# "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:** 5
**Author:** ![jesleigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jesleigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesleigh)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/81 "2003-06-19T03:42:19Z")
Now, this is a poll I can have fun with…I’ll second a few. Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, George Clooney Now, my presonal fave: [Johnny Depp](http://www.johnnydeppfan.com/cjohn.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/82 "2003-06-19T03:57:44Z")
[Bradley Cooper](http://umich.edu/~ianander/bradley10.jpg) [Shawn Ashmore](http://umich.edu/~ianander/shawn2.jpg) [Jake Gyllenhaal](http://umich.edu/~ianander/jake4.jpg) [Anderson Cooper](http://umich.edu/~ianander/anderson6.jpg) And my #1 most handsome man… [Edward Norton!](http://umich.edu/~ianander/edward1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bjork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@Bjork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bjork)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/83 "2003-06-20T01:43:42Z")
I was almost at the end, and someone hadn’t mentioned Jim Morrisson…thankfully Dmark saved the day. Although I do classify him as beautiful rather than handsome, he is both. Also, I would like to add to Johnny Depp. He is very very good looking. It’s practically undeniable. He has amazing features. ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/84 "2003-06-20T03:41:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by «Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™ \* > \*\* > 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… :}~\< \*\* Well, I suppose that’s understandable. I’d feel a little strange too, I think. 🙂 All of my friends also think I’m odd for swooning (seeing as how we’re all just 18), but his voice is just undeniably wonderful. Anyhow, I’d like to second Heath Ledger. I swoon over him too. ---
**Author:** ![lovelyluka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@lovelyluka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelyluka)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/85 "2003-06-20T06:28:40Z")
mmm…Ewan McGregor… :stomach flip-flops: Would you like me to quote all of his lines from Moulin Rouge for you? No? Ok, well then, how about I give you a perfect description of how he and he alone kept my attention for the Star Wars movies? Or how his voice is…:drool: mrarrrggghhh… ---
**Author:** ![miscee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@miscee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miscee)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/86 "2003-06-20T07:59:50Z")
The Highlander’s name is Adrian Paul. And I second that vote! ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/87 "2003-06-20T15:12:14Z")
Ok, laugh if you will, but I think **Brendan Fraser** is pretty watchable. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/88 "2003-06-20T16:21:20Z")
I think all of mine have ben mentioned. Sam Elliott tops my list. Sean Connery is up there,too. Alan Rickman, Vigo Mortensen. Has anyone said Ed Harris? He’s not necessarily traditionally handsome but I sure wouldn’t slam a door on Kevin Spacey! ---
**Author:** ![Prancing\_puppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c89c15/32.png) [@Prancing\_puppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prancing_puppy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/89 "2003-06-20T19:22:30Z")
Hugh Jackman Brad Pitt (Cut the hair!) Very handsome men!!! ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/90 "2003-06-20T20:19:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Engel \* > \*\*Oh! Almost forgot the luscious [Sean Bean](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Bean,+Sean) \*\* Sean Bean! How could I forget Sean Bean? From the music world, I’d like to nominate [Stephen Malkmus](http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/interviews/m/malkmus_stephen-03/), the pretty, pretty man Courtney Love once called “the Grace Kelly of rock.” ---
**Author:** ![ecugrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@ecugrad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecugrad)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/91 "2003-06-20T20:31:20Z")
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve rented “Farinelli” so I could see Enrico Lo Verso half-naked… [![](https://www.sonyclassics.com/farinelli/multimedia/verso.gif) ](https://www.sonyclassics.com/farinelli/multimedia/verso.gif) [http://www.nightribe.it/site/canali/divertimento/calendari/2002/pirelli/01.htm[url/]](http://www.nightribe.it/site/canali/divertimento/calendari/2002/pirelli/01.htm%5Burl/%5D) ---
**Author:** ![ecugrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@ecugrad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecugrad)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/92 "2003-06-20T20:34:41Z")
Whoops! **WARNING! SEMI-NUDE MODEL** [http://www.nightribe.it/site/canali/divertimento/calendari/2002/pirelli/01.htm](http://www.nightribe.it/site/canali/divertimento/calendari/2002/pirelli/01.htm) ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/93 "2003-06-20T20:36:39Z")
Who is Justin Theorux? I’m going to vote for Mark Wahlberg, even though I"m a guy and don’t like boys. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/94 "2003-06-20T22:07:51Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Romola_ > **[Daniel](http://www.dd-l.net/PGI/GL2/GL29.jpg) [Day](http://aaddl.pro.tok2.com/father12.htm) [Lewis](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=ss&group=0118760&photo=Ss/0118760/AU15_2_03.jpg&path=pgallery&path_key=Day-Lewis,%20Daniel)** My God **Romola**! Those pictures should come with some sort of warning label. Talk about hot, hot, HOT!!! :::phew!::: And to think, I just came in here to add my repeated chorus to the Johnny Depp fans. :::swoons drooling::: ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/95 "2003-06-21T01:02:16Z")
I didn’t see these fine specimens of masculinity mentioned [Gene Kelly](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=mptv&group=1095&photo=Mptv/1095/0538_0410.jpg&path=pgallery&path_key=Kelly,%20Gene) - I think its the scar on his left cheek that really does it for me [William Petersen](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=ss&group=0247082&photo=csi_new_1.jpg) - _the_ reason to watch CSI [John Garfield](http://hometown.aol.com/pherr42365/Garfieldindex.html) - sex personified ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/96 "2003-06-21T03:56:38Z")
Wow, am I really the first to mention [Jared](http://ggtw.bobsville.com/cgi-bin/i/jared/jl10.jpg) [Leto](http://www.absolutenow.com/celebs/images/jared_leto/022.html) If that guy isn’t the genetic lottery winner, I don’t know who is. Would I date him? Probably not, because people would think I won him in a raffle or something. And also not mentioned but who makes me swoon: [Liam Neeson](http://www.absolutepictures.com/display.php?p=/n/neeson_liam&c=045&n=Liam+Neeson&l=084) [Christian](http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Coast/6807/CB/Pictures/cb_01.jpg) [Bale](http://www.mostbeautifulman.com/imagesSeptember2001/ChristianBale.shtml): That torso should be in a museum. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/97 "2003-06-21T16:18:38Z")
Oh–just remembered—Jeremy Sisto. One of the reasons I watch 6 feet under. And…Cat Stevens in 1971 For what it’s worth, I think Eminem is extremely good looking…I don’t always agree with the message in his music. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/98 "2003-06-21T19:05:25Z")
Gail: Totally agreed on Eminem. He has such an angelic face, and he knows it and has mockingly attributed his current success to his cuteness. I don’t even like blondes, but there’s not getting around the beauty of that face. ---
**Author:** ![Melanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Melanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melanie)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/99 "2003-06-21T19:59:49Z")
I only like the pretty ones. I was devestated to discover that UK pretty boy Julian Clary was really truely gay [http://www.julianclary.net/october.htm](http://www.julianclary.net/october.htm) But since you’re offering, I’ll happily take Johnny Dep or Keanu. (I have to admit that during Harry Potter, watching Alan Rickman was doing something very strange to my hormones. He’s not pretty and he’s about 15 years older than me so basically I’m in denial 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Melanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Melanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melanie)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466/100 "2003-06-21T20:42:20Z")
Am compiling a tally. Koeeoaddi I cannot understand who you actually want to vote for. Link Starz Wing, you seconded someone else’s but would you mind re-writing? Will take this opportunity to sneak in an extra vote for the very stunning Jude Law. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handsomest-man-poll/182466.md?page=6)