Ever wonder what kind of underwear your celebrity crush wears? The list below – the result of exhaustive research from interviews, chat transcripts and public sitings – is always being updated. Find breaking celebrity underwear news at the boxers-or-briefs blog.
The Celebrity Boxers or Briefs List
| Bono | usually commando, sometimes boxers |
| Jensen Ackles | boxer briefs |
| Timothy Adams | commando |
| Jonathan Adler | briefs |
| Jason Adonis | briefs |
| Andre Agassi | commando or trunks under his tennis shorts |
| Clay Aiken | boxers |
| Jason Aldean | boxers |
| Kris Allen | briefs |
| David Anders | boxer briefs |
| Richard Dean Anderson | usually commando |
| Tyson Apostol | boxer briefs |
| Chip Arndt | both – boxers or briefs |
| Tom Arnold | boxers |
| Zeb Atlas | usually boxers but also likes briefs and jocks |
| Sebastian Bach | commando |
| Simon Baker | briefs |
| Alec Baldwin | boxers |
| Mark Ballas | briefs |
| Travis Barker | boxers |
| John Barrowman | briefs |
| PhillipJ. Bartell | briefs |
| Lance Bass | boxer briefs |
| Jason Bateman | commando |
| Matthew Bates | briefs |
| David Beckham | briefs |
| Tory Belleci | boxer briefs |
| Paul Ben-Victor | boxer briefs |
| Dierks Bentley | boxers |
| A.J. Benza | commando |
| Raj Bhakta | briefs |
| Justin Bieber | briefs |
| James Blake | boxer briefs |
| Kyle Boller | boxers |
| David Boreanaz | boxers |
| Pierre Bouvier | boxers |
| Jeff Bowen | usually briefs, sometimes boxer briefs |
| Soulja Boy | boxer briefs |
| TC Boyle | briefs |
| Tim Brabants | boxer briefs |
| Ryan Bradley | boxers |
| Zach Braff | briefs |
| Benjamin Bratt | briefs |
| Nicholas Brendon | boxers or briefs |
| Colt Brennon | boxer briefs |
| Michael Brent | boxer briefs |
| Adam Brody | boxer briefs |
| Jonas Brothers | boxer briefs |
| Ben Browder | usually commando |
| Chris Brown | boxer briefs |
| Justin Bruening | boxer briefs |
| Chris Bryant | briefs |
| Michael Buble | briefs |
| Robert Buckley | prefers briefs but also wears boxers |
| Titus Burgess | briefs |
| Billy Burke | boxer briefs |
| Reggie Bush | boxer briefs |
| Gerard Butler | boxers |
| Nicky Byrne | boxers |
| Boris Cabrera | briefs |
| Eddie Cahill | both – boxers or briefs |
| Jeff Calhoun | briefs |
| David Cameron | boxers |
| Mario Cantone | briefs |
| Drew Carey | boxer briefs |
| Kyle Carlson | boxer briefs |
| Aaron Carter | briefs |
| David Cassidy | boxers and boxer briefs |
| Justin Chambers | both boxers and briefs |
| Kenny Chesney | boxers |
| David Chockachi | briefs |
| Andrew Christian | briefs |
| Bill Clinton | both |
| Eric Close | boxer briefs |
| Sasha Baron Cohen | switching from boxer briefs to briefs |
| Paul Downs Colaizzo | boxers |
| Tom Colicchio | boxers |
| Chuck Comeau | boxers |
| Harry Connick Jr. | boxer briefs |
| Dane Cook | boxer briefs |
| Jim Creeggan | boxers |
| Russell Crowe | briefs |
| Tom Cruise | briefs |
| Alan Cumming | boxer briefs |
| Billy Currington | boxers |
| Jay Cutler | boxer briefs |
| CB Dalloway | boxers |
| Matt Damon | boxer briefs |
| Andrew Dan-Jumbo | briefs |
| Eric Dane | boxer briefs |
| RJ Danvers | briefs |
| Marco Dapper | boxer briefs |
| Chris Daughtry | briefs |
| David Davis | boxers |
| Chris deBurgh | boxers |
| Tim DeKay | commando |
| Tom DeLonge | boxer briefs |
| Patrick Dempsey | boxers |
| Mark Derwin | both |
| Alexandre Despatie | both |
