50 Sexiest Actors Of All Time

[movielover-9]

1. Marilyn Monroe
2. Elvis Presley
3. Frank Sinatra
4. Lauren Bacall
5. Humphrey Bogart
6. Clark Gable
7. Jennifer Lopez
8. Faye Dunaway
9. Warren Beatty
10. Halle Berry
11. Brad Pitt
12. Farrah Fawcett
13. Ingrid Bergman
14. Denzel Washington
15. Angelina Jolie
16. Charlize Theron
17. Tom Cruise
18. Angela Bassett
19. Lisa Bonet
20. Suzanne Somers
21. Patrick Swayze
22. Vanessa Williams
23. Doris Day
24. Rock Hudson
25. Julia Roberts
26. Christina Applegate
27. Richard Gere
28. Gwyneth Paltrow
29. Christian Slater
30. Mark Wahlberg
31. Susan Sarandon
32. Phylicia Rashad
33. Antonio Banderas
34. Winona Ryder
35. Catherine Zeta Jones
36. Johnny Depp
37. Vivica A. Fox
38. Samuel L. Jackson
39. Sean Connery
40. Robert DeNiro
41. Will Smith
42. Jennifer Connelly
43. Russell Crowe
44. Queen Latifah
45. Pierce Brosnan
46. Rebecca Romijn - Stamos
47. Meg Ryan
48. Reese Witherspoon
49. Michael J. Fox
50. Vivian Leigh

This list is counting TV and film so keep that in mind. I hope you liked it. You can sound off about it or create your own. And by the way, I'm comfortable enough in my own heterosexuality and in my male skin to put guys on the list too. Not saying I personally find them sexy but that women do.

[ColinM]

Pretty good list, although Jennifer Connelly is too low and it's lacking some of my favorites such as Rita Hayworth, Lee Remick, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner and Eliza Dushku. Still, can't argue with that #1! :)

[Tommy Doyle]

I got to #22 and bam... your list fucking rocks. Vanessa Williams is insanely gorgeous... It's not fair that people are allowed to look like that when there are peons like me hanging around.

I did manage to scroll the rest of the list, and the ones that I most strongly agree with are: Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Christina Applegate, Susan Sarandon, Johnny Depp, Catherine Zeta-Jones & Queen Latifah. (These aren't the only ones I agree with, but they're the ones I agree with the most).

The ones on your list that I personally don't find anything attractive about: Suzanne Somers (not old enough for the the whole short short Three's Company days, so I don't get the fuss), Samuel L. Jackson (cool, but not sexy), Will Smith (sorry, the ears do it for me... :D), Michael J. Fox (maybe cute in a 12 year old way, but not particularly sexually appealing to me).

Good list!!!

[Hannibal21]

Great list movielover-9!

My list would go like this...

25 GUYS (in no order):
Humphrey Bogart
James Dean
Clark Gable
Brad Pitt
Ewan McGregor
Kevin Spacey
Marlon Brando
Charlie Chaplin
Al Pacino
Robert De Niro
Colin Farrell
Cary Grant
Jude Law
Gary Cooper
William Holden
Errol Flynn
John Cusack
Denzel Washington
Paul Newman
Harrison Ford
Gregory Peck
Kirk Douglas
Rock Hudson
Edward Norton
Johnny Depp

25 GALS (in no order):
Nicole Kidman
Grace Kelly
Julianne Moore
Michelle Pfeiffer
Rita Hayworth
Ginger Rogers
Ingrid Bergman
Audrey Hepburn
Natalie Portman
Mae West
Liza Minnelli
Salma Hayek
Halle Berry
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Katharine Hepburn
Shirley Temple
Jean Harlow
Kathy Bates
Queen Latifah
Sophia Loren
Marilyn Monroe
Ava Gardner
Olivia de Havilland
Joan Fontaine
Bette Davis
Lauren Bacall
Susan Sarandon
Vivien Leigh
Celeste Holm

[ilovemovies]

here's mine:

