Josh Hartnett, the hottie with a quietly imposing presence, burst onto the scene in 1997 as the troubled son of the titular crime stopper in the television series Cracker. Although his first feature film was the 1998 horror franchise Halloween: H20, it wasn’t until Sofia Coppola‘s The Virgin Suicides that Hartnett got our hearts thumping.
Hartnett went on to star as the good-hearted small town boy who inexplicably loses his childhood sweetheart (Leelee Sobieski) to Chris Klein‘s cocky prep school student in the romantic drama Here on Earth, he co-starred play Warren Beatty‘s son in the Town & Country debacle, showcase a wicked British accent in Blow Dry and prove he could handle even Shakespeare in O.
Last year, Hartnett entered the ranks of the Hollywood elite when he starred as a U.S. Air Force pilot in Michael Bay‘s epic Pearl Harbor.
But what impresses us most about Hartnett is not his résumé. It’s the little things. Like he doesn’t live in Hollywood–he finds it pretentious. Plus he cuts his own hair and shops at Home Depot. He’s so un-Hollywood (well, OK, maybe he did date Gisele) but you still gotta love him.
How He Did in Our Poll Last Year:
Josh is a Sexy Star Poll virgin. Who would have thunk?
Sexiest Role:
As heartthrob Trip Fontaine in the 1970s-set atmospheric coming of age drama The Virgin Suicides.
Sexiest Scene:
It doesn’t take much: In The Virgin Suicides, when Trip enters to the tune of Heart’s “Magic Man,” his sex symbol status was instantly cemented!
Best Quote:
When asked the question the world really wanted to know the answer to (i.e., what was up with that Faculty haircut?), he explained, “I never really liked going to the barber, so I cut it myself. The team of people around me gave up on my appearance a long time ago. They know I’m always gonna do the wrong thing as far as appearance goes. It’s never not stylish enough to be stylish. They leave me alone.” Nothing is sexier than a guy who really doesn’t care about his appearance!
Physical Feature We Love:
His dark piercing eyes.
In His Future:
In 40 Days and 40 Nights, Hartnett plays a young man who decides to give up sex for Lent after his girlfriend leaves him for a Hollywood agent. Of course, he then meets the girl of his dreams. Will he blow his chances with her because of his vow of abstinence? Not in the real world–who wouldn’t wait 40 days for a hunk like that?
