From the Magazine Sexiest Man Alive The Sexiest Men Alive Who Played Superheroes From Channing Tatum to Dwayne Johnson, look back at all the Sexiest Men Alive winners who have suited up as superheroes By Andrea Wurzburger Andrea Wurzburger Andrea Wurzburger is a former features writer at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2022. People Editorial Guidelines and Stephanie Sengwe Updated on November 13, 2024 05:18PM EST Photo: Marvel Studios; Ben Rothstein/20th Century Fox Film Corp/Courtesy Everett Collection; Alamy These Sexiest Man Alive winners have one thing in common. And no, it's not just that they're super good-looking. They have superpowers! Well, onscreen at least. From Chris Evans playing the savior of the world as Captain America to Paul Rudd playing an equally important Avenger as Ant-Man to Michael B. Jordan as the Human Torch — and arguably, Killmonger — these fine men have put on some exquisite costumes and taken up various combat training classes, just to dazzle us on screen. Below, see the Sexiest Man Alive winners who have played superheroes. 01 of 15 Channing Tatum as Gambit Channing Tatum as Gambit. Marvel While Channing Tatum would have been the perfect scene partner for that famous dance scene in Deadpool & Wolverine, he actually appeared much later in the film, playing Gambit in the movie. 02 of 15 Chris Evans as Captain America Jay Maidment/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 2022's Sexiest Man Alive Chris Evans is well known for playing Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Following Avengers: Endgame, his character eventually passes on the mantle (aka Captain America shield) to Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson. 03 of 15 Chris Evans as the Human Torch 20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Before playing Captain America, Evans played another Marvel character! He starred as the Human Torch in Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, a character later played by another Sexiest Man Alive. 04 of 15 Paul Rudd as Ant-Man REX/Shutterstock 2021's Sexiest Man Alive Paul Rudd joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2015 when he filled the — at times very small — shoes of Ant-Man, appearing in Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), the TV series What If...? (2021) and the in-progress Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (which is slated to come out in 2023). 05 of 15 John Krasinski as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic Marvel Studios 2024's Sexiest Man Alive John Krasinski made a Marvel Cinematic Universe cameo, briefly appearing as a version of Reed Richards (a.k.a. Mister Fanstastic) in one of the multiverses in 2022's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Magic. But despite rocking his super suit, he met an untimely end at Wanda Maximoff's hands. 06 of 15 Michael B. Jordan as the Human Torch Ben Rothstein/20th Century Fox/Marvel/Kobal/Shutterstock 2020's Sexiest Man Alive Michael B. Jordan is the human embodiment of the fire emoji, so it's fitting that he played the Human Torch in 2015's Fantastic Four. 07 of 15 Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger Michael B. Jordan in Black Panther. Marvel/© Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Erik Killmonger could arguably be viewed as a hero. What's inarguable though, is that 2020's Sexiest Man Alive, Michael B. Jordan looked damn good in costume, so we'll include his stint as the Black Panther baddie. 08 of 15 Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was named Sexiest Man Alive in 2016, and years later, he suited up for the DC Comics film Black Adam, in which he plays the title character. 09 of 15 Ben Affleck as Daredevil 20th Century Fox Film Corp/ Everett Affleck first donned a super suit when he played the titular hero in 2003's Daredevil. The year before, he was named PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive. 10 of 15 Ben Affleck as Batman Ben Affleck as Batman in Justice League. DC Entertainment/Warner Bros/Shutterstock Then, there was Bat-fleck. The actor first played Batman in the 2016 DC film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and has appeared in a handful of DC films since. 11 of 15 George Clooney as Batman George Clooney. Warner Bros/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Affleck wasn't the first Sexiest Man Alive to wear the Bat Suit! On top of being a two-time Sexiest Man Alive, George Clooney also played the caped crusader in 1997's Batman & Robin. 12 of 15 Chris Hemsworth as Thor Chris Hemsworth as Thor. The Aussie actor, who earned the title of Sexiest Man Alive in 2014, wields a hammer like no other as Thor in the Marvel universe. 13 of 15 Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool MEGA Although Deadpool usually wears a mask, we're glad Ryan Reynolds — who was 2010's Sexiest Man Alive — took it off for this photo. 14 of 15 Hugh Jackman as Wolverine Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Hugh Jackman/Twitter 2008's Sexiest Man Alive Hugh Jackman got physically ripped and also literally ripped (you know, by those giant claws) as Wolverine in the X-Men franchise. 15 of 15 Idris Elba as Heimdall Marvel /Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection Elba, PEOPLE's 2018 Sexiest Man Alive, first played the all-seeing, all-hearing Asgardian Heimdall in the first Thor movie, and followed it up by appearing in Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War. Although technically not one of the Avengers, he certainly had superpowers and, in our books, that qualifies him for the list. Close