Cary Grant

Cary Grant  Born 18 January 1904  Died 29 November 1986  Actor

My celebrity style icon page would not be complete without my all-time fave actor, Cary Grant.  He is the epitome of suave and sophistication and perfect gentleman.  He was born Archibald Alexander Leach in Bristol, UK.

                                                   

Tall, dark and handsome with movie star good looks, he was one of Hollywood's dashing leading men.  The American Film Institute named him the Second Greatest Male Star of All Time.  He wowed audiences in his films, playing the joker in comedies or the romantic lead.  Alfred Hitchcock cast him in 5 of his movies.

Cary had that personality which exuded charm and charisma.  Always a good guy and never bad.  Producers feared casting him as a criminal or bad guy would tarnish his wholesome reputation.  That's why the ending of Suspicion was changed, you see he was meant to have killed his best friend for the money and also his wife at the end.  This was altered, but he just had that sly look in his eye in Suspicion which made you believe he was really guilty.  Not to mention the dark brooding throughout.

                                                   

He was also to be cast as James Bond but he turned it down as he didn't want to be associated with a several movie franchise.  Just think what the world missed, especially judging from his role in North By North West.

                                                    

Classy and funny, he often poked fun at himself, saying "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant, even I want to be Cary Grant...I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be and I finally became that person.  Or he became me.  Or we met at some point."

Jon-Erik Hexum

Jon-Erik Hexum  Born 5 November 1957  Died 18 October 1984  Actor

Whenever I write about Jon-Erik or think of him, it is always with great trepidation, some sadness but always  with the gratefulness that we were lucky enough to have had him here, even for such a short time.  Taken too soon!  He would have been 55 this year had he lived.

Though his career was also short, he was just starting out when he died, he left us with shows and movies we can always watch him in.  He will best be remembered for Voyagers! where he played Phineas Bogg, "a sixteenth century traveller, travelling back and forth in time, changing history wherever it went wrong."

The TV film, The Making of a Male Model, saw him cast for his endearing features and good looks.  He did have male model looks but he didn't want to be associated with this, wanting to be a real actor.  Jon-Erik described his most notable asset as being his voice. Which was truly memorable and remarkable.

The show that would have propelled him to stardom but by a cruel twist of fate turned out to be his last ever appearance as he died after an "accident on set."  This show was Cover Up.  Here he played Mac Harper, a CIA agent undercover as a male model.  Yet Jon-Erik was intelligent, sexy and very friendly.  An all American hero.  The theme song for Cover Up was Holding Out For A Hero which is one song that rightly will always belong to Jon-Erik and I always think of him whenever I hear it.

Theme song here http://www.televisiontunes.com/Cover_Up.html

He was more than just handsome, with beautiful ice blue eyes.  Jon-Erik was kind, generous, funny and always had time for everyone.  He was definitely going places and had so much that he wanted to do.  As well as being a writer.  He said he always wanted to be in films about real people and play a "tragic hero."

Another generation now has the chance to see him in his few appearances and in Voyagers! to see just how talented an actor he really was.  He was our tragic hero and his star will always shine brightly as he lives on in the hearts and minds of those who knew, loved and admired him.

"My heart is weary from the love it holds for you
Too soon it weeps tears of sorrow, yet at times, tears of joy
for you are at peace,
As heaven was your respite and your eternal home."
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Sebastian Stan

Sebastian Stan  Born 13 August 1983  Actor

Sebastian was born in Romania and moved to the US with his mother.  Though he has been in quite a lot, such as Gossip Girl, The Covenant, Kings, Black Swan, Political Animals.  He won the hearts of many more fans and adoring viewers in Once Upon A Time.

Here he played brooding Jefferson, aka The Mad Hatter and boy did he play him with so much style and panache, your heart just melted at his sad plight.  Jefferson was so intensely portrayed and surprisingly he was the one who knew exactly what would happen and helped bring magic to Storybrooke.  He'll be back for season 2 we're relieved.  Love that pic!

As he said, "he's known all along before everybody else that this was going to happen, so this is not a big surprise to him.  From where he comes from it's like, 'Oh good.  Now everybody is going to see what I've been talking about over and over again, but no one was listening to me.'"

He exudes so much emotion and sexiness on screen you can't take your eyes off him. The mark of a great actor.

Sebastian looks so handsome and hot however he styles his hair and however he dresses, even when he's shirtless and black looks good on him.  He has this far away look in his eyes, a hidden depth which captures his gorgeousness on and off screen and makes him such a versatile actor, no matter what role he plays.

