Sexiest Old Man Tournament

We all know that Tumblr is the oldmanfucker website, but who IS the #1 sexy old man?

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Submissions are RE-OPENED!

Sexiest Old Man Submission Form

I am not sure when the next bracket will be, or what it will look like, so for now I will leave the form open to collect as many old men as possible to pull from.

[pepperinaa]

hey friends ive been talking about doing this for a while but its happening: im making videos about fandom culture & history. it would mean a lot to me if you followed me on instagram and/or tiktok, @/fangirlosophy. i got some exciting stuff planned and i think you’ll like it <3

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Friend of the blog Pepperinaa (she helped me devise the original bracket!) is doing the lord's work as a fandom historian.

Also, peep the button I made for her last year.

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New bracket starting soon!

The results from our last poll were pretty evenly weighted! I will try to do all 3 options at some point, but the winner by a small margin was "Hottest Old Dead Guy", so we will start there!

I have added a new field to the submission form to indicate whether they are alive or Deceased.

Submit your favorite old dead men here;

https://forms.gle/WFmj6FcXuNHfCkQG6

Submission guidelines:

Men must be 55+ at time of death. We will be rating them on their attractiveness within the last few years of their life.

You can submit as many men as you'd like.

[oldmanbracket]

New bracket hopefully starting soon, but I want to run one more poll to include another suggestion we received on the last one.

What should be the theme of the next Sexiest Old Man Tournament?

Smaller brackets by age range. (50s bracket, 60s bracket, 70s

Sexiest Old Dead Guy (55+ at time of death)

Sexiest Old Man, No-White-Guys Edition

Voting ended onSep 29, 2025

[oldmanbracket]

New bracket hopefully starting soon, but I want to run one more poll to include another suggestion we received on the last one.

What should be the theme of the next Sexiest Old Man Tournament?

Smaller brackets by age range. (50s bracket, 60s bracket, 70s

Sexiest Old Dead Guy (55+ at time of death)

Sexiest Old Man, No-White-Guys Edition

Voting ended onSep 29, 2025

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What should be the theme of the next Sexiest Old Man Tournament?

smaller brackets by age range (50s bracket, 60s bracket, 70s bracket)

runners up from round 1 of the original bracket

sexiest old dead guy

something else (reblog w suggestions)

Voting ended onSep 16, 2025

[oldmanbracket]

What should be the theme of the next Sexiest Old Man Tournament?

smaller brackets by age range (50s bracket, 60s bracket, 70s bracket)

runners up from round 1 of the original bracket

sexiest old dead guy

something else (reblog w suggestions)

Voting ended onSep 16, 2025

[oldmanbracket]

Another shoutout post to our top followers over the last month, according to tumblr;

@kristinsmindinpictures

@godtrauma

@moistdragonfruit

@angelofmercury

I don't know exactly how tumblr determines 'biggest fans', but I can tell you that I recognize each and every one of you from my notes!

Thank you for being our ride or dies!

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For those who like the visuals.

Rounds 2+.

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Special shout-outs as we celebrate the wrap of this (first) bracket:

@pepperinaa, my co-conspirator and right-hand woman who egged me on when I first pitched this idea, and helped me come up with the initial draft of men along with some other decisions along the way.

@spnmarvelfanintardis, who blazed the final poll and got us a nice boost in engagement. It was an objectively hilarious email to receive, thank you!

@smashorpassgilf for paving the way and providing some VERY useful data that was heavily relied upon for seeding and decision making when drafting the first round.

@snequanimity for being our first follower on this blog.

@neglectedincubus for being (I THINK) the only person to follow this blog because they saw me post about it on my blorbo sideblog, and DEFINITELY being the only person to like the post I made on that blog asking if this bracket was a good idea.

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Tumblr's 2025 Sexiest Old Man

✨ ✨✨Mads Mikkelsen✨✨✨

Out of a whopping 12,867 votes on the final poll, Mads Mikkelsen (59) beat Michael Sheen (56) with 65.5% of the vote.

Thank you everyone who participated!

Old Man Bracket Wrapped:

This bracket started on February 12th and ran for 56 days.

The submission form was open for just 4 days and received a total of 398 responses.

Our first round had 65 contenders, ranging in age from 52 to 85.

Our bracket included 18 men in their 50s, 26 men in their 60s, 17 men in their 70s, and 5 men in their 80s.

Our youngest 'old man' was Idris Elba at 52, and our oldest man was Ian McKellen at 85.

The poll with the most notes (4,931) AND the most votes (22,107) was our quarterfinal Mads Mikkelsen vs David Tennant matchup.

The poll with the closest outcome was our round 1 Paul McCartney vs Stephen Fry matchup, which closed at a 50/50 percentage split, with Stephen Fry winning by exactly one vote out of 3,327 total.

At the time of this post we have 2,387 followers. (Holy cow!!!)

This has been so much fun, and you haven't seen the last of this blog! I'll be taking a break for a while, but I will reopen submissions later tonight. Stay tuned! Our next bracket(s) will likely be smaller, possibly themed, tournaments.

[oldmanbracket]

Sexiest Old Man Tournament: FINALS!

It all comes down to this... Who is hotter!?

Madds Mikkelsen vs Michael Sheen

Mads Mikkelsen (59)

Michael Sheen (56)

Voting ended onApr 9, 2025

[oldmanbracket]

The final poll ends in 7 hours! Stay tuned for more old man bracket news following the results.

[oldmanbracket]

Sexiest Old Man Tournament: FINALS!

It all comes down to this... Who is hotter!?

Madds Mikkelsen vs Michael Sheen

Mads Mikkelsen (59)

Michael Sheen (56)

Voting ended onApr 9, 2025

[oldmanbracket]

LAST CALL!

[oldmanbracket]

Sexiest Old Man Tournament: FINALS!

It all comes down to this... Who is hotter!?

Madds Mikkelsen vs Michael Sheen

Mads Mikkelsen (59)

Michael Sheen (56)

Voting ended onApr 9, 2025

[oldmanbracket]

2 days remaining!

[oldmanbracket]

Sexiest Old Man Tournament: FINALS!

It all comes down to this... Who is hotter!?

Madds Mikkelsen vs Michael Sheen

Mads Mikkelsen (59)

Michael Sheen (56)

Voting ended onApr 9, 2025

[oldmanbracket]

The REAL march madness.

[oldmanbracket]

Sexiest Old Man Tournament: FINALS!

It all comes down to this... Who is hotter!?

Madds Mikkelsen vs Michael Sheen

Mads Mikkelsen (59)

Michael Sheen (56)

Voting ended onApr 9, 2025

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If you're in line to vote for the sexiest old man, STAY IN LINE.

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While we await the results of our FINAL old man face-off, let's collect a little data.

The age cut-off of 50 was chosen to split the difference between my personal minimum of 60, and the 40-year-olds that were submitted.

Now, (acknowledging that regardless of age some men have bigger Old Man Energy than others) GENERALLY speaking, what do YOU consider to be the minimum age requirement to be an Old Man™️?

Responses will be brought into consideration if we do another old man bracket after this one.

What's the age minimum to be an Old Man ™️

40+

45+

50+

55+

60+

65+

70+

75+

80+

Voting ended onApr 10, 2025