All-Time Sexiest Men

From Mel Gibson to Brad Pitt and Denzel Washington, check out 20 years of PEOPLE's Sexiest Men and vote on your favorite. By Serena Kappes

  • PIERCE BROSNAN: 2001 photo | Pierce Brosnan

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Updated: Thursday Nov 03, 2005 | 06:00 AM EST By: By Serena Kappes

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PIERCE BROSNAN: 2001

Sure, he's irresistibly debonair. But wife Keely Shaye Smith says her James Bond's "real beauty emanates from the soul." A former working-class Irish lad, 2001's Sexiest Man is now a father of five and a grandfather.