Pajiba

On some unexplainable level, I get your selections. However, I still wonder what defines "coolest" eyes. They all have eyes you can get lost in, but is that the complete definition. Or is this more along the lines of unique.

Great list!
But Ewan McGregor is missing ~

I like Kate Bosworth's, she has that nifty condition where her eyes are different colors.

Twig: Exactly what I was thinking. I just saw the BBC version of The Taming of the Shrew and those eyes are mesmerizing even when the rest of him is decked out in women's clothes.

Faye Dunaway.

Oh Zooey Deschanel...Your eyes are so pretty. Who has pretty eyes! You do! Yes you do!

The fact that only blue eyes are "cool" is kind of upsetting.

Hell yes to Hugh, and I second Julie on Kate Bosworth, but...Elijah? Maybe if the list were creepiest eyes. Then the list could, indeed, include Steve Buscemi, Blizzle.

no Paul Newman? for shame for shame

Not one single solitary person of color? Really?

Only Aryan eyes are cool, apparently.

just blue eyes, eh? ouch

anne hatheway, mary louise parker, helena bonham carter?
how about michael ealy? and creepy as they are, i always thought michael madsen and tom sizemore have pretty distinctive eyes.

No love for brown or green or hazels??? Elijah's eyes are just creepy...not cool.

How's about David Bowie?

I demand a clarification on the meaning of "cool"! Because I was not aware that "cool" meant "blue"?

Come on! What about Clive Owen's green eyes? Gorgeous, piercing green eyes. And where are the Asians eyes? Natalie Portman and Catherine Zeta Jones have eyes, too! Two of them, evem. And, Kate Bosworth has a brown eye and a blue eye.

Will agree to Hugh Laurie and Zooey Deschanel, though. Sorry to twig, though. One look at Rufus Sewell's eyes, and I won't ever trust him. Same for Cillian. Is this an Irish thing to have eyes that look like they'll drink out your soul? Because Jonathan Rhys Meyers has eyes like that, too.

Stacy Dash was exactly who I had in mind, John. Phwoar, is she ever lovely. Also Tyson Beckford, Gael Garcia Bernal, and David Bowie.

This list sucks ass is basically what I'm trying to say.

SAMMA- Michael Madsen is not creepy...just misunderstood.

http://www.abalonekids.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/madsen.jpg

Mila Kunis anyone?

And I second the annoyance with blue = cool.

Ooh Mila Kunis is a good one.

Also Zoe Saldana.

well, at least the nazis got some things right then...

mmmm...just got back from my bunk... I'm an eye girl, so this got me way hotter than the Best Abs post!

Excellent list, though I'd have tossed in Daniel Radcliffe myself. Very happy to see Elijah there, and I'd forgotten how thrilling/chilling Cillian Murphy's eyes were.

Hugh Laurie is at the top of my list. Maybe at the top off all my lists.

I'm with Julie re:Kate Bosworth. Two different eye colors is awesome. And Paul Newman should always be number one on a list of cool eyes.

Also - I nominate Gillian Anderson.

This is going to seriously date me...but Brian Bloom. Anyone remember him?

Charlize Theron??!!
Here is my list. Here is a list that did not blue itself.

colin firth - sparkle like vampires
elijah wood - huge and lack blinking ability
cillian murphy - bluer than a charismatic serial killer
rufus sewell - evil. hazel.
brandon routh - shark eyes brimming with rainbows

kate bosworth - two-toned
mena suvari - her eyelids weigh a thousand kgs
alexis bledel - Becky
tyra banks - smiles with her eyes
norah zehetner - manga eyes so large they are in danger of becoming black holes

These comments are seriously randomly insane. Can we maybe think that it is not racism at work, but personal preference? "Coolest celebrity eyes" really sounds kind of subjective to me ....

I used to babysit a young ginger boy who had these gorgeous dark green eyes. In one, there was a triangle of red, and there were little red and gold flecks scattered throughout both. I've no doubt that kid grew up to be quite the ladykiller.

@ Lauren, I may or may not have made out with my TV set when I recently watched the DVDs of MS-CL, from back before JL was kind of a douche. Probably not. But maybe.

