2024 Rewind: See Why Fans Went Wild When Lee Pace Shared Poolside 45th Birthday Pic

This piece is part of EDGE's 2024 Rewind series. We're reaching into our archives and sharing some of our favorite stories from the past year.

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Lee Pace turned 45 on March 25 and gave his fans a present with a very hot pic on Twitter and Instagram. Four photos on IG show Pace, the star of Apple TV's hit sci-fi series "Foundation," relaxing poolside in what appears to be a Southern European villa.

In the Tweet and four pics in an Instagram post, Pace wrote, "45 and alive." The past few years he has posted shirtless pics on his birthday.

In the first IG, he is seen walking in a town square looking every inch a sexy tourist dressed in a white T-shirt, dark shorts, and hat. The full-bearded, 6'5" star is smiling as he's caught mid-step. In the second he's stripped down and checking a smart phone while standing in a swimming pool with shoulder length hair pulled back in a bun. Behind him is an ancient wall and tall Cypress trees. The third pic has Pace in the pool again, this time closer up and in profile that display his lean frame and man bun.

But it is the final one that has his fans' hearts pacing. In it, the hat has returned along with sunglasses as Pace stands shirtless holding towels with his neatly groomed, toned chest in full view and his hair - released from the bun - falling on his shoulders. The pic prompted one user to write, "And he is still so fucking beautiful it's crazy 🫶🏻," and another to write, "Sitting here and hoping to be as hot as this man when I'll turn 45 🙏🏼🙏🏼 🔥". Actress Anna Friel wrote, "Happy birthday. Aging suits you. Like the finest of wines. Getting better and better. ❤"