The prototype of a square jawed All-American hunk, Casper Van Dien will always be known as the sexy citizen Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers (1997). Truly a role he was born to play, Casper's dad was a fighter pilot and Casper went to military school before attending Florida State University. But Casper didn't join the military, he headed to LA to make it as an actor and soon found himself all over the TV dial, from showing up in a few episodes of Saved By the Bell to playing...
The prototype of a square jawed All-American hunk, Casper Van Dien will always be known as the sexy citizen Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers (1997). Truly a role he was born to play, Casper's dad was a fighter pilot and Casper went to military school before attending Florida State University. But Casper didn't join the military, he headed to LA to make it as an actor and soon found himself all over the TV dial, from showing up in a few episodes of Saved By the Bell to playing Brad Morris on Dangerous Women, Zack Taylor on Freshman Dorm, Griffin Stone on Beverly Hills, 90210 and even depicting James Dean in James Dean: Race With Destiny (1997). But Casper's breakthrough work was, of course, as the Argentinean high school football star turned badass bug killing soldier Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers (1997). The kill shot in this slam-bang action flick finds Casper nude in the shower with many of his fellow recruits (both male and female) right there with him. As he washes himself down, his muscular body shines like a Greek god and there are several long, beautiful, lingering shots of his wonderful whoopie cakes. Would you like to show more? At one point Casper turns around and we get a brief shot of his magical man missile. Finally, as he leaves the shower a fellow soldier slaps him on the ass. Who could resist? Casper played the Lord of the Apes in Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) and Bom Van Brunt in Sleepy Hollow (1999) before flashing more ass in Partners (2000). Assper, err, Casper showed that he still has it in 2008’s Starship Troopers 3: Marauder where he revived his role as Johnny Rico and once again hit the showers going full frontal. It is a quick shot, but it shows that nine years after the original Starship Troopers, Casper is still packing a mighty weapon and knows how to use it. Mr. Man stood at full attention! After playing Lt. Steven Albright on Monk, Casper mostly kicked around the B movie scene in stuff like Christmas Twister (2012), and Fire Twister (2015) while also playing Johnny Cage in the web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2013). Shirtless work in Ratpocalypse (2015) and Alpha Wolf (2018) let us know Casper's still in amazing shape, but we never got the Van Dien peen. While you'll still see Casper in stuff like Alita: Battle Angel (2019) and as Asher's dad Harold Adams on All American, these days Casper's also dipped his toe in the directing world. We're gonna need him to stay in front of the camera, though because Casper's a gasper!
