The influential individuals in our October issue are bound by a shared experience: at some point in their careers, someone has tried to put them in a box. Across acting, sport, design, and the arts, each has refused to be easily defined by the expectations of others.
Our Global Cover star, actor Jamie Dornan, has built a celebrated career by refusing to be typecast—from Pa in Belfast, to Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey, and now Strider in the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. “Maybe because I’m putting out that I don’t want it to be—that just hasn’t been the shape of my career,” he tells L’OFFICIEL, in a wide-ranging conversation about family, fame, and personal style with his Hunt for Gollum costar Leo Woodall.
On the precipice of breaking through is Weapons actor Austin Abrams, who takes his first turn as the lead this fall in Resident Evil and Whalefall (“High Stakes”), proving there is no single mold for a leading man. Taron Egerton has spent the last decade resisting a mold of his own, gravitating towards characters who, in “Depth Perception,” he describes as “a little bit ugly.”
The trials and tribulations of trying to make it in fashion have left Patricio Campillo wise and resilient. “Your voice in fashion can only come from a place of what makes you different,” he says, astutely, in “The Long Way Home." In the art world, Evan Karas is rewriting the rules of what a gallery can be, embracing spectacle and irreverence at Spielzeug (“The Art of Sensation”). On the tennis court, Italian star Lorenzo Musetti plays with a one-handed backhand, a stroke that has grown increasingly rare in contemporary tennis—proof that staying true to one’s own style can still win.
— Caroline Grosso

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Jamie Dornan photographed by Charlie Gray for L'OFFICIEL Hommes USA October 2026 Issue.

L'OFFICIEL Hommes October 2026 Issue: Letter From the Editor

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