# Who is the most handsome actor in TV or Movie history? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031 "2014-06-30T19:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/21 "2014-06-30T23:05:21Z")
Sean Connery. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/22 "2014-06-30T23:06:57Z")
This blog will tell you all you need to know. > **[Matinée Moustache](https://matineemoustache.tumblr.com/)** > > Classic film & dapper gents. The tumblog of a film fanatic. Expect moustaches, gifs and gif posters. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/23 "2014-06-30T23:52:56Z")
Oh come on, no love for Tom Selleck? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/24 "2014-07-01T00:01:17Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. > > [Paul](https://www.google.com/search?q=paul+newman+google+images&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=wtqxU6moEMSQyAS7r4CoDA&ved=0CBwQsAQ&biw=1591&bih=673) > > [Robert](https://www.google.com/search?q=paul+newman+google+images&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=wtqxU6moEMSQyAS7r4CoDA&ved=0CBwQsAQ&biw=1591&bih=673#q=robert+redford+google+images&tbm=isch) I think we can agree that Newman aged muuuch better than Redford. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/25 "2014-07-01T00:05:43Z")
Alain Delon? ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/26 "2014-07-01T00:07:07Z")
Straight guy here. Cary Grant came to mind, of course. I support Paul Newman on his eyes alone. And surprised that Peter O’Toole hasn’t been mentioned. Almost impossibly gorgeous. So pretty he shoulda been a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/27 "2014-07-01T00:08:00Z")
Robert Mitchum ---
**Author:** ![will567](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/51bf81/32.png) [@will567](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/will567)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/28 "2014-07-01T00:15:14Z")
John Barrowman. 'Nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/29 "2014-07-01T00:18:29Z")
Straight guy. I’ve always thought of Pierce Brosnan as good looking, but my opinion on men’s looks is rarely(never?) shared by straight women. I’ve never discussed the topic with a gay guy. Hmm. That might be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/30 "2014-07-01T00:20:29Z")
Charlie Chaplin ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/31 "2014-07-01T00:22:43Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > I think we can agree that Newman aged muuuch better than Redford. Yep! Redford should let his hair go white. He looks ridiculous with colored hair. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/32 "2014-07-01T00:23:19Z")
How can you possibly choose just one? Or five? Anson Mount Goran Visnjic And of course, the man whose beauty is so extreme it can only be described as cartoonish, Shemar Moore… ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/33 "2014-07-01T00:23:32Z")
> [@bldysabba](#): > > Straight guy. I’ve always thought of Pierce Brosnan as good looking, but my opinion on men’s looks is rarely(never?) shared by straight women. I’ve never discussed the topic with a gay guy. Hmm. That might be interesting. Completely off topic, I know, but I have experienced the same. Guys that I think women might think good-looking are met with universal scorn by the women I mention them to. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/34 "2014-07-01T00:37:47Z")
Chaplin — [Charlie Chaplin - Movies, Children & Quotes](http://www.biography.com/people/charlie-chaplin-9244327#awesm=~oIIDksFLJp8GPC) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/35 "2014-07-01T00:51:12Z")
Straight guy here (not that there’s anything wrong with that), but I’ve always thought of **Richard Gere** as being simply irresistible to wimmen. [Younger Richard](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2004/04/30anniversary/sexiestman/rgere.jpg) [Older Richard](http://images3.static-bluray.com/products/22/1553_1_front.jpg) mmm ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/36 "2014-07-01T00:57:35Z")
Montgomery Clift [Omar Sharif](https://www.google.com/search?q=omar+sharif&rlz=1C1CHHF_enUS528US528&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=0gayU-nRK8mUyAT_zoHABw&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1067&bih=533&dpr=1.5#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=0awzfhlV1C8uqM%253A%3BsOPmEaRCiqZ5FM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.celebritiesfans.com%252Fpictures%252Fomar_sharif_1.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.celebritiesfans.com%252Faddresses%252Factors%252Fomar-sharif%3B353%3B450) in his Dr. Zhivago days. [Clark Gable](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Gable,%2520Clark/Annex/Annex%2520-%2520Gable,%2520Clark_26.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.doctormacro.com/movie%2520star%2520pages/Gable,%2520Clark-Annex3.htm&h=256&w=197&tbnid=en_C29oXbBkPqM:&zoom=1&tbnh=186&tbnw=143&usg=__0Fa-ARABwaOA1pEtQZAcPUcqe_s=&docid=jJ6eEMBWmhFJyM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=OweyU6nWIMKayATb_YHQCw&ved=0CIQBEPwdMAo) ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/37 "2014-07-01T02:01:55Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > Alain Delon? Yum, forgot about him. Of the same generation - [Alan Bates](https://www.google.com/search?q=alan+bates&client=firefox-a&hs=sRU&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=CRayU6yFOqah8QGt94HABQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/38 "2014-07-01T02:08:10Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > This straight chick’s first thought was Cary Grant. FWIW that was my first thought too, though as a straight guy my opinion’s purely academic. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/39 "2014-07-01T02:10:06Z")
> [@bldysabba](#): > > Straight guy. I’ve always thought of Pierce Brosnan as good looking, but my opinion on men’s looks is rarely(never?) shared by straight women. I’ve never discussed the topic with a gay guy. Hmm. That might be interesting. Came in to say Pierce Brosnan. Rrowr. And young Marlon Brando could melt the celluloid right off the film. Good lord. ---
**Author:** ![claramorena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@claramorena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/claramorena)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-handsome-actor-in-tv-or-movie-history/692031/40 "2014-07-01T02:17:25Z")
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