Ok.....sexiest men.....I'll start.

[clarice]

Sean Connery
Younger Harrison Ford
Brad Pitt

[femmocrat]

1. George Clooney.

Robert Redford
Paul Newman

[In_The_Wind]

16. Your list is perfect.

I'll just add one more Pierce Brosnan

[CTyankee]

88. ever see 3 days of the condor?

redford's sex scene with fay dunaway was the sexiest damn thing I ever saw...never forgot it...tried to watch it on youtube but they edited out the sexiest part...

[femmocrat]

92. Wow, that is an oldie! LOL

Not sure if I saw it. I'll have to watch for it in the TV listings. Thanks for the recommendation!

[CTyankee]

95. try to get the uncensored version...very hot...

[FBaggins]

2. I'd like to formally remove myself from consideration.

Just to make it fair...

... and to keep myself in the running for "humblest DUer" that I'm sure is coming soon.

Your responses date you as being too old for the Johnny Depp/Hugh Jackman/that Twilight vampire crowd... but too young to appreciate the real sexiest men of the theater (Bogart/Grant/Redford/Newman/etc)

On edit - Ack! Olivier...Peck...Gable... Heston... Too many! I'd include Jimmy Stewart too, but then again, my "what makes a man sexy" meter has never worked like those that were oriented toward the male half of the species.

[clarice]

4. Baggy.....you were my obvious first choice....

I just didn't want to embarrass you.

Johnny Depp = ehhhhhh
Hugh Jackman = YES
Twilight crowd = no way
(Bogart/Grant/Redford/Newman/etc) = yes yes yes yes !!!! * fans her face*

[BainsBane]

51. Johnny Depp always looks like he needs a bath

Cary Grant and Paul Newman, for sure.

[No Vested Interest]

90. I always see Johnny Depp with scissors where his hands

should be.
Major turnoff for me.

[Ron Obvious]

3. I never seem to make lists like this

And for no better reason than that I'm fat, old, and ugly.

Hurting,

-Ron

[clarice]

5. Don't feel bad Ron....either did my husband. lol nt

[Skittles]

29. it's just that you're so fucking Obvious

[Ron Obvious]

42. Don't make me come over there.

[Skittles]

43. I'll put you on the top of MY list

indeed I will

[Ron Obvious]

45. I think I can guess what list you're referring to

[TexasTowelie]

47. Are you Ron Jeremy?

[Ron Obvious]

60. No

But I my wife tells me I do have an enormous uhm... ego.

[Coventina]

6. Oh jeez.....I am going to be in so much trouble on this thread!!!!

OK, here are my picks in rough chronological order of when I got the hots for them (and this is not an inclusive list, my list of celebrity crushes, particularly if they included musicians, would be very cumbersome indeed!).

Jack Lord (as Steve McGarrett)
Werner Klemperer (as Col. Klink - yes, I know I have strange tastes)
Pierce Brosnan
Harrison Ford
Jeremy Brett (as Sherlock Holmes)
Chow Yun-Fat
Jude Law
Ving Rhames
Colin Firth
Jonny Lee Miller
Martin Freeman (fell in love with him in the British "The Office&quot
Benedict Cumberbatch (yeah, I'm a Cumberbitch, and proud of it, too!)

I could go on, but I'll stop there.....

on edit: had to add Tom Hiddleston - can't believe I forgot him!

[clarice]

13. WOW...talk about diverse tastes !!!!!!!! lol. thanks. nt

[sharp_stick]

7. My wife mentioned this ugly SOB

a couple of weeks ago. Fortunately Portugal was eliminated so I'm not confronted with his ugly mug anymore.

Cristiano Ronaldo

[clarice]

8. Doesn't soccer have a "Hair gel violation" rule?nt

[sharp_stick]

11. If they don't, they should

but then you get this...



It's humid as hell in Brazil

[clarice]

12. EEEEEEEK ! I'll take the gel please. nt

[FBaggins]

9. Is that at all different from picking a swimsuit cover model as "sexiest"?

Does she know anything about him beyond what we can see in the picture (and that he's an absolutely incredible player)?

