40 Hollywood Hunks Every Mom Has A Crush On
If you’ve ever been forced to watch reruns of ER on repeat, or you’re all too familiar with the moment in the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice when Mr. Darcy emerges from that lake, we feel you. And we bet you have your mom to thank. George Clooney, Colin Firth... there’s just something about this breed of Hollywood hunk that moms can’t get enough of. So, this is it, people: the ultimate list of actors who make up that elusive genre — the mom crush.
1. Colin Firth
Many women of a certain age remember exactly where they were when a glistening Mr. Darcy walked out of the water in BBC’s Pride and Prejudice. That iconic wet-shirt moment made Colin Firth one of the biggest heartthrobs of his era. Now he’s in his 60s, but he’s still very much one of the most desirable men in the British film industry — for our moms at least! Just don’t ask him about that famous pond scene. He said in 2015 that he’d never even seen it...
2. Idris Elba
In 2018 the effortlessly cool Idris Elba became only the third man of color to win People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive award, following in the footsteps of Dwayne Johnson and Denzel Washington. When People called him up for his reaction, he humbly said, “I was like, ‘Come on, no way. Really?’ Looked in the mirror, I checked myself out. I was like, ‘Yeah, you are kind of sexy today’. But to be honest, it was just a nice feeling. It was a nice surprise — an ego boost for sure.”
3. Patrick Dempsey
Just utter the word “McDreamy,” and every mom within a 5-mile radius will come running. Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey is so dreamy, in fact, that he’s even turned the heads of his fellow straight male actors. Back in 2011 Jonah Hill told E! Online, “He is so gorgeous. He is a personal inspiration to me. He has the most gorgeous head of hair that I have ever seen in my entire life. His breath smells like peppermint. His ears are the shape of what I would imagine God’s ears to look like.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves!
4. Jason Momoa
All muscles, all smiles, all Hollywood hunk. Jason Momoa is so hot even his female co-stars have difficulty with it sometimes. In a 2023 behind-the-scenes featurette for the movie Fast X, the usually unflappable Charlize Theron enthused, “He was so confident. He just came in with this lace-detailed open shirt that was flowing, and the hair and the body. I was just so in awe, staring. And then I’d catch myself like, ‘Oh my God, I’m in the scene, I have to act right now.’” Join the club, Charlize.
