February 21, 2011 | Celeb Watch

More than just a number

This weekend, I Am Number Four opened in North America. It's a sci-fi flick about a young alien being hunted down by other aliens. It stars the super hot Alex Pettyfer.

Pettyfer will also be appearing next month in a retelling of the classic tale, Beauty and the Beast. In Beastly, he plays Kyle Kingson, handsome on the outside but mean on the inside. He upsets the wrong classmate, however, who just happens to be a witch. She casts a spell on Kyle and physically transforms him into a grotesque monster.

The 20-year-old may be a great actor. Heaven knows he keeps getting roles. But what caught our eye was just how hot this stud is. And we're not the only ones to notice.

In 2009, Pettyfer was voted #35 on the Britain's top 50 most eligible bachelors by a UK women's magazine. Later that same year he, UK magazine Glamour ranked him at #21 on their list of the sexiest men on the planet, as determined by a poll of 2000 British women.

He had been dating Glee star Dianna Agron, who plays the blond lead cheerleader, though rumors surfaced this weekend that the two just called it quits. We'll give him a week before we ask him out on a date.

Check out this young man's hotness after the jump!