And your reaction isn't much different from the wife who replies "with those thighs!? Ew!" is it?

[sharp_stick]

10. Well not really

all that different at all but I figured people would note the "tongue in cheek" nature of the reply.

Let me check, just a sec..... Yup, this is the lounge. Sorry thought I may have wandered into a different group.

[Coventina]

14. I got it. No worries!

My husband would have probably posted something similar about Benedict Cumberbatch.

[FBaggins]

15. Lol... I caught that.

Sorry... my reply was meant in the same vein.

[sharp_stick]

17. I thought so, I was just kidding you. n/t

[Skittles]

44. you want I should kick your jealous ass, sharp_stick?

I'D DO THAT FOR YOU MY SWEET

[sharp_stick]

55. You always were the one

that understood me the most.

[BainsBane]

50. Too pretty for my tastes

but if we're talking soccer

[IrishAyes]

83. Pretty hideous, I agree. Nothing at all to recommend there.

[CTyankee]

89. SO MANY of those soccer players are gorgeous!

I just like to look at them moving on the field.

[KamaAina]

18. KamaAina.

[TreasonousBastard]

19. Alas, you realize this is DU where anything...

having fun with sex or gender is hated by some.

OTOH, it's kinda liked by at least 7 people...

.

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[Tobin S.]

20. What a stick in the mud.

I'll never understand the guys decrying all of the sexist women on DU.

[Coventina]

21. Oh jeez....no one was trying to hurt anyone's feelings!

LOL @Juror #2, though!

[Brigid]

39. Was this alert for real?

That's what I would have said if I had been a juror.

[TreasonousBastard]

41. Very real-- and I was kinda shocked when I saw it...

even though I thought it might have been sort of a joke.

[lunatica]

87. Someone coulda thought they were in GD and kneejerked automatically

[clarice]

58. Wow.....I wasn't TRYING to cause trouble.....I can't believe anyone....

would flag this thread. Whoever it was suffers from COS. (constantly offended syndrome)

[Aristus]

67. Oh please...

I'd never have a problem with a 'sexiest men' list just because I wasn't on it.

Loosen up, whoever...

Looks like the jury understands...

[nolabear]

72. When did we start having seven jurors?

Geez, you get scarce and they mess with the neighborhood.

Oh, and I'm pro-hottie.

[Demoiselle]

22. Anybody notice the tremendous variety in the listings?

I think we're not so likely to think in cliche "types" when we think about attractive men. We tend to force women into a narrower range. I would like to add Morgan Freeman to this list, by the way.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

23. Now the, where were we?

Kevin Costner. YOWSER!

[jmowreader]

24. Barack Obama

[IrishAyes]

84. Can't argue with you there.

I should've reserved space for him to be co-listed #1 with my equally beloved Liam Neeson.

[3catwoman3]

25. Let's see...

John Fugelsang
David McCallum (my jr high fantasy crush)
Gregory Peck

[Neoma]

26. I was confused for a bit.

I thought you said sexist.

[clarice]

56. lol. nt

[mysuzuki2]

27. So, where is my name?

[Skittles]

28. I have long had a thing for Terrence Howard

he is SCRUMPTIOUS

[rug]

33. Exactly what kind of a thing?

[Demoiselle]

96. Mr. Howard asked us for directions once.

My husband and I were having lunch on the porch of an inn in a lovely park here in Philly where he and his lady were walking. He was enormously gentle and courteous. I was, and remain, smitten.

[csziggy]

30. #1 My husband

He may not have the most gorgeous body, but he's sexy because he is considerate, sweet, shares my interests, and is great in bed. He also is one of the most liberal people I know and may be a stronger feminist than I am.

I find those traits to be sexier than any ripped body!

[mackerel]

31. Peter Dinklage, Michael Kitchen, Alan Rickman, Robert Reich and Paul Newman.

[csziggy]

35. Yes! I find men's minds much sexier than their bodies, in general

And no matter how attractive a body might be, if the mind inside is not intelligent and considerate, I don't find them attractive at all. So many movie stars that look nice have turned me totally off when I find out about their politics or their attitudes towards women and other people.

