Hottest Guys (from a gay man's perspective)

Zayn Malik was born in Bradford, England, to Tricia (Brannan) and Yaser Malik, and is of Pakistani (father) and English-Irish (mother) descent. He had an early love for singing and performing, and at the age of 17 he competed in the television competition The X Factor. After judges Nicole Scherzinger and Simon Cowell grouped him with fellow competitors Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson to form a new act, One Direction became one of the most popular finalists in their season of The X Factor.

Following the band's massive success, Malik left the group in 2015 to pursue a solo career. ZAYN signed with RCA Records and moved to Los Angeles, where he began working on his solo effort with James "Malay" Ho (Frank Ocean, Big Boi). His debut single, "Pillowtalk," was released in late January 2016 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and his full-length debut album Mind of Mine was released on March 25, 2016.

ZAYN entered the fashion world in 2016 with his shoe collaboration with Giuseppe Zanotti and began working on his Versus Versace link (to be released May 2017). In August of 2016, Malik also signed on to executive produce the new television series BOYS with Law & Order creator Dick Wolf and Universal Pictures. The series is set to follow a boy band as they go through the waves of huge success similar to that of One Direction.

In late 2016, ZAYN re-entered the music world with the Taylor Swift assisted single, "I Don't Want To Live Forever" from the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack. The song dominated debuted at #1 on the Digital Songs chart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Malik followed the single up in March of 2017 with "Still Got Time" featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR which is the first official single off ZAYN's upcoming sophomore album.

Tom Brady was born on August 3, 1977 in San Mateo, California, to Galynn Patricia (Johnson) and Thomas Edward Brady, who owns a financial planning business. His father is of Irish descent and his mother is of Norwegian-Swedish and Polish ancestry. He attended Junipero Serra High School, the same high school which produced Barry Bonds of the SF Giants. He attended the University of Michigan from 1995 to 1999. He was a backup to Brian Griese when the Wolverines went 12-0 and won the national championship in 1997. Brady shared the starting quarterback job with Drew Henson in 1998 and 1999, but managed to compile a 20-5 record over those two years, including a 2-0 record in bowl games. The New England Patriots made him a sixth round draft choice in 2000, the 199th player selected overall in the draft. He spent 2000 as a fourth string quarterback behind Drew Bledsoe, John Friesz and Michael Bishop. In 2001, Brady was elevated to second string quarterback behind Bledsoe as training camp broke. The fortunes for both Brady and the Patriots changed forever on September 23, 2001, as Bledsoe was hit hard by New York Jet linebacker "Mo Lewis", suffering a near life-threatening injury. Brady replaced Bledsoe in the contest, and has started every Patriot game at quarterback since. Bledsoe was never able to regain his starting job, as Brady led the Patriots on an 11-3 run to close the 2001 regular season, then led the Patriots through the playoffs and an improbable 20-17 win over the St. Louis Rams, a 14-point favorite, in Super Bowl XXXVI. After an ordinary 2002 season, Brady skippered the Patriots to one of the greatest seasons in NFL history in 2003. The Patriots began the season 2-2, then won every remaining regular season and playoff game, capped off by a 32-29 win over the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII. Brady followed that up with a second consecutive Super Bowl appearance in 2004, as the Patriots once again went 14-2 in the regular season and defeated the Philadelphia Eagles, 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX. Brady is 9-0 all-time in the playoffs in his career following Super Bowl XXXIX. In the first two Super Bowls he has played in, Brady was named the Super Bowl MVP, becoming one of only four players in NFL history to win this award more than once. Brady is 48-14 as a starting Patriot quarterback going into the 2005 season. His poise as well as his penchant for playing with incredible cool and precision in big games is drawing comparisons with the great Joe Montana, former SF 49ers quarterback.

Brady is married to model Gisele Bündchen, and the couple has two children. His brother-in-law is baseball player Kevin Youkilis, who is married to Tom's sister, Julie.

