A pre-"Entourage" Adrian Grenier, a post-"90210" Jason Priestley and many others popped up in Brit's clips.
By Jocelyn Vena

Taye Diggs, Britney Spears and Jason Priestley in "Boys"
Photo: Jive

Over the past decade, Britney Spears has had a gaggle of good-looking guys in her videos. From the unknown pretty faces to well-known actors — and even ex-husband Kevin Federline! — Spears has had all different types of eye candy in her clips.

Here, we recall the ones who left a lasting impression:

"(You Drive Me) Crazy," 1999

Male Lead: Adrian Grenier, who had worked in a few smaller movies before starring in the video. The song appeared in "Drive Me Crazy," which he starred in with Melissa Joan Hart.

Since the Video: He's gone on to star in the successful HBO TV series "Entourage," where he plays hot young actor Vincent Chase — a character who eats girls like Britney Spears for breakfast.

"Boys," 2002

Male Leads: To be clear, we aren't sure how all these people ended up in the video — but we aren't complaining, either. Here are the names and their pre-Brit credits: Jason Priestley ("Beverly Hills, 90210"), Taye Diggs ("How Stella Got Her Groove Back"), DJ Qualls ("Road Trip"), Pharrell (Neptunes), Mike Myers as Austin Powers (well, "Austin Powers").

Since the Video: Priestley starred in the Lifetime series "Side Order of Life" and will direct an episode of the new "90210." Diggs plays a doctor on "Private Practice" and had roles in the movie musicals "Rent" and "Chicago." Qualls, who starred in "Hustle & Flow," has done a lot of cameos on TV shows. Pharrell has worked with everyone from Gwen Stefani to the Hives since his early days with Britney. And Myers, well, he played the Love Guru with another former Spears leading man: Justin Timberlake.

"Toxic," 2004

Male Lead: Martin Henderson, an Aussie actor who starred in the TV show "Blue Sky," and supermodel Tyson Beckford, whose previous videos included Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart" and 50 Cent's "21 Questions."

Since the Video: Henderson has worked in several Hollywood films, like "Flyboys" with James Franco and "Battle in Seattle" with Charlize Theron. He has a few more movies coming out next year, including "Last Man" with Guy Pearce. Meanwhile, Beckford has also been acting in films such as "Into the Blue," and he recently hosted the Bravo reality show, "Make Me a Supermodel."

"Everytime," 2004

Male Lead: Stephen Dorff, who worked in a ton of movies before hooking up with Britney, including "Blade" and "Cecil B. DeMented."

Since the Video: He's been in a bunch of movies (does anyone remember "Felon" or "Botched"?) and had an uncredited role as an "audience member" in Pamela Anderson's defunct TV show "Stacked."

"My Prerogative," 2004

Male Lead: Kevin Federline, who was a backup dancer and hooked up with Britney before landing in this video.

Since the Video: He has attempted rapping and acting, making cameos in "CSI" and "One Tree Hill" playing a, well, wannabe musician.

Honorable Mention

Madonna should get some credit for her work in Brit's 2003 video, "Me Against the Music," because we always figured Madge wore the pants in that relationship. Since the clip, Madonna has released a couple of albums and done a few tours, but she's also made a headline or two by adopting a son, allegedly dating Alex Rodriguez and getting a divorce from her director husband, Guy Ritchie.

Nameless Dudes

Finally, we'd like to take some time to recognize the anonymous pretty faces from some of Britney's other videos. They include the hot astronaut from the "Oops ... I Did It Again" video, the sexy beach guys in the "Sometimes" and "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" clips, and the wholesome boy next door in "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart." There was also that guy in "Stronger" who we'll never be able to place. We hope the same fate doesn't befall Britney's latest man candy, Brandon Stoughton from the "Womanizer" video.

Getting pumped about the Britney Spears documentary? Share your thoughts by uploading a video to YouRHere.MTV.com, or sound off in the comments section below. "For the Record" airs Sunday, November 30, at 10 p.m. ET on MTV.

• Britney Spears' Leading Men

• Britney Spears

What you're saying

Add New Search RSS

Have Your Say!
Name:
Email:	Update MeDon't Update Me
Title:
	Are you human? Sorry we have to ask. Please enter the code above and click SUBMIT.

3.26 Copyright (C) 2008 Compojoom.com / Copyright (C) 2007 Alain Georgette / Copyright (C) 2006 Frantisek Hliva. All rights reserved."