| David Desrosiers | boxers |
| Ted DiBiase Jr. | briefs |
| Harold Dieterle | boxers |
| Michael Dietz | boxers |
| Michelangelo DiNapoli | briefs |
| Novak Djokovic | briefs |
| Stephen Dorff | boxers |
| Aaron Douglas | commando |
| David Duchovny | commando |
| Spencer Duhm | boxers |
| George Duran | commando |
| Jakob Dylan | boxers or briefs |
| The Edge | briefs |
| Zac Efron | both – boxers or briefs |
| Kian Egan | boxers |
| Colin Egglesfield | briefs |
| Quentin Elias | both briefs and boxers |
| David James Elliott | briefs |
| Peter Facinelli | boxer briefs |
| Evan Farmer | boxer briefs |
| Kevin Federline | briefs |
| Mark Feehily | boxers |
| Oded Fehr | boxers |
| Corey Feldman | commando |
| Matt Felker | commando |
| Shane Filan | boxers |
| Nathan Fillion | boxer briefs |
| Stephen Fishbach | boxers |
| Ben Flajnik | boxer briefs |
| Tom Fletcher | boxers |
| Chris Flores | commando |
| Ben Folds | commando |
| Scott Foley | boxers |
| Tom Ford | commando |
| Jonathan Frakes | briefs |
| James Franco | briefs |
| Jeff Francoeur | boxers |
| Michael Fredo | briefs |
| Chris Freeman | neither |
| David Fumero | both – boxers or briefs |
| David Genat | briefs |
| Galen Gering | boxers |
| Ricky Gervais | boxer briefs |
| Jason Giambi | sometimes wears thongs |
| Thomas Gibson | boxers |
| Vince Gill | briefs |
| Ben Gillies | boxers |
| Jon Ginoli | boxer briefs |
| Carmine Giovinazzo | both, and sometimes commando |
| Joe Gittleman | boxers |
| Tony Goncalves | bikini briefs |
| Mike Gordon | briefs |
| Mark-Paul Gosselaar | both |
| Alexander Gould | briefs |
| Topher Grace | boxers |
| Andy Grammer | briefs |
| Ciaran Griffiths | briefs |
| Josh Groban | briefs |
| Bear Grylls | boxers |
| Justin Guarini | boxer briefs |
| Tim Gunn | briefs |
| Jake Gyllenhaal | briefs? |
| Ron Hale | commando |
| Ilan Hall | American Apparel briefs |
| Jon Hamm | commando |
| Colin Hanks | boxers or boxer briefs |
| Trent Hansen | briefs |
| Taylor Hanson | briefs or boxer briefs |
| Brad Hargreaves | boxers |
| Hill Harper | boxer briefs |
| Josh Hartnett | usually commando |
| Johnny Hazzard | commando |
| Kevin Hearn | boxer briefs |
| Nick Hexum | boxers |
| Taylor Hicks | boxer briefs |
| Mark Hoppus | both |
| Niall Horan | boxers |
| Hung Huynh | briefs or commando |
| Rishi Idnani | boxers or boxer briefs |
| Enrique Iglesias | boxers |
| Steve Irwin | briefs |
| Hugh Jackman | boxer briefs |
| Joshua Jackson | boxers |
| Kevin James | briefs |
| Wyclef Jean | briefs |
| Stephan Jenkins | briefs |
| Buddy Jewell | briefs |
| Nick Jonas | boxer briefs |
| Tom Jones | briefs |
| Harry Judd | boxer briefs |
| Kasey Kahne | boxers |
| Patrick Kane | boxer briefs |
| Alex Kapranos | commando |
| Vincent Kartheiser | boxers |
| Chris Kattan | boxers |
| Toby Keith | boxer briefs |
| Sean Kelly | boxers |
| Chad Kimball | briefs |
| Jimmy Kimmel | briefs |
| Greg Kinnear | usually commando |
| Chris Kirkpatrick | briefs |
| Nick Klein | boxers |
| Jordan Knight | commando |
| Johnny Knoxville | boxers |
| Michael Kors | boxer briefs |
| Uncle Kracker | boxers |
| Marc Kudisch | boxers |
| Ashton Kutcher | briefs |
| Nick Lachey | boxers or boxer briefs |
| Adam Lambert | usually briefs, sometimes commando |
| Christian Lander | briefs |
| FirstName LastName | Preference |
| Hugh Laurie | boxers |
| Joey Lawrence | both – boxers or briefs |
