Hot hottie actors, lest I forget

Maybe it's the God persona he plays - I I don't remember him having this much gravitational pull when he was in Home and Away.

Gambit, John Carter, screw-up Navy Lieutenant, it's all good. Blunt features and sharp eyes, he's got a unique look, and he brings a strange mix of boyish charm and shrewdness to his characters. Also, bulging biceps.

I have to admit, I've only seen him in Dark Angel and Supernatural, but they are brilliant shows, and he shines in both of them. He and Jared Padalecki show amazing acting chops in Supernatural, bringing depth and drama and tragedy and pathos to a show that could otherwise just play as a campy horror. Jensen makes the character Dean still compelling after seven series, full of black humour and pain, and he's super hot too. I'm sure that the only reason Jensen Ackles isn't an A list movie actor now is that he loves working on Supernatural with his best buddy Jared too much to leave. which leads me to...

...this guy. Jared performs acting hoops making you see the good-hearted, vulnerable side of Sam Wincester, and then the next moment the power craving pragmatist. And he does it all with that impish face and shining eyes.

Also of Supernatural, Misha plays the intense Castiel straight, but he still is the source of some laughs due to Castiel's inability to be anything but deadly serious in all situations. Misha's boyish face and soft voice go a long way to endearing Castiel to us, as Castiel could come off as merely controlling, high handed and eccentric. In the words of Dean "angels are dicks".

He has the classic look that would have made him the most popular guy in high school. He must be a good actor, because he made the character of Jonny Storm, the Human Torch, believably obnoxious, and yet I totally bought his quiet bravery and patriotism as Captain America. It was great to see him play a proper hero.

It's been interesting watching Joseph grow up on TV. From squeaky voiced skinny teenager on Third Rock From the Sun, to high school comedy to leads in thriller, romantic comedies, action movies and blockbusters, it seems like he can do it all. And it doesn't hurt that he looks like Heath Ledger's little brother. Heath himself would be on this list, except I'm not counting dead actors - where would one draw the line?

I never saw the appeal of this guy until I saw The Proposal. I guess I hadn't seen him in anything good until then. RomCom suits him well.

A good actor, a sympathetic face, he invites empathy for any character he plays, and from there, heart-throbbiness.

One of my old favourites, and he's still hanging in there, not ready to retire to the 'Once Were Hotties' list I am formulating. Here's an oft overlooked gem for Ewan fans 'Down With Love' co-starring Rene Zellwegger. Ah, I love a Scotsman! Coming up are a few more.

When I saw The Phantom of the Opera with Gerry Butler behind the mask, there wasn't a lot of him on display, but it didn't matter 'cos Gerry's natural sexiness and gravitas leaked out all over the place. He was the hottest damn Phantom there ever was, and I was unable to understand why Christine picked Raoul (no offense to Patrick Wilson, he's a lovely lad). Gerry is a former lawyer, and came to acting late, hence the process of Hollywood hasn't yet managed to rub off his rough edges - Glasgow and Scotland are stamped all over him still, and I like that. From making his way through bit parts to B-movie leads to blockbusters, Gerry has been working like a dog it seems, to make up for lost time.

I went to see the children's movie The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe when it came out, and was completely blindsided by the appearance of the sexiest, cutest, most charming Mr Tumnus my imagination could have devised. I looked forward to seeing this actor in other things, and wasn't disappointed. He's a top actor to boot, which has him appearing in some high brow productions, but as I have blockbuster tastes, I prefer him as Dr Xavier over Dr Garrigan. However, when he uses his natural accent is always the best.

Oh my, my! Hugh Jackman is quite the actor - this nice guy, all-singing, all-dancing, twinkle eyed family man will have you believing that he's a short, angry muscled up mutant loner, a tall, gruff and untamable outback cowboy, a scientist obsessed with saving his dying wife, a magician driven past all boundries of ethics and humanity is his pursuit of revenge. And best of all, he always looks fantastic doing it.

This guy is so appealing. And he doesn't have just one note, but you'd think he did by most of the movies he appears in. Is he typecast? Majorly. Does he need a new agent? Probably. I watched Southland Tales, an ambitious mess of a movie (but that's another story) and couldn't figure out who this familiar looking, extremely handsome and sympathetic actor was playing the cop. Turns out it was this guy. Without the context of a high school or college, or merely college-humour comdey I didn't even recognise him. That's not to say he's not attractive when appearing in some pile of low-denominator comedy, but he can be so much more. Talent! Looks! Wasted! To see him in a comedy a little better than his usual, check out Role Models.

