You heard the prompt: The 10 Hottest Former Child Stars. Can I confess something? It's harder to think of these than you think!
Let's face it, everybody's looks peak at a certain point, and if you're a child actor, there's a distinct chance you'll look your best at age 11. That's not the case with these 10 gents, who've grown up into seriously studly creatures. Here they are, ranked and ready for scrutiny.
10. Jonathan Lipnicki
The Jerry Maguire kid apparently enjoys the gym. The onetime kid star's body is basically an adamantium sheath, and he's also perfected his photogenic stoicism.
9. Chad Allen
YES to gay child actors who come out, and YES specifically to alums of the 1990 TV movie Camp Cucamonga, which I consider the Gone With the Wind of summer camp movies featuring G. Gordon Liddy in a supporting role. Chad's hot, out, and readily shirtless. Phew.
8. Devon Sawa
The onetime Casper kid is a favorite player on the CW's totally watchable Nikita, and he even has a pretty marvelous sense of humor about himself. That might even be hotter than his tied-up naked body. Which should stun you.
7. Daniel Radcliffe
Aha! There's our guy. Daniel Radcliffe is just about the most ideal celebrity I can think of: a staggering success who looks great, cares about the LGBT community, and is damn smart. If he did 1,500 Equus revivals, I wouldn't hate it.
6. Robert Ri'chard
The former Nickelodeon star of Cousin Skeeter (and a Daytime Emmy winner for the TV movie In His Father's Shoes) is almost painfully hot. I was reminded of this when watching his stint on The Vampire Diaries where he smoldered efficiently.
5. Jamie Bell
When you win a BAFTA for your first big screen role in Billy Elliot at age 14, you might be special. You also might be special if you simply look like Jamie Bell, who has evolved into a dreamboat and ripped spouse of Evan Rachel Wood.
4. Jerry O'Connell
The George Washington of Hot Former Kid Stars, Jerry O'Connell is still turning heads and posing in Speedos. Though I remember him fondly as Vern in Stand By Me, I ogle him fondly in 2012. That's what's important.
3. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
At this point, we've seen Joseph Gordon-Levitt with about seven different bodies. Recently it's been pretty buff, and I don't think anyone's too upset about that. He was charming on 3rd Rock from the Sun, and we grew to really love his talent in Mysterious Skin, but in the past few years he's turned into a striking leading man with still unlimited potential. Hell, they turned him into Bruce Willis in Looper, remember?
2. Jake Gyllenhaal
A-hummina for always, Jake Gyllenhaal is a simple plate of sex served to us in different formats. Raunchy cowboy love story? Check. Ass-baring military man flick? Check. That being-naked-and-loving-Viagra movie? Check. Always hot, always a traffic-stopper.
1. Neil Patrick Harris
I hate a predictable ending to a list, but NPH remains the flyest dude around. The man who graduated from Doogie's scrubs to Barney Stinson's suits is basically what a diorama of "a class act" looks like, and he's got the pristine looks to pull it off. Classically, scorchingly hot. And he's naked enough on HIMYM to prove he cares about winning this title.
