9 of Lee Pace's sexiest acting roles, ranked

9. 'The Hobbit'

Pace played Legolas’ father Thranduil in The Hobbit trilogy, where he looks stunning as the regal Elvenking.

Between this role and his character in Foundation, it seems clear that Hollywood needs to cast him in more roles where he has long hair. There might not be any scenes where the elf strips down, but Pace still manages to be sexy while fully clothed in these films.

8. 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

This is definitely a “hear me out” one. Is Pace covered in blue face paint and wearing weird contacts? Yes. Is he technically a villain who wants to kill an entire planet full of people? Also yes. But look how yoked he is! Case closed.

7. 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2'

In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, fans got to see Pace play a gorgeous and sexy vampire, who fights in the film’s infamous final “battle” scene. Not only does he look great as an immortal nomadic vamp, but in the scene when he lifts a character up by the neck and pushes him against a wall, we know it’s supposed to be intimidating, but in reality it just gave us all kinds of ideas.

6. 'Halt and Catch Fire'

Pace played tech entrepreneur Joe MacMillan on AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, and while the show isn’t super sexy, we do get to see Pace shirtless now and then.

One episode has him strip out of his wetsuit after surfing, plus there is an eye-catching shirtless gray sweatpants moment in another episode. Why the man ever wears a shirt is a mystery we may never solve.

5. 'The Fall'

The 2006 cult film The Fall was one of Pace’s earliest acting gigs, where he played the dual roles of an injured Hollywood stuntman and a masked bandit. It’s his role as The Black Bandit that still holds fans’ attention two decades later.

Not only is the film a visual masterpiece, but the combination of masculine and feminine in Pace’s costume — which consists of a wide-brimmed hat, red mask, flowing floor-length skirt, and sleeveless jacket — is unforgettable, especially because the actor brought the gun show with him.

4. 'Possession'

Pace stars alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar in this 2002 thriller, where he plays her brother-in-law who wakes up from a coma thinking he’s her husband.

The plot is bonkers, but the real reason you're watching is for his steamy sex scenes with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all of the times he’s shirtless.

3. 'Bodies Bodies Bodies'

In the Gen Z horror movie Bodies Bodies Bodies, Pace plays Greg, the older boyfriend of Alice (played by Rachel Sennott).

These are the kinds of roles Hollywood needs to be putting the actor in because Pace was clearly born to play a himbo daddy. He may not be one of the main characters, but before things take a deadly turn, we get to see Pace in the pool and opening a bottle of champagne with a saber while wearing only a pair of swim trunks.

2. 'Practical Magic 2'

Practical Magic 2 hasn’t come out yet, so we don’t know exactly what role Pace will play, but if the trailer is anything to go by, it’s going to be sexy.

In the clip, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman’s witchy characters take a break from trying to break their family curse to save a very naked and tattooed Pace from a spell.

1. 'Foundation'

Foundation is the gift that keeps on giving. The show may be a complex sci-fi epic based on Isaac Asimov’s intergalactic saga, but what we really care about is how many times Pace is shirtless or naked.

From steamy sex scenes to a nude fighting scene to wearing only a piece of fabric wrapped around his waist, the actor really plays the role of Brother Day to perfection — and he does it all while looking like he was carved from marble.