Stars with Buzz Cut

Some actors love to enjoy the lightness and pampering experience of the buzz cut. Will Smith wore this short hairstyle in his movie I Am Legend (2007). Some also celebrates this pure baldness in their own movies. Jeff Bridges sported it in Iron Man (2008). Patrick Stewart looks great with it as Professor X in the X-Men trilogy and Star Treks' Jean-Luc Picard. Bruce Willis too have an on-and-off affair with it.

You also have Vin Diesel (XXX), The Rock, Michael Chiklis (The Shield), Samuel L. Jackson, and Bill Zane.

Even Sigourney Weaver, Grace Jones had their own past romance with very short hairs or what was left of it after a good clean shave.

"Proponents of the look," wrote Stacey Smith of Netscape Celebrity, "insist that baldness bespeaks power, confidence, machismo, even a compelling hint of danger." (Click here to read this article.)

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