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26 Sci-Fi Studs and Stunners

Down to earth, yet out of this world, genre faves who heat up the screen
By EW Staff Updated October 02, 2013 at 04:00 AM EDT
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Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Star Wars

Punishable offense: Smuggling Marketable make-good: Debt-riddled Han (Harrison Ford) agrees to transport Luke (Mark Hamill), Obi Wan (Alec Guinness), and their trusty droids for a…
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Leia may say she likes nice men, but we all know no one can resist the magnetic attraction of this scoundrel. A cynical smuggler with a heart of gold, he's never afraid to tell it like it is. Plus, he's the hottest, stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerf herder in the galaxy. —Maricela Gonzalez

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Echo (Eliza Dushku), Dollhouse

She may be sent into different worlds on engagements, but the only engagement we want to see is one between Echo and viewers. We also…
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She may be sent into different worlds on engagements, but the only engagement we want to see is one between Echo and viewers. We also wouldn't say no to some alone time in the Dollhouse. — Erin Strecker

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Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox), Transformers

Before Transformers , did any of us really know women like Megan Fox existed? Even putting aside her obvious assets — those eyes, those lips,…
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Before Transformers, did any of us really know women like Megan Fox existed? Even putting aside her obvious assets — those eyes, those lips, that voice — she just oozes smoky and sexy. Oh, and when she popped the hood on that Camaro and started checking out the engine...let's just say we've never wanted to be a Transformer more than at that exact moment. —Deven Persaud

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Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy), Heroes

NBC's superhero serial certainly wasn't short on eye candy, but nobody smoldered quite like brainy Mohinder — a genetically gifted genetics professor who didn't gain…
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NBC's superhero serial certainly wasn't short on eye candy, but nobody smoldered quite like brainy Mohinder — a genetically gifted genetics professor who didn't gain special powers until season 3. (He still counts for this humans-only list, since we like to pretend seasons 2-4 never happened.) —Hillary Busis

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Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), Avatar

There can be only one reason Jake (Sam Worthington) didn't develop a crush on kick-ass pilot Trudy — he was asleep almost the entire movie.…
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There can be only one reason Jake (Sam Worthington) didn't develop a crush on kick-ass pilot Trudy — he was asleep almost the entire movie. —Lanford Beard

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Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), The X-Files

There's no way Chris Carter gave his extraterrestrial-obsessed FBI agent that first name by sheer coincidence. There. The truth is out there. — Lanford Beard
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There's no way Chris Carter gave his extraterrestrial-obsessed FBI agent that first name by sheer coincidence. There. The truth is out there. —Lanford Beard

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Robert Neville (Will Smith), I Am Legend

The only thing sexier than a lone survivor who loves his dog is a lone survivor who loves his dog and has a body that's…
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The only thing sexier than a lone survivor who loves his dog is a lone survivor who loves his dog and has a body that's more solid than the ground he walks on. —Samantha Highfill

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Capt. Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards), Starship Troopers

You better look like Denise Richards if you're going to play a selfish careerist who breaks her sweet boyfriend's heart. We're not even saying Johnny…
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You better look like Denise Richards if you're going to play a selfish careerist who breaks her sweet boyfriend's heart. We're not even saying Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) was wrong to enlist for her. We saw her in those fatigues. —Lindsey Bahr

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Chief Communications Officer Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Star Trek

All respect to Zoë Saldana, but Nichols' Uhura is the O.G. of final frontier fierceness. She and Captain Kirk (William Shatner) didn't just break the…
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All respect to Zoë Saldana, but Nichols' Uhura is the O.G. of final frontier fierceness. She and Captain Kirk (William Shatner) didn't just break the sound barrier, they broke down racial prejudice as the first interracial kiss on television. —Lanford Beard

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Jin Kwon (Daniel Dae Kim), Lost

Despite Jin's language barrier and constant frustration in early seasons , he eventually captured our hearts with his devotion to Sun (Yunjin Kim) and his…
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Despite Jin's language barrier and constant frustration in early seasons, he eventually captured our hearts with his devotion to Sun (Yunjin Kim) and his loyalty to the survivors. Plus, we wouldn't mind getting stranded on a mysterious Island with him if he looked like this every day. —Shirley Li

