The AfterElton.com Hot 100 List

6. Ryan Reynolds

Sometimes being sexy isn’t enough to make it in this business. This holds very true for Ryan Reynolds, who has had his fair share of disappointments (he even briefly quit acting in 1996) … but thank heaven he never gave up. Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, Ryan grew up the youngest of four brothers, two of whom are policemen (sigh). Ryan's breakout role was in the sitcom Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place as the sexy, laid-back, Berg, a pre-med college student attending Boston University.

Besides being the former partner of our favorite angry girl (Alanis Morissette), a newly-buff Ryan Reynolds won our hearts when he started the "himbo" craze by taking it off for Blade: Trinity and The Amityville Horror, giving us guys a reason to go to horror movies again. This former grocery store employee plays gay in his next film, gay filmmaker John August's The Nines, and we're glad to have him!

7. Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman is one sexy Aussie with class, charm and good looks to spare. He might be pretty, but he’s also smart; he earned a communications degree from Sydney’s University of Technology along with a pursued field of study in drama at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts. Hugh starred in theatrical productions of Beauty and the Beast and Oklahoma! in his native Sydney early on in his career, showing off his gifted singing talents, and of course took the stage on Broadway as gay musician Peter Allen in the critically celebrated Boy from Oz.

Although most may know him for his gruff (and buff) turn as Wolverine in the gay-friendly X-Men movies, Hugh is still a song-and-dance man at heart, having lent his vocals to Happy Feet. His musical drama Viva Laughlin (in which he cameos) will be on screens this fall.

8. T.R. Knight*

The media firestorm around the Grey's Anatomy on-set f-bomb made a lot of people forget something: T.R. Knight is a cutie. Hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, T.R. moved to NYC to pursue his dreams and appeared in several Broadway plays. He graced our tubes for the first time with the TV series Charlie Lawrence, produced by fellow gay actor Nathan Lane. Coming out, whether officially or unofficially, is always tough, especially when it’s unplanned. But Knight exhibited class and restraint through it all, and just days ago scored his first Emmy nomination. All this, and adorable, too?

9. Ryan Phillipe

Ryan Phillippe is a good actor and has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Phillippe played gay very early on his career with the role of teenager Billy Douglas on One Life to Live. He has since staked his claim in Hollywood, most unforgettably as Sebastian Valmont, a sex siren known for deflowering young socialites and having an openly gay best friend in Cruel Intentions. After a series of teen-targeted flicks, Phillippe earned major roles in award-winning and critically-acclaimed Crash and Flags of our Fathers. Hailing from New Castle, Delaware, Phillipe went on to marry and father two children with fellow Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon. Now that he's single again, his boyish good looks will come in handy ... and hopefully he’ll continue to grace us with his presence in upcoming movie projects.

10. John Barrowman*

The openly gay star of the British runaway sci-fi hit Torchwood, John Barrowman is a sexy Scot (raised in the States) with a longtime committed partner, Scott Gill. Besides acting, Barrowman has done his part to further the gay rights movement, speaking out publicly on the issue and making appearances at several gay pride festivities with Gill. Having appeared in a number of musicals (Miss Saigon, Matador, Hair, Anything Goes), John has also brought his cabaret talents throughout the United States and will soon be releasing a solo album, as well as hosting a game show in the UK. Definitely sexy and undeniably talented, John Barrowman is a class act and an example to gay actors everywhere that out of the closet doesn't necessarily mean out of work.