Hollywood Zaddies 55 And Older That Prove Age Is Just A Number

We have covered zaddies over 40 on another list — but capped the age at 55 due to the mass amounts of hot older men in Hollywood. Therefore, we absolutely had to craft a new list to celebrate Hollywood's sexiest zaddies over 55. After all, many of these men look just as good as they did in their 30s and 40s, and many look so much younger than their chronological years that it will leave you scratching your head. Some are just now being appreciated for their sexiness after decades in the business, while others have been considered heartthrobs through every stage of their careers, but all of them are worthy of their zaddy titles.

It is easy to be sexy at 30, but to look this good and have this much swagger at 55, 60, 70 or older — that's rarer. Per Dictionary.com, a zaddy is "an attractive man who is also stylish, charming, and self-confident." The term is most frequently used to refer to older men, and the men on this list prove that there is no age cap on hotness. Our list includes those who are just entering their mid-50s all the way up to full on senior citizens in their golden years, but every man on this list can still make fans swoon. And while a couple of them look their age, many don't. Here are 20 super sexy Hollywood men aged 55 and up that prove age is only a number when it comes to being a zaddy.

Jeff Goldblum has been in the public eye for nearly 50 years, but mainstream culture was not really lusting after him in his youth. It is as an elder that Goldblum has found legions of fans responding to his charming personality and unique sense of style. There seems to be consensus that Goldblum (born in 1952) is, in fact, now a mega zaddy. Countless outlets have all called him one, and even Goldblum is down with the label, as he made clear on Today. People's current obsession with Goldblum has led them to appreciate how hot he was in the past — there was even a sexy Goldblum statue erected in London in 2018.

Goldblum has always been handsome, but his slight geekiness and quirky charm kept him under the radar for a while. Nowadays, there are plenty of galleries — like HuffPost's "11 Times Jeff Goldblum Was The Sexiest" or PopSugar's "50 Photos That Will Validate Your Decades-Long Crush on Jeff Goldblum" — that will make you question why we all slept on his sexiness for so long. Goldblum's cool, quirky fashions are also a key to his zaddiness, as noted by Vogue Singapore, who called him "Hollywood's most stylish silver fox." As GQ UK said, Goldblum is "living proof that style has no age limit," and neither does Goldblum's zaddydom.

There might as well just be a picture of Christopher Meloni in the dictionary next to the definition of "zaddy," because the man's raw sexual energy is unrivaled. Fans have been lusting over Meloni for years, throughout his time on "Oz," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," and basically every other project he has ever been in. But now that he is in his 60s and his attractiveness and allure should be fading, Meloni is a rare case of a man who just keeps getting hotter. He has been labeled a zaddy practically everywhere. "I've been called that a lot," Meloni told Interview. "And who am I to argue with it? Sure, I'm a zaddy."

Meloni has a gorgeous face, but it is often his body that gets a lot of the attention. "Christopher Meloni Knows His Butt Is Having a Moment," read one Vanity Fair headline, while Parade has a gallery called "Cake Cake Cake! Celebrate Christopher Meloni and All of His Gluteus Glory." Lucky for us, Meloni has no problem with nude scenes and Peloton even enlisted the actor to go naked in advertisements after he confessed in an interview that he likes to work out in the buff. He also likes being called a zaddy. "It's a gas. It's fun, Meloni told People in 2022. "Once it's bestowed upon you, you have to just ride that horse as long as you can."

Rob Lowe has been a hunk since his breakthrough in the 1980s, and we have a feeling the man will always be handsome, like some sort of genetically gifted wizard. Born in 1964, Lowe is still incredibly pretty, though that is at least partly because of how hard he works at staying fit and maintaining a youthful appearance. "Men deny having vanity — that's the greatest vanity," Lowe once told Men's Health. "Not me. I'm vain as f**k." Lowe's narcissism and attention to his looks is such an in-joke that even his "9-1-1: Lone Star" character is similarly obsessed with skin care, hair care, and fitness. While Lowe's face and body are about as close as one can get to the perfect male specimen, there are other reasons why the man is widely considered a zaddy.

Lowe has oodles of charisma and a healthy dose of arrogance, which we can't even really fault him for given what he looks like. His attractiveness and bravado together have made him a heartthrob for decades, and he has transitioned from boy-next-door to dad-next-door seamlessly (if you live next-door to a Ken Doll). The zaddy title is befitting — Fox News has him listed as a top Hollywood zaddy — and it is no surprise that Lowe is still getting noticed for his hotness. A 2023 selfie earned him praise from fans for "aging backwards," per Men's Health, and many outlets around the web have galleries devoted to Lowe's sexiness and stylishness.