Michael Strahan was born on 21 November 1971 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), Charlie's Angels (2019) and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016). He was previously married to Jean Marie Muggli and Wanda Nicole Hutchins.

Nicholas Yunge-Bateman was born in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. He started karate at age 4 in hopes to become a Ninja Turtle. Since then Nick has won 4 martial arts world titles. Nick graduated from Capilano University in Vancouver BC at age 20 and opened his own karate school for 3 years. He then decided to close it to pursue his passion for acting. He landed his first major role starring alongside Rutger Hauer and Gregory Smith in 'Hobo With a Shotgun'. Nick is also known for his international model work with Abercrombie & Fitch, Dsquared, Fila, Jockey, Calvin Klein etc.

Kevin Joseph Zegers started acting at the tender age of six. He has starred in more than 40 films, including Air Bud (1997), Dawn of the Dead (2004), and Transamerica (2005), and has also appeared in several modeling campaigns.

Kevin was born in Woodstock, Ontario, to Mary-Ellen (Veldman), a teacher, and James Zegers, a quarry worker. All of his grandparents were Dutch immigrants. He lives in Los Angeles, CA, with his wife, agent Jaime Feld (CAA). Their daughters, Zoë Madison and Blake Everleigh, were born on August 17, 2015.

Born in Illinois and raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, Foster knew from an early age that he wanted to be an actor. He grew up just outside of Chicago until he was 12 years old, where his family lived on a farm and he was home schooled. When Foster's older sisters started to dabble in theatre he immediately became interested in the entertainment industry. Soon after moving to Dallas with his family he chose theatre as an elective in middle school, pursued the arts in high school, and went on to study at the Quad C Theatre Program at Collin County Community College. In 2004 Foster decided to make the big move to Los Angeles. Once in LA, Foster joined an acting class, met his manager, and started booking commercials. In 2005 he landed several independent films, and in 2007 he booked what would become his regular acting gig for the next five years: a series regular role starring as "Cappie" on the hit series "Greek" for ABC Family. While putting in time on "Greek" Foster wrote, produced, and starred in his own script that he sold to Comedy Central entitled "Neighbros." The show sold in the fall of 2010 for fall's 2011 pilot season. Although the experience of putting together a show was something Foster loved, he decided to put all side projects on hold and focus on booking new acting roles. By the time "Greek" had ended its run in 2011 Foster had made his mark at ABC through his work on the show, and his relationship with the network would continue to grow over the next several years. Foster went on to score a handful of guest star roles including appearances on: TNT's "The Closer," NBC's "Friends with Benefits," "Law and Order: LA," and "Parenthood," and ABC Family's "Melissa & Joey." He also held a recurring role on "Quarterlife" for NBC and starred in the 2009 fan favorite independent feature TEENAGE DIRTBAG. In 2012 Foster had the opportunity to play characters that were far from the happy go lucky teen he portrayed on "Greek." First, he was seen in 10 episodes of the hit Showtime series Californication (2007) starring opposite David Duchovny as "Tyler," and went on to play "Jonas Beckett" in five episodes of ABC's Emmy Nominated series "The River." Soon after filming "The River," ABC enlisted Foster once again, casting him in "Zero Hour" [2013] opposite Anthony Edwards, Jacinda Barrett, Addison Timlin, and Carmen Ejogo. When not acting Foster is an active supporter of The Sue Weaver Cause, an organization that promotes consumer awareness of unsafe service employment - their quest is to require proper annual criminal background checks on all workers sent to people's homes. Foster is also a musician, making music for over nine years and released an EP in 2009 with his band Siren's Eye. He recently became a certified scuba diver, and currently lives in the Los Angeles area with his two dogs, Oliver and Charlie.

Calvin Harris was born on 17 January 1984 in Dumfries, Scotland, UK. He is a music artist and composer, known for The Do-Over (2016), Shazam! (2019) and The Fate of the Furious (2017). He has been married to Vick Hope since 10 September 2023.

