# Handsomeness Poll. From a Male perspective. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180 "2003-08-28T13:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180/21 "2003-08-29T04:37:21Z")
I guess I like the pretty boy type - Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt. NO to Leo. Oh, and, Jim Morrison and James Dean. :::running away::: ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180/22 "2003-08-29T09:31:11Z")
My wife and I talk about this a lot. She thinks Sean Connery is just IT. I say it’s not necessarily his looks (even when he was young). It’s the accent and the way he carries himself. That kind of confidence is almost infectious. Some of the ones my wife and I agree on: Johnny Depp Skeet Ulrich Sean Patrick Flannery Mel Gibson “Brian” from Queer As Folk (forget his name) Edge (Adam Copeland) from the WWE Matthew Lilliard (I think she digs him because he reminds her of me a lot) Josh Hartnett Ashton Kutcher John Leguizamo Dave Foley BTW, the last two look pretty good dressed up as women also. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180/23 "2003-08-29T11:23:23Z")
> [@](#): > > SlowMindThinking wrote: > > I’m incredibly pathetic with names, so I can’t think of his, but what about that guy who died in Star Wars Episode 1? He was in Rob Roy, too. Liam Neeson. _Liam Neeson_! How could you not know _Liam Neeson!?!_ (I’m just kidding with ya. I’m just trying to pitch the same kind of fit I did with the guy who didn’t know Colin Firth’s name.) ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180/24 "2003-08-29T12:04:28Z")
Oh, and what about that guy that played the first James Bond. Sorry, I forgot his name. And the actor who plays Han Solo! What’s he called? Just kidding, I _do_ know those two. George Lazenby and Mark Hamill, right? So, Colin _Firth_ it is. Actually I got confused by the OP’s mention of Colin Farrel. That got me thinking: Colin F…, Far…, no, hang one, that’s not the one. ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180/25 "2003-08-29T13:54:39Z")
Sure, you laugh now. But when I come up with my incredibly witty and fiendishly clever comeback, you’ll regret those words of mirth. 6 years from now. :rolleyes: Hey, I’m lucky I know my own name. Insert mumbling text here, pretending I know how to do that… ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180/26 "2003-08-29T14:01:14Z")
Viggo Mortensen Johnny Depp Ewan McGregor Colin Firth Christopher Eccleston all do it for me. Pardon me while I go wipe away this puddle of drool. ---
**Author:** ![YoudNeverGuess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a587f6/32.png) [@YoudNeverGuess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoudNeverGuess)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180/27 "2003-08-29T15:22:08Z")
I know this thread has been hi-jacked by a few girls already and I’m really sorry but I have to chime in and say that I agree with the lady who mentioned **Paul Newman** in his prime. He was _perfect_ looking. Do none of you guys see this? Is this just a girl thing or can a hetero guy appreciate why so many women find this man so beautiful? ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180/28 "2003-08-29T15:44:50Z")
I am a hetero guy and I would kill to look like Paul Newman in _Cool Hand Luke_, he really is the standard bearer for good looking men. ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180/29 "2003-08-29T19:55:04Z")
I, too, am more of a fan of the previous generation of actors, like Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Sean Connery, all of whom I think look pretty handsome in their movies from way back then. It’s harder for me to think of a current actor who looks handsome, except maybe Daniel Day Lewis, who looks good (except in ‘A Room with a View’) and is also a fantastic actor. Let’s see, I also have seen a lot of Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson movies, so there must be something I like about them, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomeness-poll-from-a-male-perspective/198180.md?page=1)