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Daniel Craig tops sexy male movie chests poll

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Brit Bond actor Daniel Craig has come out tops in a new poll conducted to find the hottest male movie chests. Photo / Supplied

Brit Bond actor Daniel Craig has come out tops in a new poll conducted to find the hottest male movie chests. Photo / Supplied

Brit Bond actor

Daniel Craig

has come out tops in a new poll conducted to find the hottest male movie chests.

*Insert eye-roll here*

Hunky Craig, 41, set pulses racing when he emerged from the waves in his tight, skimpy swimsuit as James Bond in

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Casino Royale

. That vision clearly left its mark on the ladies (and gents), earning Craig the top spot in a

Lovefilm.com

poll of top movie star torsos.

Photos: Pecs appeal...Top movie star chests

A silver-tongued, 'say what you see', spokesperson for poll holder Lovefilm said: "It was Craig in those trunks that catapulted him to stardom."

Glad we sorted that one out. We had wondered...

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Top of the 'pec-king order'

Craig's perfect pectorals took in 34 per cent of the votes, beating great Scott and fellow thesp

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Gerard Butler

who came in second place, thanks to his ribbed appearance in testosterone fiesta and fantasy epic

300

.

Greek God

Brad Pitt

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came in third, raking in 14 per cent, for his role as beefcake

Achilles

in

Troy

.

Sacha Baron Cohen

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's mankini turn in

Borat

came in fourth place at 7 per cent, with original 007

Sean Connery

coming in fifth for his burly, man-rug-flashing antics in

Thunderball

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.

American comic

Hank Azaria

, the bloke who voices

Moe

,

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Apu

and

Chief Wiggum

in

The Simpsons

, also featured in the poll, thanks to his role as guy candy and diving instructor Claude in 2004's

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Along Came Polly

.

Comic

Russell Brand

grabbed ninth place for his role in yawn-fest

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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.

Leonardo DiCaprio

(

The Beach

),

Elvis Presley

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(

Blue Hawaii)

and

Jan-Michael Vincent

(

Big Wednesday

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) rounded off the rest of the top ten.

The full list:

1.

Daniel Craig in

Casino Royale

(2006) - 34%

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2.

Gerard Butler in

300

(2006) - 21%

3.

Brad Pitt in

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Troy

(2004) - 14%

4.

Sacha Baron Cohen in

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

(2006) - 7%

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5.

Sean Connery in

Thunderball

(1965) - 6%

6.

Leonardo DiCaprio in

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The Beach

(2000) - 5%

7.

Hank Azaria in

Along Came Polly

(2004) - 4%

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8.

Elvis Presley in

Blue Hawaii

(1961) - 3%

9.

Russell Brand in

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

(2008) - 2%

10.

Jan-Michael Vincent (

Airwolf

star) in

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Big Wednesday

(1978)

So what do you think of the list? Chest perfect (sorry) or a pec too far?

Okay, we're done.

Blogger Bites Back

Pictured: Daniel Craig created waves in Casino Royal. Photo / Supplied

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