Guess Who Is People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive For 2014!

Chris Hemsworth has been crowned People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2014.

Following in the footsteps of Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper and last year's recipient Maroon 5's Adam Levine, the Thor: The Dark World actor was announced as the winner on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (November 18).

Speaking of his new title, the 31-year old gushed: "Thank you, I'm most excited about the alive portion of that statement, and the sexy part is a bonus.

"This is based on an IQ test and not just physical appearance", before pointing out his impressive body and thanking his "parents for putting this together".

Kimmel then suggested that he had stolen the award from previous winner Matt Damon, to which Hemsworth replied: "I learned everything there is about being sexy from Matt - pursing the lips, squinting at the right time.Thank you Matt and all the other previous intelligent men."

Speaking of what his equally hunky younger brother Liam Hemsworth thought about his win, Chris said: "Liam has been good, he's been a real team player for this one. We've been throwing sexy looks back and forth."

The Aussie Avengers actor also told People that he thought it was "pretty funny" that he was this year's champ, adding that wife Elsa Pataky felt the same way.

Hemsworth joked: "I think you've bought me a couple of weeks of bragging rights around the house. I can just say to her, 'Now remember, this is what the people think, so I don't need to do the dishes anymore, I don't need to change nappies. I'm above that. I've made it now'."

Chris is the 28th Sexiest Man Alive to date, with the new issue of People mag - featuring the actor on the cover - due for release on Friday (November 21).