Robert Reich!
John Fugelsang (too bad he's far, far too young for me)
Barack Obama (still too young)
Somebody mentioned David McCallum (He was my first crush on a man who didn't have a horse Before Illya Kuryakin it was Roy Rogers and Gene Autry. Without their horses, they were dead to me, though.)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

37. Very true!

Brains and intelligent conversation are a must. Your average sports-watching beer drinker, I would have nothing to talk about with them.

My mom told me that a lot of women were catty and jealous, and my best friends in life would be men. Friends to hang with, not just
romantic relationships. She was right. When I was a kid at adult parties, and the men would talk in a group separated from the women, and I would go listen to the men because their conversation was more interesting.

I have had a few long term women friends over the decades. And a lot of women think you can steal a man like you can steal a horse, like they can be led around. This is demeaning to men.

[Coventina]

57. DANG IT! I forgot to put Alan Rickman on my list.

I fell in love with him in "Sense & Sensibility."

And then, when I watched the first Harry Potter movie, I didn't recognize him!!!
I kept wondering though, why I was feeling attracted to Snape, whom I never liked in the books!

[Demoiselle]

61. Me too! He has the most wonderful sexy voice. An insinuating purr.

[IrishAyes]

85. Along those lines, don't forget Paul Krugman and Thomas Piketty.

Smart is cool and therefore sexy. They're undeniably smart.

[Art_from_Ark]

38. Mary Wells, is that you?

[csziggy]

40. Love that song! I must have taken it to heart as a teenager

We're coming up on our 37th anniversary next week. While we've had our ups & downs, we mostly work together. I can't believe he puts up with me - I am not as nice a person as he is.

Thanks - that's a good ear worm to go to sleep with!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

32. My avatar

Brian May, Rock Star/Ph.D. in Astrophysics.(saw him play last night in Houston, with Adam Lambert singing). He said on his blog today he felt "unworthy" and that his Houston performance was not his best. My God he must be a perfectionist! He always knows his chords, his scales, his ornaments. He uses delay and other effects but it doesn't degenerate into "deedley-deedlee-dee" as Frank Zappa would say. He is still harmonically rooted while he's noodling. I think he learned that from Hendrix.

Lewis Black.

George Clooney.

Old timers that are gone: My first crush as a kid was Gardner McKay of Adventures in Paradise, a tv show based on Michener's "Tales of the South Pacific". Paul Newman. Laurence Olivier. Ronald Colman. Leslie Howard.

And I love my husband. He's kind and sweet and gentle and loves math. He knows how to FIX THINGS!!

[Coventina]

59. Oh man, thanks so much for listing Leslie Howard!!

I'd forgotten about him but I have always found him to be super, duper hot!!!!!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

63. Always played sensitive, thoughtful guys.

He was a good actor, but his role in Gone With The Wind was really wimpy as Ashley.

I'd recommend Of Human Bondage and The Petrified Forest if you haven't seen them.

Trivia: Humphrey Bogart and Leslie Howard were such good friends after they made The Petrified Forest (Bogart robs everyone at a roadside cafe in the desert) that Humphrey named his daughter Leslie Howard Bogart.

[Coventina]

64. Have to confess, I've never seen GWTW. I read the book at age 14 and HATED it.

So I never felt any interest in the movie.

Thanks for the two recs, I haven't seen those so I'll search those out.

I fell in love with him in "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and also loved "Pygmalion".
I know I've seen him in a few other things, but can't think of them right now.

Neat trivia!!!

Never knew he and Bogart were friends, seem like very different people, but that's so cool!

[ailsagirl]

97. And the most obvious one of all

Cary Grant who, inexplicably, became more handsome the older he got. (And I don't mean via cosmetic surgery) Not fair!!

[rug]

34. quinnox.

Wait, is there an e in that?

[BainsBane]

49. pic or it never happened.

[mythology]

36. I'm the second sexiest man around

All the others are tied for first.