1. Katie Holmes
2. Britney Spears
3. Jennifer Garner
4. Charlize Theron
5. Eliza Dushku

The rest in no particular order:
Naomi Watts
Elisha Cuthbert
Cameron Diaz
Mia Kirshner
Diane Lane
Amanda Peet
Rachel Weisz
Natasha Henstridge
Jennifer Lopez
Femke Jenssen
Ashley Judd
Kirsten Dunst
Catherine Zeta Jones
Asia Argento
Natalie Portman
Bridget Monyahan
Nicole Kidman
Sandra Bullock
Michelle Pfieffer
Rebecca Romijn Stamos
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Jennifer Connelly
Mandy Moore
Julia Roberts
Liv Tyler
Liz Hurley
Shannon Elizabeth
Kate Beckinsale
Kate Hudson
Halle Berry
Connie Nielsen
Thandie Newton
Meg Ryan
Estella Warren
Piper Perabo
Jennie Garth
Tiffani Thiessen
Jeri Ryan
Sarah Clarke
Sarah Wynter
Gillian Anderson

[QUENTIN]

Sorry, but as a completely straight young man I can say that no list of sexiest actors, or people in general, is even near complete without the most attractive man of the 20th century and perhaps all-time: James Dean. Great #1 though, that would be my choice as well, along with a few I love that you missed like Pam Grier, Katie Holmes, Joey Lauren Adams, Tyra Banks, Ashley Judd (Charlize is hot, but a poor man's Judd), etc..

[movielover-9]

Originally posted by ColinM
Pretty good list, although Jennifer Connelly is too low and it's lacking some of my favorites such as Rita Hayworth, Lee Remick, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner and Eliza Dushku. Still, can't argue with that #1! :)

ColinM, I totally forgot about Eliza Dushku! I'll admit she is pretty hot. And not to offend you or anything but I don't find Jennifer Connelly as drop dead gorgeous as other people think. But she still is attractive so I did manage to put her in the top 50. And if I made a top 100, Eliza would make it.

[moviemuffin]

Gabriel Byrne
James Dean
Oliver Reed (pant pant pant)
Alan Rickman (pant gasp pant)
Colin Farrell
Johnny Depp
Antonio Banderas
Andy Garcia
Alfred Molina (it's the eyes)
Cary Grant
John Wayne (nothing to do with looks-- all about command)
Jeremy Irons
Vin Deisel (pure voice and persona)

can't think of anyone else just now

*this has nothing to do with acting ability, btw

[BadCoverVersion]

Overall...very DECENT list.

My own would go something like this...

http://members.shaw.ca/giant/J_Dean14.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/giant/J_Dean17.jpg

-James Dean
-Richard Burton
-Jude Law
-Elvis Presley
-Ewan McGregor
-Robert DeNiro
-Tim Roth
-Steve McQueen
-River Phoenix
-Christian Bale
-Sean Connery
-Brad Pitt
-Ioan Gruffudd
-Gregory Peck
-Joaquin Phoenix
-Sidney Poitier
-Christopher Walken
-Paul Newman
-Christopher Eccleston
-Johnny Depp
-Marlon Brando
-Michael Caine
-Gary Oldman
-Jonathan Rhys Meyers
-Montgomery Clift

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-Britt Ekland
-Marilyn Monroe
-Grace Kelly
-Salma Hayek
-Susan Sarandon
-Jennifer Connelly
-Uma Thurman
-Famke Janssen
-Lara Belmont
-Audrey Hepburn
-Drew Barrymore
-Zhang Ziyi
-Lauren Bacall
-Carrie-Anne Moss
-Brigitte Bardot
-Nicole Kidman
-Raquel Welch
-Pam Grier
-Laetitia Casta
-Kelly MacDonald
-Jane Birkin
-Rachel Weisz
-Faye Dunaway
-Elizabeth Taylor
-Gene Tierney

[BadCoverVersion]

Ooooooooh, and I am talking about these folks in their HEYDAY!!!

Michael Caine, Brando, Walken and the rest were all quite stunning in the days of old.

[Annie Hall]

Aside from the first on each list, they are entirely out of order.

