Openly Gay Actors
by MarcusHoover | created - 16 Jul 2011 | updated - 1 week ago | Public1. Neil Patrick Harris
Actor | How I Met Your Mother
Neil Patrick Harris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 15, 1973. His parents, Sheila Gail (Scott) and Ronald Gene Harris, were lawyers and ran a restaurant. He grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico, a small town 120 miles south of Albuquerque, where he first took up acting in the fourth grade. ...
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1554852,00.html
2. Luke Macfarlane
Actor | Bros
Luke Macfarlane is a Canadian-American actor born on January 19th, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada.
He is best known for his role as Scotty Wandell on the family drama television series Brothers & Sisters (2006) and D'avin Jaqobis on the space adventure series Killjoys (2015).
Luke is a lead ...
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/04/15/luke-macfarlane-gay/
3. Gavin Creel
Soundtrack | Submissions Only
Gavin Creel was born on April 18, 1976 in Findlay, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Submissions Only (2010), The Ceiling Fan (2016) and She Loves Me (2016).
http://www.broadway.com/buzz/159649/millie-and-hair-star-gavin-creel-on-coming-out-making-noise-and-dreaming-of-a-hippie-heaven/
4. Chad Allen
Actor | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Chad Allen was born on June 5, 1974 in Cerritos, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), TerrorVision (1986) and Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (1986).
http://www.out.com/entertainment/2008/09/22/allens-anatomy
5. Mitchell Anderson
Actor | Jaws: The Revenge
Mitchell Anderson was born on August 21, 1961 in Jamestown, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Jaws: The Revenge (1987), After Forever (2018) and The Karen Carpenter Story (1989).
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/theater/2008/02/08/mitchell-andersons-second-run
6. John Barrowman
Actor | Torchwood
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in Joliet, Illinois. He returned to the UK, for a 6 month Shakespeare semester with the United States International University of San Diego, but left to star in the musical production of "Anything Goes," with Elaine Paige. He went on to star in "Miss Saigon," "...
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/09/06/john-barrowman-i-didnt-wake-up-one-morning-and-decide-to-be-gay/
7. Lance Bass
Actor | On the Line
Lance Bass is the quintessential illustration of a highly successful and driven jack-of-all-trades: singer, host, actor, producer, writer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and cosmonaut.
Beyond his fame as a member of the phenomenally successful group *NSYNC, where the group sold an impressive 60 ...
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1219142,00.html
8. Ricky Martin
Actor | Ricky Martin: Livin' la vida loca
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Ricky initiated his singing career in the Latin all boy-band group Menudo. After leaving the group, he moved to New York to study acting. After finishing his studies, he relocated to Mexico where he performed as actor in "Mama ama el Rock", "Alcanzar una Estrella II"...
http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/664757/0/ricky-martin/confiesa/gay/
9. Reichen Lehmkuhl
Actor | Dante's Cove
Reichen Lehmkuhl was born on December 26, 1973 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Dante's Cove (2004), The Young and the Restless (1973) and Days of Our Lives (1965).
http://gaylife.about.com/od/index/a/reichenlehmkuhl.htm
10. Dan Bucatinsky
Actor | The Baker and the Beauty
Dan Bucatinsky was born in New York City, New York, USA to Argentinian parents, Julio and Myriam. He is of Latin and Jewish descent. He is an Emmy winning actor, known for The Baker and the Beauty (2020), Second Act (2018) and Scandal (2012) and a producer of Who Do You Think You Are? (2010) and ...
http://deadline.com/2014/09/dan-bucatinsky-gay-coming-out-in-hollywood-sag-town-hall-833166/
11. David Burtka
Actor | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
David Burtka was born on May 29, 1975 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011), Neil's Puppet Dreams (2012) and CSI: NY (2004). He has been married to Neil Patrick Harris since September 6, 2014. They have two children.
http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2012/01/11/neil-patrick-harris-david-burtka-love-couple-stars-children
12. Dan Butler
Actor | Frasier
Dan Butler was born on December 2, 1954 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Frasier (1993), The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011). He has been married to Richard Waterhouse since September 12, 2010.