James Lafferty is an actor, director, writer and producer. Best known for his work on the popular television series One Tree Hill, Lafferty's other television credits include Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House, NBC's Crisis and WGN's Underground. In the feature world, Lafferty supported in Blumhouse Productions' Oculus. He would go on to act in three consecutive, but very different films written and directed by the Nelms Brothers: Lost on Purpose, Waffle Street and Small Town Crime.

Lafferty has also directed several episodes of One Tree Hill and The Royals for E! Networks. In conjunction with his directing work, he continues to develop projects as a writer and producer. He is currently (2019) in production on his latest project, the independent television series Everyone is Doing Great.

Nick Robinson made his film debut starring as Joe in CBS Films' critically-acclaimed adventure The Kings of Summer (2013), followed by shooting a lead role in the Universal action adventure sequel Jurassic World (2015), where he starred alongside Chris Pratt, Judy Greer, Vincent D'Onofrio and Bryce Dallas Howard. In 2015, Nick had the lead role of a drug-addicted teenager in Rob Reiner's drama Being Charlie (2015), and in 2016, played Ben Parish in Sony Pictures' adaptation of Rick Yancey's bestselling science fiction novel The 5th Wave (2016), helmed by J Blakeson and co-starring Chloë Grace Moretz. Also among his credits is HBO drama Boardwalk Empire (2010).

Continuing his streak of novels-to-films, Nick starred with Amandla Stenberg in the 2017 romance Everything, Everything (2017), and played the title role of a gay teenager in the well-received 2018 dramedy Love, Simon (2018).

Nick was born in Seattle, Washington, to Denise Podnar and Michael Robinson.

Joseph Morgan was born in London and spent his childhood with his family in Swansea, Wales. Morgan moved back to London in his late teens to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Upon graduation from Central School, Morgan was hired by acclaimed film director Peter Weir to costar opposite Russell Crowe in 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.' Soon after completion of that film, director Oliver Stone hired Morgan for a strong supporting role in the feature film 'Alexander.' After 'Alexander', Morgan spent time working on stage in the West End of London, as well as starring in numerous British television dramas including BBC miniseries 'The Line of Beauty', 'Henry VIII' opposite Emily Blunt, 'Doc Martin' and 'Mansfield Park'. Morgan was also hired by Harmony Korine to play a James Dean impersonator in his film 'Mister Lonely' His big break came in 2009, when Morgan was cast in the leading role in the miniseries 'Ben Hur'. Based on the classic novel and film, 'Ben Hur' was directed by Emmy winner Steve Shill. In 2010, Morgan's film projects included the independent drama 'Angels Crest', and the big-budget film 'Immortals', in which he co-starred with Mickey Rourke. Later that year he was cast as "Klaus" a series regular in the CW hit series 'The Vampire Diaries' After two short years as "Klaus" Morgan was offered a spin-off show called 'The Originals' and centered around his character. 'The Originals' ran for five seasons earning Morgan numerous nominations as well as The People's Choice award for favorite actor in a new show. During his time on the show Morgan spent his hiatus' shooting indie films 'Open Grave' opposite Shalto Copley and 'Desiree' opposite Walton Goggins and and Ron Perlman. He went on to direct three episodes of 'The Originals' bringing his unique style to an established show, garnering a very positive response from colleagues and critics alike. Morgan has a production company with his wife and creative partner Persia White. The first short Morgan directed and White produced - 'Revelation' went on to play at eight film festivals, winning the best fantasy film award at Flickers. The second 'Carousel' was filmed over seven hard days with a crew of over fifty passionate people striving to achieve maximum production value. It went on to play at numerous film festivals and win Best Drama Short at the London Independent Film Awards. Joseph Morgan can most recently be seen as a series regular in high profile TV shows Brave New World, Titans and Halo.

