Patrick Dempsey was named as People magazine’s 2023 Sexiest Man Alive on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday evening.
The show featured an appearance from Dempsey, while the cover of the issue was shown.
Kimmel used ‘cutting-edge hologram technology from our friends at proto’ and disguised the identity of the person named Sexiest Man Alive.
In a 20 questions format, audience members asked the mystery man questions in trying to pare down the possible candidates for the honor.
The questions revealed that the person was an actor who is older than 50 and is married with three children.

The latest: Patrick Dempsey was named as People magazine’s 2023 Sexiest Man Alive on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday evening. Pictured in Italy in August
Other answers indicated that the mystery man was not Harry Styles or Travis Kelce and did not have tattoos.
Kimmel previously announced the magazine’s honoree for the first time in three years, as he did so in 2020 when actor Michael B. Jordan achieved the honor.
In the years since, Paul Rudd was honored in 2021, and Chris Evans was given the title in 2022.
Other past winners include John Legend (2019), Idris Elba (2018), Blake Shelton (2017), Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (2016), David Beckham (2015), Chris Hemsworth (2014), Adam Levine (2013), Channing Tatum (2012), Bradley Cooper (2011) and Ryan Reynolds (2010).
The earlier decade in the 2000s brought forward wins by Johnny Depp (2009), Hugh Jackman (2008), Matt Damon (2007), George Clooney (2006), Matthew McConaughey (2005), Jude Law (2004), Johnny Depp (2003), Ben Affleck (2002), Pierce Brosnan (2001) and Brad Pitt (2000).
Jimmy Kimmel Live can be seen weeknights on ABC at 11:35 p.m./10:35c.