| Chris Leary | boxer briefs |
| Matt LeBlanc | boxer briefs |
| Tommy Lee | mostly boxer briefs, sometimes commando |
| Sebastien Lefebvre | boxers |
| Byron Leftwich | boxers |
| John Legend | boxer briefs |
| John Leguizamo | boxer briefs |
| Matt Leinart | briefs |
| Zachary Levi | boxer briefs |
| Adam Levine | boxer briefs |
| Dale Levitski | briefs |
| Richard Lewis | briefs |
| Paul Leyden | boxer briefs |
| Ryan Lochte | both – boxers or briefs |
| Mario Lopez | briefs |
| G. Love | boxer briefs |
| Scott Lowell | boxers |
| Vaughn Lowery | briefs |
| Landon Lueck | boxer briefs |
| Kellan Lutz | boxer briefs |
| Evan Lysacek | boxer briefs |
| Norm Macdonald | boxers |
| Benji Madden | Boxer-briefs |
| Zayn Malik | boxers |
| Jack Maness | boxers |
| Joe Manganiello | boxer briefs |
| Stuart Manning | boxers |
| Vin Marco | both boxers and briefs |
| James Marsters | commando |
| Dave Martin | boxers |
| Matt Mason | briefs |
| Kyle Dean Massey | briefs and sometimes boxers |
| Raphael Matos | boxers |
| Gus Mattox | briefs |
| John Mayer | boxer briefs |
| Derrick Mayes | boxers |
| James McAvoy | commando |
| Jesse McCartney | boxers |
| Tim McCord | boxers |
| John McEnroe | boxer briefs |
| Seth McFarlane | boxers |
| Willis McGahee | commando |
| Ewan McGregor | briefs |
| Benjamin McKenzie | boxer briefs |
| AJ McLean | boxers |
| Robert Duncan McNeill | boxer briefs |
| Christopher Meloni | commando |
| Aston Merrygold | boxer briefs |
| Jason Mesnick | boxers |
| Wentworth Miller | boxers |
| Dustin Milligan | commando and sometimes a thong |
| Cory Monteith | prefers commando |
| Tom Morello | boxers |
| Scotty Morris | boxer briefs |
| Matthew Morrison | boxer briefs |
| Jason Mraz | briefs |
| Michael Muhney | briefs |
| Patrick Muldoon | boxer briefs |
| Dermot Mulroney | boxer briefs |
| Chad Michael Murray | boxer briefs |
| Mitchel Musso | briefs |
| Steve Nash | boxer briefs |
| Garrett Neff | briefs |
| Russell Newberry | both – boxers or briefs |
| Jim Newell | boxers |
| Terence Newman | boxers |
| Gavin Newsom | boxers |
| Rob Neyer | boxers, briefs and commando |
| Eric Nies | boxers |
| Jamie Noble | briefs |
| Krist Novoselic | briefs |
| Jerry O Connell | briefs |
| Chris O’Donnell | boxers |
| Alex O’Loughlin | briefs but it always changes |
| Apolo Ohno | both |
| Jamie Oliver | commando |
| Jared Padalecki | boxer briefs |
| Peter Paige | briefs |
| Todd Palin | boxers |
| Carson Palmer | boxers |
| Jason Paradis | boxer briefs |
| Ashley Angel Parker | briefs and boxer briefs |
| Hank Parker Jr. | boxers |
| Rob Pattinson | probably boxers |
| Jake Pavelka | boxers |
| Liam Payne | boxers |
| Ty Pennington | boxers |
| Steve Perry | briefs |
| Michael Phelps | boxer briefs |
| Joaquin Phoenix | boxers |
| Scott Pinckney | briefs |
| Chris Pine | briefs |
| Roberto Piqueras | both – boxers or briefs |
| Brad Pitt | seen in boxers but admits to liking briefs |
| Lukas Podolski | briefs |
| Sasha Popovic | briefs |
| Dougie Poynter | boxers |
| Elvis Presley | briefs |
| Paolo Presta | briefs |
| Roell Preston | boxers |
| Jason Priestly | boxers |
| Brady Quinn | boxers |
| Daniel Radcliffe | briefs |
| Keanu Reeves | boxers or briefs |
| Mark Rendell | boxers |
| Simon Rex | boxers |
| Ryan Reynolds | briefs |
| Trent Reznor | boxer briefs |
| Geraldo Rivera | briefs |
| Tim Robbins | boxers, briefs and thongs |
