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The AfterElton Hot 100: Nominations Wanted

After our sister site AfterEllen.com presented their Hot 100 list, a number of AfterElton.com readers wrote in to ask when AfterElton was going to do the same. It seems gay boys are tired of watching straight men get to objectify women in the pages of Maxim and Sports Illustrated without getting to take a crack at doing it to men as well. Turnabout is fair play, after all.

I'm happy to say that our time has come and we're giving our readers a chance to be entirely superficial and vote for the guys who most turn their crank. The timing seems perfect with People Magazine having just published their Hottest Bachelors issue (no gay boys as far I could tell).

Given how much of an influence gay men have had on the aesthetics of what makes a straight man hot -- sculpted abs, the smooth look, well-dressed -- it's about time we had a list entirely of our own making. (BTW, we love our lesbian and straight readers, but this list is for the gay boys, so we're going to ask you to sit this one out!)

Here's how it will work: Compile a list your top 10 favorite, smokin' hot guys -- gay, straight, or bi. You don't need to rank them -- in fact, please don't number them, just list them (makes it easier to sort hundreds of votes). You can either submit them to editor@afterelton.com if you're not registered (which would only take a moment to do here) or you can list them in the comment section below if you are registered. We'll compile votes from both emails and the comments to come up with your list of the hottest 100 men. Voting will be open until July 3rd and we'll present the list as soon as possible thereafter.

To get things started, I asked several AfterElton.com contributors to come up with their own lists.

Craig Young's list:
Ryan Gosling
Taye Diggs
Dave Koz
Tom Ford
Will Yun Lee
Cheyenne Jackson
Ryan Reynolds
Lenny Kravitz
Johnny Depp
Gael Garcia Bernal

Lyle Masaki's list:
Jensen Ackles
Naveen Andrews
Jamie Bamber
John Barrowman
Daniel Dae Kim
Taye Diggs
Jake Gyllenhaal
Adrian Pasdar
Jon Stewart
B.D. Wong

Steven Frank's list:
Rupert Everett
Rupert Graves
Ioan Gruffudd
Daniel Craig
David Boreanz
Christopher Siebert
Dan Savage
Stephen McCauley
Paul Rudd
Patrick Wilson

Michael Jensen's list:
Cheyenne Jackson
Jensen Atwood
Wilson Cruz
B.D. Wong
John Barrowman
Jake Gyllenhaal
Kurt Warner
T.R. Knight
Enrique Iglesias
Patrick Dempsey

Brent Hartinger's list:
Jared Padalecki
Paul Rudd
Mario Lopez
John Edwards
Alexander Despatie
Christopher Gorham
Barack Obama
Alexander Despatie
Max Greenfield
Howie Michael Smith

Let the voting commence!

ExLenne's picture

Chris Evans Channing

Chris Evans
Channing Tatum
Adam Levine
Jensen Ackles
Josh Duhamel
Jared Leto
Ryan Phillipe
Andrew Shue
Brad Pitt
David Beckham

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Palmer's picture

Darn, I thought I would be first!

Okay, mine wil be:

Dean Cain

Matthew Fox

Steve Carrell

Denzel Washington

Wilson Cruz

John Amaechi

TR Knight

George Clooney

Zach Braff

Doug Blasdell

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perrythaler's picture

I left out the far more obscure ones that would never make it...

Sean Bean
Hal Sparks
Patrick Stewart
Joe Flanigan
Terry O'Quinn
Michael Ironside
Ioan Gruffudd
Matthew Rhys
Christopher Meloni
Michael Shanks

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Andros's picture

My turn:Antonio Sabato

My turn:

Antonio Sabato Jr.

Andrew Lawrence

Dave Navarro

David Boreanaz

Dominic Purcell

Hugh Jackman

Jason Behr

Ryan Reynold

John Paul Pitoc

Alexandre Despatie

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Terry751's picture

This is easy

  This didn't require much thought on my part.  Here's my list, in no particular order:

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Daniel Craig

 Gabe Kapler (former American ballplayer)

 David Wright(New York Mets ballplayer)

 Lucas Black

 Channing Tatum

 George Eads

 Brian Wiefering (American bodybuilder)

 Shermar Moore

 Chris Evans

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the_man_diva's picture

The Man-Diva's Hot Top 10

After some serious debate inside of my own head, here is my FINAL list ...

