Walton Goggins is breaking the internet—and not just with his killer performance in The White Lotus. The 53-year-old actor has everyone talking after posing in a revealing new photoshoot for Cultured magazine’s Cult100 list, which celebrates figures “shaping our culture in real time.”
Known for playing intense, layered characters—from Boyd Crowder in Justified to his recent turn as Rick Hatchett in the third season of The White Lotus—Goggins is now showing off a different kind of range: Speedo-clad, cigarette-wielding, cowboy-boot-wearing energy.
Photo: CULTURED’s CULT100 Issue
Cultured, Clothed (Barely), and Completely Iconic
In one of the standout shots from the Cultured cover shoot, Goggins lounges seductively inside a Ferris wheel pod on the Santa Monica Pier, wearing nothing but a canary-yellow pair of Speedos and a mustard-colored jacket. Another image ups the ante: he’s ditched the jacket, kept the trunks, and slipped into a pair of rugged cowboy boots, because why not?
Photo: CULTURED’s CULT100 Issue
Photo: CULTURED’s CULT100 Issue
One of the most talked-about photos shows the actor in a bathroom stall—pants down, boots on, cigarette dangling effortlessly from his lips—serving a look that feels somewhere between high fashion and chaotic good.
Fans were quick to respond with memes, thirst tweets, and deeply relatable commentary.
Me in the back of an uber pool at 10am pic.twitter.com/e8O61z0Du8
— 7/11 Truther (@DaveMcNamee3000) April 23, 2025
this is too much he’s reached jeff goldblum territory pic.twitter.com/N7dc498ZOW
— Alison (@TradWife2049) April 23, 2025
Goggins: From Gritty Drama to Cultural Icon
While the photoshoot may have left little to the imagination, Goggins’ acting chops are just as buzzworthy. His character in The White Lotus Season 3, Rick Hatchett, was out for revenge following his father’s death—but let’s just say things didn’t exactly end well for him. No spoilers, but if you’ve seen the finale, you know.
Whether he’s going full cowboy in Django Unchained, hunting aliens in Predators, or unraveling emotionally complex men on HBO, Goggins consistently proves he’s more than just a character actor—he’s a cultural chameleon.
And if this shoot is any indication, he’s also a late-in-life sex symbol. The man can rock a Speedo and cowboy boots simultaneously. That’s talent.
If all this talk has you craving more of Goggins—clothed or otherwise—Season 3 of The White Lotus is currently streaming on Max.
Until then, we’ll be scrolling through that Cultured shoot and reconsidering our summer swimwear plans.