Ooh...Aaron...classic handsome, cheery, cheeky, charming looks. He doesn't often play the heroic characters, but he sucks me in all the same. My thoughts are, we don't get enough of this guy.

It might not be fashionable to love Jude Law now, not post-over-exposure, or post scandal. But I'd be being dishonest to myself and this list if I didn't admit I find Jude totally hot still. Naughty and nice. I've no idea what he's like in real life, and I've no desire know to either. I like that he has hairy man legs.

I do like some shiny brown eyes. As far as I'm concerned Eric's best role was as Hector in Troy - not only was Hector a very compelling character, the wisest in the whole film, except nobody listens to him and he has to clean up the mess they cause, but we get to see Eric all buffed up, swords and sandals and all!

Pretend you haven't seen any Transformers movies. Expunge the memory of Crystal Skull from your mind in you were a original Indiana fan. Now rate him. My favourite Shia LaBeouf movie I have seen in is Eagle Eye.

I don't always like the movies he is in, but for me he made such fantastical trash like Prince of Persia not just watchable, but enjoyable and worth watching again just to see Jake act his heart out running around in eye liner and sometimes with no shirt on. In Source Code, which is the most recent Jake Gyllenhaal movie I've seen (and it reminded me to put him on this list) he really shines, totally carries the movie and gives it all it's heart.

Bring me a ginger geek! Okay, knowing that Simon Pegg is a terribly funny writer and writes or co-writes many of the movies that he is in definitely ratchets his hotness score up a few notches. However, what made me develop a true crush on him were his roles in Star Trek and Hot Fuzz, especially Hot Fuzz. As the uptight, super-efficient Nicholas Angel he just burnt up the screen for me. Arrest me officer!

I believe that after The Hobbit comes out that this boy's star will be rising.

Buckets and buckets of talent can be sexy. Watch him steal the show in any movie. He was nearly the only interesting thing in Jumper; he put the rest of the actors to shame. He was the bright point in Defiance. He made the strange and orphaned side plot in King Kong sweet and endearing (though it was still ultimately still pointless). I really should seek out more of his lesser known movies.

Kind of the opposite to Jamie Bell, Sam Worthington has what you could say was adequate acting talent, and buckets of God-given good looks. He's not very good at accents, which is a shame because I don't like his Australian one that much, but hey, he seems like a nice guy and he's great to watch! Avatar was ideal material for him. I don't blame him for Terminator 4, that movie would have sucked balls no matter who was in his role (no, a large slice of blame I serve to Christian Bale, for various reasons), nor Clash of the Titans, which was doomed from the beginning. He's just a rookie actor making his way. I'm very happy that Wrath of the Titans is much better that Clash, as is Sam's acting. I might have to watch Man on a Ledge, as it has the novelty of Sam Worthington and Jamie Bell at the same time!

BSG SPOILER ALERT! I admit it, Jamie Bamber is in here based solely on his epic portrayal if Lee "Apollo" Adama in Battlestar Galactica. Okay, he was a pretty hot midshipsman in Hornblower, but that was a long time ago. Besides that, I've seen him in precisely nothing. It doesn't matter. The brave but melancholy Colonial Fleet Captain will always have my heart. Not quite man enough to conquer the mad Everest of Starbuck, I cried so hard when Apollo didn't get to live happily ever after with Kara.

Ah, smother me in your Southern Charm! I was unber excited when I heard that Josh Holloway was being considered for the role of Gambit in X-Men 3, and very disappointed when the part was cut from the script under Brett Ratner's new vision (BTW in the first scene of X-Men: Last Stand, Wolverine isn't taking the danger room seriously, acting dismissive and cocky and then doing the bare minimum to bring things to an abrupt anticlimactic halt - this was Brett Ratner projecting himself into the movie, because this is what he did to X-Men!). And then he turned down the same role in Wolverine. Okay, Taylor Kitch got the part, but *you would have been perfect Josh!*

Leo has played a career of two halves. In the first half we were blinded to his talent by his dashing boyish good looks. Post Catch Me if You Can, as Leo lost his boyish bloom we got a clearer view of the man underneath the beauty. Yes, talent is sexy. Talent makes any character twice as appealing, or horrifying, if that's what they're meant to be. For me, this is best exampled in The Departed. My heart broke for Billy.

Josh Harnett nearly didn't make my list. He is hot, when he tries. I don't know if this is a conscious decision or just what casting agents think, but Josh is best in heroic leads. I just plain don't like him as a villain or a conflicted anti hero. I don't believe it. Stick to the simple stuff with heart - it's not beneath you.