[bravenak]

46. Channing Tatum.

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[BainsBane]

48. Idris Elba, always

[Demoiselle]

69. Oh yes. How could I forget?

[ismnotwasm]

52. No Vin Diesel?

[RebelOne]

66. Yes, yes, yes, I was going to post him.

I love rugged looking men with big muscles. But I have heard rumors that he is gay.

Every time Pitch Black comes on TV, I watch it even though though I have the DVD, plus I have Chronicles of Riddick. My daughter gave the DVDs to me for my birthday since she know I drool over him.

[monmouth3]

53. Jason Statham..n/t

[a kennedy]

54. for me, it's a pretty well built, shirt off, blue jeans, blond hair, tanned, about 28ish

construction worker wearing a tool belt. Mmmmmmmmmmm

[Tuesday Afternoon]

62. DonCoquixote

*swoon*

[BainsBane]

71. Also A-Schwarznegger and Ohio Joe

Those three are awesome, though I haven't seen Joe around much lately.

[Warren DeMontague]

65. Johnny Depp, I don't care what anyone says.

[BainsBane]

70. See. He needs a bath

He always looks like he needs a bath.

[mainer]

68. Alan Rickman

He's the one for me.

[From The Ashes]

73. A relative newcomer on my list:

Makin' science interesting again!

[IrishAyes]

86. Oh, yes!

[NuclearDem]

74. Whoever this stud in the mirror is.

This Adonis of a man makes everyone's knees quake.

[libodem]

75. Sam Elliott

Hands down.

[libodem]

76. I think I won this thread

Yes, you did libodem. Now how about a hot guy with a six pack?

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[Nevada Blue]

81. ^ Yes

Sam Elliott

[a la izquierda]

77. Gael Garcia Bernal

*swoon*

[blueamy66]

78. Steve Perry

Luke Bryan, Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd.....just a start

[LynneSin]

79. Progressive Minded, kind to animals, treat women, minorities and gay people as equals

Trust me, the rest of the body doesn't matter when their way of life and how they treat others is exposed.

I remember people making a stink about that cheerleader who liked to hunt endangered african animals. There were those (not here at DU) who thought she was a hottie. I hardly find anyone who would put their own ego ahead of an endangered species as a 'hottie'. To me that girl radiated ugliness inside and out.

[justgamma]

80. Ok. I'll bite.

George Clooney
Shemar Moore
Matt Bomer
Hugh Grant ( I love a little overbite)

[IrishAyes]

82. And I'll gladly finish the list for you:

Liam Neeson.

In fact he's the only one you really need, since anyone else is light years behind him.

Just thought you'd like to know.

You can close and lock the thread now.

[BainsBane]

91. Love him.

[IrishAyes]

94. Part of the reason Liam Neeson's so endearing

is because he so clearly loved his wife. Nothing phony about him. That's high praise.

[amandabeech]

93. I'll add one.

Scott Glenn.

But every guy nominated, except for maybe Col. Klink, is a good choice.

[riderinthestorm]

98. Robert Downey Jr. Intelligent, deeply flawed, interesting

A posthumous shout out to Heath Ledger. .. he was truly all that.

Brad Pitt. Liberal, committed activist.And serious eye candy.

Orlando Bloom. Hello?! Legolas?

Viggo Mortensen. Aragorn. Nuff said. Besides the guy can really sit a horse...

James Franco. Dunno. He's just sexy to me

Gerard Butler. Calm, interesting. Un-plummed depths

Gael Garcia Bernal. The whole package

President Obama. Again the whole deal.

Neal Degrasse Tyson. Intelligence wrapped up in sexy. Yum!

My husband. Tall, blonde, blue eyes to die for. Professional athlete. Liberal. Loves me to pieces. Deeply intelligent and my equal in every way. The real deal.

[BainsBane]

99. It's raining men!

[raptor_rider]

100. I agree with the OP

However I will add;
Will Smith
Antonio Banderas
Kevin Smith (yes, him, he's hot!!!)
Nick Cage (sorry, it's the voice!!!)
Tom Hanks
Quentin Tarantino
Viggo Mortensen (Hubba Hubba!!!)

I'll come back with more.