English actor Jonathan Bailey has been officially crowned People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2025. The announcement was made on Monday night, November 3, 2025, during a special segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.The British star is most famous for his role as Viscount Anthony Bridgerton in the hit Netflix period drama, Bridgerton. Bailey won a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in the theatre production Company and a Critics' Choice Television Award for the political miniseries Fellow Travelers. Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey crowned People’s Sexiest Man Alive 2025 View this post on Instagram Instagram PostBailey succeeded The Office fame John Krasinski for the title of the Sexiest Man Alive. The news comes weeks before the release of his upcoming movie, Wicked: For Good.Declaring the title "the honor of a lifetime," the Jurassic World Rebirth star humorously thanked Fallon for passing on the opportunity, allowing him to win. The actor confessed he was "still giggling" about being the latest addition to the prestigious line of Sexiest Man Alive. He further stated:"At the beginning of the year I was doing Shakespeare's Richard II — for those of you who don't know, it's not a comedy. So you go slightly mad, and the only thing madder than doing Richard II is being invited into this."Bailey was born in Benson, Oxfordshire, England, on April 25, 1988. Growing up in a village environment, he showed an early interest in the arts. His passion for acting was sparked at a very young age, reportedly after seeing a production of Oliver! when he was just five years old. This inspired him to pursue a career in acting. Jonathan Bailey's first stage experience was playing a raindrop in a primary school presentation of Noah's Ark. He made his official stage debut at the age of seven in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of A Christmas Carol in 1995. Bailey pursued a formal education, attending Magdalen College School in Oxford, where he earned a musical scholarship.He made his on-screen debut in the Victorian period drama Bramwell in 1997. Over the next few years, Jonathan Bailey had guest roles in British series such as Doctors and The Bill. On stage, he appeared in productions like the musical American Psycho and the play South Downs, for which he received an Evening Standard Theatre Award nomination in 2011.While he was already a respected theatre and television actor in the UK for years, Jonathan Bailey achieved global fame with his breakthrough role as Viscount Anthony Bridgerton in the Netflix series Bridgerton. The first season, released in late 2020, introduced him as the oldest sibling and reluctant head of the prominent family. Jonathan Bailey is set to appear as Fiyero Tigelaar in the second part of the 2003 stage musical adaptation, Wicked: For Good, which is set to hit the theatres on November 21, 2025.Stay tuned for more updates.