There is no escaping it, geeky is the new sexy. After all, you pop a pair of glasses and a bow tie on a well toned man, slip him into a science lab and you’ll have people clambering over each other to rip off that white coat. I mean, just take a look at the mighty fine writers of this website as we pen all things geeky and there is no denying that geek is the hottest thing since the big bang. So we managed to pry ourselves away from the mirrors to bring a list of characters and geeks that have us burning underneath our collars...
Star Wars is the legendary fandom. After all, Lucas created a whole new futuristic (yet long ago) world where laser could be used as swords and great big beasts drove spaceships. In the Star Wars universe, we followed Jedi in training Luke Skywalker and no one is going to deny that Mark Hamill wasn’t the best looking hero we could sink our Chewbaccas into. Stealing focus is the gun totting, sass spouting fighter pilot Han Solo, the sexiest sidekick ever. With a very low V neck shirt, heartthrob Han Solo comes in, makes crack pot one-liners and not only woos the only woman in the franchise but a lot of fans quivering to have him go hard... in carbonite that is.
Joss Whedon has given us many incredibly sexy characters from Angel and Spike in Buffy to reinventing Bruce Banner for The Avengers. But cult classic television series Firefly and its big bash movie Serenity introduced the world to Nathan Fillion and his highly attractive captain tight-pants himeslf, Malcolm Reynolds. Mal, as he is affectionately known, is a combination of quick wit, brawn and sexiness. Although he favours the practical end of space travelling instead of intellectual, Mal is a perfect captain heading a brilliant space team and packing a hot punch or too.
Keeping up with the sexy space captains and pilots, none other than Captain Kirk makes our list. In both adaptations, show and movies, there is a hot Kirk who seduces all kind of alien lady folk as he ploughs his way through space. There is no denying the raw and sometimes too handsome draw to Chris “his eyes are so blue” Pine’s Captain Kirk in the reboot of the franchise. But, and stay with me now, William Shatner was also mighty fine in his heyday. Captain James T. Kirk isn’t just a no-brain, rash decision-making man; in fact, he completed the Starfleet course in two years instead of the expected three and thinks outside the box with instinctual intelligence. With these too at the helm, they are on a mission to go where no man has gone before; my pants. Wait, I mean...
There are many variations of the Batman and Bruce Wayne combination. And all of them, excluding Adam West, have brought ravishing amounts of sexiness to the role. For now, let’s put aside Batman because the muscle clad Superhero with the raspy voice is enough to make anyone quiver in their villain traps. But Bruce Wayne is where our actors have to grapple with the suited Playboy heir. Keaton, Kilmer, Bale and yes, even Clooney have all dabbled in the human persona of Batman and all have an air of sultry suaveness. Bruce Wayne is the man with the money, the one with the ladies on his arms and he is always able to seduce whatever attractive specimen is on his radar, with AND without the Bat Suit. That is some major game and in the wake of the Bat trail is numerous amounts of ladies hearts. Oh and one teenage boy...
Wonder if Affleck can maintain the sexiness?
There was a serious temptation to pop James Bond on this list. But hell, we all know James Bond is sexy. What we are here to celebrate is his be-speckled Quartermaster. Unfortunately, the previous and elderly Q doesn’t quite make our list. However, the re-booted version, Ben Whishaw takes the prize for bringing the sexy geek back. In Skyfall, Whishaw brings a high octane and highly smart Quartermaster who not only gives Bond what for, but masterminds a series of cyber attacks and illusions against are bleached villain. The fact that his gadgetry is so simple yet still gets you all flushed. With Whishaw, an attractive man anyway, donning the specs for the role, Q is elevated to sexy geek status, with IQ points to spare.
Alexis Denisof may play his fool roles in How I Met Your Mother and Much Ado About Nothing but when you think back to Buffy he was the younger, sexier watcher Wesley, who took over when Giles couldn’t do his job properly. As part of the Watcher’s council, he is there to provide Buffy with information and the training, giving her the strength and know how. And isn’t he just a striking young man? Despite the book reading and glasses, Wesley oozes magnetism.
