John Malkovich has always given me that little tingle. I agree with 90% of your other choices. Thanks for the estrogen surge.

How was he overlooked?

Really interesting and sexy guys. But you really got me by including Alec Baldwin. I love him, even though he can be such a jerk. Once I was reading a peice of gossip (with an accompanying photo) about him on a website where he had reportedly had some sort of fender-bender then got out and slapped the other driver. The reader comments all said something to the effect of "He is looking really good lately." not even mentioning his obnoxious behavior. He is like that beloved, but obnoxious ex-boyfriend that made you crazy, but whom you never really stop missing. I just love him so much that even though he is often in the news for being a douche, I am just glad to see him (and even gladder to see him looking well).

Stephen Colbert is the sexist man alive, period.

My husband runs a very close second, but he doesn't have the wicked insouciance Stephen does (on the other hand, my husband doesn't have a portrait of himself over the fireplace either!)

Honorable Mention:

*George Clooney

*Chazz Palmintieri

*Denzel Washington

*Any man over 30 who can wear a ponytail without looking like

Eurotrash or a time-capsuled hippie biker

*Dennis Quaid in that hot video with Bonnie Raitt

I second that vote for Cary Tennis. He is compassionate, poetic, liberal - but still solid on family values. He actually seems to think and care about his readers and letter-writers. Plus he's cute.

Runners up: Farhad Manjoo, Glenn Greenwald, and Gary Kamiya!

The former cricket player is not only seriously hot, but is at heart, fearlessly political and intellectual.

He has taken the dictatorship-military establishment in Pakistan head-on, built a state-of-the-art cancer treatment and research hospital in Pakistan, has fought relentlessly for democracy and solutions for the common man, isn't afraid to get down and dirty to play their game on his terms, and has just yesterday been jailed for his advocacy. Khan is seriously in it to win it.

How is someone who ends his movie with the hero saying "not wearing a condom was the best think I ever did" qualified to be sexy? Creepy, yes. Sexy, definitely not. I just don't get the love.

The hair! The 'stache! The bruised knuckles!

The degree from Princeton???

http://www.georgeparros.com/

Some pretty nice choices, such as the gone-to-seed Alec Baldwin, but I'd like to suggest one other: Ray Davies, who with his brother Dave founded the now-defunct Kinks. Ray has written some of the best songs ever ("Days," "Waterloo Sunset," "You Really Got Me," "Dead-End Street," etc), as well as a very imaginative book, "X-Ray." He combines great looks (tall, bony, with a gap-tooth grin) with lyricism and intelligence and a twisted sense of humor that plays to

whatever your sexual appetites might be. And he's had a very inconsistent career, too, which makes him all the more endearing.

when People comes out with "Sexiest Women" or whatever I'd like to see a comparable list of untraditionally hot gals here as well.

Sure, he's a good looking guy but hearing his cover of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" (a brilliant song) made me want to throw my radio across the room. From what I can tell his voice seems to be a love it or hate it kind of thing.

Haha, I often raise an eyebrow with what you post, but in this case I agree with you completely. It's not a man thing though...most of my female friends are hopelessly crushed out on Colbert and Bourdain.

Beautiful, clever, and the most amazing voice, ever. I am surprised you left him off the list! I've found that everyone I speak to about him, gay or straight, finds him quite attractive.

As for this being a fluff piece, I could use a little puff right now, so thank you.

Anderson Cooper's smug, smarmy little face makes me want to puke all over the tv screen. Pompous self-importance is not sexy. I can't believe you guys.

Agree on Tony Leung but alas for us straight girls, I'm pretty sure he's gay.

I'm pretty sure he's been attached to Carina Lau for 18 years.

To all of you complainers, Salon can publish fluffy-type things like this too. Geez, do you really need to have every. single. last. article be hard-hitting/deep-think/political pieces? You all must be such a treat at parties.

Straight guys: also relax, okay? It's no big deal to admit you find another guy attractive/hot/sexy. And you don't have to keep apologizing and telling us you're straight either. Your choices usually telegraph that anyway.

Finally: yes, Jon Stewart should be on the list. And Peter Sarsgaard and Tony Leung are indeed very sexy.

you are defined by your irony, and that is infuriating to be subject to as a Salon reader.

Thank God someone finally recognized the animated bucket of hotness that is Strong Bad. I must, however, call attention to the fact that you neglected to mention his fine album, "Strong Bad Sings," containing such wonderful songs as "The Cheat Is Not Dead" and "Seriously," one of the finest love songs ever written.

what about ann coulter? hello!

Uh, what's the point here? And I don't remember you doing this last year. I suppose I ignored it then.

At least it's a human woman and not a dog or marmoset though. Because THAT would be weird.

David Strathairn and Stephen Colbert are definitely unfortunate omissions.

How could you forget Irfan Khan (the Pakistani policeman in "A Mighty Heart")? And speaking of "A Mighty Heart," let's hear it for Dan Futterman, too. Anyone ever see him with a young Adrienne Shelley in "Big Girls Don't Cry, They Get Even"?

Hrithik Roshan? Just a pretty boy if you ask me. If you're gonna go Bollywood, try Abhishek Bachchan (but only with stubble) or Ajay Devgan.

Since I am in my quarterly "I cannot read one more horrid story about what the Bush administration is doing to this country" this article was perfect. I go to the links and cannot stromach reading anything anymore. I get over it , but I need this kind of rentry.

I agree with Hamm about time that a "real man" was raised to an icon status. Enough with these boy worship of the last 20 years. Old fashioned manly good looks. I love the Pepin entry, I second the Anthony Bourdain suggestions. But I would add Feingold from politics, just because he is so right on and good looking. And finally, a call to the fat Italian boy James Gandolfini.