The British actor Idris Elba (46, “Luther”), according to the U.S. magazine “People”, the “Sexiest Man Alive”.

Elba showed, according to the magazine surprised: “I said: ‘Come on, no way. Really?’ He had even considered once critically in the mirror, when he learned of the award, the 46-Year-old. “I said: ‘Yes, you are kinda sexy.’ But to be honest, it was just a nice feeling.” For him it was “a nice Surprise” with “a Ego boost”.

In the past year, the US Country Star Blake Shelton’s “Sexiest Man was declared Alive”, before that, U.S. actor Dwayne Johnson, the football legend David Beckham, and the Australian actor Chris Hemsworth. Since 1985, the magazine awards the title annually, as the first of the actor Mel Gibson had been awarded.

dpa