# "Handsomest Man" Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466 "2003-06-17T14:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LinkStarzWing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8c91f0/32.png) [@LinkStarzWing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinkStarzWing)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/61 "2003-06-18T04:59:46Z")
I agree with so many people on here… o\_O; I completely agree with **lilbtagna** and **tivivi** on who to vote for =D And with who they added. Now I wanna add **Ralph Fiennes**. He’s a verry handsome man ^\_~ Just… too old… at least for me o\_O; Being 13’s kinda young with any people out there right now. o\_x; ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/62 "2003-06-18T05:20:30Z")
[Jeffrey Hunter](http://www.jeffreyhuntermovies.com/images/Photos/swimsuitblackandwhite1.jpg), [Chris O’Donnell](http://www.screencaptures.com/d/donnell15.jpg), Joel McCrea, [Fredric March](http://www.meredy.com/fmtriv.html), [Robert Redford](http://images.allposters.com/images/54/039_31547.jpg), [Sean Connery](http://www.jamesbondmm.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/007/seanconnery/sean008.jpg), [Thomas Gibson](http://www.tvtome.com/images/people/1/3/3-6739.jpg), [Ewan McGregor](http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/lancashire/leisure/movies/interviews/images/intview-mcgregor.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![tivivi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@tivivi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tivivi)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/63 "2003-06-18T05:24:48Z")
Thanks for greeting me to the SDMB **Blonde**. I’d also like to thank **LinkStarzWing** for the compliments as well. 😃 I think two other people that could be added to the list is Matt Damon and Will Smith. Matt Damon’s stunts in **Bourne Identity** was pretty cool and Will Smith’s goofiness is part of his charm. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/64 "2003-06-18T18:36:22Z")
IMHO, the best looking film actor working today is Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, although **Eve** might fairly consider him a “pouty little boy”. Please note that I’m referring to Irish actor Jonathan Rhys-_Meyers_ (_Michael Collins_, _Velvet Goldmine_, _Bend it Like Beckham_), not Welsh actor Jonathan Rhys-_Davies_ (_Raiders of the Lost Ark_, _Victor/Victoria_, _King Solomon’s Mines_). Although I suppose there must be people who find the latter attractive as well. Ewan McGregor is a doll, but there are better looking actors out there. I think that actually works in McGregor’s favor – he’s handsome, but not _too_ handsome, like a handsome guy you might actually meet in real life instead of a movie star. I think Jude Law has a similar look but is slightly more attractive, although I have my suspicions that McGregor and Law may secretly be the same person. But speaking personally, just about the only man on earth who’s ever done it for me is Eddie Vedder (especially circa 1992). ---
**Author:** ![Anahita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@Anahita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anahita)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/65 "2003-06-18T19:11:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lamia \* > \*\* > But speaking personally, just about the only man on earth who’s ever done it for me is Eddie Vedder (especially circa 1992). \*\* I never pictured you as a rock groupie chick! 🙂 There are far too many to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![SCHLERMIE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SCHLERMIE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCHLERMIE)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/66 "2003-06-18T19:29:19Z")
Sean Connery, Hugh Jackman, Mel Gibson, Jon Bon Jovi \>\>\>wiping drool off of face\<\<\<\< ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/67 "2003-06-18T19:38:44Z")
Just tro show I can also be a 21st-century kind of a girl, I nominate [Dylan McDermott](http://home.capecod.net/~ehahn/dmcdermott/dylan.html) and [Sam Neill](http://www.ibiblio.org/samneill/). ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/68 "2003-06-18T19:39:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lamia \* > \*\*IMHO, the best looking film actor working today is Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, although **Eve** might fairly consider him a “pouty little boy”. > \*\* Hooooyeah! How many times can I see _Bend it Like Beckham_ while it’s still in theaters? In that movie at least he sort of resembles a skinny Irish Matt Damon, not so much in his other movies though. His photo is the wallpaper on my laptop. Not to mention, he lives on a horse farm in Co. Cork - is there a more perfect man in the world for me? Still - and mind you, most of the guys I date/am attracted to are younger than me, so this isn’t meant as a knock - but those boyish types like JRM, Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom (I agree - only as Legolas) don’t quite fit the word_handsome_. Cute, hot, sexy, perhaps, but not handsome. Handsome needs the sort of raffish charm they haven’t earned yet. (Handsome are the sort of guys in whom I see the attraction, but am generally not attracted _to_.) My vote for handsome men, in no particular order: Hugo Weaving George Clooney Harrison Ford Cary Grant Viggo Mortensen and most of the other Men of Middle-Earth umm, I’d add a bunch of hockey players but nobody’s probably heard of them - when I get home I’ll try to find some pictures to link to For younger guys who still manage to pull off the ‘handsome’ designation, Hugh Jackman and Taye Diggs ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/69 "2003-06-18T19:43:34Z")
