‘People’s Sexiest Man Alive’ Revealed; The Syracuse native and SU alum also receives votes

Former “The Office” star John Krasinski is People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2024.

The actor, writer and director was announced as this year’s winner of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” replacing last year’s winner Patrick Dempsey. Krasinski joked that his wife, Emily Blunt, promised to use the magazine cover as wallpaper in their home, downplaying what it really means to be “sexy.”

“I think it means I have to do more housework,” the father of two told the magazine.

Krasinski first rose to fame as Jim Halpert on “The Office” before becoming a muscular leading man in the Amazon action series “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” and co-writing, directing and starring in “A Quiet Place.” His acting credits also include the role of Reed Richards from the Fantastic Four in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and in films such as “IF”, “The Muppets”, “It’s Complicated”, “The Holiday” and “License”. to Wed”. .”

Others featured in this year’s Sexiest Man Alive issue include musician Benny Blanco, who is currently dating Selena Gomez, as well as New Girl stars Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris, Max Greenfield and Damon Wayans, Jr. Greenfield, Johnson and Morris played fictional Syracuse University graduates on the hit series, which ran for seven seasons and featured major guest stars such as Prince and Taylor Swift.

A real-life Syracuse University graduate, Taye Diggs, received votes from fans as the second sexiest Fiyero after current Wicked star Jonathan Bailey. From December 2003 to January 2004, Diggs briefly played the Fiyero character on Broadway while married to the original Elphaba actress Idina Menzel. Bailey stars in the new film adaptation, based on Chittenango native L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz,” in theaters Nov. 22.

Syracuse native Post Malone received a similar award in the “Sexy Tattoos” category of the People reader poll. The Grammy-nominated singer and rapper, who was born Austin Post in Syracuse and lived in Baldwinsville until he was 10, took second place behind “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White.

People’s “Sexiest Man Alive” issue hits newsstands Friday.

The publication has named the Sexiest Man Alive for four decades, starting with Mel Gibson in 1985. Other previous honorees include Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John F. Kennedy Jr., David Beckham, Michael B. Jordan, John Legend, Patrick Swayze, Johnny Depp, Paul Rudd, Blake Shelton, Pierce Brosnan, Chris Evans and North Syracuse High School graduate Richard Gere.