14 Men Who Look Better With Beards

1. Robert Pattinson. Maybe it's that seeing him clean-shaven brings back memories of his pale, be-glittered visage in Twilight, or maybe he just looks better with a little hair on his face. In any case, RPattz with a beard is a sight to behold.

2. Daniel Radcliffe. The quickest way to put a life of playing Harry Potter behind you is to pull off the one magic trick Harry could never accomplish: Growing a successful beard. Look how rakish he is with that thing! What's a wizard? I've never heard of that.

3. Brad Pitt. Technically Brad looks best with facial hair that's more scruff than beard, because when he goes full beard, he gets into weird goat territory. Without any hair though, he looks like the kind of guy you might meet in a surf shack — good-natured and hot, but not likely to accompany you to a movie with subtitles. But as seen below (in World War Z), with the right type of goatee/mini-beard situation, he's the perfect mix of studly and thoughtful.

4. Idris Elba. There's a reason he's constantly rumored as the next James Bond, and that reason is his beard. Also, the fact that he is gorgeous.

5. Seth Rogen. Without one, he's just that stoner guy who lived down the hall from you in college. But with one, he's a sexy stoner DILF.

6. Jon Hamm. He's like a grad school lit professor who really needs to go over your paper on Lady Chatterley's Lover just one more time. Drop by his office hours, won't you?

7. Justin Timberlake. The beard just goes so well with a suit and tie, you know?

8. Jamie Dornan. Mr. Grey will see you now. Don't bring the razor.

9. Chiwetel Ejiofor. Yes. Just yes.

10. Ben Affleck. It makes him look less suspicious. If he'd thought to grow one in Gone Girl,
maybe he wouldn't have been accused of his wife's murder.

11. Jake Gyllenhaal. He's clapping for his own beauty. Please note: He had a beard when Taylor Swift fell in love with him, so you can thank it for blessing us with the masterpiece that was Red.

12. Viggo Mortensen. If you were 14 when The Lord of the Rings came out in 2001, then you already know. My body feels confused and I don't think it's because of this pipe-weed. Stride right on over here, Longshanks. I won't tell Arwen.

13. Aaron Paul. Two truths and a lie. (1) Aaron Paul was on Breaking Bad. (2) He seems like a really nice guy. (3) I've had multiple erotic dreams about him in which his beard was in full force. Just kidding, all three are true.

14. Joe Manganiello. Who even is that guy on the right? He doesn't look like he'd make a very good werewolf or male stripper. That guy on left, though — he looks like a keeper.

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