Jonathan Bailey named People magazine’s 2025 Sexiest Man Alive

Something has changed for “Wicked” prima Jonathan Bailey, thing is not the aforesaid — helium is People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2025.

The magazine's prime was announced Monday nighttime connected “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Bailey takes the mantle from “The Office” and “Jack Ryan” prima John Krasinski, who was the 2024 selection.

“It’s a immense honor,” Bailey, 37, told the magazine. “Obviously, I’m incredibly flattered. And it’s wholly absurd.”

Bailey had audiences swooning arsenic Prince Fiyero successful his 2024 big-screen debut successful “Wicked,” the fashionable movie philharmonic successful which helium proudly urges chap students to articulation him successful his shallowness. The 2nd fractional arrives successful theaters Nov. 21.

He dripped with charm arsenic Lord Anthony Bridgerton connected Netflix’s “Bridgerton,” and earned a 2024 Emmy information for his relation successful the Showtime bid “Fellow Travelers.” Most recently, helium starred successful “Jurassic World Rebirth,” which came retired successful July.

Bailey told Fallon that the rubric was an “honor of a lifetime."

“I’m benignant of thrilled that People mag person invited idiosyncratic successful — bestowed this grant connected idiosyncratic who tin truly cherish the worth of a sexy man," helium said.

Bailey told People that he's known helium wanted to beryllium an histrion since helium was 5 years aged and his grandma took him to spot a accumulation of the philharmonic “Oliver!” Within 2 years helium had achieved that dream, performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He's had plentifulness of signifier credits since then, including starring successful Shakespeare’s Richard II successful London earlier this year.

Bailey, who has spoken openly astir being a cheery actor, founded The Shameless Fund, which helps to enactment LGBTQ+ organizations.

“I cognize the LGBT assemblage is nether immense menace astatine the moment,” helium said. “So it’s been astonishing to conscionable radical who person the expertise and spot imaginable that I could person lone dreamed of.”

The archetypal Sexiest Man Alive was Mel Gibson successful 1985. Other past recipients see Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John F. Kennedy Jr., David Beckham, Michael B. Jordan, John Legend, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Rudd, Pierce Brosnan and Patrick Dempsey.

Bailey, who volition beryllium the screen communicative successful People's variation coming retired Friday, had to enactment tight-lipped astir the news. But helium admitted to the mag that helium couldn't support it a implicit concealed — helium shared the quality with his dog, Benson, who volition besides beryllium featured successful the magazine.