Nathaniel Buzolic was born on 4 August 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Originals (2013) and The Vampire Diaries (2009).

Chase Coleman was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and raised in Monroe, Louisiana. As both a talented actor and musician, he is best known for his roles as Billy Winslow in the HBO TV series, Boardwalk Empire, portraying the werewolf, Oliver, in the CW hit spin-off series, The Originals, and most recently as heartthrob rock-star, Tanner Watts, in CBS daytime The Young and the Restless.

Before he became an actor, Coleman attended Grace Episcopal School for elementary and Junior High school education. He graduated from St. Frederick Catholic High School. However, during his second year of high school, Coleman became the leader singer in a rock band called, Crawl Space, until he graduated. Later, while attending college at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, Coleman became interested in acting. He began performing with local theatre groups and in his junior year, signed with the Baton Rouge Agency, Stage 2000. During that time, Coleman traveled to Dallas to compete at the Mike Beaty Model and Talent Expo, winning several awards while there. He then met Suzanne Schachter of Suzelle Enterprises and was invited to travel to New York City for the summer.

Coleman's first acting gig was portraying the character, Garrett, on the popular daytime show, One Life to Live. From there, he landed multiple guest star roles including: The Good Wife, Gossip Girl, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Kings, as well as many other starring and supporting roles in independent films like New York City Serenade, Catahoula, and God Don't Make the Laws. He also played the lead of Andrew in the off-Broadway play My Big Gay Italian Wedding.

In 2010, Coleman won the Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series," for his role on Boardwalk Empire. In 2011, he was nominated for an Indie Soap Award for "Best Supporting Actor in a Drama," for his portrayal of Dr. Dane Sullivan on the show, In Between Men.

Coleman founded the production company Bloodstone Productions and wrote the short film Into the Rose Garden which he also directed and starred in. Then, in the summer of 2012, he guest starred as Robert in the pilot of the TV series, The Americans, as well as filming Season Two of In Between Men.

In 2014, Coleman was cast as Oliver on The Originals, the popular spin-off show of The Vampire Diaries. Oliver's run spanned twelve episodes between Season One and Season Two of the series. Later in 2016, he guest starred on the NBC series, Aquarius, as Terry Melcher, a character that spanned three episodes.

Currently, Coleman is appearing at several fan conventions developed for The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, both as a guest star and musician. Additionally, he also has several other acting projects in production as well as touring with his band, Mercy Mode.

Born on October 31, 1978 in Washington, D.C.

Brian graduated, at the age of 18, from Gonzaga College High School in 1996 and went on to pursue a degree in Economics and History from Cornell, graduating in 2000.

Brian Hallisay began his career in show business by appearing in The Inside (2005) episode, Aidan (2006), playing "Jake Carrington", with Rachel Nichols and Adam Baldwin. He was next seen as "Dr. George Harmon" on the Lifetime network's series, Strong Medicine (2000), in the episode, Chief Complaints (2005). In 2006, he was given a role in the Kevin Rodney Sullivan-directed TV movie, A.K.A. (2006), a crime drama which also starred John Leguizamo. Hallisay made his feature film debut in the comedy, Bottoms Up (2006), where he portrayed "Hayden Field", alongside Jason Mewes, David Keith and Paris Hilton. This was followed by a series of television appearances. He was in Jerry Bruckheimer's Without a Trace (2002) as "Alex Stark", Meredith Stiehm's Cold Case (2003) and CSI: NY (2004) opposite Gary Sinise. He was also given a guest spot in the drama series, Bones (2005), which stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz. His next project became Bionic Woman (2007), where he played "Dr. Mark Stevens" for the 2007 episode, Faceoff (2007). In 2008, he was given the role of "Ryan Haas" in Medium (2005), an NBC drama series starring Patricia Arquette. Hallisay was then approached to play the role of the wealthy and charming bachelor "Will Davis" in The CW's Privileged (2008). Will Davis is the potential love interest of the lead character, the smart and endearing "Megan Smith", played by JoAnna Garcia Swisher. After "Privileged" was canceled, he went on to another television series, The Client List (2011), starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, where he played her ex-husband. In real life, he and Hewitt became engaged in 2013.

