Each year, People magazine crowns a Sexiest Man Alive, and while the title often comes with plenty of debate (no Ryan Gosling? seriously?), there's no doubt that past winners like Channing Tatum and Michael B. Jordan, and this year’s John Krasinski, have far more sex appeal than the average Joe.

The magazine announced the actor-writer-director as its pick night during “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” He takes the mantle from Patrick Dempsey.