Keanu Reeves is almost 60 years old. No, really. It does not make sense on the surface, but it certainly tracks when you think about how long he has been famous. Reeves has been in the business since 1985 and a known name since 1989's "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure." Reeves has appeared in pretty much every genre, but much of his later work has been in action franchises like "The Matrix" and "John Wick." These movies have allowed his popularity to surge to the extreme, and even earned him the title of "The Internet's Boyfriend" because of his increased visibility. For instance, In 2019, Paper wrote, "'Lonely' Keanu Reeves Is the Internet's Latest Thirst Obsession," while Time published "Keanu Reeves Is the Best Internet Boyfriend. Here's Why."

Even if you don't buy that he is the Internet's soul mate, you probably agree that Reeves is a bonafide zaddy. People's article, "The 15 Hottest Keanu Reeves Throwback Photos to Ever Exist on the Internet," proves he has the good looks, and if you have seen him onscreen or even in an interview, you know Reeves also has the self-assurance required of a zaddy. Another thing he has is great style, at least according to expert fashion mags. Finally, one Marie Claire article from 2019 listed Reeves's "sexual aloofness" and "renegade charm" as evidence of his hotness — and we cannot dispute that part of his allure comes from his general nonchalance and low-key vibe.

Lenny Kravitz is another one of those zaddies whose actual age is almost hard to believe based solely on the photographic evidence. After all, the rocker looks just as good now as he did when his first studio album came out in 1989, and his sexual magnetism has not faded in the slightest. He has been named one of Harper's Bazaar's "50 Hottest Men of All Time" and inspired lust-filled photo galleries from many outlets. Kravitz also blesses us with many a thirst trap, be it him shirtless and cutting a coconut or completely nude in a crystal-blue body of water. Even celebrities are smitten with Kravitz — for instance, B. Scott labeled Kravitz a zaddy on Instagram, and Jennifer Coolidge gushed about his sexiness in a red-carpet interview.

Beyond his killer looks, Kravitz has the confidence and sexual allure needed of a prime zaddy, both of which he expertly couples with a truly unique sense of style. His fashion sense has been praised by everyone, and Esquire even called him a "King of Style" in 2021. American Vogue referred to him as a "menswear icon" the following year, which is around the same time that Kravitz was awarded the CFDA Fashion Icon Award, given out by The Council of Fashion Designers of America. Kravitz told Square Mile that he does not see himself as a sex symbol, but he might be the only one.

Mark Ruffalo is the best kind of zaddy, because not only is he sexy as heck but he is also intelligent and caring. An activist, Ruffalo is co-founder of The Solutions Project, which focuses on clean energy and environmental justice. Amongst other things, he has also spoken out to support women's reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ equality, access to education, and police brutality against people of color. While Splinter News labeled Riz Ahmed a "Social Justice Zaddy," we think Ruffalo deserves that same title. After all, according to Salon, Ruffalo is "the thinking woman's sex symbol" — though, we'd like to think Ruffalo would make that statement more inclusive and change "woman" to "person."

Beyond his activism, Ruffalo has earned the label zaddy because of his charming, almost goofy personality in combination with an especially adorable smile and a scruffy casual but very sexy vibe. When he posted a photo of himself in the bathtub, popular parody Instagram account officialseanpenn wrote, "is it weird that I would cut off my own finger to drink a bottle of zaddy mark ruffalo's bath water??" That's not a one-off kind of sentiment either, as we learned from Ruffalo's Buzzfeed Celeb "thirst tweets" video. And like most of the zaddies on our list, Ruffalo has been the subject of many sexy galleries, such as PopSugar's "Try to Keep Your Cool as You Look at These Insanely Sexy Mark Ruffalo Pictures," and style articles, like Esquire's coverage of one of his casual airport outfits.

There are other TV journalists who fit in the zaddy category, but perhaps none more so than Anderson Cooper. Cooper is handsome, fashionable, and classy — all qualities needed to be a zaddy. He also has a natural cockiness to him, but it never comes off as arrogant so much as someone who simply knows they are smart and talented. Let's start with his physicality, which is anchored by his trademark white hair and fair skin. He probably never envisioned it when he started getting white hairs at age 21 (as he told Wired in a video), but Cooper's hair has earned him "silver fox" status. 

