20 Sexy British Men

20 Sexy British Men

Hollywood is overflowing with horny men, however horny men with irresistible accents…well, that is a full alternative breed. These Brits—from young hot shots like Alex Pettyfer and Kit Harington to “veterans” together with Ewan McGregor and Daniel Craig—are jolly pleasant to appear at and bloody marvelous to concentrate to. We’re happy to bits to gift our list of the sexiest British imports.

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  • Photo: H&M/ Splash News1/20David BeckhamWhen we first set eyes on London native David Beckham more than a decade ago, he was breathtakingly handsome, and, now a dad of four, he just keeps getting better. In fact, the soccer star’s new “bodywear” ad campaign—a TV ad, print photos and a billboard in New York City’s Times Square—is so smoldering that you have to stop whatever you’re doing to gawk. Frankly, we’re really not sure how Victoria Beckham can get anything done.
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  • Photo: Getty Images2/20Kit HaringtonHBO’s Game of Thrones offers quite a bit of eye candy, but there’s nobody who makes us melt quite like Kit Harington’s Jon Snow. The illegitimate son of Ned Stark, his character loves his family but is tormented by the fact that he’ll never fully be a part of it. Kit—who hails from Worcestershire, England—gives us flashbacks of a young Johnny Depp and hints of Heath Ledger, but he’s carving out a spot in Hollywood that’s all his own.

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  • Photo: Getty Images3/20Robert PattinsonWhat’s a list of sexy British stars without Robert Pattinson? The born-and-bred Londoner has had more professional success than any of his peers in recent years, thanks to a little movie franchise called The Twilight Saga. The fact that he’s been romancing his on-screen leading lady, Kristen Stewart, has only made his popularity grow. (Robsten forever!) As he breaks away from Edward Cullen this year, we have just one request of our beloved R-Patz: Stay away from the clippers! While he’s cute with his new buzz cut, we find his longer, wilder, mind-of-its-own hairstyle irresistible.
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  • Photo: Getty Images4/20Idris ElbaCharming, charismatic, stylish—those are just three words to describe Idris Elba, the London native who has been drawing in audiences since he got his big break in The Wire. The actor, who has also appeared on The Office, is finally being recognized for his hard work too—in January he won a Golden Globe for his role in the miniseries Luther. Maybe one key to his success is not going too Hollywood—when he’s not working, the divorced dad spends most of his time in Atlanta, near his young daughter.
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  • Photo: Getty Images5/20Sam WorthingtonBorn in England and raised in Australia, Sam Worthington has been entertaining American audiences since he exploded onto the scene in the 2009 megahit Avatar, which was the highest-grossing movie of all time. Prior to the James Cameron film, he had sold all his possessions and lived out of his car; now he has his pick of movies, including the recent Man on the Ledge. What a difference a few years makes, right?
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  • Photo: Getty Images6/20Ioan GruffuddYou may remember Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd for his roles in Titanic and Black Hawk Down, among others, but these days he’s busy playing Sarah Michelle Gellar‘s husband on TV’s Ringer.

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  • Photo: Getty Images7/20Gerard ButlerScottish hottie Gerard Butler was never supposed to be a movie star. He’s a trained lawyer and turned in his law books in the mid-1990s when he started getting small parts in flicks like the James Bond’s Tomorrow Never Dies. Soon after, he was Angelina Jolie‘s leading man in the Tomb Raider sequel The Cradle of Life and has worked with Jennifer Aniston as well in Bounty Hunter. Over the past year, he slimmed down tremendously by doing a lot of surfing in preparation for a new movie, Mavericks. Looking good, Gerard. Very good.
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  • Photo: Getty Images8/20Daniel CraigIf you’re cast as Bond, James Bond, your cool factor is pretty high. Daniel Craig has proved his is off the charts playing the shaken-not-stirred role—as well as many other leading man parts including The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Offscreen, the icy-blue-eyed Cheshire, England, native is a newlywed. After a brief under-the-radar romance, he married fellow Brit Rachel Weisz in 2011, and they make quite the fetching pair.
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  • Photo: Getty Images9/20Tom HardyAfter some early troubles with drugs and alcohol, Tom Hardy has put himself on a straighter path—to stardom. The Londoner, who made his movie debut in Black Hawk Down, has been making films his focus, and it’s worked out for him. Not only was he part of the 2010 hit Inception, but he’s also going to be bad, really bad, as the villain Bane in the upcoming Batman flick The Dark Knight Rises.
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  • Photo: Getty Images10/20Ewan McGregorTalk about a great Scot! Our love affair with Ewan McGregor began when we saw him in 1996’s Trainspotting and continued through the Star Wars years. And he still kicks ass in our hearts…and in flicks like Haywire.

