Getting better with age

George Clooney in 1992…

At 50 George Clooney has well and truly still got it. He is one of only three men (the other two being Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp) to be given People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive title – once in 1997 and then 2006. More pictures of George

Arrested for drug charges in 2001…

Robert Downey Jr has worn the bad boy tag for years, with multiple arrests and even serving some jail time. But the 46 year old seems to have turned over a new leaf, happily married and sober, Downey Jr has made a string of hit films including Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes.

in 1988…

As a swashbuckling hero or a mad hatter Johnny Depp wins over the audience in every role he plays. But it is perhaps his role off screen that has the ladies enthralled. The handsome 48 year old oozes relaxed style and charm and that will win us over any day. Johnny joins George Clooney in being twice named as the Sexiest man alive by People magazine (in 2003 and 2009).

Channelling Curly Sue in 1994…

Patrick “McDreamy” Dempsey, 45, is our favourite television doctor. How could he not be with those bedroom eyes and charming smile?

In the early 2000s…

Hunky Californication star David Duchovny might play a character of questionable morals on his show but that doesn’t stop us swooning all over the 51 year old. More pictures of David

Before he became 007…

When a character walks from the ocean in a James Bond film, it is usually right to suggest that it will be James’ leading lady, but in the 2006 film Casino Royale Daniel Craig, as Bond, emerged from the water wearing swimming trunks and immediately had a swarm of female followers. Us included.

In 1988…

He might be turning 56 this year, but we think the Die Hard star is looking better each year.

What a difference a decade makes…

With a sexy accent and brooding good looks, Javier Bardem sure is getting better with age. At 42 the actor is making his name a household one; with his good looks it’s no wonder his girlfriend is fellow Spaniard, the beautiful Penélope Cruz.

Before he had made it ‘Big’, in 1991…

We’re waiting with baited breath for the next instalment of the Sex and the City franchise to see our favourite on-screen commitment-phobe Chris Noth reprise his role as Mr. Big. He has stolen Carrie Bradshaw’s heart and for that the 56 year old gets our vote!

In 1997…

Thankfully Rob has left the 80s well and truly behind him, but we sure are glad those swimming pool eyes of his are still mesmerising.

Irish actor Pierce Brosnan always has a twinkle in his eye. But that doesn’t forgive this strange Hawaiian shirt and purple linen suit ensemble.

This former James Bond certainly still looks good in a suit. It’s hard to believe Pierce is 58!