"I see myself as when you lift a rock and see a salamander who has not seen the light of day — that's how I view myself," Cooper once told People. "My silver hair is not something I'm all that thrilled about, but I know others seem to like it." This was in 2017, when Cooper made the magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" list, and not much has changed in terms of this zaddy's allure. Though we rarely see Cooper in casual wear, let alone in the buff, his few shirtless photos out there on the web — like one his bff Andy Cohen posted on a vacation in 2020 — show that he has quite the hot physique under the suits and ties. Speaking of suits and ties, Cooper's fashion sense has been lauded, which is entirely unsurprising given that his mother was socialite fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt.

Denzel Washington was a massive sex symbol in the 1980s and 1990s, and he is still one today. In fact, because of how great he looks, many people may not realize that Washington is nearing 70. He is living proof that age does not define one's hotness, and that guys can hold onto their swagger well into their senior years. Perhaps the secret is not taking all the hype to heart, which Washington told People he does not do upon his naming as 1996's "Sexiest Man Alive." "I don't take myself too seriously," he said back then. "I don't stop in the mirror and go, 'Hey, Sexy Man.'" No one would blame him if he did, though.

Washington has made many other lists over the years, including Harper's Bazaar's "The 50 Hottest Men of All Time," and his sexiness has been celebrated for decades now. Variety has called him "an ageless sex symbol," while the South Florida Sun-Sentinel once named him "a thinking woman's sex symbol." You can find galleries of hot photos of the star in various outlets, most of which highlight his muscled torso, winning smile, or both. Washington has been on the cover of Men's Vogue, and his 1990s fashions have been equally celebrated. He has even earned praise for what GQ has called his "dad style" and what British Esquire named his current "dadcore" look.

It still astonishes us, but actor Dylan McDermott is a baby boomer. Yup, that sexy hunk who heats up the screen any and every time he appears is somehow in his 60s, despite the fact that he could pass for a minimum of a decade younger (if not two!). No wonder he makes lists like Goliath's "15 Celebrities Who Don't Age And Are Probably Vampires" on a semi-regular basis. The sizzling zaddy can play both heroes and villains with ease, because the sexual allure and cocky self-assurance he brings to his characters remains consistent no matter if he is playing a detective in "Stalker" or a rich criminal in "Law & Order: Organized Crime." It's not for show, either, as McDermott has proven to have tons of bravado and charm offscreen as well.

McDermott started acting in the late 1980s and his fame skyrocketed with "The Practice" in 1997, but it was not until "American Horror Story: Murder House" that the world noticed his full zaddy potential. Photos of McDermott shirtless and holding a baseball bat float around the Internet — it is the number one photo on Ranker's list of his hottest ones — and the nude scenes he filmed for the show are ingrained in many memories. McDermott himself even noticed the emphasis on his butt when he read "thirst tweets" for a Buzzfeed Celeb video in 2020. We have to mention McDermott's style, too, which includes lots of all-black outfits, dark suits, and especially leather jackets – so simple, yet so sexy.

Sylvester Stallone is not a young man. In fact, in his mid-70s, he is the oldest man on our list. But when you got it, you got it, and Stallone has that special something in spades. He may not look exactly like he did in "Rocky," or even "The Expendables," but the man still looks darn good. Headlines like Daily Mail's one in 2019, stating, "Sylvester Stallone, 73, is still a Hollywood heartthrob as he steps out with his daughter Scarlet, 17," are no joke, as Stallone remains a bonafide sex symbol. When his 2022 show "Tulsa King" made its debut, even Slate ran a story about Stallone's attractiveness, despite also saying he looks "a little like a melting candle."

We won't jump on the candle bandwagon, but we will agree that Stallone looks great. He has clearly had plastic surgery, but it is not overdone to the point where he doesn't look like himself — and that self has always been a stunner. The ultimate 1970s and '80s (and beyond) action star, Stallone was already sexy when he made the "Rocky" and "Rambo" movies, but he was probably at peak hotness between the time of "Tango & Cash" and "Daylight." While his body is jacked, it's the confidence and charisma oozing out of every pore that has kept Stallone in the zaddy category. He also has surprisingly good fashion instincts, as noted by various men's sartorial mags.