http://voices.outtakeonline.com/2012/07/gay-activist-actor-dan-butler-speaks.html
13. Richard Chamberlain
Actor | The Towering Inferno
Richard Chamberlain became the leading heartthrob of early 1960s television. As the impeccably handsome Dr. James Kildare, the slim, butter-haired hunk with the near-perfect Ivy-League charm and smooth, intelligent demeanor, had the distaff fans fawning unwavering over him through the series' run. ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1341935/Richard-Chamberlain-Why-I-kept-gay-life-secret-Dr-Kildare.html
14. Christian Chávez
Actor | Clase 406
Christian Chavez was born on August 7, 1983 in McAllen, Texas, U.S. At the age of two, he Moved to Mexico City.
In 2002, Chávez was cast as Fernando 'Fercho' Lucena in the telenovela Clase 406. The series had four seasons and 350 one-hour episodes in total.
In 2005, Chávez joined a new telenovela ...
http://marcianosmx.com/christian-chavez-de-rbd-acepta-ser-gay-salio-del-closet/
15. Chris Colfer
Actor | Struck by Lightning
Chris Colfer is a very talented actor and vocalist who was born on May 27, 1990 in Fresno, California, USA as Christopher Paul Colfer. He is an actor, known for Glee (2009-2015), Struck by Lightning (2012), and The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell. His break out role was as Kurt Hummel in Glee, ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2357126/Chris-Colfer-boyfriend-Will-Sherrod-don-matching-patriotic-outfits-Fourth-July-lunch-date.html
16. Craig Chester
Actor | Adam & Steve
Craig Chester was born in West Covina, California, the son of Cecil, lead singer in the rock band "Whiskey" and Linda, a homemaker. He moved with his family to Carrollton, Texas at the age of twelve when his father accepted a corporate job with Nestlé. At age fifteen, Chester was diagnosed with the...
http://www.dallasobserver.com/1995-05-04/film/rushes/full/
17. Wilson Cruz
Actor | Star Trek: Discovery
Award-winning Actor, Producer, Activist, "Actorvist," and Humanitarian Wilson Cruz currently stars as Dr. Hugh Culber on the Award-winning Paramount+ series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. He appeared on the Netflix series THIRTEEN REASONS WHY and in Hulu's 2020 GLAAD Award- Winning original animated kids' ...
http://gaylife.about.com/od/gaycelebrityprofiles/ig/Gay-Celebrity-Profiles/Wilson-Cruz.-6Zt.htm
18. Charlie David
Producer | Shadowlands
Charlie David is a producer/director with his company Border2Border Entertainment which produces and promotes a unique brand of award-winning, critically acclaimed film, television and digital projects for diverse, under-served audiences made by people with marginalized lived experience - 2SLGBTQIA...
http://gaylife.about.com/od/index/a/charliedavidint.htm
19. Jaye Davidson
Actor | The Crying Game
Jaye was born in Riverside, California in 1968, the son of a Ghanaian father and English mother. The family left for England when Jaye was two and a half. Jaye left school at 16 and had been alternately unemployed and doing odd jobs (running for a production company, working in a factory) ever ...
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930322&slug=1691795
20. Guillermo Diaz
Actor | Scandal
Guillermo Diaz was born in 1975 in New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Scandal (2012), Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021) and Weeds (2005).
http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=26518
21. David Drake
Actor | Philadelphia
David Drake was born on June 27, 1963 in Edgewood, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Philadelphia (1993), Peoria Babylon (1997) and The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me (2000).
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-03-07/features/1994066129_1_david-drake-larry-kramer-ann-cusack
22. James Dreyfus
Actor | Notting Hill
James Dreyfus was born on October 9, 1968 in Islington, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Notting Hill (1999), The Thin Blue Line (1995) and Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004).
http://www.sheengate.co.uk/richmond-and-barnes/2013/01/31/our-interview-with-james-dreyfus/
23. Scott Evans
Actor | Barbie
Scott Evans was born on September 21, 1983 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Barbie (2023), Almost Love (2019) and Grace and Frankie (2015).
http://www.queerty.com/chris-evans-plays-the-newlywed-game-with-gay-brother-scott-hilarity-ensues-20140402
24. Rupert Everett
Actor | My Best Friend's Wedding
Stylish Rupert James Hector Everett was born on May 29, 1959, in Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, to Sara (Maclean) and Anthony Michael Everett, a Major in the British Army, who later worked in business. Of royal stock, he is of primarily English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry with a dash of German and ...
