Former Sexiest Man Alive Chris Hemsworth Reveals His Choice for This Year (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Chris Hemsworth at the New York premiere of “Transformers One” at AMC Lincoln Square on September 17, 2024.Photo:ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty

FormerSexiest Man AliveChris Hemsworthhas a suggestion for this year’s pick!Hemsworth, 41, who joinedTransformers OnecostarsBrian Tyree HenryandKeegan-Michael Keyat the New York City premiere of the film, revealed one person in mind for PEOPLE’s upcoming sizzling issue.In a conversation with PEOPLE at the animated feature’s August premiere, theAvengersstar says he thinks the 2024 selection should be none other than Henry.“Brian Tyree Henry. He’s one of the most handsome men in the world,” Hemsworth tells PEOPLE. “I love him.”The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!As for advice for the 2024 Sexiest Man Alive winner,who will be revealed Nov. 12, all Hemsworth has to say is a simple “Congratulations!”And after being shown his fresh-faced 2014 cover, he jokes, “What happened to me?”Chris Hemsworth’s December 2014 ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ PEOPLE Cover.Back in 2014, the then-31-year-old-actor thought it was “pretty funny” when he first heard the news that he was chosen to be Sexiest Man Alive – as did his wife, Spanish model Elsa Pataky, 38, whom hewed in 2010.“I think you’ve bought me a couple of weeks of bragging rights around the house,” he told PEOPLE at the time. “I can just say to her, ‘Now remember, this is what the people think, so I don’t need to do the dishes anymore, I don’t need to change nappies. I’m above that. I’ve made it now.’ ”The Australian Hemsworth also revealed that he prefers to sleep sans pajamas, has a signature dance move (with a spin!) and would rather be home in Australia, where he and Pataky live with their three kids – daughter India and twin sons Sasha and Tristan – than anywhere else.“We just had abig beach daywith the kids, swimming and kicking the ball around,” he said in PEOPLE’s 2014cover story. “That was the first time in a long time we’ve done that. That’s what it’s all about.”Brian Tyree Henry, Chris Hemsworth, director Josh Cooley, and Keegan-Michael Key at the “Transformers One” premiere on September 17, 2024 in New York City.Arturo Holmes/WireImageHemsworth, Henry, 42, and Key, 53, star inTransformers Oneas Orion Pax/Optimus Prime, D-16/Megatron and B-127/Bumblebee, respectively. The animated feature also starsScarlett Johansson,Jon Hammand Laurence Fishburne.The newTransformersinstallment shows “how the most iconic characters in the Transformers universe, Orion Pax and D-16, went from brothers-in-arms to become sworn enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron,” per its official synopsis.In July, Hemsworth, Henry and Key joined director Josh Cooley andTransformersproducer Lorenzo di Bonaventura at their Hall H Comic-Con panel. At the event, Hemsworth revealed to PEOPLE that when he was offered the job, he consulted three trusted advisors:his kids,“I had gone to my kids and said, ‘What do you think?’ " he recalled. “And they said, ‘You have to do it.’ “Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

FormerSexiest Man AliveChris Hemsworthhas a suggestion for this year’s pick!

Hemsworth, 41, who joinedTransformers OnecostarsBrian Tyree HenryandKeegan-Michael Keyat the New York City premiere of the film, revealed one person in mind for PEOPLE’s upcoming sizzling issue.

In a conversation with PEOPLE at the animated feature’s August premiere, theAvengersstar says he thinks the 2024 selection should be none other than Henry.

“Brian Tyree Henry. He’s one of the most handsome men in the world,” Hemsworth tells PEOPLE. “I love him.”

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

As for advice for the 2024 Sexiest Man Alive winner,who will be revealed Nov. 12, all Hemsworth has to say is a simple “Congratulations!”

And after being shown his fresh-faced 2014 cover, he jokes, “What happened to me?”

Chris Hemsworth’s December 2014 ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ PEOPLE Cover.

Back in 2014, the then-31-year-old-actor thought it was “pretty funny” when he first heard the news that he was chosen to be Sexiest Man Alive – as did his wife, Spanish model Elsa Pataky, 38, whom hewed in 2010.

“I think you’ve bought me a couple of weeks of bragging rights around the house,” he told PEOPLE at the time. “I can just say to her, ‘Now remember, this is what the people think, so I don’t need to do the dishes anymore, I don’t need to change nappies. I’m above that. I’ve made it now.’ ”

The Australian Hemsworth also revealed that he prefers to sleep sans pajamas, has a signature dance move (with a spin!) and would rather be home in Australia, where he and Pataky live with their three kids – daughter India and twin sons Sasha and Tristan – than anywhere else.

“We just had abig beach daywith the kids, swimming and kicking the ball around,” he said in PEOPLE’s 2014cover story. “That was the first time in a long time we’ve done that. That’s what it’s all about.”

Brian Tyree Henry, Chris Hemsworth, director Josh Cooley, and Keegan-Michael Key at the “Transformers One” premiere on September 17, 2024 in New York City.Arturo Holmes/WireImage

Arturo Holmes/WireImage

Hemsworth, Henry, 42, and Key, 53, star inTransformers Oneas Orion Pax/Optimus Prime, D-16/Megatron and B-127/Bumblebee, respectively. The animated feature also starsScarlett Johansson,Jon Hammand Laurence Fishburne.

The newTransformersinstallment shows “how the most iconic characters in the Transformers universe, Orion Pax and D-16, went from brothers-in-arms to become sworn enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron,” per its official synopsis.

In July, Hemsworth, Henry and Key joined director Josh Cooley andTransformersproducer Lorenzo di Bonaventura at their Hall H Comic-Con panel. At the event, Hemsworth revealed to PEOPLE that when he was offered the job, he consulted three trusted advisors:his kids,

“I had gone to my kids and said, ‘What do you think?’ " he recalled. “And they said, ‘You have to do it.’ "

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

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