Tonight People Magazine will announce the 2015 Sexiest Man Alive. It's a highly sought-after honor, a title that carries bragging rights for decades. Or at least for a year, until a new Sexiest Man Alive is crowned.
Celeb-watchers everywhere have been hedging bets about tonight's honoree. Will it be Matt Damon, Hollywood's resident nice guy and the funniest Martian ever? Will it be Idris Elba, all-around smokeshow? Or will this finally be Chris Pratt's year? Only time will tell.
But for now, we're taking a look back at the sexiest men alive from years past. And not the predictable guys, like Johnny Depp and Ryan Reynolds. We're talking about the totally random, hilarious honorees. After all, we're willing to bet that our collective culture has completely forgotten about a few of these men to have graced People's cover. We're not debating whether they were sexy at the time (after all, we can't even claim to have been alive during some of these years), but rather taking a beat to have a good laugh over the sheer randomness of it all.
Let's journey back, shall we?
Nick Nolte:
Way back when, in 1992, this man was considered the sexiest in the universe. By People at least. He had just wrapped up movies like Cape Fear and The Prince of Tides, and was, apparently, "a man's man that women can't resist." Sure. We'll just be at our desks staring at his mugshot.
Sean Connery:
It's the mustache to end all mustaches! It's the eyebrows to end all eyebrows! And, perhaps most importantly, it's the turtleneck to end all turtlenecks. This photo is such a timeless classic that we've decided to completely ignore the fact that Reynolds was described as both "older" and "balder."
Mark Harmon:
Hey, look, it's the guy from...NCIS? Who knew that the fake Navy's most silver fox-y detective was once a babe in a Hawaiian shirt.
Mel Gibson:
If you glance at this cover super quickly, and with one eye shut, this could almost be Tom Cruise in Top Gun. And yes, that's a compliment.
Patrick Swazye:
There are no jokes to be had here, merely aN honest-to-goodness tribute to the finest mullet of the 20th century.