Top 25 Fellows:

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-Paul Newman
-Ewan McGregor
-James Dean
-John Cusack
-Tim Roth
-Gary Oldman
-Jimmy Stewart
-Al Pacino
-Denzel Washington
-Christopher Walken
-Johnny Depp
-Kevin Spacey
-Harrison Ford
-George Peppard
-Rock Hudson
-Desi Arnaz
-Dustin Hoffman
-Sidney Poitier
-Christian Bale
-Steve McQueen
-Jack Nicholson
-Robert Redford
-Jude Law
-Peter O'Toole
-River Phoenix

Top 25 Lasses:

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-Marilyn Monroe
-Audrey Hepburn
-Grace Kelly
-Nicole Kidman
-Susan Sarandon
-Uma Thurman
-Jennifer Connelly
-Ingrid Bergman
-Gina Lollobrigida
-Olivia de Havilland
-Helena Bonham Carter
-Salma Hayek
-Julianne Moore
-Thora Birch
-Kate Winslet
-Rachel Weisz
-Emily Mortimer
-Katherine Hepburn
-Reese Witherspoon
-Mary-Louise Parker
-Goldie Hawn
-Anne Bancroft
-Zhang Ziyi
-Natasha Lyonne
-Catherine Zeta-Jones

[CheekyShepherd]

THE GUYS:

http://www.classicjackets.com/images/dean.jpg

1. James Dean
2. John Cusack
3. Ralph Fiennes
4. Jude Law
5. Paul Newman
6. Brad Pitt
7. Keanu Reeves
8. Al Pacino
9. Marlon Brando
10. Elvis Presley
11. Johnny Depp
12. Kevin Spacey
13. Tom Cruise
14. Ben Affleck
15. Steve McQueen
16. Colin Farrell
17. Nicolas Cage
18. Harrison Ford
19. Sean Connery
20. Jack Nicholson
21. Christian Slater
22. River Phoenix
23. Tobey Maguire
24. Russell Crowe
25. Denzel Washington

THE GALS:

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1. Katherine Heigl
2. Helen Hunt
3. Lauren Bacall
4. Grace Kelly
5. Kim Novak
6. Audrey Hepburn
7. Renee Zellweger
8. Katie Holmes
9. Marilyn Monroe
10. Naomi Watts
11. Laura Elena Harring
12. Famke Janssen
13. Kate Winslet
14. Cameron Diaz
15. Britt Ekland
16. Halle Berry
17. Jane Fonda
18. Susan Sarandon
19. Jessica Lange
20. Christina Ricci
21. Rachel Weisz
22. Olivia de Havilland
23. Reese Witherspoon
24. Jennifer Connolly
25. Shannon Elizabeth

[Buck Turgidson]

Marlon Brando
Montgomery Clift
Cary Grant
Gregory Peck
Robert Mitchum
Harry Belafonte
Henry Fonda
James Stewart
Warren Beatty
Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Steve McQueen
Sidney Poitier
George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Billy Crudup
Rock Hudson
Jim Brown
Kirk Douglas
Burt Lancaster
Bruce Lee
Al Pacino
Jude Law
Ralph Fiennes
Malcolm McDowell

Natalie Wood
Catherine Deneuve
Jane Fonda
Ava Gardner
Gene Tierney
Jane Greer
Merle Oberon
Ingrid Bergman
Rita Hayworth
Claudia Cardinale
Julie Christie
Susanna York
Sue Lyon
Carol Lynley
Tuesday Weld
Faye Dunaway
Sonia Braga
Jessica Lange
Susan Sarandon
Jennifer Connelly
Julianne Moore
Rose McGowan
Alyssa Milano
Nastassia Kinski
Ashley Judd

[oodles]

my top 50 sexiest:

