Sexiest Man Alive issue on sale Nov. 16
AGE: 34
HOMETOWN: Winnipeg, Manitoba
WHERE YOU'VE SEEN HIM: As tough Brooklyn import Chester Lake on Law & Order: SVU and in last year's Flags of Our Fathers
ROMANTIC STATUS: Married for two years to photographer Tara Mason, 28
FAVORITE ROMANTIC MOVIE
"Bridges of Madison County. I cried! Just the idea that some people settle because they don't think there's true love out there. Don't settle. Find your true love."
THE SEXIEST THING ABOUT MY WIFE IS...
"The Buddha tattoo that covers her back. And I love watching her brush her teeth—when she's naked."
FAVORITE WORKOUT
"Cutting wood all day" on his 16-acre rural property near Ottawa, says Beach, who was (raised on a Saulteaux Indian reservation in Canada and heads north almost every weekend from SVU's New Jersey set. "I enjoy my workout in the outdoors."
SEDUCTION TIP
"I make sure I shave before I go to bed, so I have a smooth face. It works!"
IT'S HOT TO BE SQUARE
"I don't drink, don't smoke, don't do drugs. I'm kind of square. But that's being responsible," says Beach, dad to Noah, 11, and Luke, 9, from a previous marriage. "I have two children who need to learn from their father."
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