All the Stars Campaigning for Sexiest Man Alive, from Will Ferrell to Kevin Hart Alex ApatoffNovember 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM 0 Dia Dipasupil/Getty A lot goes into choosing PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive every year, and we take all the components of a Sexiest Man Alive selection very seriously.
- - All the Stars Campaigning for Sexiest Man Alive, from Will Ferrell to Kevin Hart
Alex ApatoffNovember 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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A lot goes into choosing PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive every year, and we take all the components of a Sexiest Man Alive selection very seriously. Whether that's tons of reader feedback, a particularly big year had by a certain sexy celebrity, or just whether the guy looks great in a T-shirt, there's much to consider.
Knowing that, these celebrities have put their hats into the ring, declaring themselves eligible and ready to pose at a moment's notice. Check out the boldest, best campaigners for the 2024 Sexiest Man Alive title.
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Rob Lowe
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Rob Lowe is undeniably sexy, and for that, the actor understandably wants to know why he hasn't made it to the cover.
"I've never been the Sexiest Man Alive. Never! There's always been somebody sexier, and I'm very angry about it," he joked on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2019. "I blame Russian collusion, honestly. This is an election I should have won!"
Years later, he's still thinking about it. While hosting the game show The Floor, he told a contestant, "Ask me how many times I've been PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive?" He then answered his own question — "Never!" — while pulling a dramatic crying face.
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Sterling K. Brown
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Another handsome man with a plan to make it to the cover someday: Sterling K. Brown.
"You know, you try to give the people something that they want. If they deem me so, I would be flattered. Beyond flattered," he told PEOPLE of hearing that fans were eager to see him win the title.
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Will Ferrell
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Will Ferrell kicked off his campaign for the 2024 cover at the Despicable Me 4 premiere in April of that year, declaring he was "planting the seeds" to end up on the cover "because you guys never have comedians."
"Get it going internally, all right? Sexiest Man," he demanded, before pointing out that his red carpet tracksuit was chosen for its "sexy villain" qualities.
He finished his interview by saying one of his Minion superpowers would be to "be PEOPLE Magazine's Sexiest Man of the Year. Come on. Vote for comedians!"
Though he didn't end up taking the W (it went to John Krasinski, to which he jokingly sniffed, "I don't get it!"), his costar in You're Cordially Invited protested on his behalf in January 2025 - perhaps kicking off another round of contention? "who else would it be?" she asked. "I can't think of anybody!"
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Steve Carell
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On the same press tour, Ferrell was asked by Extra about his campaign, and costars Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell offered their vote. "Two powerful endorsements," Ferrell pointed out.
When the host asked Carell if he was also interested in the title, he demurred — until Wiig suggested that they go for it together.
"That's our best hope, because if each of us are like a 6 or 7, put 'em together, we're a 12, 14," Carell joked.
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Adam Sandler
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Adam Sandler declared — and we agree — that being named PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive would be "something that I think is good for the world."
That declaration came on the heels of Sandler pretending to accept the Sexiest Man Award prize rather than his People's Icon award at the People's Choice Awards.
Pretending that he had a "miscommunication" with his agent about the prize, he read from his Sexiest Man Alive acceptance speech instead.
"My name is Adam Sandler and I am the Sexiest Man Alive, can I get a hell yeah?" he said. "To the PEOPLE Magazine's academy members of hotness and sexual attractiveness, I would like to say thank you for recognizing me as the man who made our entire country the horniest this year and was by far the most-talked-about person in the bedroom by couples or throuples during fantasy role plays and sloppy time. Can I get another hell yeah? I am trying to be gracious, PEOPLE Magazine, but I have to admit three words keep popping into my head right now: 'It's about freaking time!' For decades, Adam Sandler has been waiting patiently on the sexy bench,"
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Kevin Hart
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On the heels of Paul Rudd's 2021 win, Kevin Hart declared that Rudd's win was "bulls---" and said that 2022 would be his year — and if not that year, another one going forward.
"I start my campaign at the beginning of every year, but I don't think they see the campaign," he told Page Six. "There's no reason why I shouldn't have it. It's all about the sexy ... I will get PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive. You bet your ass on that."
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David Duchovny
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Speaking jokingly to a PEOPLE reporter at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this year, David Duchovny said, "I always wanted to be Sexiest Man Alive. I think I made top 50 once, but I never [got the top honor] ... so f--- you guys!"
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Sam Asghari
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"I'm a little bit upset I wasn't nominated," the actor (and Britney Spears ex) jokingly told PEOPLE at a September event after sharing that he worked out to be sure he looked "great" for PEOPLE. He then pitched himself for the issue: "Do you know who I could talk to?"
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Harry Hamlin
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"Hey, why not take a guy who's in his 70s and make him the sexiest man again?" Harry Hamlin suggested at our 50th anniversary celebration in May, adding that he "really feels old" to think that 37 years have passed since he got the honor in 1987.
He also has some powerful endorsements on his side: "I think my daughter already pitched it to [PEOPLE Editor-in-Chief] Wendy [Naugle], actually [at the White House Correspondents' Dinner]," adds Hamlin, who shares daughters Delilah Gray Hamlin, 25, and Amelia Gray Hamlin, 22, with wife Lisa Rinna. "We were sitting with [Naugle], and my daughter said, 'Why don't you make him sexiest man again?' "
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Dwayne Johnson
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No one was more delighted by Dwayne Johnson's 2016 win — or more convinced he should be the reigning champion for eternity — than Johnson himself.
"I've been saying it since birth: I am, in fact, the sexiest man alive," he joked to PEOPLE earlier this year. "I'm actually the only one who has it in perpetuity."
He added, "My conversations with my fellow SMAs are always the same, I [say] congratulations, welcome to the club, but just so you know — you guys have it for a year, but I have it for life."
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Brisket
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Technically, Glen Powell's dog (and Twisters costar) Brisket didn't nominate himself, but we're counting this one since he enlisted an A-list star to do it on his behalf. When asked who got her vote for Sexiest Man Alive this year, Daisy Edgar-Jones immediately answered with a smile: "Brisket, Glen Powell's dog. I know he's not technically human, but he's the sexiest thing I've ever seen. He's gorgeous!"
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