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I realized recently, when I was in search of icons of my favorite tv characters, that I seem to have a thing for men in hats. I don't know when my obsession started, or which actor does it best, but I thought I'd do a tribute today to the beautiful men in hats who I love.

and though I usually use thumbnails, these pictures deserve to be seen in all of their glory - and there are a LOT of pictures here - so I'm thoroughly spamming you this time. Enjoy!



We'll start with my most recent TV crushes:

Raylan Givens (aka Timothy Olyphant) on Justified




Sheriff Rick Grimes (aka Andrew Lincoln) on The Walking Dead


I love this shot of him with the horse


Dean Winchester (aka Jensen Ackles) on Supernatural with cowboy hat




and as a 40's gangster


Neal Caffrey (aka Matthew Bomer on White Collar in his signature look, the fedora:




Then some of my favorite actors, who just look better in a hat for some reason:

Johnny Depp, in one of my favorite pictures


and he looks pretty hot as a gangster too:


Indiana Jones was probably the first man in a hat I had a crush on:


as well as Robert Redford and Paul Newman as Butch & Sundance


Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger are incredibly sexy cowboys in Brokeback Mountain


but the original sexy cowboy, of course, was James Dean


Let us not forget those classic sexy men in hats, Humphrey Bogart and Gregory Peck:





we're not done yet! Here's some more men in hats for your viewing pleasure:

Jared Padalecki (of Supernatural>) looking mighty fine in a straw hat


Robert Downey Jr. in a hat


Daniel Day-Lewis still looks dashing in a hat:


and these Irish men look amazing in hats, as well:

Ewan McGregor (who might I also say looks amazing in a kilt!?!)


and Jonathan Rhys Meyers is always beautiful:


Christian Bale as a cowboy - he even looks good dirty!


Gael Garcia-Bernal looks so young and cute here:


Leonardo DiCaprio a little more grown-up now:




Well I hope you enjoyed that! I had meant to go for a drive today, but the weather was so gloomy, cold and rainy, so instead I put this together.

And feel free to comment with your own favorite men in hats (pictures are welcome!)