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Rose (Billie Piper), Doctor Who

As played by Piper, Rose was a helplessly average person who turned out to be extraordinary — a local girl at home in the furthest…
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As played by Piper, Rose was a helplessly average person who turned out to be extraordinary — a local girl at home in the furthest reaches of time and space, capable of hobnobbing with royalty, someone generously trying to understand even the most terrifying alien monsters. Given her layered, if all-too-brief romance with the Doctor, we understand why he would tear apart space and time to save her. —Darren Franich

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Matt Donovan (Zach Roerig), The Vampire Diaries

The Vampire Diaries | Given his association with vampires, werewolves, doppelgängers, witches, and who knows what more, Matt probably should have died a long time ago. But he's just…
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Given his association with vampires, werewolves, doppelgängers, witches, and who knows what more, Matt probably should have died a long time ago. But he's just so gosh darn pretty! We like to think the showrunners keep him around just for us. —Maricela Gonzalez

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Astrid Finch (Madeleine Mantock), The Tomorrow People

Loyal, practical, measured Astrid helps to ground longtime BFF Stephen (Robbie Amell), who discovers he's a superpowered ''tomorrow person'' in this upcoming CW series. She…
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Loyal, practical, measured Astrid helps to ground longtime BFF Stephen (Robbie Amell), who discovers he's a superpowered ''tomorrow person'' in this upcoming CW series. She also boasts the fall TV season's most glorious hair. —Hillary Busis

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Cora (Raquel Welch), Fantastic Voyage

Thanks to her form-fitting white jumpsuit, women want to be Cora, men want her inside them — strictly for scientific purposes, of course. — Lanford…
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Thanks to her form-fitting white jumpsuit, women want to be Cora, men want her inside them — strictly for scientific purposes, of course. —Lanford Beard

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Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits), Star Wars saga

With Organa's royal heritage, think of him as a geek Prince Charming. Smits has long been Earth's go-to hot guy. Enshrouded in power as Star…
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With Organa's royal heritage, think of him as a geek Prince Charming. Smits has long been Earth's go-to hot guy. Enshrouded in power as Star Wars' senator from Alderaan, he took his stud cred to intergalactic levels. —Lanford Beard

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Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), Fringe

Like Peter (Joshua Jackson), we'd take Olivia in any universe — especially if she's wearing that foxy film noir look from ''Brown Betty'' . —…
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Like Peter (Joshua Jackson), we'd take Olivia in any universe — especially if she's wearing that foxy film noir look from ''Brown Betty''. —Lanford Beard

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Marshall Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba), Pacific Rim

Compared to the grotesque kaiju, even the blandest human would be a stud but Marshall Pentecost outranks monsters and humans alike in leadership, class, and…
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Compared to the grotesque kaiju, even the blandest human would be a stud but Marshall Pentecost outranks monsters and humans alike in leadership, class, and hotness. We would gladly marshal on the fight to ''cancel the apocalypse'' by his side — if only to see him don that body-hugging armor. —Maricela Gonzalez

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Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten), True Blood

Jason Stackhouse gets more action than anyone in Bon Temps (vampires included), and it has absolutely nothing to do with his intelligence or, for that…
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Jason Stackhouse gets more action than anyone in Bon Temps (vampires included), and it has absolutely nothing to do with his intelligence or, for that matter, what he looks like — with his clothes on. —Samantha Highfill

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Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), The Matrix trilogy

Three words: Skintight Vinyl Jumpsuit. Do you really need to know anything else about the brilliant, anarchic badass? — Lindsey Bahr
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Three words: Skintight Vinyl Jumpsuit. Do you really need to know anything else about the brilliant, anarchic badass? —Lindsey Bahr

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John Connor (Christian Bale), Terminator Salvation