1) angelina jolie
2) cameron diaz
3) claire danes
4) charlize theron
5) ashley judd
6) carmen electra
7) katie holmes
8) jennifer lopez
9) natalie portman
10) lucy liu
11) famke janssen
12) milla jovovich
13) connie nielsen
14) beyonce knowles
15) alysson hannigan
16) shannon elizabeth
17) winona ryder
18) sigourney weaver
19) kirsten dunst
20) salma hayek
21) anna faris
22) rachel leigh cook
23) heather graham
24) gwyneth paltrow
25) sophie marceau
26) halle berry
27) julianne moore
28) rachel weisz
29) liv tyler
30) jennifer aniston
31) dominique swain
32) jennifer love hewitt
33) carrie-anne moss
34) denise richards
35) jodi-lynne o'keefe
36) jane march
37) mena suvari
38) kelly brook
39) britney spears
40) jennifer connelly
41) meg ryan
42) jeanne tripplehorn
43) claire forlani
44) sharon stone
45) demi moore
46) julia ormond
47) drew barrymore
48) anna paquin
49) sandra bullock
50) shannyn sossamon

in a while crocodiles,

- oodles :)

[BadCoverVersion]

Originally posted by Buck Turgidson
Warren Beatty
Bruce Lee
Malcolm McDowell
Julie Christie

Bugger!!!

Should've DEFINITELY been on my list.

But CHRIST Turgidson, where is Richard friggin' Burton?

EVERYBODY in fact..Burton is possibly the best looking blokey EVER!!!

http://www.tvclassics.com/images/cleopatra.jpg

http://www.movieactors.com/photos-60/burtonpose.jpeg

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1275/5589-0023.jpg

JESUS, He's tasty!!!!

[The Other]

I always felt these two were the most attractive actors ever. It's seriously a crime how beautiful they were.

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1196/0724_0391.jpg

http://www.carygrant.net/fotogallery/portraits2/5-p2.jpg

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1096/9339_0113.jpg

By the time they starred together in TO CATCH A THIEF, Grant had recently turned 50, so his age was starting to show. And even though I like Kelly, she always struck me as too damn prissy and just waiting for her tiara. Well, surprise, surprise, she got her tiara in 1956. As for the film, well, I thought TO CATCH A THIEF was merely good (7/10 material), both have done much better (including Hitchcock, who directed).

[BadCoverVersion]

Originally posted by The Other
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1196/0724_0391.jpg

By the time they starred together in TO CATCH A THIEF, Grant had recently turned 50, so his age was starting to show. And even though I like Kelly, she always struck me as too damn prissy and just waiting for her tiara. Well, surprise, surprise, she got her tiara in 1956. As for the film, well, I thought TO CATCH A THIEF was merely good (7/10 material), both have done much better (including Hitchcock, who directed). [/B]

TWO beautiful specimens...and CHRIST, if that isn't Kidman in that first photo of Kelly!!!

My Gawd, they're the IMAGE!!!

[The Other]

I agree, BCV. I mean, if they ever do a biopic of Grace Kelly, Nicole Kidman could definitely play her.

I always thought they looked so much alike when they both won their Oscars. Both won Best Actress (Kelly for The Country Girl, and, obviously, Kidman for The Hours)

Grace with Betty Davis and Marlon Brando (who won for On the Waterfront). woohoo!
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1121/1156-0005.jpg

and Nicole with Adrien:
http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/oscars/75th_academy_awards_press_room_photos/_group_photos/adrien_brody24.jpg

[Buck Turgidson]

Originally posted by The Other
I always thought they looked so much alike when they both won their Oscars. Both won Best Actress (Kelly for The Country Girl, and, obviously, Kidman for The Hours)


About equally deserved.

[jenna25]

Men:

Benicio Del Toro
James Dean
Ewan McGregor
Edward Norton
Paul Newman
Christopher Walken
Jonny Lee Miller
Jude Law
Bruce Campbell
Hugh Jackman
River Phoenix
Robert De Niro
Brad Pitt
Ian McKellan
Johnny Depp
Kevin Spacey
Christian Bale
John Cusack
Nicholas Cage
James Marsters
Denzel Washington
Cary Grant
Gary Oldman
Matt Damon
Sal Mineo

Women:

