Nick Nolte, 67: Yeah, we
were just as dumbfounded as you to realize that People declared Nick Nolte the Sexiest Man Alive in 1992, a year in which
competition was apparently slimmer than Victoria Beckham in airtight Spanx. The actor,
then 51 and coming off the success of "The Prince of Tides
... more," was called "sexy ... very
sexy!'' by a dewy Christina Applegate, while the magazine enthused that he was
a "big-lug Adonis with the heart of gold -- sometimes known as the Bad Boy
Reformed." Except his bad boy days weren't quite over. A decade after his
Sexiest honor, Nolte was busted for DUI, which resulted in an epically
unflattering, Hawaiian-shirt-and-electrified-hair mug shot that set the standard
by which all celebrity police snaps are measured. He pleaded no contest and has
continued to work steadily. And despite the occasional airport crash session and a tendency to dress like
his homeless character from "Down and Out in Beverly Hills," he's still someone's
sexiest: Last year, at the age of 66, he welcomed a daughter with girlfriend
Clytie Lane. Close