I love that, for the most part, this list seems to be devoid of the plastic surgery addicts. I find the complete denial of wrinkles to be creepy and quite the opposite of attractive. ASH is a great pick for this list, and in good company.

Raggedy Edge | May 23, 20:40 CET

Love love love Harrison Ford and ASH. In fact, just talking to my friend last night about how much we love them. Although Ford was at his peak in Blade Runner, he's maintained himself fairly well. ASH, on the other, is like fine wine or cheese. Really, really sexy cheese.

Buffy the Slayer Layer | May 23, 20:46 CET

Oh, good call on ASH. I love anyone who makes libraries seem sexy. There are quite a few people here at my library who will be pleased by his inclusion. :)

Agree with most of these, and surprised to see that Angela Basset is over 50. When did that happen? And damn, she looks amazing.

But Mel Gibson? Yuck. Haven't found him sexy for years, and his anti-Semitic remarks just sealed his ugly fate for me.

Dizzy | May 23, 20:50 CET

Dizzy, I second that.

I always found ASH to be sexy. In fact with the exception of maybe Angel and Riley, I found ASH to be the hottest male cast member on Buffy.

Neo-Prodigy | May 23, 21:37 CET

Some of the photos made me smile (OK, gasp) in appreciation (Ed Harris, Patrick Stewart, ASH of course). Some made me cringe (Bruce Willis, Kevin Costner). But, to echo Dizzy, Mel Gibson? Just... bleccchhh.

Kirochka | May 23, 21:46 CET

Oh, and I just want to add: Bill Nighy. Don't know what it is, but he makes me swoon.

Kirochka | May 23, 21:50 CET

I agree with Dizzy & Neo-Prodigy & Kirochka. Mel Gibson--eeewww.

stellabee | May 23, 22:02 CET

Hey, loving Patrick Stewart, ASH, Harrison Ford, Pierce Bronsnan, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, and even Sean Connery.

Did anyone else notice that there were more guys than girls on that list?

korkster | May 23, 22:51 CET

korkster - there are actually more women on that list than men (17-16) - Isabella Rossellini is amazing - and Catherine Deneuve could have been there too

moley75 | May 23, 23:06 CET

Okay, well, moley75, you caught me. I didn't count them. (I should have, knowing who I'm talking to.) I guess it only seemed like more guys because they were the ones I was focusing/have childhood crushes on. My bad.

korkster | May 23, 23:15 CET

"(I should have, knowing who I'm talking to.)"

LOL, I apologise for being a nitpicker and also for being sad enough to count them ;-)

moley75 | May 23, 23:21 CET

It wasn't directed at you, personally. I had a brain fart and forgot that I was at Whedonesque, where details matter. Believe me, if someone else had said there were X more than Y, I would have been the first, or seventeenth to count. :)

I guess the apathy and laziness from another thread still has a hold on me.

korkster | May 23, 23:26 CET

Mel Gibson is a hottie? When did that happen?

MysticSlug | May 23, 23:38 CET

His smile was cute, MysticSlug. And he carried sorrow well in Braveheart. I think people are just refusing to acknowledge that the "THE" actors are fading out and we haven't decided on replacements yet.

korkster | May 23, 23:41 CET

Yeah, I had the Mel Gibson ick moment, too. Most of the people on the list, male and female, would be on my list as well.

Nebula1400 | May 23, 23:59 CET

I'm happy to know I'm not the only one who finds Bill Nighy to be just a lanky pole o'sexy. Something about that man...mmmmm.

skeezycheeses | May 24, 00:12 CET

You, I'm glad I'm not the only one to find Mary McDonnell hot. I also felt that Karen Allen was absolutely gorgeous in Crystal Skull.

crazygolfa | May 24, 00:30 CET

"Mel Gibson is a hottie? When did that happen?"

1979: Tim
1982: The Year of Living Dangerously

thereafter not so much.

moley75 | May 24, 00:47 CET

Ahh, what a lovely excuse to watch Tony's Frank-N-Furter vid for the hundredth time.

Mirage | May 24, 00:55 CET

Ah, I'm glad others share my Bill Nighy love. I think 'twas his role on Love Actually that sealed it for me.

Blehh on Mel Gibson. As for Bruce Willis, the guy has a certain amount of charm. I really loved him when he guest starred on Friends. And Patrick Stewart? Yumm. ...Is it a bad thing that I'm 20 and thinking like this? Eep.

So glad that they mentioned ASH's being Frankenfurter. That made my heart so happy, the day I learned that. Where is this video, Mirage? I need to see it!

BandofBuggered | May 24, 01:15 CET

Yeah, why no love for Deneuve?? Her The Hunger cohort is on there and they are the steamiest on-screen couple ever.