But not as much as Anthony Stuart Head, who seems to become finer with age. As Giles, he was the English accented Watcher who helped Buffy to learn and grow, placing him solely in our hearts forever. What we didn’t expect was Giles to enter our fantasies as he fights monsters with his brain and library. In fact, Giles became permanently cemented in our minds when in ‘Once More With Feeling, we all discovered that Head could sing rough rock vocals. Damn. There is no stopping him now.
Tom Hiddleston is sexy anyway. This dapper British gentlemen is perhaps the nicest and hottest actor to come from our Isles. Wowing at Comic Con, premieres and with the Cookie Monster, Hiddleston is beyond dreamy. But give him an evil edge, a horned hat and stick, and somehow he becomes this merciless sex God. As Loki, the lost and dark child of Odin (adopted), Loki is the mastermind behind a series of world dominating plots. With his luscious black locks, incredible power hungry voice and piercing eyes, Loki is a villain that instantly has us on our knees, praying to our new master. With Loki about we are all mewling quims.
A lot of you may be wincing because the elderly and older versions of The Doctor aren’t necessarily conventionally attractive. I hate to say this but neither is Sylvester McCoy. But in recent regenerations, The Doctor has swapped wrinkles for absolute hotness. It all began with McGann who, before the re-boot, was the first Doctor to snog his companion and is a terribly attractive fellow, despite his single, one off live action appearance. Fast forward to the revival in 2005, and the leather coat wearing Christopher Eccleston, who may not be everyone’s first choice, showed that the Doctor could still be hot. And even now Matt Smith as the youngest ever Doctor, with his bow ties and tweed, is a hyperactive and strangely attractive Doctor. But really, if we are talking sexy Doctors then there is no denying that David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor takes the prize. Seducing a companion, having another crush over him, creating a clone of himself (to fob off a clingy ex), being hilarious and wearing suits with converse make the Tenth Doctor the sexiest Doctor ever.
Everyone has their favourite Holmes and everyone finds at least one of them attractive as hell, even those who like Rathbone. But nowadays there are three gentlemen who portray the super sleuth detective and all three have a legion of fans behind them. There are the big screen antics of Robert Downey Jr. Popping on a fantastic British accent and being introduced with a semi naked fist fight, Downey Jr. already cemented Holmes’ impact on the attractive scale.
Across the pond, the quirky Johnny Lee Miller brings a new, fresh take on Holmes, as a recovering drug addicted consultant in modern day New York in Elementary. Creating a more human role, Miller is appealing and sexy, bringing hotness to Holmes.
And here, the BBC reinvented Sherlock Holmes in a different way and with, my personal favourite, Benedict Cumberbatch. In Sherlock, Cumberbatch is the bouffant haired detective with incredibly fast impersonal speech. Delighting fans with quick deductions and somewhat hilarious interaction with Martin Freeman’s Watson, Cumberbatch is wonderfully sexy. Despite the “odd looking” staple most people throw about, BBC’s Sherlock is fine with his coat collar turned up and his sharp cheekbones...
Billionaire playboy philanthropist Tony Stark is definitely number one on our list. Robert Downey Jr. (again!) is an extremely attractive man, as we discussed in our previous entry. But pop him in the role of Stark and you get the sexiest character on this planet. Not only is he a genius but he is gorgeously muscular and awesomely funny. Although he may be juvenile, this too is utterly appealing, giving him an air of fun despite his sophisticated flare. Before his whole kidnapping ordeal, Stark would be in the pants of every cooing scientist or fan and even though he has settled with Potts, Stark is still terribly sexy and gorgeous. Whether or not he is saving the planet on his own or with a band of merry men, Stark and Iron Man blast their way to number one with quips, brawn and the sciences.
And one hell of a rock song.
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