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Published 16:15 30 Jun 2026 GMT
Elliot Page has shared a shirtless photo on Instagram showing off a seriously ripped physique, and it turns out boxing is to thank for it.
The 39-year-old actor posted a carousel on Sunday that included a photo alongside his New York-based boxing coach, Nolan Hanson, plus videos of himself sparring in the ring.
The six-pack was hard to miss.
"I've been incredibly fortunate to train with @coachnol," Page wrote.
"He's a brilliant teacher, not just in the way he breaks down complex movements, but also in his strategic understanding of boxing and his thoughtful approach to the psychological side of the sport."
He added: "Training with Nolan has become an essential part of my life. If you're in NYC and looking, I can't recommend him highly enough.
"Just be warned, you may end up getting as hooked as I am."
Based on the videos, pretty good.
Page can be seen throwing jabs and uppercuts in the ring, bobbing and weaving with the kind of form that suggests this is far more than a casual hobby.
TikToker @roejojo, who has sparred with Page at the gym, backed that up in a 2025 post, writing that the actor 'beat the heck out of me in sparring'.
Fans were equally impressed. Comments under the Instagram post included 'Holy f***ing abdominals' and 'Dude, you're ripped af'.
For anyone who has followed Page's journey over the past few years, the image carries a weight that goes well beyond fitness.
The Academy Award nominee came out as transgender in December 2020, sharing a heartfelt post on Instagram in which he said: "I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer."
He has since been remarkably open about how difficult life was before his transition.
In an interview with Jay Shetty, he admitted he 'didn't know how much longer he would last' living in a body that didn't feel like his own.
He described struggling to function on a basic level, unable to sit down or be productive.
He has also spoken about how doing press for his breakout film Juno in 2007 'almost killed' him, with the photo shoots and red carpets compounding a dysphoria he had not yet been able to name.
Since transitioning, the shift has been dramatic.
Page has described feeling comfortable in his own skin for the first time, and his first shirtless scene in the film Close to You was a moment he called 'liberating'.
He told Entertainment Weekly that showing a character "comfortable and present and waking up in his body" meant a lot to him, adding: "I never thought I'd feel that way."
So a shirtless boxing photo posted casually on Instagram is, in that context, a statement of its own.
Page will next appear on the big screen in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer's ancient epic that is due for release later this summer. He plays the Greek soldier Sinon.
It is his second film with Nolan, having previously appeared in 2010's Inception - an experience he has since described as deeply stressful.
In his 2023 memoir Pageboy, he revealed he developed shingles on set due to the pressure of being surrounded by 'a cast full of cis men' at a time when he had not yet come out.
The Odyssey marks a very different chapter. Page has said that his relationship with acting is 'so much better' since transitioning.
"Literally everything in my life is better now," he told Shetty in that same interview.
Outside of work, Page has been in a relationship with comedian and actor Julia Shiplett since mid-2025, when the pair first sparked dating rumors during Pride Month.
They have kept things relatively private, though Page has occasionally shared glimpses of their relationship on social media.
His memoir Pageboy, released in June 2023, covered everything from his childhood to a secret two-year relationship with a closeted co-star, an affair with Kate Mara, and his relationship with Juno co-star Olivia Thirlby.
He has also spoken about knowing from the age of four that he should have been born male.
But the boxing photos suggest someone who is not dwelling on the past.
Page looks settled, strong, and very much at ease with who he is.
The abs are just a bonus.
