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One of the hottest leading men of all time, Cary Grant, once said, \u201cEveryone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.\u201d<\/p>\n
We concur. On-screen and off, the man oozed charm, razor-sharp wit, truckloads of talent and physical perfection \u2014 no one cut a more effortlessly elegant figure in a tux.<\/p>\n
Best of all, like vintage Scotch, the guy grew finer with age, wooing leading ladies Grace Kelly and Sophia Loren well into his salt-and-pepper-haired 50s and beyond.<\/p>\n
We have actors like that today, too \u2014 the kind who defy the ravages of time and consistently capture our imaginations, in stories we grownups love to be swept away in.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s time they got some well-deserved kudos for that, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n
After much demand\ufeff, AARP\u2019s Movies for Grownups<\/a> has compiled an inaugural, essential list we expect will prove legendary in its own time: the Hottest Actors Over 50. (You can thank George Clooney, Grant\u2019s heir apparent, who badgered us for years to perform this task.)<\/p>\n It was a tough job, but someone had to do it.<\/p>\n Each of these 25 men in their 50s, 60s and 70s excel at their craft. Among them, they\u2019ve amassed 215 Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy nominations and 35 wins. They also exude the kind of magnetism, vibrancy, heart and soul that amounts to that rare, intangible superpower: star quality.<\/p>\n Admittedly, they\u2019re not hard on the eyes or lacking in sex appeal. As Seinfeld<\/i>\u2019s Kramer would say, our Hottest Actors are blessed with \u201cthe kavorka.\u201d Their allure is enriched with a depth earned over the years.<\/p>\n Pierce Brosnan, 72<\/a> \u2014 the eldest on our list \u2014 heralded in a \u201cmore sensitive, more vulnerable, more psychologically complete\u201d James Bond in the mid-\u201990s<\/a>, according to\u00a0Chicago Sun-Times<\/i> film critic Roger Ebert. This year, British GQ<\/i> called Brosnan, now a grandfather of four, \u201cstill the definitive\u00a0007 \u2014\u00a0effortlessly stylish, endlessly charismatic, and armed with the perfect smoulder.\u201d<\/p>\n The youngest to make our list, Chilean-born Pedro Pascal, 50, was recently dubbed a \u201crevolutionary sex symbol\u201d who is \u201ctrailblazing a new kind of hotness,\u201d\ufeff by one pop culture writer. Ol\u00e9 to that.\ufeff \ufeff<\/p>\n Colman Domingo, 55, who nabbed two consecutive best actor nominations for Academy Awards in 2024 and 2025 (for his portrayals of real-life gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin in Rustin\ufeff <\/i>and prisoner John \u201cDivine G\u201d Whitfield in Sing Sing<\/i>) was described by his\ufeff Four Seasons\ufeff<\/i> costar Steve Carell, like this: \u201cThere\u2019s an aura to him…. It drips off of him \u2014 his greatness, talent, and charisma.\u201d<\/p>\n Scrolling through our coterie, you\u2019ll also find \u2014 no way! \u2014 the bodacious Keanu Reeves, who turned the Big 6-0 last year. Keanu over 50? Excellent!<\/p>\n Part of the charm of these guys, of course, is that they\u2019re loath to admit their fabulousness. In a scene from the new CBS drama Watson<\/i>, a beautiful stranger in a hospital corridor asks Morris Chestnut\u2019s Dr. John Watson, \u201cYou do realize that you\u2019re hot, right?\u201d It\u2019s a rhetorical question.<\/p>\n Though our guys may be too humble to own up to it, they have no problem teasing their dashing colleagues. At the L.A. premiere for Wolfs\ufeff <\/i>last year, Brad Pitt ribbed longtime pal and costar Clooney about his enduring swoonworthiness.<\/p>\n Apologies to Grant, but \u201cthis,\u201d Pitt said of Clooney, \u201cis the sexiest man still alive.\u201d \ufeff<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aarp.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the hottest leading men of all time, Cary Grant, once said, \u201cEveryone wants to be Cary Grant. 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