By Wonderwall.com Editors
3:00pm PDT, Oct 21, 2022
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When he made his Hollywood debut in the '70s, Jeff Goldblum's appeal was undeniable. The super-tall and musically gifted actor went on to score roles in films like "The Fly," "Earth Girls Are Easy" and "Jurassic Park," helping him achieve heartthrob status — which he's surprisingly held onto over the decades, gaining new fans with each passing year. "I feel like I'm a late bloomer. I'm having a bit of a growth spurt and especially around music and many other things — acting and fatherhood. I find myself kind of wildly at the peak of my appetite in my interest and passion about it, so if that allows me to be a little interesting to anybody else of all persuasions, fine and dandy," he told the Chicago Tribune in 2019 of his bona fide "Zaddy" status. In honor of Jeff's 70th birthday on Oct. 22, 2022, Wonderwall.com rounded up more of Hollywood's most unlikely sex symbols.
Keep reading to check out a few of our favorites…
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Nicholas Braun got his start in the early 2000s playing mostly nerdy supporting roles. He shot into the spotlight after he was cast as the bumbling yet adorable Cousin Greg on "Succession," which debuted in 2018. So far, he's earned two Emmy nominations — and a legion of new fans! — for his efforts.
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Over the years, David Spade has been linked to many of Hollywood's hottest women — from Heather Locklear, Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra to Julie Bowen, Lara Flynn Boyle and the late Naya Rivera. Even today, the vertically-challenged comedian is frequently spotted out and about in the Los Angeles area with various younger beauties. In 2022, an anonymous source explained the 58-year-old "Saturday Night Live" alum's appeal to Deux Moi, and it's a fairly straightforward equation: He's nice and funny. Gentlemen, take note!
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Will Poulter launched his career as a child actor in the mid-2000s before eventually graduating to nerdy teen roles like Kenny in 2013's "We're the Millers," which marked his first big breakthrough in Hollywood. Something remarkable happened after he starred in the "Maze Runner" franchise: He grew up! The Internet collectively took note in 2021, and we've never been the same since.
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In 2021, Deux Moi shined a light on B. J. Novak's undercover status as a major player — and also helped coordinate a get-together for some of the women the multi-talented "The Office" alum was simultaneously juggling. "How many twenty-somethings is B. J. trying to get with lately? As one of them, I think we should all get drinks (without him). I mean, since there are so many of us, right?" wrote one woman who was allegedly dating the actor at the time. Who knew Ryan from "The Office" had such good game?!
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Drake has been churning out hits for more than a decade, so it's easy to forget that he wasn't always considered one of the hottest men in the game. It took years for the rapper — who launched his career as Aubrey Graham — to achieve sex symbol status after he got his start as Jimmy Brooks on the Canadian teen drama "Degrassi: The Next Generation."
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Timothee Chalamet is chief among the new breed of Hollywood heartthrobs. The 26-year-old pretty boy has a sweet and sensitive aw-shucks attitude that's a far cry from the machismo that many traditional Hollywood leading men exhibited in past generations. Only he could set pulses racing by wearing a silky red backless jumpsuit on the red carpet!
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During a 2016 interview with "Entertainment Tonight," Andrew Garfield revealed that he "really wanted to play" Prince Caspian in the "Chronicles of Narnia" movies — a role that ultimately went to Ben Barnes. "The feedback was [I was] not handsome enough. What can you do? Hey, I'm not handsome enough for Prince Caspian," he recalled. Two years after "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" debuted, the English actor made his first major breakthrough as Eduardo Saverin — who co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg — in 2010's "The Social Network." Andrew is now one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood — and he's "handsome enough" for just about any role out there! Just ask the casting directors who keep helping him build his increasingly impressive résumé.
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If you've been following Chris Pratt's career for as long as we have, you can understand why it's still a bit of a shock that the "Parks and Recreation" star is now widely considered a Hollywood heartthrob. The world knows him now as the exquisitely chiseled Peter Quill in the "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise, but to us, he'll always be dimwitted but darling Andy Dwyer on "Parks and Rec."
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Like Chris Pratt, John Krasinski has undergone a major transformation over the years — from a nerdy sitcom dude into a traditional leading man with the super-buff body to match. Who could've guessed when the Brown University grad was charming as Jim on "The Office" that he'd eventually become the perfect man to take on the role of the titular gun-toting CIA analyst and former Marine on Amazon's "Jack Ryan"?!
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In the two decades since Nicholas Hoult starred as Marcus in 2002's "About a Boy," the English actor has transformed from an adorable child star into an adorakble young actor (hello, Beast!) and then into a bona fide Hollywood heartthrob. Who woulda thunk it?!
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Proof that there's truth to the adage about good girls liking bad boys? Jesse James. The former "Monster Garage" star cheated on Oscar winner Sandra Bullock with countless women over the course of their marriage. He then rebounded with tattoo artist Kat Von D — and cheated on her with at least 19 women while they were engaged, she claimed. After that, he married Hot Rod racer Alexis DeJoria, but their marriage came to an end when (you guessed it!) she reportedly caught him cheating. In 2022, Jesse married wife No. 5: former adult film actress Bonnie Rotten (real name: Alaina Hicks). Why so many women have given this guy a chance is beyond us!
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When Zachary Levi launched The Nerd Machine back in 2010, we never could've imagined that the "Chuck" star would eventually become a true Hollywood heartthrob. He's since taken on a number of major traditional leading-man roles from the titular hero in "Shazam!" to Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner in "American Underdog."
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt started establishing himself as an action star and Hollywood heartthrob following his game-changing role opposite Zooey Deschanel in "(500) Days of Summer" back in 2009. But we'll never forget that the now well-dressed actor was once typecast as the romantically challenged nerd thanks to his roles in "10 Things I Hate About You" and "3rd Rock from the Sun."