John W. - I was going to point out Terrence Howard's gorgeous eyes. Green/yellow with long, feminine lashes. They're a little odd, but I like them. Same with Rai - her eyes are stunning, as are Gael Garcia Bernal's.

As to the blue-preference, I can't ignore Cillian Murphy.

Not really an American celebrity, but Aishwarya Rai has absolutely stunning eyes.

I have to second Adam here and question the absence of Elizabeth Taylor. Bitch starred in an adaptation of Faust in a highly expanded role as "Hot Chick With Amazing Haunting Eyes In Close Up."

Yikes. Way to hate on brown eyes.

You know, Will Smith has fantastic eyes...they remind me of a boy I crushed on in junior high.....

Dude. Steve Buschemi?!

This is going to seriously date me...but Brian Bloom. Anyone remember him?

I remember him!! He played Dusty on As the World Turns. Oh, I had such a crush on him when I was younger. Those beautiful eyes surrounded by long dark eyelashses... they are somethin'.

Oooh, I remember Brian Bloom on 'Oz'. H and Meloni played a lovely blue-eyed couple. Well, "couple" is stretching it a bit far, maybe...

Yep, Dustin does know how to ask for it. He's a pro, that scamp.

Benicio Del Toro

Jakob Dylan

Clive Owen

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

And as already mentioned, RDJ.

This list is way too blue, needs some green, some grey, some hazel, a little brown. You need a longer list.

The first thing I thought when I glanced quickly through this list is, "Mmmm, Hugh Laurie."

Second thing was, "Seriously? Only white people with blue/grey eyes?"

Catherine Zeta-Jones has tiger eyes...

Catherine Zeta-Jones.... Puuurrrrr rawr

I'm totally on the David Bowie's eyes love. Same for Rihanna. Although I think my own green eyes trumps everyone in the list. But I'm also a narcissist.

I want to fall into Naveen Andrews' eyes any time I watch Lost. But I don't know what defines "cool eyes". I can't say that I'm drawn by any of those on the list.

I'll agree with David Bowie.

And my kids all have eyes I could stare into forever (bonus: different colors).

Jasper
I agree, Alexis Bledel and Tyra Banks mmmmmm

Let me add:
Milla Jovovich
Gillian Anderson
Javier Bardem
Alessandra Ambrosio
Izabel Goulart
Stephanie Seymour
Linda Evangelista

Oh come on!! No love for the brown eyed people? Audrey Tatou (Amelie), younger George Clooney, Winona Ryder, Julia roberts
Catherine Zeta Jones, Idris Elba, even though I think she is annoying Kim Kardashian.

I do agree with you on Tom Cruise, he has the best blue green eyes.

Michael Ealy, Paul Newman, the guy that plays warrick on CSI-LV
Brian Bloom, Ashwariya Rai and the person I can't believe noone has mentioned, Megan Fox.

Igor - that was hilarious.

Ditto on Jonathan R-M. He sprang to mind, as did Kirstie Alley.

Gotta agree with Zooey and Hugh. Not really interested in the others.

I agree that Aishwarya Rai and Elizabeth Taylor should be on this list. And what about Audrey Hepburn?

All white folks again, I see. To me the most amazing eyes are on Indian (subcontinent-type) women. Huge and brown and gorgeous.

However, the most amazing eyes ever belong to this girl:

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Elijah Wood's eyes are in my nightmares. Yikes. Ditto Tom Cruise, though I see he's not actually part of the list, thank God.

I have brown eyes, so I'll join the righteous indignation group.

UP WITH BROWN EYES!

LOL, that sounded dirty.

ALL BLUE? All blue? Really, no cool brown eyes? Fucking RACISTS! ALLBLUEALLBLUEALLBLUE!

D,
Blue eyes...every single person on this list has blue eyes! What is really so great about Elijah Wood's eyes other than the fact that they are scary (almost meth-head like) and too fucking big for his head. What about Jada Pinket-Smith or Natalie Portman. You Nazi dick...

Alan Rickman has dreamy eyes. And I'm almost afraid to say this here, but...Nic Cage in Leaving Las Vegas also had gorgeous eyes. Totally drew my attention away from the hair and the disturbing subject matter. And for crying out loud, leave poor Elijah alone, he can't help his big mutant eyes. What's he supposed to do, have eye reduction surgery?

