'I'm not ashamed of my stripper past': Channing Tatum shows off his gym-honed physique for GQ photo shoot

By Daily Mail Reporter
Updated: 03:55 EST, 16 February 2011

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Channing Tatum has a history of taking his clothes off, being a former stripper, but his latest photos for a GQ photo shoot shows that the actor's body is still sizzling hot.

The Step Up actor showed off his gym-honed chest and toned physique for the magazine's All-American Style Issue.

Posing in the doorway of a motel, the 30-year-old's tanned body is on display as he goes shirtless and wears just a pair of jeans.

Ripped: Channing Tatum stripped down and went shirtless for a photo shoot for the All-American GQ Style Issue

Ripped: Channing Tatum stripped down and went shirtless for a shoot for the All-American GQ Style Issue

He looks like every woman's dream man as he gazes out into the sunshine with a beer in hand to help cool him down.

Although fully clothed, Tatum on the front cover of GQ is just as enticing with his chiselled bone structure and piercing eyes showing he is just as seductive with his body covered up.

He is however embracing his sex symbol status because he says he does not get called in for tamer parts.

'No one's calling me for lawyer roles', Tatum said. He is currently starring in a new Roman period action movie called The Eagle with Jamie Bell.

But he added: 'I still have a lot to prove to myself'.

Not hiding: The 30-year-old actor opened up about his stripper past and said he is not ashamed of it

Channing has been very open about his history as a stripper and said his past does not bother him one bit.

'I had wanted to tell people. I'm not ashamed of it. I don't regret one thing. I'm not a person who hides s***'.

The athletic actor says that he also likes to do his own stunts but is wary when other people don't have faith in him.

'You know when someone is so nervous about something, it makes you doubt yourself?

'Like on Step Up, I was going to do this back-flip off the car. That's something I do all the time.

'By the time it was time to do it, I was like shaking, because everyone was all, "Are you sure you want to do this?" But then I did it, and it was fine'.

The writer of the GQ article got to spend a whole day with the actor and was told by Channing at the start: 'I'm having a beer. You should have one too. It'll make us both feel better', showing his growing fame has not gone to his head and he is still down to earth.

Latest film: Channing stars in the upcoming Roman period action movie The Eagle- Channing plays a young Roman soldier who endeavours to honour his father's memory by finding his lost legion's golden emblem

Called America's 'most fun movie star', he also shared hilarious stories of getting a random tattoo with the letters IH inked on his upper arm.

He also spoke of turning up at his friend and fellow actor's home Marlon Wayans for a surprise visit.

'We sneak up to his house and we're like, "S*** he's home!' Tatum recalled. 'There are girls around the pool and we can see him sitting there.'

'So Kurtz [Channing's friend] and I strip down. And we open the door and just pounce in like, 'Rawr!' And Marlon jumps up in this fighting stance, like he is going to bust out some martial-arts s***. And his cousin grabs a pillow. A pillow', he laughed.

And despite the fact that he has a growing movie career and is fast-tracking to A List status, Channing has other ambitions too.

'There are so many things I want to do. Like, I want to get an artist, a musician, a photographer,a nd a bunch of dancers that I know and just travel across Africa and film it and just see what happens. Do and learn as much as I possibly can'.

The GQ issue featuring Channing Tatum hits news stands on February 22.