Letters to the Editor
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Sexiest Man Ever?
Yeah, OK. I am probably the only 73 YO woman on this site at this time. But let me tell you something, ladies. You have not SEEN sexy. I remember something about sexy. He was the male star in the film "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" ...I saw that film when I was 13 YO & living in Philly, & I followed it all over that city. Probably saw it 15 or 20 times...
He (the actual he) was found about 30 years later at the bottom of his swimming pool. Drowned, of course. Lungs full of water.
His name, if you care to know or even if you don't care to know, was Van Heflin. Prettiest damn dude I ever did see! A great actor; he was called at the time, the actors' actor.
If you ever get a chance (or an inclination) to rent that film. "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers." Do! If you have any taste at all you will truly enjoy this film.
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Like the list...
but even happier to see Ralph Fiennes, James Spader, Don Cheadle, Ed Harris, and Viggo getting some love in the letters section.
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captainlarab....
His name is Thomas Jane, and I totally agree with you.
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Colbert - you kidding?
A sexy rather than just handsome list - okay - well, I agree with a few of your choices - but NOT Colbert or the Doogie guy. No, thanks. Hell yes on Rickman, Hoffman, Cooper, Naveen Andrews, Viggo, Ed Harris, Spader, Clooney, Chow Yung, Stamp, O'Toole, Bale, Laurie, Jane, Goldblum, blah.
To nominate SEXY guys not mentioned so far -
Tyrese Gibson (black, so shut up)
Ving Rhames (also black, so keep shutting up)
Wesley Snipes (black, see above)
John Malkovich
Jack White? (great singer, played and sang in Cold Mountain, has great band, gorgeous milky skin)
That guy who plays House's best friend, Wilson -
Omar Epps (House's intern named Foreman- and, he's BLACK)
Bruce and Brandon Lee - so what if they're dead?
Michael Wincott - striking bone structure and one of the best voices EVER
Hugh Jackman - yes, he's gorgeous - but he's very SEXY, too
Timothy Dalton in Wuthering Heights - oh yea
River Phoenix - sexy as hell dead or not
That guy who played opposite Diane Lane in Unfaithful - just what you want a book dealer to look like - what's his damn name?
Giles on Buffy - whatever his name is
Kevin Zegers - gorgeous kid, promising SEXY actor, male lead in Transamerica
Ben Kingsley
James Woods
PAUL BETTANY (one of my favorite actors)
William Fichtner (character actor, Perfect Storm, Albino Alligator, Invasion, bad guy on Prison Break - looks like a cross between a lizard and a hawk - YESYESYES
Clancy Brown another all time great voice
Chris Isaacs (can't believe no one mentioned him)
Cillian Murphy - Red Eye
Julian Sands
David Krumholz (brainy Professor Epps on Numbers)
Val Kilmer
Sexy guys of Yore -
Montgomery Clift
James Dean
Marlon Brando
Steve McQueen
Paul Newman
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My vote...
Great list, Salon, but a bit actor heavy for my taste. Writers are sexier to me -- I go weak in the knees for men who use language gorgeously without reading from someone else's script. My votes Sexist Living Men go to Native American novelist Louis Owens, Mexican American novelist Luis Alberto Urreah, and European American novelist Michael Chabon, hands down.
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Going there
Since Spotty Dog took the bold move to nominate Van Heflin posthumously, I'm going to follow suit and offer for your consideration Ed Bradley -- a sexy, elegant man. Though he's no longer the sexiest man living -- he certainly was a contender while he was here.
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Ladies With Taste
So far I haven't noticed a couple of my guys mentioned. I cannot let this pass. Suffice it to say, when Jane Campion cast both Sam Neill and Harvey Keitel in "the Piano", I knew I had a soul sister. And to recognize that Harvey could be a ROMANTIC lead... And as far as Sam Neill goes, when the lead female in "Horse Whisperer" left him behind for Redford, I just couldn't buy that! I must say I totally agree with all the love for Colbert - Jon Stewart(I've seen him in person and he's a doll) - and Mark Ruffalo - talent is sexy. period.
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sexiest man living
Not a bad list
add to it:
Jeremy Irons
Don Cheadle
Viggo Mortensen
Robert Downey Jr.
Ed Harris
Harry Belafonte
Adrien Brody
and -- I don't know or care what he looks like, if we're talking brains this list needs -- Randy Cohen the Ethicist
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Not that anyone needs my $.02 but . . .
I've had a crush on Alan Rickman forever. During "Robin Hood" I'm thinking "Damn those buttons! Just rip those pants off!! And Cancel Christmas!!"
Yum.
I agree also with Gael Garcia Bernal, Viggo, Clooney, the lovely Mark Ruffalo.
What about Chris Isaak? Lordy that man is hot.
Ron Livingston floats my boat, too. And I'd definitely make out with John Corbett.
But first in line right now is Craig Ferguson. Something about his mind clicks with me. Maybe it's the fart jokes, who knows. Definitely an accent helps.
*sigh*
I'll go to bed warm tonight just thinking about these guys.
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Ooh! Oooh!!
Yes, yes! Someone mentioned Eddie Izzard! How could I have left him out! I think I just had a hot flash just thinking about him.
Way too many of you hotties out there. Unconventional too.
Maybe I'm a bit jaded (from the online dating messages like "Please close this communication because you didn't post a photo of yourself", among other things), but I have a feeling the "sexiest female" list won't be as interesting, varied, or unconventional. I hope I'm pleasantly surprised.
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Indeed!
I'm taking it back to my Teen Beat and Right On magazine days....
-->To blacken and brown up the list some more:
DANIEL SUNJATA (Rescue Me): so much swagger and sensitivity
MICHAEL EALY (Sleeper Cell): hotness all around and he's not afraid to say he's from the suburbs
JESSE L. MARTIN (Law & Order): clean cut, sharp and smooth
HILL HARPER (CSI:NY): super freaking smart
KEITH DAVID: somehow he'll take care of it...whatever "it" is
DETECTIVE LEANDER SYDNOR (The Wire): just your average good-looking black man -- one of many on the show
HENRY LENNIX (The Human Stain): so underrated and ignored
ORLANDO JONES: Chocolate! Drumline sealed it
BEN BRATT: I agree, Julia Roberts was a fool
TAYE DIGGS: More chocolate! He is flawless!
Honorable Mentions: Takeshi Kaneshiro (House of Flying Daggers), Yancey Arias (Kingpin mini-series), Branford Marsalis, Jon Seda (circa I Like It Like That), Russell Wong (circa Joy Luck Club)
--> To add to the well-represented whiteness:
EDWARD NORTON: what a way to make a Neo-Nazi look hot in American History X
ADAM GOLDBERG: when he's rocking facial hair, it's on!
INSPECTOR LYNLEY (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries): can't even begin to explain why
JOAQUIN PHOENIX: gets me every time
JOHN MAYER: the height, the big head, the smirks, the slow dancing in a burning room
Honorable Mention: Cole Hauser, Jerry O'Connell, Kyle Secor (circa Homicide: Life on The Streets)