Sexy Geek Men
By Lisa Fary
Yes, they exist. Pink Raygun has them. (Not held prisoner or anything. Just listed for your viewing pleasure.)
Wired’s Sexiest Geeks of 2008 has prompted complaints that the geeks aren’t actually geeks, the geeks aren’t actually sexy, and the geeks are lopsidedly female. Geek culture is still predominantly male, so yeah. Most of the listees are going to be hot babes of the female variety.
You want sexy geek men? Pink Raygun will give you sexy geek men. Genuine geeks, not just hot babes who play geeks on TV.
And now, in no particular order, Pink Raygun’s Sexy Geek Men.
| Brian K. Vaughan | |
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For discussion of Vaughan’s sexiness, see Teresa’s Ex Machina #40 review, which she has christened the “Moist Panties Issue”. |
| Bryan Fuller | |
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Fuller wrote for Star Trek. He wrote for Heroes season one. He brought us Dead Like Me. He’s also brought us the dreamiest man on television: Ned, the Piemaker of Pushing Daisies. Fuller’s return to Heroes is the only reasons I’m looking forward to it coming back after the hiatus. And look at him! He’s got this hot, kinda Clark Kent, geek next door thing going on! |
| Neil Gaiman | |
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There is something about a great storyteller with a sexy voice, particularly with a British accent (I tried not to, but at a reading, I actually sighed several times with dreamy content as if I were listening to Mr. Darcy tell me he loved me). Like Brian K. Vaughan, the stories makes him sexy, but the voice makes him doubly so. |
| Jon Favreau | |
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Where did he get a really strong background in imagination, storytelling, understanding how to create tone and a sense of balance? From playing Dungeons & Dragons. |
| Dr. Mike North | |
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One of the hosts of Prototype This on Discovery Science, North has worked on building a car that can be controlled by the driver’s mind, a Jetsons-like sleeping pod, and giant boxing robots. He’s also a materials science Ph.D and works in nanomechanics. |
| Barack Obama | |
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He collects Spider-Man comics. He once tapped Michelle’s sparkly belt-buckle and said, “Dilithium crystals! Beam me up, Scotty!” (in public!) And, or course, he’s intellectual and, based on his recent science team appointment, has an appreciation for science. And he likes Scrabble. |
| Nicolas Cage | |
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Before he was Ghost Rider, Cage wanted to be Superman in the worst way and had signed on to do so for a Tim Burton adaptation. I was never on board for Cage as Superman (although, he could have pulled off Clark Kent pretty convincingly). Cage had an enormous comic book collection up until his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, which was auctioned off for millions (the comics, not the marriage). And to top it all off, Cage named his son Kal-el. For years, I didn’t find him that attractive, but as he gets older and shows more depth, he gets hotter. |
| Bill Hader | |
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I can’t help it, but I find Bill Hader really hot, especially when he makes me laugh, which is just about any time he’s on screen. Hader is a huge Star Wars fan and once considered Neil Gaiman’s work a good luck charm – Hader had to have a Gaiman book on him at all times. |
| Wil Wheaton | |
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Who knew that Wesley Crusher would grow up to be so awesome he has his own tag on Fark? Or that he would have a surprisingly strong handshake and charming smile? Like Nicolas Cage, Wheaton was not on my pin-up of choice as a teenage geek, but I swear my knees melted when I met him at a convention this January. Yes, the pic is Wheaton on Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show, flanked by a Russian mail order bride and Unicow. Wheaton rocks. |
Obviously, there isn’t a lot of beefcake on this list, and that’s to be expected. Geeks tend to be more cerebral, tend to be sexy in the ways that endure over time. Beefcake erodes away. The sexy that these guys have carries on.
This is a short list, but this is only what I came up with off the top of my head in a short amount of time and is by no means definitive. Who are your sexy geek men?
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Lisa Fary’s early exposure to classic Battlestar Galactica in 1979 is largely responsible for her lifelong interest in science fiction and her childhood ambition of being an intergalactic space cowgirl. She thinks diagramming sentences is a fun alternative to Sudoku.
Simon Pegg is my top geek. His blog is filled with fun, eloquent, thoughtful posts about zombies, giant monsters and other fun stuff.
Simon Pegg is an awesome geek!
Oooh, good choices.
For a little international flair, I'd like to submit:
* Canadian actor / writer / director / tech geek extraordinaire David Hewlett (of Stargate: Atlantis fame). The man codes his own web page for crying out loud.
* current Doctor and enormous Doctor Who nerd David Tennant
* second stringers (and explosion enthusiasts) Grant Imahara and Tore Belleci from Mythbusters [Okay so these two are American, but who doesn't love a geek who knows his way around power tools and a drafting board?]
It may be weird, but I find the Mythbusters guy with the beret and mustache attractive.
Jamie certainly has his moments. As does Adam, for all his twelve-year-old antics. Heck the only guy on that show I don't find hot from time to time is Buster the crash test dummy.
I agree with so many of your choices….particularly BKV (of course) and Wil Wheaton (on whom I DID have a crush when I was 10, and he's only gotten more awesome with age). However, I agree that Simon Pegg needs to be on this list, as well as Edgar Wright, who's one of the sexiest (and geekiest) directors.
Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick, the creative duo behind the greatest animated show on television, The Venture Brothers. Seth MacFarlane can SUCK IT.
Adult Swim use to show this promo of Hank and Dean where Hank was beating Dean's crotch and Dean said "Stop wailing on my junk!" Seriously, someone deserves an Emmy just for that. And for creating Dr. Girlfriend.
Although I still love McFarlane something fierce.
Dr. Girlfriend/Dr. Mrs. The Monarch holds a hallowed place in my personal geek canon. And that fact she's voiced by Doc – who dons the signature lavender duds in the special features on the season one DVD set – makes me love them both all the more.
"Stop wailing on my junk" is probably in the top 10 of most quoted Venture lines in my house. (Number one being, "My name is Dr. Henry Killinger and this is my magic murder bag.")
"Baby Jesus is out of the manger," might be my favorite Venture Bros. line of all time. Damn it, this thread has now made me have to watch all the Venture Bros. AGAIN.
Adult Swim used to show this promo of Hank and Dean where Hank was beating Dean's crotch and Dean said "Stop wailing on my junk!" Seriously, someone deserves an Emmy just for that. And for creating Dr. Girlfriend.
Although I still love McFarlane something fierce.
You missed out Brain Cox! The physicist, not the actor.
http://www.apolloschildren.com/brian/
OMG, he's dreamy! And in that weird British way I like, too!
So many sexy geeks. I love that Bryan Fuller is on this list – favorite tv writer. ever. Alan Rickman is on my list. Masi Oka, who plays Hiro Nakamura on Heroes is also on the top of the list.
What about Gerard Way? He's a rock star and he writes comics. That has to get him some damn points.
If I were a 14 year old emo teeny bopper, I'd probably dig Gerard Way in the sexy sense.
OMG i thought i was the oNLY one who frickin' wanted to MARRY BILL HADER! not that you said you wanted to marry him, but yeah…i do (even though he's already married), and it's nice to know another female sees the awesomeness that is him.
and can i just say that i had the same exact reaction upon hearing neil gaiman speak?? the british accent just does wonders on me…
All great – but how could you leave out David Tennant – self proclaimed sci-fi geek (not just Doctor Who, though that is his primary fandom) and absolutely gorgeous!
Dr. Mike North is so sexy