1.) Randy Orton - (WWE, Professional Wrestler) This dude has semi-nude pictures, taken of HIMSELF, online ... I'm a huge wrestling fan, and Randy Orton is the kind of guy that most people would think turns gay men onto wrestling. He's beautiful, chiseled (but more lean and tall than most stocky, overly muscular wrestlers). A former World Heavyweight Champion, Orton is more than just a pretty face. Perhaps he can show you why they call him, "The Legend Killer"? On-screen he once was paired up with the equally tall and beautiful Stacy Keibler from "Dancing With the Stars."

2.) T.R. Knight - (Grey's Anatomy) He's adorable ... especially in his interview with The Advocate. Low-key. Shy. Cute. Cuter. Cutest. The boy next door of Hollywood. So glad he's returning for the new season of Grey's ...

3.) Eric Mabius - (The L Word, Ugly Betty) He was awesome as the butt-baring hunk of a boyfriend of the sexually confused Jenny in The L Word; but he's truly amazing as the believable womanizing boss of Betty in Ugly Betty.

The others are individuals who are hot without explanation ... also, I'm too lazy and tired to continue ... lol.

4.) Chris Evans (The Fantastic Four, Not Another Teen Movie)
5.) Johnny Depp (If I need to name a movie he's in, you should be slapped!)
6.) Brad Pitt
7.) Shane West (A Walk to Remember, E.R.)
8.) Gale Harold (Queer as Folk)
9.) Taylor Handley (Hidden Palms, The O.C., Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning)
10.) Taye Diggs

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wolfbane's picture

My Top 10

Kevin Zegers (the other names are just filler)

Taye Diggs

Mario Lopez

Bobby Lashley

Jake Gyllenhaal

Adamo Ruggiero

Steven Strait

Diego Luna

Ryan Phillipe

Steven Colbert

 

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afhickman's picture

A Tentative List

afhickman

"It takes a village (to make Village People)"

I really needed a Top Twenty to do justice to my fantasies, but here goes (alaphabetically, so no one's feeling will be hurt):

1. Jensen Ackles

2. Chad Allen

3. Gael Garcia Bernal

4. Daniel Craig

5. Billy Crudup

6. Heath Ledger

7. Keanu Reeves

8. Jeremie Renier

9. Jesse Spencer

10. Andreas Wilson

Sorry, Jake, Gale, Jason, Jonathan, Ian, etc.

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afhickman's picture

A Tentative List

afhickman

"It takes a village (to make Village People)"

I really needed a Top Twenty to do justice to my fantasies, but here goes (alaphabetically, so no one's feelings will be hurt):

1. Jensen Ackles

2. Chad Allen

3. Gael Garcia Bernal

4. Daniel Craig

5. Billy Crudup

6. Heath Ledger

7. Keanu Reeves

8. Jeremie Renier

9. Jesse Spencer

10. Andreas Wilson

Sorry, Jake, Gale, Jason, Jonathan, Ian, etc.

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BorisG40's picture

Top 10 Hottest Men

I'd go with:

Hugh Jackman

Chad Allen

Billy Campbell

Jake Gyllenhaal

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Morris Chestnut

John Barrowman

Nathan Fillion

Jamie Bamber

Jake Shears

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samgillespie's picture

The List

Chad Allen

Daniel Craig

Jake Gyllenhal

Heath Ledger

Ryan Phillipe

Gale Harold

T.R. Knight

Matthew Rhys

Peter Krause

Timothy Olyphant

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Brandon68's picture

Top Ten

1.  Daniel Craig
2.  Chad Allen
3.  James Denton
4.  Ryan Reynolds
5.  Sacha Sacket (gay indie singer/songwriter)
6.  James Kyson Lee (Heroes)
7.  Richard Ruccolo
8.  Jamie Bamber
9.  Adrian Pasdar
10.  Milo Ventimiglia 

Brandon
www.brandonshea.com

jex_piperUK's picture

I really cannot make a

I really cannot make a definitive list, there are so many to choose from!

I think I'll spend my time looking at AfterEllen's list of totties instead...

EDIT: Eww...half of them are such lesbo choices! Parker Posey?! Bring on the AfterElton Top 100! 

ben7tang's picture

this was really really difficult to narrow down...

1. mario lopez 
2. eddie cibrian 
3. francois sagat (porn star) 
4. daniel craig 
5. taye diggs 
6. peter krause 
7. dominic purcell
8. shemar moore
9. tim mcgraw
10. ll cool j
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nf0603's picture

my current fave hotties

1. Channing Tatum

2. Nick Zano
3. Jensen Ackles
4. Justin Timberlake
5. Chris Richardson (American Idol)
6. Wentworth Miller 
7. Chris Evans
8. Eric Dane
9. Justin Chambers
10. Coby Bell
rpieket's picture

Wot nobody nominated Mika?

