RG Beefcake and Boyfriends: The Brothers Ferox: A bodybuilder, a swimmer, and the Joker's nemesis walk into a gladiator arena With bonus nude short guys

In Episode 1.1 of Spartacus: House of Ashur, a dwarf gladiator team called Brothers Ferox (shouldn't that be Frates Ferox?) fight Logus of the House of Ashur (Joe Davidson). He yells "My cock stands larger threats!", thinking that they'll be easy to defeat, but they best him, and further humiliate the House of Ashur by urinating on his corpse.

We see them briefly in Episode 1.2. The gladiator Achillea is assigned to fight them, but after she fends off an attempted rape by Creticus (Stephen Madsen) -- and slices off his private parts -- she has to fight Korris first, and is killed in the arena.

The brothers appear in every future episode; hopefully we will see more of their fighting, and some of their lives outside of the arena.

I'll profile each of the actors separately. From left to right, Daniel Bos as Balbus, Leigh Gill as Satyrus, and Mikey Thompson as Musicus.

Daniel Bos, from Perth, Western Australia, has been competing in the Paralympics since he was 12 years old. In 2025 beat two Oceanic records at the World Para-Powerlifting Championship in Egypt.

He is also a competitive bodybuilder.

Spartacus: House of Ashur is Daniel's first acting gig, but he calls it "the best thing I've ever done," and is anxious for more.

The heavily inked Leigh Gill, sharing a hot tub with an equally inked buddy or boyfriend, has 27 acting credits listed on the IMDB. He is best known as the hetero-horny actor Bobono in Game of Thrones (2018) and Gary Puddles, a clown traumatized by his buddy's murder, in two Joker movies (2019, 2021).

Left: The buddy or boyfriend nude. I forgot to record his name.

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Leigh's photos on Instagram mostly involve hugging, kissing, licking, and showing off the boobs of his lady friend Bianca, so I imagine that he's straight.

Auckland-based Level 3 Coach Mikey Thompson won medals for swimming at the World Dwarf Games in 2013, and the British Open Disability Championship in 2016. His only previous on-screen appearance is in Get Santa (2014), but he is proficient in MMA, archery, sword-fighting, and marksmanship, so doubtless more roles are on the way.

Mikey buddied up with Joe Davidson during filming ("release your inhibitions -- feel the rain on your skin"), he's shown with male companions at public events, and he has an...interesting hair style, so I'm going with gay in real life.