Tonight Jared Leto and Matthew McConaughey (barring a possible upset by the equally-deserving Leonardo DiCaprio) will join the ranks of aesthetically-pleasing Oscar-winning actors. Naturally, this anticipation inspired a trip through the Academy archives to select a baker’s dozen of other handsome actors who've won competitive awards, hence no mention of Cary Grant or Warren Beatty. Of course, it’s a subjective list and many talented men were left off for various reasons (psst: we’re still too hung up on Russell Crowe’s phone-throwing tantrum to include him) but you can’t really argue with the sex appeal of any of these versatile thespians.
Clark Gable
Crowned by moviegoers and critics as “the King,” Gable won his only best actor Oscar for the 1934 comedy It Happened One Night. He was nominated — and deserved to win — five years later for his most enduring performance as the charming rogue Rhett Butler in the romantic epic Gone With The Wind, but lost to British performer Robert Donat’s turn as an aging schoolteacher in the sentimental Goodbye Mr. Chips.
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