The only thing better than a hot UK actor [1] is a group of hot UK actors — and lucky for us, some of our favourite guys just so happen to run in the same circles. For your viewing pleasure, we've rounded up 42 photos of your favourite British actors — including Robert Pattinson [2], Idris Elba, and Tom Hiddleston — hanging out with each other and generally looking really hot together. From our favourite longstanding Brit faces to some of the new boys we've recently discovered [3], keep reading to see them all now, and be sure to check out more cute guys gushing about their celebrity man-crushes [4].
— Additional reporting by Gemma Cartwright
Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch attended the premiere of Avengers: Infinity War.
Tom Hiddleston and Tom Holland [5] shook hands at the UK fan event for Avengers: Infinity War.
Tom Hardy and Riz Ahmed hung out while promoting Venom in 2018.
Idris Elba and Luke Evans cuddled up at the Paris E-Prix.
John Boyega and Daniel Kaluuya shared a joke at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
Jamie Dornan and Matthew Goode played a spot of golf in 2016.
Jack Huston and Matt Smith at a party together in LA in 2016.
Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hardy at the Polo Challenge in the UK.
Eddie Redmayne and Chiwetel Ejiofor caught up on some post-Oscars gossip at the OMEGA dinner in 2015.
Rafe Spall and Jamie Dornan laughed at the BAFTA Awards together.
Tom Sturridge, Andrew Garfield, and Robert Pattinson [6] were a handsome lot at a Vogue UK dinner in February 2009.
Daniel Klauuya and Aaron Taylor Johnson posed together at the MTV Movie and TV Awards.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston were picture-perfect pals at an InStyle event in LA back in January 2011.
Andrew Garfield and David Oyelowo at the Academy Awards in 2017.
Henry Cavill and Dan Stevens compared pocket squares at the Dunhill and GQ party in 2015.
Douglas Booth and Tom Hiddleston matched up at a London fashion event in September 2010.
Tom Hiddleston and Eddie Redmayne looked dapper at a Wimbledon event in June 2012.
Sam Claflin and George Mackay buddied up at a Burberry/BAFTA party in 2014.
Richard Madden and Charlie Cox seemed happy to see each other at HBO's Emmy After Party in 2012.
A plethora of Brit talent — Allen Leech, Alex Lawther, Matthew Beard, Eddie Redmayne, and Benedict Cumberbatch — met up at the Palm Springs Film Festival in 2015.
Daniel Radcliffe [7] had Tom Hiddleston's attention at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2013.
James McAvoy [8] and Daniel Radcliffe [9] mucked around backstage at the Jameson Empire Awards in 2015.
Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch had a chat at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014.
Luke Pasqualino and Jack Fox gave us their best Blue Steel at a party in London in 2013.
Robert Pattinson [10] and Eddie Redmayne posed together at the HFPA Banquet [11] in August 2014.
Idris Elba and Ashley Walters fooled around at the Moët British Independent Film Awards in 2012.
Tom Hiddleston and David Tennant celebrated their theatre successes (in Coriolanus and Richard II) at the 2015 WhatsOnStage Awards.
Robert Pattinson [12] and Andrew Garfield had a laugh at HBO's Golden Globes afterparty in January 2011.
Dominic Cooper, Warren Brown, and Idris Elba enjoyed the polo in 2013.
Benedict Cumberbatch supported pal Dan Stevens at a screening of his film The Guest in 2014.
Tom Sturridge and Eddie Redmayne hung out after a performance of A Doll's House in London in August 2013.
Tom Mison and Rupert Friend smouldered at the 2010 BFI Film Festival.
Sam Claflin had his arms around Douglas Booth and Max Irons at the Rome photocall for Posh in September 2014.
Taron Egerton, Kit Harington, and Colin Morgan teamed up for the Testament of Youth photocall in 2014.
Idris Elba paired up with Charlie Hunnam [13] at the London premiere of Pacific Rim in July 2013.
Benedict Cumberbatch managed not to giggle at Dominic Cooper's hat when the pair attended a Bally party in 2013.
Luke Pasqualino and Richard Madden got into the spirit of things at the second anniversary of The Box nightclub in 2013.
Sam Claflin and Jack O'Connell hugged it out at the Audi Polo Challenge in 2015.
Robert Pattinson [14] and Tom Sturridge sported white t-shirts and sunglasses while hanging out together in NYC in August 2014.
Douglas Booth and Sam Claflin stuck together at the Mulberry fashion show in February 2013.
Tom Hiddleston was in a deep conversation with Nicholas Hoult at a Mulberry dinner in London in February 2012.
Douglas Booth and Matt Smith battled for cool-guy supremacy at the Audi Polo Challenge in 2015.
Douglas Booth and Eddie Redmayne sported shades at the Audi Polo Challenge in 2015.
Freddie Fox and Douglas Booth shared a joke at a photocall for The Riot Club in 2014.
Jeremy Irvine, Freddie Fox, and Douglas Booth hit the polo in 2013.
Arinze Kene and Russell Tovey smouldered at the premiere of The Pass in 2016.
Nicholas Hoult and Tom Hardy were seriously dashing in Cannes in 2015.
Max Irons and Douglas Booth donned their best black tie for the 2016 BAFTA Awards.
Idris Elba, Dominic West, and Damien Lewis were all smiles at a theatre party in 2011.
Matt Smith and Douglas Booth got pally at a pre-BAFTAs dinner in 2016.
Tom Hardy and Jack O'Connell turned heads at the polo in 2014.
Luke Evans and Tom Hiddleston made a dashing pair at the Toronto Film Festival in 2015.
Sam Riley, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith, and Jack Huston had us swooning at the premiere of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies in 2016.