Brian Bloom

Brian Bloom  Born 30 June 1970  Actor/Writer

Brian started off in small roles in shows some people wouldn't have heard of or recall, such as in Over My Dead Body where he played an actor who was doing some shadowing for a role he wanted to play.  To me he become affectionately known as the 'bartender.'  Well it's a private joke of sorts not many will get!

With his gorgeous blue eyes and handsome features he carved a niche for himself, appearing in TV series including all three CSI shows and he was one of the first actors to do so.  Melrose Place, Law and Order: SUV.  His roles have been varied and has portrayed bad guy roles many actors would shy away from, including the obligatory baring his all in Oz. Oh you know what I mean by that!

On his eyes he commented, "The first thing I think about when I think about my eyes is that they're better than 20/20 and they can see.  The last thing would be the color."

Brian was one of those iconic child actors, appearing in Once Upon A Time in America, who made the transition to an adult star, cos it wasn't all about looks but a genuine ability to show a rare on-screen presence.  I loved him in his guest role in Beauty and the Beast, where he was, yes a bad guy, but he was so vain and so sure of himself that it didn't matter what his character was like.  He was still alluring!  Bad guys usually are, but not in real life of course.

He once said he wasn't interested in being seen as a hunk, but to be taken seriously and to me, he has achieved that in so many of the parts he's played.  His modesty is admirable, but yeah he is hot and totally cool at the same time.  He was co-writer on The A Team movie. Though it had a mixed reception, it was great to see him have a hand behind the scenes too, so to speak.  Brian will always be my kinda guy!

Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage  Born 22 August 1971  Actor

There's something about a bad guy we love to hate or hate to love, but we can't resist and Richard has played an awful number of villains in his career.  Maybe they're not all bad but some of them are a little dark, but he's still smouldering.

He cuts a dashing figure in whatever period costume he's dressed in or just in modern attire.  He was to die for as John Thornton in North and South. Where he cut such a dashing figure and gave Mr Darcy a run for his money in the cravat stakes.  Of course he did!

His deep blue eyes and those far away hypnotizing looks warmed us to him even more.

As Sir Guy Of Gisbourne, in Robin Hood, though you weren't meant to, you just rooted for him to win in every episode.  "Oh what hell for leather" as they say and boy does he look gorgeous in leather! As Richard said, "perhaps we like it because we're not allowed to be bad in real life."  How true.

Can't wait to see him in The Hobbit as the troubled king of the Dwarves.  Perhaps an understatement as he is far from Dwarf-like.

See looks great in casuals too and stripes as well.  Be still my beating heart, for it beats for you!

Linden Ashby

Linden Ashby Born 23 May 1960  Actor


Linden rose to fame after starring in many shows, especially soaps.  You'll recall him from Melrose Place, Young and the Restless and he made an impression on me from Spy Game.  A spy series in the retro kind of mould and not a show many have heard of.  I loved it and loved him in that too.
So suave and sophisticated, and those moves in fight scenes!

Linden's one for wearing jumpers  a lot on and off screen, though he has been known to be shirtless aplenty on shows/films and I find blue really suits him and brings out his gorgeous eyes. So sexy and handsome too.

Many know him from Mortal Kombat where he played Johnny Cage and got to show off his martial arts talents too!  There has been talk of reviving his character and Linden in an interview wondered how that would work since he's getting on a bit.  I still think he looks gorge, but then maybe I would... he looks so cool in those shades!

A tie never hurt anyone and he's now in the series Teen Wolf where he plays a sheriff.  He has played a lot of detectives over the years (typecasting perhaps?) and I hated they only had him in one episode of CSI, that was a shame.  Cos anytime we can get to see Linden is a pleasure as he's a great actor, funny, talented and modest too. Now if only Spy Game was released on DVD...

Dylan Neal

Dylan Neal   Born 8 October 1969 Actor

Dylan has one of those eye-catching, gorgeous faces which remind you of seeing him somewhere before.  Though he has been in plenty, I first saw him in the Bold And the Beautiful where he played, er, Dylan.  In fact he got to show off his buff and fit body in this show seeing as he had to find work as a stripper!!  Which set hearts ablaze.

He looks so delectable and hot in leather and has beautiful, breath taking blue eyes.  He's also been in Dawson's Creek, Wild Roses, CSI, CSI:Miami, where he played a DB most of the episode and Stargate: Atlantis and he was deliciously dangerous with a badge in Blood Ties.

That sweet grin always puts a smile on my face and that athletic physique is one in a million.  Loved that scene with him in Smallville when he stands on the rooftop with a rose, so alluringly evil, cos you just knew what was coming next!

Dylan exudes style and sex appeal, looks great in suit and tie, casuals or shirtless!  He should be on our screens more.  Cute and caring, love everything about him!  What else is there to say...