Ben Foster, anyone?

I would imagine that when he looks at you, you don't know whether he's going to kiss you, or rip off your head and suck your soul out of the bloody stump.

Zooey all the way. Her eyes are crazy deep and mesmerizing.

Personal aside: My eyes are actually Cillian Murphy Blue. Too bad my vision was 600/20 before Lasik and now I have little flecks of dying eye floating around in them. I see them best when I'm on the computer. So yes, I am fully immersed in Eye-Detritus Rage every time I post.

*swipes in front of face thinking it's a mosquito but realizing that, once again, it is only the slow decline of his inner eye*

::: brownies can have cool eyes too:::

blue is so 1997.

OMG Kballs, I didn't know that happened with Lasik!

lucy,
Actually, it started happening before I got Lasik, but it has become worse in the 2 1/2 years since. I just completely blame it on the surgery to freak people out. It got my vision down to 25/20, which is a total fucking miracle. Worth every penny ($5K for the best in the biz).

I'm not sure how you are defining 'coolest'.

If we're going for 'pretty', I'd add Jensen Ackles (his are so big, he's practically anime!), Wentworth Miller, Josh Holloway, Mary Louise Parker, and Eve Myles.

However, if 'mesmerising' and/or 'riveting' is what we're going for, I agree with Hugh Laurie and Cillian Murphy, and would add Morgan Freeman, Robert Knepper, Alan Dale, Paul Newman, and Zachary Quinto.

*weeping*
*wipes away fear-tears*

tcfkab, I can see this in my 10 year future. You had it done with one eye? It is rampant in both my eyes. Especially when the lighting is low or halogenic.

I had an HR lady BEFORE my Lasik surgery try to placate me with, "It's just part of getting older and my eyes do this." She was easily in her 60's. I am 33 as of July 8th.

If you are still reading this thread, what happened with the surgery, how much did it cost, and how bad was it???

My floaters recently became worse in one eye (I'm 52 so I guess it's to be expected). It's like a constant smeary fingerprint which gets in the way of my vision.
So I had my eyes examined, including stingy drops so they could see the back properly. I began to worry when the optician started bringing in colleagues to have a look, as a teaching aid....
Conclusion: the floater is normal, etc, see the doc if it gets too bad. Other conclusion: the vitreous humour (eyeball jelly) is coming away from the back of my eye! It's all rippled and shit.
This particular optician had never seen it before (confidence-inducing, right?) but he said it's 'innocuous'. Um, ok. But to, you know, go straight to an eye hospital if anything dramatic happens like vision loss or sudden clouds of floaters, because this condition can result in retinal detachment.
Lovely!

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thanks! I'm ok right now apart from the massive floater (you called yours dust bunnies, mine is like a Portuguese Man o'War jellyfish!) and the risk of detachment. My right eye vision is always a little bleared even when the jellyfish moves out of the way. So far nobody has suggested a vitrectomy, though the thing is really beginning to bother me, so I may ask about it at some stage. It's good to hear that your procedure worked so well.

I did some research and it appears that normally there are enzymes in the eye that break down floaters, but as one ages, they work less efficiently. Like everything else.... *sigh*...

The gaze of Ben Foster seems like being locked in as the target of some very sexy bird of prey.

Milla Jovovich
Debi Mazar
Eva Green

They may be blue but I'd still vote for:

John Barrowman.

Me too!
They're actually grey, though.

(They are when I've seen him up close, anyway. They do often look blue on screen).

Gee, I wonder if the person who wrote this list is a Caucasian with either blue eyes or a fetish. Pity you can't look beyond one particular set of racial characteristics to find the 'coolest' eyes.

Pajiba only loves blue eyes but they forgot James McAvoy blue eyes!
i want a list with hazel eyes , green eyes,chocolate eyes and grey eyes!

I 2nd the Kate Bosworth- cool eyes. Also Jane Seymour for having two different colors.

Elizabeth Taylor
Vivien Leigh

First racist Mongoloid jokes, now white-eye supremacy. Good ol' Crusty Bowels.