Television’s hottest male nerds… the allure of hackers, scientists and philosophers in our favourite shows.

Imagine the drudgery that would afflict television if computer technology was never invented? There’d be so many less hacking shows to watch. What would we even do with all that spare time? Invent computers, probably…

Has anyone settled on the collective noun for a group hackers, by the way?Here’s a brief list of some of our favourite male nerds on television.

Huck (Diego Munoz) from Scandal

A gruff hacker in our favourite crisis management team (led by Olivia Pope) in Scandal, Huck is a former CIA agent that is light on conversation but heavy on mystery. ‘…Low-key and quietly brilliant Huck…’ proffers a sturdy air that you can’t help but interpret as reliable.

For an added bonus the actor that plays Huck is gay and has a tattoo of Madonna’s face on his arm… what’s not to love?

Walter O’Brien from </Scorpion>

Played by Elyes Gabel

The show and character was inspired by the real life Walter O’Brien who is a hacker and computer expert. At only eleven years old, he hacked into NASA (just like the real life Walter O’Brien did) and has since been…