Can you blame the Terminator? If we met a man with this much gun power, we'd be back, too. — Lanford Beard
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Can you blame the Terminator? If we met a man with this much gun power, we'd be back, too. —Lanford Beard

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President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), Battlestar Galactica

President Roslin had the unenviable job of leading the survivors after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies while suffering from terminal breast cancer. But her…
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President Roslin had the unenviable job of leading the survivors after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies while suffering from terminal breast cancer. But her fearlessness, eloquence and all-around badassery made her absolutely frakkin' sexy — something Admiral Adama (Edward James Olmos) certainly noticed. —Shirley Li

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Philip Burton (Alexander Siddig), Primeval

He may not be the most trustworthy character on this list, but the dashing British businessman certainly wears a suit the best. — Lanford Beard
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He may not be the most trustworthy character on this list, but the dashing British businessman certainly wears a suit the best. —Lanford Beard

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Irene Cassini (Uma Thurman), Gattaca

In Gattaca 's genetic dystopia, even Uma Thurman is imperfect. Thankfully as the audience we can laugh off her anxieties and marvel at the drop…
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In Gattaca's genetic dystopia, even Uma Thurman is imperfect. Thankfully as the audience we can laugh off her anxieties and marvel at the drop dead gorgeous Irene, especially when she lets her Veronica Lake locks down for a night out. —Lindsey Bahr

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Eames (Tom Hardy), Inception

This well-dressed man of our dreams stole our hearts in Christopher Nolan's mind-bending thriller. This smooth talking conman is someone who can play an innocent…
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This well-dressed man of our dreams stole our hearts in Christopher Nolan's mind-bending thriller. This smooth talking conman is someone who can play an innocent prank as well as handily use a grenade launcher. The forger has even inspired a plethora of fan fiction — often co-starring the equally debonair Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). —Maricela Gonzalez

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Lt. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Alien series

Sure, she strips down to her knickers in the first film's final confrontation, but Ripley's real sexiness is in her unflinching bravery in the face…
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Sure, she strips down to her knickers in the first film's final confrontation, but Ripley's real sexiness is in her unflinching bravery in the face of slavering acid-blooded space beasts. Plus, as Alien 3 proved, she can even rock a buzz-cut. —Keith Staskiewicz

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Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), Supernatural

Dean's sense of humor and overall protective nature toward younger brother Sam both make him incredibly alluring. Add in those eyes and that physique, and…
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Dean's sense of humor and overall protective nature toward younger brother Sam both make him incredibly alluring. Add in those eyes and that physique, and Dean has us hoping our bedrooms are haunted if only to give him a reason to visit. —Samantha Highfill

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    1 of 26 Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Star Wars
    2 of 26 Echo (Eliza Dushku), Dollhouse
    3 of 26 Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox), Transformers
    4 of 26 Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy), Heroes
    5 of 26 Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), Avatar
    6 of 26 Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), The X-Files
    7 of 26 Robert Neville (Will Smith), I Am Legend
    8 of 26 Capt. Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards), Starship Troopers
    9 of 26 Chief Communications Officer Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Star Trek
    10 of 26 Jin Kwon (Daniel Dae Kim), Lost
    11 of 26 Rose (Billie Piper), Doctor Who
    12 of 26 Matt Donovan (Zach Roerig), The Vampire Diaries
    13 of 26 Astrid Finch (Madeleine Mantock), The Tomorrow People
    14 of 26 Cora (Raquel Welch), Fantastic Voyage
    15 of 26 Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits), Star Wars saga
    16 of 26 Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), Fringe
    17 of 26 Marshall Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba), Pacific Rim
    18 of 26 Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten), True Blood
    19 of 26 Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), The Matrix trilogy
    20 of 26 John Connor (Christian Bale), Terminator Salvation
    21 of 26 President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), Battlestar Galactica
    22 of 26 Philip Burton (Alexander Siddig), Primeval
    23 of 26 Irene Cassini (Uma Thurman), Gattaca
    24 of 26 Eames (Tom Hardy), Inception
    25 of 26 Lt. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Alien series
    26 of 26 Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), Supernatural

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