Another vote for Johnny Depp. He’s so handsome it makes me uncomfortable. Also Will Smith, especially when he’s bulked up his natural lankiness (as in Independance Day and, no doubt, Ali, though I haven’t seen it.) And George Clooney, but he looks enough like my brother to make me feel like we only ever be good friends. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/70 "2003-06-18T19:55:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gail \* > \*\*Elijah Wood in about 10 years. \*\* Hate to be a pain, but why in 10 years? Why not now? I find him incredibly sexy, especially right now. (I’d like to add him to my list, btw). I’d like to know why you’re making him wait 10 years to be added. I hope the above doesn’t sound argumentative. I’m not being argumentative. Just curious. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/71 "2003-06-18T21:11:49Z")
## quote: Originally posted by «Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™ I find Alan Rickman strangely atractive. * * * > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JessEnigma \* > \*\*Strangely attractive? Not strange at all! The man has a drop-dead sexy voice…and those hands…gah. And he’s such a fab actor. > > Pardon me while I go swoon. \*\* I guess why I say “strangely” is that my girlfriends 15yo daughter has this obsession with him and I feel strange when I get all tingly when he talks just like she does… :}~\< ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/72 "2003-06-18T21:20:06Z")
Mel Gibson Eddie Van Halen Cary Grant William Powell Robert Mitchum Sam Elliott (We are talking handsomest EVER, right? Not just in the last 10 years?)… Clark Gable. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/73 "2003-06-18T21:24:28Z")
Original post by Buckleberry Ferry: Hate to be a pain, but why in 10 years? * * * Because right now he’s just a little too pretty…I think he’ll be more handsome when he’s “seasoned”. Anyway, a lot of posters went backward in time…saying they like certain men during certain eras…I’m going forward in time. : D ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/74 "2003-06-18T21:50:07Z")
Gotta agree with Gail. Please, no more little boys… the title is handsomest MEN. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/75 "2003-06-18T22:20:18Z")
Don’t know how I forgot Denzel Washington. He’s another one of those guys who’s not _so_ attractive you can’t imagine bumping into him on the street… but if you did, you’d swoon. Or at least I would. For the most part though, my personal taste still runs to the pretty young lads. I suppose I’ll grow out of it eventually. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/76 "2003-06-18T22:44:10Z")
How has the list gotten this far without mentioning Robert Redford? I think he’s definitely handsome. And I’m definitely in agreement with all mentions of Harrison Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/77 "2003-06-18T23:53:50Z")
Argh! How could I forget to vote for Alan Rickman! ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/78 "2003-06-18T23:55:22Z")
I am taking myself out of the running so as not to shame a celebrity. A few: Sam Elliot (Mask, lots of other films and now in Hulk) Jim Morrison (Doors) Joe Dallasandro (Warhol films) Richard Locke (Gay Porn) ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/79 "2003-06-19T01:40:45Z")
I’ll second the vote for Goran Visnjic, although I was feeling very depressed clicking on the link to discover that I’m older than him! It should be illegal to be that sexy… Another vote for Omar Sharif as well, circa \*Dr. Zhivago \* of course. Other celebrities on whom I had absolutely ridiculously HUGE crushes in my debauched youth: Mikhail Baryshnikov, right after he defected (although the things that man can do with his body are still amazing) and Richard Chamberlain, circa the _Shogun_ miniseries (who I only last week found out is gay, which shattered any remaining teenage illusions I had about him). Maybe it’s more that I have a thing for darkly brooding emotional types…although I’m also sensing a certain predilection for Slavs. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/80 "2003-06-19T02:05:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blonde \* > \*\*—Doubletake— > > A straight male who is admitting that he can tell whether another man is handsome or not?? > > Hell has officially frozen over. 😃 \*\* I’m straight, and I’m telling you right now that George Clooney is one fine looking man. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466.md?page=5)