He's wonderful in Homeland, if you're just starting to watch it I'm envious! I thought he made a wonderful American too, just like Hugh Laurie did in House.
He certainly has that certain something although he's not classically good looking in my opinion. He's very attractive in Billions (that's the power thing I think) and I think he got it on with Claire Danes in a country shack at some point in Homeland and it was one of the sexiest scenes I've seen on TV.
naomi - I thought Hugh Laurie was sexy in House. I never fancied him until that role ! I always wondered if his wife asked him to play the role at (ahem) bed time ......
I think Damian Lewis is quite attractive but I've never been able to see what other people find attractive in George Clooney. He doesn't do anything for me.
Ironic that if the genders were reversed and male Abers started lusting over a woman star then the feminists would come rushing out of the woodwork and accuse them of objectivising women and demeaning them as sex objects. Pot/kettle springs to mind.