Brit!” the Full house alum, 43, said. “Not to mention how nice they all were. The set was super fun. I enjoyed talking to Chad about our time in the early years, and how we had so many friends in common, but had never met or worked together before.

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Chad Michael Murray.

Netflix


Robertson, 34, confirmed that her co-star Murray was completely “immersed” during her first interaction with him during dance rehearsals – he even wore “full hip-hop gear” and knee pads.

“He seemed to put a lot of effort into it and he cared a lot,” she said. “I always think that’s a good sign when your actors care about what they’re doing. So I was impressed.”

Chad Michael Murray.

Netflix


Murray said his wife Sarah Roemer was initially “nervous” about the film when he first showed her behind-the-scenes videos.

“She said, ‘Oh my God, what are you making?’ Because depending on how you shoot it and how you light it, it can be a completely different movie,” he explained. “It’s a fine line trying to fit a Christmas movie and strippers together and make it work, right?” It’s not the first thing you think of when you think of Christmas. So for us it really set the tone right.”

Chad Michael Murray.

Netflix


The actor said The cheerful gentlemen “is not your standard, formatted holiday genre piece.”

“We’re doing a male dance revue, so it’s something that gets you a little hot and bothered, which is great, but the romance is there, the sparks fly, we’ve got some great comedy beats in there that you’re going to laughing out loud,” he said.

Chad Michael Murray.

Netflix


Directed by Peter Sullivan, the film also stars Beth Broderick, Michael Gross, Maxwell Caulfield, Hector David Jr., Colt Prattes and Marc Anthony Samuel.

As Murray puts it, the creative team was able to “push the boundaries a little bit” with the film.

Chad Michael Murray.

Netflix


The cheerful gentlemen is on Netflix November 20.