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  Photo: Getty Images11/20Andrew GarfieldIf Emma Stone gives Andrew Garfield a stamp of approval, then we do too! Born in Los Angeles, The Social Network star moved to Surrey, England, when he was three, where he developed that charming accent and his acting chops. We can’t wait to see his next project—his on-screen collaboration with Emma in The Amazing Spider-Man.
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  Photo: Getty Images12/20Jude LawWhile we’ve never completely forgiven him for the nanny scandal, Jude Law still has a place on our dreamy list. Maybe it’s because the London native looked impossibly handsome amid the backdrop of Venice in The Talented Mr. Ripley, or perhaps it’s because he’s proved time and again that he’s funny, charming and talented. Loving the Sherlock Holmes star is elementary, dear Glamour readers. Elementary.
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  Photo: Getty Images13/20Christian BaleChristian Bale is one intense actor—as we heard when a tape of him throwing a fit on the Terminator Salvation set hit the Internet. (He dropped the F-bomb 36 times!) But the Englishman dives head first into his roles—virtually starving himself to transform his body for The Machinist and later dropping major poundage again for his Oscar-winning turn in The Fighter. We’re sure he’s also sunk blood, sweat and tears into his upcoming movie The Dark Knight Rises, because that’s just how he rolls, whether he’s playing Batman or anyone else.
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  Photo: Getty Images14/20Henry CavillWe were obsessed with Henry Cavill during his run as Henry VIII’s right-hand man, Charles Brandon, in The Tudors because he was one of the few guys who actually had a conscience! Because of that, we have high hopes about the upcoming Superman reboot, Man of Steel, and basically any other movie that Henry, who hails from the Channel Islands, agrees to be in.

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  Photo: Getty Images15/20Dan StevensAs much as we’d like to see Lady Mary end up with Matthew on Downton Abbey, we kind of want him for ourselves! Dan Stevens brings the honorable military man to life in popular PBS series, and we can’t imagine the show without those dreamy blue eyes and that floppy hair. We are also eager to see him hit the big screen in Vamps, the upcoming horror-comedy that reunites Clueless director Amy Heckerling with actors Alicia Silverstone and Wallace Shawn…as if that could be anything short of awesome.
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  Photo: Getty Images16/20James D’ArcyIf Madonna has her way, and she usually does, James D’Arcy is going to be really famous. The pop icon cast him as Edward VIII in her film W.E. And as if that weren’t enough, he’s got the adaptation of the popular book Cloud Atlas, with Halle Berry, as a follow up.
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  Photo: Getty Images17/20Alex PettyferAlthough his engagement to Glee‘s Dianna Agron had an unhappy ending, we’re not pointing fingers. Model-turned-actor Alex Pettyfer—who’s from Hertfordshire, England—has been making a name for himself in movies including Beastly and I Am Number Four. We’ll likely get to see a lot more of Alex than usual later this year when Magic Mike hits theaters; he plays a stripper in a cast that includes Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey.
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  Photo: Getty Images18/20Daniel RadcliffeOK, so while we’ll pass on hearing about the way Daniel Radcliffe likes his ladies to groom (that’s just a little TMI for Harry Potter lovers like us), we’ve enjoyed seeing the Londoner branch out into more adult roles, like the new flick The Woman in Black. It’s as if he’s casting a spell on us in a whole new way. And, if there’s one thing we’ve learned from his non-Potter roles, it’s that we’ll be seeing a lot more of Daniel in his future projects. After taking it all off in Equus, he’s set for more nude escapades in Kill Your Darlings later this year.

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  Photo: Getty Images19/20Gavin RossdaleThere’s nothing sexier than a guy who loves his family, and Londoner Gavin Rossdale is a family man. After breaking onto the scene with his grunge-rock band Bush, he has continued to make music—both with his group and some solo side projects. When he’s not working, he’s flanked by his genetically blessed family, wife Gwen Stefani and their kids, Kingston and Zuma. Seeing him look so happy in their company boosts his hot factor big-time.
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  Photo: Getty Images20/20Orlando BloomWe’ve been, um, hooked on Orlando Bloom since he was Johnny Depp’s handsome, funny and charming sidekick in Pirates of the Caribbean. Since then, Orlando, who is from Kent, England, has only grown on us, especially when watching him in action as a doting dad to Flynn or hearing him gush about his supermodel wife, Miranda Kerr. (Swoon!)