Oh never mind. But I'm ready for the following potential suitors:

  1. Ben Browder (in leather pants, thank you very much)
  2. Matt Leinart
  3. Henry Rollins (especially now that he's turning gray. rrrrr!)
  4. John Barrowman (that dimple drives me wild)
  5. Nathan Fillion (third space cowboy on the list...)
  6. Chris Evans
  7. Joacquin Phoenix
  8. George Eads
  9. Randy Orton (who am i to argue)
  10. Clive Owen

-Ron.

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wolfi1976's picture

Top 10

Wow, only ten - that's a tough one, there are so many hotties out there! Here's my list!

Matthew Rhys

Ben McKenzie

Chad Allen

T.R. Knight

Shia La Beouf (HOT in Disturbia, and wait until you see TRANSFORMERS - he's the new Jake Gyllenhaal, no doubt about it!)

Ryan Reynolds

Jake Gyllenhaal

Eric Winter

Chris Evans

Daniel Craig

--

"Why are you such an unpleasant person?" - "Why do you care?"

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daverett's picture

Only Ten?!!?

Coincidentally, I put thumbnails of all my favorite male celebs in a photo album on this site just this weekend; it's called 'Guys On My Tivo Wishlist' and it's here if you want to check it out:

http://www.afterelton.com/node/2259

So here's my top ten (out of 44) from that list:

1. Timothy Olyphant

2. Adam Baldwin

3. Adam Beach

4. Tom Everett

5. Nicholas Lea

6. Jason Scott Lee

7. Oliver Martinez

8. Ewan McGregor

9. Michael Schoeffling

10. Jason Stratham

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In no particular order

Gael Garcia Bernal

Milo Ventimiglia

Wilson Cruz

Darryl Stephens

Brad Pitt (yeah, still)

Kameron Bink (so you think you can dance)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Lukas Haas

Anderson Cooper

Enrique Iglesias

Wow - I guess my taste is all over the place.

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rpieket's picture

Ouch!

How could I have missed Jason Statham?

-Ron.

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hypertwink's picture

Hotties

Daniel Craig

David Boreanaz

Jeremy Piven

Eric Bana

Adam Levine (Maroon 5)

Jason Statham

David Wright (NY Mets)

Ray Stevenson (Rome)

Raul Esparza

Alexandre Despatie

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Matty's picture

Here are mine, in the order

Here are mine, in the order of my favourites.

1) Tom Welling (um, wow... I seriously can't believe no one else listed him!)

2) Ian Somerhalder

3) Matt Dallas

4) Cloud Campos (Madonna's dancer)

5) Ryan Hansen

6) Jared Padalecki

7) Jake Shears

8) Ryan Phillippe

9) Cillian Murphy

10) Dave Annable

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snicks's picture

my top ten

roger federer

brady quinn

robby ginepri

christopher meloni

chris evans

daniel craig

the freecreditreport.com guy

david shuster (msnbc reporter)

thomas roberts

and my #1 pick....former ohio state wrestler, now professional wrestler TOMMY ROWLANDS

 

http://whitewingeddove.blogspot.com/
 



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brian's picture

freecreditreport.com

"... and mine happens to be 720!"
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freecreditreport.com

Has anyone seen the new spot? He's lost some hair and gaines some weight. Still hot as hell!

--

"Why are you such an unpleasant person?" - "Why do you care?"

www.wolfismodernlife.tk

Evan's picture

My List

1. Rick Wolfmier (former porn star)

2. Brian Paddick (former London police commander)

3. JP Calderon (model)

4. Justin Clynes (model)

5. Firouz (singer)

6. Tyson Beckford (model)

7. Ian Roberts (actor, former athlete)

8. Luke MacFarlane (actor)

9. Jesus Vazquez (TV personality)

10. Thomas Roberts (journalist) 

I’m glad some of you mentioned a couple gay men at least there is a fighting chance that a gay man will make the list. 

BTW, ben I agree with you that Francois Sagat is sexy.  He would have been 12th on my list behind Bob Paris.

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clncutkid's picture

My turn

In no particular order

Taye Diggs

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jon Bon Jovi

Cheyenne Jackson

Chris Evans

Justin Timberlake

Ewan McGregor

Andy Roddick

Ryan Phillippe

Paul Rudd

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Vance's picture

I had to think...

