20 hot men you’re allowed to fancy now Benedict Cumberbatch is engaged – including Jamie Dornan, Sam Claflin, Kwabs, Douglas Booth and WAY more

He’s ginger, he’s got the pale white skin of a milk bottled angel and he played the heroic Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise. AND he’s got the blood of acting royalty - Brendan Gleeson and Mary Gleeson – pumping through his veins. PHWOAR.

Julian’s currently starring as Lady Mary’s socialist suitor, Charles Blake, in Downton Abbey. However, he’s excelled in a slew of period productions throughout his acting career, which has led us to believe that he’s an ACTUAL ENGLISH GENTLEMAN. With manners and proper pronunciation and everything. Cool fact: He recently told us that he made a boa constrictor cake for his son for his birthday, which he pressed a sieve against to give the appearance of scales. What more could you want in a man? Except, maybe, an absence of a child, and a fantastic opera-singing wife. SIGH.

He might have sounded a bit like Kermit in Les Miserables, but this 32-year-old British actor is definitely more prince than frog. We’d better snog him a few times just to check.

Allan’s not a particularly inspiring name, but hopefully this Irish charmer can make a stand for Allans everywhere. Cast in Downton Abbey as the ambitious chauffeur Tom Branson, Allan is set to ruffle a few feathers in the upcoming Imitation Game alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.

What is it about thespian dynasties and their ability to produce super-hot blokes? Is it something to do with the concentration of their genes? Freddie’s mum and dad are Joanna David and Edward Fox, and his older sis is Emilia Fox. He also counts Billie Piper as his cousin by marriage, which is nice.

You might recognise melt-in-the-mouth Max from the film The Riot Club, which was out earlier this autumn. But if you’re not already a devotee, there’s plenty of reason to start now. With that cut-glass accent and chiselled, straight-out-of-a-Burberry-advert jawline (he’s a former model for the company), he gives off the constant air of having just represented Oxford University in a rugby match. You get the feeling that engaging in any kind of physical activity with him would feel a bit like romping with a future prime minister, just without the annoying political banter and ensuing press coverage. Power = sexy.

We first spied this blond bombshell in the Carrie Diaries, and now we can’t stop dribbling over his Instagram. Soz, Austin. Come to the UK soon, yeah?

He plays Dr Alex Karev in Grey’s Anatomy, but you might have seen his gorgeous fizzog around elsewhere before that. He was an American model back in the day, and he has a really fat old beagle called D'Artagnan. Unfortunately he’s married. To his wife of 20 years. Damn…

Another Grey’s Anatomy stalwart, Jesse plays Dr Jackson Avery and… sorry, did you say something? We just… his eyes, we… drowning…

Nathan’s got the kind of face that a lot of guys have, but better. It’s much better than all those other guys. You might recognise him from Castle, Desperate Housewives, or pretty much any American TV series. We like his funny hair.

He's funny and he's in loads of stuff. And he's got a nice face. And a decent body. That's all you need to know.

This man is very Scottish, and he looks cheeky. We like this combination.

Like the English version of Chace Crawford. We would. Several times over.

We'd let him play Hunger Games with us all day long.

British singer with the voice of an angel and the face of a god. Yes please.