Able-Bodied Abe: Who's the Most Lovable Lincoln?

25 Lincolns We Love http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Lincoln%20rot_0.jpg 12720

In light of Steven Spielberg's epic Lincoln — penned by gay playwright-screenwriter Tony Kushner — opening Nov. 9 in limited release, let's look back at the most notable and handsome portrayals of our beloved 16th president, who may or may not have had, as biographer Carl Sandburg famously wrote, a "streak of lavender and spots soft as May violets." Mmm-hmm...

Honestly, which of these 25 actors ruled while serving Civil War realness?

Daniel Day-Lewis http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Daniel%20Day%20Lewis.jpg 12719

Lincoln, 2012

Hal Holbrook http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Hal%20Holbrook.jpg 12718

North and South, 1985

Gregory Peck http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Gregory%20Peck.jpg 12717

The Blue and the Gray, 1982

Raymond Massey http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Raymond%20Massey.jpg 12715

Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 1940

Joseph Henabery http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Joseph%20Henabery.jpg 12714

The Birth of a Nation, 1915

Walter Huston http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Walter%20Huston.jpg 12713

D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln, 1930

Henry Fonda http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Henry%20Fonda.jpg 12712

Young Mr. Lincoln, 1939

Bill Oberst, Jr. http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Bill%20Oberst%20Jr.jpg 12711

Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies, 2012

Will Ferrell http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Will%20Ferrell.png 12710

Drunk History Vol. 5, 2010

Max Greenfield http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Max%20Greenfield.jpg 12709

New Girl, "Halloween," 2012

Kevin Sorbo http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Kevin%20Sorbo.jpg 12707

FDR: American Badass!, 2012

Benjamin Walker http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Benjamin%20Walker.jpg 12706

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, 2012

Louis C.K. http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Louis%20CK.png 12705

Saturday Night Live, 2012

Robert V. Barron http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Robert%20V%20Barron.jpg 12704

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, 1989

Brendan Fraser http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Brendan%20Fraser.jpg 12703

Bedazzled, 2000

Sam Waterston http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Sam%20Waterston.jpg 12702

Gore Vidal's Lincoln, 1988

Lance Henriksen http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Lance%20Henriksen.jpg 12701

The Day Lincoln Was Shot, 1998

John Carradine http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/John%20Carradine.jpg 12700

Of Human Hearts, 1938

Charles Edward Bull http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Charles%20Edward%20Bull_The%20Iron%20Horse.jpg 12699

The Iron Horse, 1924

Frank McGlynn, Sr. http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Frank%20McGlynn%20Sr.jpg 12698

The Littlest Rebel, 1935

F. Murray Abraham http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/F%20Murray%20Abraham%20Dream%20West.JPG 12697

Dream West, 1986

Billy Campbell http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Billy%20Campbell.jpg 12696

Killing Lincoln, 2013

Lee Bergere http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Lee%20Bergere.jpg 12695

Star Trek, "The Savage Curtain," 1969

Chris Sarandon http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Chris%20Sarandon.jpg 12694

Lincoln and the War Within, 1992

Jason Robards http://www.gay.net/sites/gay.net/files/imagecache/slide-image/Jason%20Robards.jpg 12693

Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 1964