Travis Van Winkle's career seamlessly transitions between both television and film. On the small screen, Van Winkle had a starring role for five seasons on TNT's high-concept drama "The Last Ship," and was a series regular alongside Alan Cumming in the CBS drama "Instinct." CBS brought him back as a series regular in the drama pilot "Good Sam." He is currently in pre-production as a series regular for Netflix's season three of "You." Some of Van Winkle's previous memorable television roles include recurring on The CW's "Hart of Dixie" and ABC'S "Happy Endings," in addition to many guest appearances throughout his career .

Feature roles include Paramount's Friday the 13th and Transformers, Fox's Meet the Spartans, and Universal's comedy Accepted.

Van Winkle has been a proud mentor in the Big Brother/Big Sister Organization since 2011, and hosted two of their Galas that raised almost $2 million. He's also been a Global Ambassador to the non-profit organization buildOn. Through his work with buildOn, he has engaged and inspired his creative network to help raise more than $300,000 and assemble on-the-ground teams to build schools in Haiti, Nepal, Nicaragua, Malawi and Senegal.

Van Winkle was born in Victorville, California but his parents' Air Force responsibilities brought him to both Michigan and Georgia before he eventually made his way to Hollywood at the age of 20.

Aaron Buerge was born on 22 April 1974 in Butler, Missouri, USA. He is an actor, known for Less Than Perfect (2002), The Bachelor (2002) and The Bachelor at 20: A Celebration of Love (2016).

Luke Guldan is an American actor and film producer. Luke has had leading roles in feature films, guest-starring roles on TV and a number of successes on stage. Luke recently guest-starred on NBC's "Law & Order: SVU", CBS' critically-acclaimed "Blue Bloods" and Comedy Central's new hit "Broad City". Luke has also made TV appearances on "Gossip Girl", "Royal Pains", "The Colbert Report" and MTV's "Hey Girl". Luke has lead roles in upcoming feature films "The Tailor's Apprentice" and "Addicted", and his first feature film lead in "The Watermen" brought him to the 2011 Toronto Independent Film Festival for its premiere. Luke was the lead in the theatrical adaptation of "The Graduate" and he appeared in Tennessee Williams' classic "Street Car Named Desire" and David Storey's critically acclaimed "The Changing Room". Born in Milwaukee and raised in Brooklyn, Luke excelled at athletic pursuits as a child. An alumnus of the University of Florida, Luke is an accomplished athlete, nationally recognized for his achievements in health and fitness; Luke was named the NABBA "Mr. Teen Empire State" in 2004 and the INBF "Mr. Fitness" in 2008 and 2009. Luke has been on the covers of and featured in magazines such as Men's Health, GQ, Muscle & Fitness, Men's Fitness and Cosmopolitan. Luke currently resides in New York City.

Ryan Hansen is an American actor. He was born in Fountain Valley, California, and raised in El Cajon, California, but has since moved with his wife, Amy Hansen, to Los Angeles. His wife is a former roommate of Kristen Bell (star of Veronica Mars (2004)). Hansen is involved in the campaign, "Invisible Children", and has appeared in the online series, "The LXD", of which 50% of the profits are going to the Invisible Children Campaign.

Freddie Thorp was born on 7 March 1994 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Overdrive (2017), Strictly Confidential (2024) and Fate: The Winx Saga (2021).

Dustin Milligan was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada as Dustin Wallace Milligan. He is an actor, writer and producer, known for Extract (2009), 90210 (2010), Schitt's Creek (2014), Me Him Her (2015) Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016), Rutherford Falls (2021), and The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022). He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Ethan Erickson was born on 5 August 1973 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor, known for Jawbreaker (1999), John Dies at the End (2012) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).