Buffy the Slayer Layer | May 24, 01:52 CET

BoB, it's not a bad thing to love Patrick Stewart so. I grew up on ST:TNG re-runs and I would pretend to be Riker & Troy's love-child. Data was my best friend, and Pickard was like my grand-pa or a very old, annoyed uncle. Now I'm 23 and he's turned into a GILF; would that be considered incest?

What a weird day.

Speaking of weird, here's the video I think you desire.

korkster | May 24, 04:49 CET

Oh, holy hell, Buffy the Slayer Layer, I think I broke something snorting with laughter over your last comment.

Knowing Tony, he'd be a bit...perplexed by that comparison. "So...you find cheese sexy? Would that be like...blue cheese? White, crumbly, a bit smelly, slightly moldy?"

I loved Mel in the Lethal Weapon movies, and in BraveHeart. Then he started getting...strange with his...uh..."statements."

Mmm. Patrick Stewart - the man who cured me of my fear of bald men. Plus? Probably the most fit captain in the history of the StarFleet.

Here's an interesting note - Tony did an audio book of ST:TNG, "The Valiant," and does a spot-on Jean-Luc Picard. (Although his female Klingon makes me giggle more than anything. TWIN female Klingons, I might add.)

korkster I'm not sure I want to ask you what GILF stands for. (And psst! It's Troi, with an I. Counselor Deanna Troi. Commander Wil Riker's imzadi.)

ShadowQuest | May 24, 05:41 CET

Glad Tony made this list. It was well deserved, in fact, one of the highlights of my fan experience has been watching him sing and gyrate to 'Sweet Transvestite' a few feet from my face!

I second the anti-Mel sentiment- there's nothing uglier than prejudice.

And GILF? That's a Grandpa (or Grandma) I'd like to f...

missb | May 24, 06:02 CET

missb Ah, thanks. And...ew. I mean...shakes head

TEHO, I guess.

I love & respect Tony as an actor & a family man. I certainly don't think of him that way. (Ripper, on the other hand...grrrowwl.)

And I hear you on the "Sweet Transvestite" performance - I'll never forget seeing him do that high kick at the end when he sang it during his concert @MCB back in '05. (And I'm sure the folks who were sitting at the front table feel the same way.)

What I love most about him is he's real- he's said he won't go in for "corrective surgery," or get his teeth whitened or anything "Hollywood" like that. No nips, no tucks or sucks or coloring or anything unnatural. He's hoping to just age gracefully, which...so far? Doing. And he gets truly puzzled by the amount of adoring female fans requesting to see more of his body sans clothing.

I think of Tony whenever I hear this line from a Jimmy Buffett song - "One day soon I'll be a grandpa/All the pretty girls will call me 'Sir'/Now they're asking me how things are/Soon they'll ask me how things were."

ShadowQuest | May 24, 09:45 CET

Ta, korkster, for the linkage. I don't know why I was incapable of finding it via search. That was fabulous.
And good luck on the GREs! I should really look into taking those, as I'm going to be graduating in a year...nah.

It's sad, but three of them, specifically Sean Connery, Robert Redford, and Harrison Ford, have started to look old all of a sudden. Even five years ago I found them hot; now it's just, oh, he used to be so good looking (like Barefoot in the Park, Goldfinger-era 007, and Raiders of the Lost Ark). I'm still shaking my head over Dennis Quaid's inclusion, but that's mostly because I've read about what a screwup he is in real life.
Pierce Brosnan? Mmmm. And he looked his yummiest in Goldeneye.

Okay, I guess it's okay if I recognize some of these guys' attractiveness even if they are 30+ years older than I. I also find the kid from Notes on a Scandal to be sexy, even if I'm like 7 months older than he. I'm an equal opportunity ogler.

BandofBuggered | May 24, 11:27 CET

Totally ok, BoB. As a friend of mine once said, once you pass 20, it's all the same. Never mind that he was a) older than me and b) tyring ot hit on me, there was a certain logic to it.

Why so afraid of bald men, SQ? Bald can be terribly sexy. Chest and back hair that meet over the shoulders is far worse. :)Patrick Stewart tops the list for sexy, as far as I'm concerned, and that's not meant as an affront to anyone else one the list. I just love to hear the man talk. Grrr...

MysticSlug | May 24, 22:20 CET

Mmm, I love bald men. Much better than comb-over men or emo-bangs men.

You know, Harrison Ford is starting to show his age, but I still find him very, very sexy. The ol' girlhood crush on Han and Indy dies hard, heh.

Dizzy | May 25, 00:26 CET

That IS very good company. And that picture of ASH seals the deal.
Bruce Willis I love in his appearances, but I think a huge part of his sex appeal is in his personality, so that picture really doesn't sell it.
Dennis Quaid is another one who is sexier than a picture of him would show.

And Angela Basset, hard to believe she is over 50. She looks great, as do all the women in this list. Isabella Rosselini though, has started to look like my mom.
Tina Turner is amazing.

Xane | May 25, 01:18 CET