Random Hottest Irish Guys (24 items)

(#4) Robert Downey Jr.
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Robert Downey Jr. is another bad boy gone good. His father, Robert Downey Sr., is of half Irish and half Russian Jewish ancestry, and his mother is of German and Scottish descent. He got his big break on SNL in 1985 but was fired due to cast overhaul just a year later. He started abusing drugs from 1996 to 2001 and was arrested several times during the troublesome period. He made a huge comeback after five years with films like Gothika, Good Night, and Good Luck, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and, of course, the blockbuster hit Iron Man.

In an interview with Sunday World magazine, Downey admitted to having "Irish blood coursing through my veins. Every time I work in the UK, I'm always planning on a long weekend over there but it never works out."
(#1) Ryan Reynolds
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Let's just put it out there for Ryan Reynolds. Did you see The Proposal? He must have worked out a lot to get those great glutes.

Yes, Reynolds is a Canadian actor who's starred in movies like National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Just Friends, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Green Lantern, but he is also of Irish ancestry. Which probably had something to do with him being named People's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2010.

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(#10) Pierce Brosnan
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Pierce Brosnan is probably the most outspoken Irishman on this list. He's sort of the spokesperson for good-looking, middle-aged hunks everywhere devoted to The Emerald Isle. He's proudly proclaimed that "my Irishness is in everything I do. It's the spirit of who I am, as a man, an actor, a father. It's where I come from." Well, Ireland should be proud to have him as a representative. Just look at him.

The Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist was born in Ireland. He lived there for 12 years before leaving for London to reunite with his mother who left to find work in England when he was a little boy. To this day, Brosnan is still a citizen of Ireland and calls himself a "dyed-in-the-wool, born and bred Irishman."

What all other headshots strive to be.
(#6) Gerard Butler
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Gerard Butler is like a Greek god. Except he's really Scottish and part Irish.

Either way, the 300 star is a beauty to gaze at. He has a very statuesque figure and large prominent facial features that would look incredible carved in marble, but he's also got that reckless look and attitude about him that's a bit left field. He was born in Scotland, but has said in interviews that his "family is from all over Ireland."
(#18) Stuart Townsend
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Stuart Townsend let a good thing go when he and the gorgeous Charlize Theron split in 2010. Townsend was born in County Dublin where he also attended the Gaiety School of Acting. He starred in several Irish short films before his first feature-length film titled Trojan Eddie. The movie was an Anglo-Irish co-production and soon led him toward other bigger projects. He is most known for his portrayals in Queen of the Damned and The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Besides his sweet and boyishly good looks, that is.
(#23) Stephen Colbert
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Smart guys are hot guys. Stephen Colbert is patronizing, falsely sincere and completely adorable.

You have to love a guy that has a spider, a bridge, a hockey mascot, an ice cream flavor, a Spider-Man character, a falcon, an eagle, an elephant seal, and a treadmill used by astronauts in space. And, Virgin America once christened their planes "Air Colbert."

That kind of notoriety is hot.