Only 10? Man. this is kinda hard... (no pun intended)

1. Eric Bana

2. Travis Wall (SYTYCD)

3. Paul Rudd

4. T.R. Knight

5. Ben Mackenzie

6. Kevin Zegers

7. Hugh Jackman

8. Ewan McGregor

9. Raúl Esparza

10. Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening)

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Sean's picture

Ten...Damn...Why Not 20?

Ooh, a top ten list!!

All right, in no particular order:

Gale Harold

Randy Harrison

Robert Gant

Karl Urban

Josh Holloway

Jonathon Rhys-Meyers

Jeremy Irons (that voice, oh!)

Robert Plant

Brad Pitt

Brandon Lee (gone, but never forgotten)

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nivek250's picture

My Guys

Taye Diggs

Sendhil Ramamurthy

Jason Statham

Brian White

Idris Elba

Jay Hernandez

Shemar Moore

Cristiano Ronaldo

Matthew McConaughey

Eric Bana

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Joseph's picture

Yay! I'm not alone in my love of Jeremie!

The first listed is my #1 favorite, the rest in no particular order:

Jérémie Renier
Anderson Dornelles
Matthew McConaughey
Raoul Bova
Robert Gant
Peter Sarsgaard
Daniel Craig
Christopher Meloni
Daniel Brühl
Ben Bailey

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kcholt68's picture

And the nominees are ...

Daniel Craig - Casino Royale 

Chris Evans - Fantastic Four

Robert Gant - "Queer as Folk"

Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain

Josh Holloway - "Lost"

Hugh Jackman - X-Men

Cheyenne Jackson - United 93

Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain

Jason Statham - The Transporter

Patrick Wilson - Little Children

This was fun - but hard!  So many men, so little time ...

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metafascinating's picture

**Gale Harold**

1. Gale Harold

2. Randy Harrison

3. Robert Gant

4. Johnny Depp

5. Jason Lewis

6. Taylor Hawkins

7. Brad Pitt

8. Taye Diggs

9. Nate Berkus

10. Olivier Martinez

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Mad Mick's picture

Hotter'n Hell...o there!

"Given how much of an influence gay men have had on the aesthetics of what makes a straight man hot -- sculpted abs, the smooth look, well-dressed -- it's about time we had a list entirely of our own making..."

Taking that paragraph as my marching order... this, in alfa order except for #1, is my list of the hottest eye-candy I'd like to see half-naked on a beach, a boardwalk, or a bed this summer

Roberto Bolle (ballet dancer)

Jung Jae-Lee (Korean actor)

Jason Momoa

Shemar Moore

Pavel Novotny/Max Orloff/Jan Dvorak (they're all the same porn star)

Ryan Phillipe

Ryan Reynolds

Jason Statham

Paul Walker

001. Daniel Craig

I have to add that this wouldn't necessarily be the top 10 list of sexy men I'd like to wake with.

By the way, just reading these lists raised the temperature in my house by 14° and it was already past 80. Face it, my friends, these lists make People magazine's editors look like middle-aged whitebread women of little imagination who rarely get out of their office cubicles... What? Oh, OK, right...

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lucas2481's picture

My Top Ten

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jensen Ackles

Orlando Bloom

Wentworth Miller

T.R. Knight

Milo Ventimiglia

Wiliam Gregory Lee

Ryan Philllippe

Chris Evans

Tom Welling

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JoRae's picture

My top 10

1. Gale Harold

2. Randy Harrison

3. Robert Gant

4. Peter Paige

5. Jake Gyllenhaal

6. Heath Ledger

7. Ryan Phillippe

8. Chris Daughtry

9. Lance Bass

10. Joey Fatone

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tyreseus's picture

Yay, a fun way to spend the last 15 minutes of the work day

In no special order, really, as the list changes from one week to the next...

Gael Garcia Bernal
Keith Boykin
B.D. Wong
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Darryl Stephens* (favorite of the month)
Sendhil Ramamurthy (can't act, but he's pretty to look at)
D.B. Woodside
Christian Bale
Cheyenne Jackson
John Barrowman

Darryl Stephens

...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.

--Richard Dawkins

tyreseus.livejournal.com

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Scandinavian Guy's picture

great lists!

so many on the list for me to look up!

I didn't even know some. he he thanks

i posted in another thread here, but I think my list is changing by the hour!