| Danny Roberts | both – boxers or briefs |
| Ed Robertson | boxer briefs |
| Kid Rock | boxers |
| Andy Roddick | boxers |
| Zach Roerig | commando |
| Charles Rogers | boxers |
| Al Roker | briefs |
| Gavin Rossdale | commando |
| Brandon Routh | both boxers and briefs |
| Paul Rudd | boxers |
| Paul Rudnick | briefs |
| Adamo Ruggiero | briefs |
| Matthew Rush | briefs |
| Salman Rushdie | mostly boxers |
| Kevin Sacre | boxers and sometimes sports briefs |
| Mark Salling | boxer briefs |
| Paul Sampson | commando |
| Adam Sandler | boxers |
| Jason Scarlatti | briefs and trunks |
| Dan Schafer | boxers |
| Fred Schneider | briefs |
| Nick Schulman | commando |
| Rodney Scott | boxer briefs |
| Ryan Seacrest | boxer briefs |
| Tom Selleck | briefs |
| Michael Shanks | boxers |
| William Shatner | briefs |
| Grant Show | both – boxers or briefs |
| Jon Siebels | boxer briefs |
| Bill Simmons | boxers |
| Sisqo | boxers |
| Tomas Skoloudik | briefs |
| Christian Slater | prefers boxers but can be talked into briefs |
| Kerr Smith | boxers |
| Jeffrey Solomon | briefs |
| Ian Somerhalder | briefs |
| Kevin Sorbo | boxers |
| Mike Soucy | boxers |
| Hal Sparks | boxer briefs |
| Zak Spears | boxers |
| Scott Speedman | boxers (but says he used to wear bikini briefs |
| Randy Spelling | boxers |
| Rick Springfield | both |
| Lee Stafford | briefs |
| Nick Stahl | boxers or boxer briefs |
| Demetrious Starling | briefs |
| Seth Stevenson | boxer briefs |
| Jon Stewart | briefs |
| Jeff Stinco | briefs |
| Michael Stipe | boxers |
| Eddie Stone | briefs or commando |
| Matt Striker | boxer briefs |
| Harry Styles | boxers |
| Jason Sutherland | sport briefs |
| Matthew Sweet | briefs |
| Nick Swisher | commando |
| Sam Talbot | boxers, briefs and commando |
| Shane Tallant | boxer briefs |
| Danny Tartabull | briefs |
| Tim Tebow | briefs |
| Rob Thomas | commando |
| James ‘JT’ Thomas Jr. | boxers |
| Justin Timberlake | boxer briefs |
| Elliott Tittensor | boxer briefs |
| Johnathan Togo | both |
| Louis Tomlinson | boxers |
| Russell Tovey | briefs |
| Stuart Townsend | both, but usually boxers |
| Connor Trinneer | boxers |
| Chris Trousdale | boxers |
| Ricky Ullman | boxers |
| Karl Urban | boxer briefs |
| Chase Utley | boxer briefs |
| James Van Der Beek | boxers |
| Casper VanDien | both |
| Vince Vaughn | boxers |
| Milo Ventimiglia | commando |
| Gianluca Vialli | briefs |
| Marcel Vigneron | everything except tighty whities |
| Brad Virata | briefs |
| Mirko Vucinic | briefs |
| Mark Wahlberg | boxers |
| Cash Warren | boxer briefs |
| Lee Watkinson | boxer briefs |
| Damon Wayans | boxers |
| Jimmy Wayne | boxers or briefs |
| Nick Wechsler | both – boxers or briefs |
| Anthony Weiner | boxer briefs |
| Johnny Weir | both |
| Michael Weiss | boxer briefs |
| Pete Wentz | boxer briefs |
| Dominic West | briefs |
| Gage Weston | briefs |
| Ed Westwick | boxer briefs |
| Bradley Whitford | boxers |
| Chuck Wicks | usually commando |
| Will Wikle | briefs |
| Barry Williams | boxers |
| Bruce Willis | boxer briefs |
| Rainn Wilson | boxer briefs |
| Peter Wingfield | commando |
| Jonathan Winters | boxers |
| Josh Wolf | boxer briefs or commando |
| Robert Hewitt Wolfe | briefs |
| Elijah Wood | boxers |
| Bow Wow | boxer briefs |
| David Wright | boxer briefs |
| Bernard Yin | boxers |
| Vince Young | boxers |
| Ethan Zohn | boxer briefs |