Nicole Kidman
Natalie Wood
Ingrid Bergman
Gwyneth Paltrow
Catherine Zeta Jones
Renee Zellweger
Julianne Moore
Michelle Pfieffer
Susan Sarandon
Halle Berry
Katie Holmes
Ashley Judd
Famke Janssen
Sandra Bullock
Elizabeth Taylor
Audrey Hepburn
Marilyn Monroe
Frances McDormand
Anna Paquin
Uma Thurman
Jennifer Aniston
Charlize Theron
Vivien Leigh
Allyiah
Grace Kelly

[Trinity]

50 is way too much for me to come up with, so I'll just do 5:

1. http://www.meredy.com/leigh.jpg

2. http://www.ehpress.com/tushita_images/audrey-hepburn.jpg

3. http://www.oris.com.hk/images/info/personalities/Julianne%20Moore.jpg

4. http://home2.planetinternet.be/verjans/images/bac11.jpg

5. http://www.hbo.com/hbosignature/img/feature/moulin.jpg

[The Other]

Good choice Trinity. Vivien Leigh is probably the cutest actress ever, I mean look at her:

http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Vivien/images6/vivien_leigh_scarlet_bw.jpg

Her life story is sad though. She suffered from tuberculosis and manic depression through most of her life, and the TB sometimes kept her off the screen for YEARS at a time. If you look at her filmography she only made a handful of films and sometimes went 5 years without making a movie. By the 60s the disease had faded her beauty and she died in 1967 at only 54.

[Trinity]

Originally posted by The Other
Good choice Trinity. Vivien Leigh is probably the cutest actress ever, I mean look at her:

http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Vivien/images6/vivien_leigh_scarlet_bw.jpg

Her life story is sad though. She suffered from tuberculosis and manic depression through most of her life, and the TB sometimes kept her off the screen for YEARS at a time. If you look at her filmography she only made a handful of films and sometimes went 5 years without making a movie. By the 60s the disease had faded her beauty and she died in 1967 at only 54.
Indeed so sad she only got to make 19 movies. I love that picture you posted, but my favorite pic of Vivien is the one I used in my avatar-

http://www.prisma-online.de/image/d4/mmnet_b226a50c05d4.jpeg

[Hannibal21]

Awesome choices with Vivien Leigh!!! I miss the woman, she was cute, talented, beautiful and a great great great actress...

http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Vivien/images6/vivien_waterloobridge_whitedress.jpg

And there's something about this woman...

http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Bette/images6/bette_portrait.jpg

http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Bette/images6/bette_nowvoyager_withflowers.jpg

There's something about her appearance I LOVE, those big eyes and that nose...

http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Bette/images6/bette_alleve_4shot.jpg

Oh yeah, Marilyn Monroe and Anne Baxter are both unbelievably beautiful, underrated too.....

And great call on Grace Kelly and Nicole Kidman. Kidman is no doubt her generation's Grace Kelly, and god forgive me for saying this but if Grace were alive today, Nicole would probably play second fiddle to her (forgive me, Nic :( ). No one will ever be as graceful and beautiful as Grace. She is the most beautiful woman in the world, to me no one will ever be as beautiful as her.

It's making me so sad thinking about the old actresses cause I miss them so, SO much....:(

[Trinity]

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[The Other]

HERE IT IS BADCOVERVERSION! I can't believe I didn't see it before. Nicole Kidman's look in THE OTHERS is what makes her look like Grace Kelly, and her characters name in THE OTHERS is even "Grace" too! Ha!

These are the best photos from The Others I could find that show how much Kidman can look like Grace Kelly.

Nicole:
http://members.aol.com/twizm6/images/nicole.jpg

http://members.aol.com/twizm6/images/nicole2.jpg

Grace:
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1196/0724_0386.jpg

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1096/9339_0112.jpg

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by The Other

Nicole:
http://members.aol.com/twizm6/images/nicole.jpg

http://members.aol.com/twizm6/images/nicole2.jpg

Grace:
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1196/0724_0386.jpg

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1096/9339_0112.jpg

Ok, I'm convinced. Grace IS Nicole's long lost mother!