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Mad Mick's picture

WAIT! WAIT!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I left off Patrick Wilson! I want to scratch Paul Walker (OMG do I want to scratch Paul Walker, but that's not what I mean). PUH-LEEZE add mine to the names of those who put the lovely, lively Patrick on their lists. Pretty Please? Pretty Patrick Please!

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Fire's picture

List

Robert Gant

Gale Harold

Hugh Jackman

Randy Harrison

Peter Paige

Clive Owen

Johnny Depp

Keanu Reeves

Daniel Day Lewis

Jeremy Irons

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cloud9's picture

Here we go...

Gale Harold
Daniel Craig
Lenny Kravitz
Christopher Meloni
Matthew Fox
Brad Pitt
Hugh Jackman
Oliver Martinez
Ian Somerhalder
Patrick Wilson

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seamonkeyz27's picture

My list!!!

Gale Harold

Brad Pitt

Zach Braff

Matt Damon

Randy Harrison

Heath Ledger

Edward Norton

Hugh Grant

Eminem (I know!  Its embarrassing)

Um- can I mention Gale Harold again? :-)

 

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survivorattic's picture

where to place my men...hmm

Justin Timberlake

Daniel Craig

Hugh Grant

Michael Buble (expect hes really hetero)

Chris Evans

Anderson Cooper

Jake Glynehall

Blake Lewis (american idol)

Ryan Seacrest

Ian Somerhalder

i wont change it anymore ha ha

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NemesisVex's picture

Mike Doyle (Law & Order:

  • Mike Doyle (Law & Order: SVU, Tides of War on Here!)

The rest of these names are filler ...

  • Sean Maher (Firefly, Wedding Wars)
  • Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order, Rent)
  • Rick Dinihanian (Playgirl centerfold)
  • Tim Gunn (Project Runway)
  • Dylan Rice (musician)
  • Jeffrey Ziegler (Kronos Quartet cellist)
  • Jesse Bradford (Heights, Bring It On)
  • Alton Brown (Good Eats)
  • Garrett Wang (Star Trek Voyager, although he hasn't really been in anything since ...)
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Rainy's picture

Here we go

Best subject for my first comment on here ;-)

Orlando Bloom

Hal Sparks

John Barrowman

Zachary Quinto

Sean Maher

Alex Dimitriades

Naveen Andrews

Jared Padalecki

Ola Salo (Swedish musician)

Robbie Williams

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reth's picture

Only 10?

Ok, here goes...

Zachary Quinto - Yeah, the whole "plays a serial killer on Heroes" isn't going to appeal to everyone. That just leaves more Eyebrows of Doom for me.

Eric Szmanda - Plays the hot nerd technician-cum-field agent in CSI.

Jason Behr - Tall, dark and handsome... with puppy dog eyes.

Jeremie Renier - Sweet face and plays gay at the drop of a hat. Has me at hello really.

Brandon Flowers - Moustache and all...

Jet Li - Cute and a martial arts expert? Perfect for a date in Central Park after nightfall.

Paul Rudd - Getting cuter as he gets older and always comes across as a genuinely nice guy.

Jesse Bradford - Is it the eyes? Is it the lips?

Milo Ventimiglia - Dipping back into the Heroes pool, but I first liked him as the family friendly "bad boy" in Gilmore Girls.

Jake Gyllenhaal - Would have been on my list even before Brokeback Mountain.

 

"They gave me a medal for killing a man, and a discharge for loving one."
-Sergeant Leonard Matlovich

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Addendum

afhickman

"It takes a village (to make Village People)"

Somebody needs to add James Duval to their list.  Somebody who hasn't already voted of course.

Somebody?

Dwiz's picture

My top 10

So quite a few of my first choices don't make this list because too much time has passed (and the hotness has fizzled a bit), they've passed over already, or they are a cartoon/ fictitional character (Yes! I admit to lusting after a cartoon, OK?!)

So here they are folks:

Hugh Jackman
Chris Evans
Alexi Nemov
Ryan Reynolds
Gerard Butler
Clark Gregg (don't laugh! HE'S TOTALLY HOT!!)
Christian Bale
Ben Browder
Thomas Jane
Ray Dragon

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Terence Steiner's picture

lust for cartoon characters

I used to think Cutter John in Bloom County was really hot
buckingham_nicks's picture

top 10 = Jamie Dornan

1. - 5. Jamie Dornan (yes he gets 5 votes.. google him)

6. Gale Harold

7.Colin Farrel

8.Jared Leto (before he was emo)

9.Jonathon Rhys-Meyers

10.  Ian Somehander

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