Tyler Christopher was born on 11 November 1972 in Joliet, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for General Hospital (1963), Shouting Secrets (2011) and Into the West (2005). He was married to Brienne Pedigo and Eva Longoria. He died on 31 October 2023 in San Diego, California, USA.

Actor Dominic Anthony Sherwood was born in Kent, South East England. After studying Drama and Theater Studies at schools in Maidstone, he left to work abroad starting in Kenya and moving for 6 months before returning to London. There he began work in several plays before being signed to an agency and getting work on TV and Film.

Grimme-Preis award winner, Matthias Schweighöfer, is one of Germany's most successful actors and is quickly becoming an international phenomenon.

Schweighöfer was most recently seen in Christopher Nolan's film, "Oppenheimer," Netflix's "Heart of Stone" opposite Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan and "The Swimmers" for director Sally El Hosaini. Upcoming, Schweighöfer will be seen in Netflix's "Family Switch" opposite Jennifer Garner and "Girl You Know It's True," a film based on the incredible story of the R&B duo Milli Vanilli.

A talented multi-hyphenate, Schweighöfer also discovered his love for being behind the camera and has gone on to direct multiple projects. In addition, he founded his production company, Pantaleon Film, with his producing partner Dan Maag which continues to be one of Germany's preeminent production companies.

Born behind the Berlin wall, Schweighöfer's last 10 films have all reached #1 at the German Box office. He is best known for his films "Der Geilste Tag," "Der Nanny," "100 Dinge" and "Vaterfreuden," and his first English speaking role and international film, "Valkyrie" alongside Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh.

Schweighöfer has continued working on international projects and produced, directed and stared in the first German-language Amazon Original Series "You Are Wanted." The series launched in over 200 countries and in 6 different languages. He also starred in and produced "Resistance" for IFC Films which also stars Jessie Eisenberg, Ed Harris and Edgar Ramirez.

Most recently, Schweighöfer Directed, Produced, and Starred in "Army of Thieves," the prequel Zack Snyder's "Army of the Dead," in which he also starred in. "Army of the Dead" was viewed in over 72 million households and quickly became one of Netflix's most viewed film of all time, and "Army of Thieves" became the Number 1 film on Netflix in 90-plus countries during its first week.

Billy Howle was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, to a schoolteacher mother and a father who teaches at Kent University, the second of four sons. His older brother, Sam, is a graphic designer. Despite his parents' academic backgrounds, Billy has said that he was not interested in further education, and worked instead at the local Stephen Joseph theater, in community-based projects involving dance and acting. After a year at drama school, he enrolled at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2013. Having appeared at Bristol in 'The Little Mermaid,' his next stage appearance was in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, opposite Lesley Manville in Richard Eyre's production of Henrik Ibsen's 'Ghosts' and a year later was reunited with Bristol Old Vic, the director, and Ms. Manville in a scorching production of 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' alongside Jeremy Irons - another Bristol Old Vic alumnus - Hadley Fraser, and Jessica Regan, more than holding his own with his older, more experienced co-stars. After a couple of small roles in television drama, Billy's first substantial lead came in the youth-oriented murder mystery Glue (2014) in 2014, opening the first scene in memorable style as he rolled nude down stacks of grain in a barn. In 2016, he was in another murder mystery, The Witness for the Prosecution (2016), as the defendant accused of killing his wealthy benefactress, by which time he had filmed his first forays into cinema: On Chesil Beach (2017) and Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (2018), both with Saoirse Ronan, and The Sense of an Ending (2017).

Arash Marandi was born on July 28 1984 in Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran. He grew up in Gießen, Hesse, Germany and owns a Dual Citizenship. The Actor is German Citizen and Iranian Citizen at the same time. He speaks German (Native Language) and Persian/Farsi (Native Language) fluently and also English very well. Arash Marandi has knowledge in French and Spanish, too.

Since 2016 he lives in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.