Achilles appeal: Brad Pitt enters top 10 most handsome screen idols

London news review ^ | 8/16/05 | staff

[pissant]

With his role as Achilles - 'the handsomest man in Greece' - Brad Pitt has confirmed his position as one of the handsomest men ever to grace the silver screen.

Not only has his starring role in Troy transported Pitt into the superleague of Hollywood earners, but this epic showcasing of his legendary looks has driven him up to an impressive 5th position on the list of the most handsome men in Hollywood history.

Here is the list in full. Under each star is the film in which he was at his most handsome...

THE TOP TEN MOST HANDSOME MEN IN SCREEN HISTORY

1. Anthony Perkins

Best in: Fear Strikes Out (1956)

Almost too handsome to look at, Perkins is how the devil would look if he took human form. Suave beyond measure, Perkins could carry off knitwear better than anyone.

2. Gergory Peck

Best in: Roman Holiday (1953)

Quite extraordinarily good looking: tall and noble as a mighty oak, dark as night but strangely comforting. As god-like as Perkins is devilish.

3. Pierce Brosnan

Best in: The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

The half-smiles, the naughty eyes: he looks like he’s been chiselled out of sex. Brosan is as handsome as David Niven should have been.

4. Cary Grant

Best in: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

With Grant, it’s all about poise. So at ease with his extraordinary looks that he can even make you forget how handsome he is (most famously in Bringing Up Baby).

5. Brad Pitt

Best in: Troy (2004)

Perfect torso, perfect face and perfect hair meet in an explosion of beauty. No longer can anyone argue that his arms are too thin for him to be regarded as truly handsome.

6. Richard Barthelmess

Best in: The Patent Leather Kid (1927)

Broody, but clean cut. His eyes were infinite pools of longing. No one before or since could take a zoom like Barthelmess.

7. Johnny Depp

Best in: The Ninth Gate (1999)

The best hair since Peck. Mercilessly well-defined, Depp’s features are so sharp they could cut the screen.

8. Paul Newman

Best in: Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Adonis on the chain gang. Does with filthy, torn denim what Brosnan can do with a $10,000 suit.

9. Ronald Colman

Best in: Raffles (1930)

The gentleman hero with the best moustache in Hollywood and a devastating, come-to-bed chin. The Mills & Boon anti-hero par excellence.

10. Roger Moore

Best in: Live and Let Die (1973)

Steely but debonair. A truly magnificent forehead.

[najida]

So was mine silly, so was mine.

You'll know when I ain't jokin' mister....
when you see this big-ole Southern fried ham hock comin' at ya through the monitor ;)

[Hoodlum91]

Actually, both the white guy (George Eads - perhaps the best looking guy on TV) and the black guy (Gary Dourdan) are pretty hot.

But Petersen is the older guy.

Of course, I only watch for the plot lines....

[najida]

Well,
its the eyes here (dark hair, light eyes)....
Sorta like on my list of top 10 things that make my toes curl. ;)

[StrictTime]

For the record, this was the handsomest man in "Troy":

aka, Sean Bean

[pissant]

My wife says the same thing! She even watches the reruns though! ;o)

[sarasota]

I won't argue with you on that. No indeed.

[Hoodlum91]

I'll go one better - I have the DVDs! (purely for the fascinating plot lines of course)

[Argh]

Oh, yeah? Going after Doris Day? At her age? How gay can you get??

Speaking of whom, one of my favourite quotations:

Oscar Levant: "I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin."

[najida]

I can't see Sean Bean without thinking of the Vicar of Dibley and HER crush on him. (Not that I'd kick him out of bed fer eatin' crackers >:>)

[pissant]

Yes, I believe you. hehehe

[pissant]

Don't be dissin' Doris!

[Argh]

Doris was pretty hot, with a VERY sultry voice. Back in the mid-1940's.

[pissant]

You were just a kid back then. LOL

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

I saw that Attila movie. Holy crap he is one SEXY BEAST!!

[najida]

Oh yeah,
There was a long LONG discussion on an "Outlander" thread that he would make the perfect Jamie Frazer...just dye his hair red.

~~sigh~~

[Cecily]

He plays the airline pilot in a new Jodie Foster movie called "Flight Plan." The preview looked pretty good.

[Dashing Dasher]

You would....

[Argh]

HAH! I wasn't even born. But I've heard a recording or two of her's from back then (besides "Sentimental Journey"), and what I heard was surprisingly torchy. (I guess I was expecting more like a "How Much is That Doggie in the Window" sort of thing.)

[Dashing Dasher]

Hey you!

Welcome BACK!!!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

HI, I got your e-mail. Thanks for everything.