It’s that time of year once again!
That’s right, PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2023 will be revealed Tuesday night, Nov. 7, on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
And while we can’t give any hints before then (sorry!), what we can do is treat you to photos of six of the many, many sexy men featured in this year’s issue, before the pages are revealed.
Here, see the guys who were on our radar for many reasons this year, and come back to PEOPLE.com on Wednesday morning for much more from this very special issue.
Pedro Pascal
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The Emmy nominee, 48, transfixed us onscreen — in The Last of Us and The Mandalorian — and off, with his edgy Met Gala look, epic Beyoncé concert reaction and viral Starbucks order. For Pascal, marching to his own beat has paid off. “I’m relinquishing expectations around what it is to be middle-aged,” he has said.
Timothée Chalamet
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“The dream as an artist,” the Oscar nominee, 27, has said, “is to throw whatever the f— you want at the wall.” Case in point: his upcoming roles, playing quirky Willy Wonka in the origin story Wonka and returning as haunted Paul Atreides in Dune: Part Two.
Usher
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“Dad life is everything,” says the eight-time Grammy winner, 45, of his four kids. “I’m trying to make certain I stay cool to them.” Headlining the 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show and a Las Vegas residency should more than do the trick.
Jamie Foxx
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Despite a health crisis that took him out of the spotlight for months, Foxx, 55, has lost none of his signature swagger. “I went to hell and back,” he said in a July Instagram post. “And I’m able to work.” Among the Oscar winner’s five projects this year: He lent his voice to the live-action canine comedy Strays and starred in Netflix’s hit They Cloned Tyrone.
Lenny Kravitz
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When the rocker, 59, wasn’t flaunting his physique in this hot and heavy video for his single “TK421,” he performed at the Global Citizen Power Our Planet concert and the iHeartRadio Music Awards. But Kravitz is apparently holding out for an even more ambitious project: a film with daughter Zoë. “I adore her, and it would be a lot of fun,” he has said.
Jason Kelce
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Despite soaring fame from his New Heights podcast with brother Travis and his Prime Video documentary, the Philadelphia Eagles’ star center, 36, keeps it real as a husband and father of three: “We’re just trying to have fun.”