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/04/being-gay-was-a-huge-issue-in-my-career-says-rupert-everett-gay-actors-closet
25. Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Actor | Cocaine Bear
Jesse Tyler Ferguson was born on October 22, 1975 in Missoula, Montana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Cocaine Bear (2023), Modern Family (2009) and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016). He has been married to Justin Mikita since July 20, 2013. They have one child.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/26/jesse-tyler-ferguson-came-out-gay-porn_n_5887858.html
26. Harvey Fierstein
Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire
Harvey Fierstein is an American actor, screenwriter and playwright who has been in several stage productions, films, shows and games. He voiced Yao in Mulan and Huaca in Kingdom of the Sun (prototype for The Emperor's New Groove). He also acted in Hairspray, Independence Day, Mrs. Doubtfire, Bros, ...
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/harvey-fierstein/
27. Stephen Fry
Actor | Gosford Park
Writer, actor, comedian, doer of good works, excellent good friend to the famous and not, Fry lives in his London SW1 flat and his Norfolk house when not traveling. Famous for his public declaration of celibacy in the "Tatler" back in the 1980s, Emma Thompson has characterised her friend as "90 ...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2678111/Stephen-Fry-reveals-that-he-is-gay.html
28. Robert Gant
Actor | 13 Reasons Why
With several decades of wide-ranging credits to his name, Robert Gant has become a well known actor and participant both in Hollywood and abroad. From television to film, dramatic to comedic, his portrayals have spanned all genres. In one of his most well known roles, Robert starred as Professor ...
http://guidetogay.com/the-news/interviews/160-queer-as-folks-robert-gant
29. Malcolm Gets
Actor | Caroline in the City
Malcolm Gets was born in Chicago but lived in New Jersey until he was 5. Both of his parents are of English ancestry. His mother, Lispbeth, was a special educationist and his father, Terence, works as a college textbook representative for a Boston-based publisher and runs in many competitve ...
http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/theater-dance/2010/06/20/Malcolm-Gets-addresses-the-dust-up-over-gays-in-straight-roles/stories/201006200190
30. John Glover
Actor | Scrooged
John Soursby Glover, Jr., is an American actor, known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville. In 1993 he co-starred in the dark comedy Ed and His Dead Mother with Steve Buscemi and Ned Beatty.Glover was ...
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=8666
31. Jason Gould
Actor | Say Anything...
Jason Gould was born on December 29, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Say Anything (1989), The Prince of Tides (1991) and Boys Life 3 (2000).
http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/07/barbra-streisand-tell-all-book-shelved/
32. Nickolas Grace
Actor | Robin of Sherwood
Nickolas Grace was born in England and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. After repertory experience he appeared in numerous London Stage Productions as well as Shakespeare at Stratford and in New York. He has been in innumerable films, television, plays and radio dramas and ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-455884/Alan-Batess-secret-gay-affair-ice-skater-John-Curry.html
33. Randy Harrison
Actor | Queer as Folk
Randy Harrison was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA and graduated high school in Atlanta, GA. Harrison began acting as a child eventually receiving a BFA from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He is best known for his role as Justin Taylor in the Showtime series Queer as Folk (2000). ...
http://nymag.com/nymetro/urban/gay/features/5945/
34. Andrew Hayden-Smith
Actor | Doctor Who
Andrew Hayden-Smith was born on November 5, 1983 in Gateshead, Newcastle, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Doctor Who (2005), Cucumber (2015) and Byker Grove (1989).
http://www.rucomingout.com/andrew-hayden-smith-interview.html
35. Sean Hayes
Actor | Will & Grace
Sean Patrick Hayes was born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn, Illinois. His father, Ronald, a lithographer, left the family when Sean was a young child. His mother, Mary, works at a food bank, and raised Sean and his four siblings on her own. Sean supported himself as a classical ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/28/sean-hayes-gay-community-apology_n_4169745.html
36. John Benjamin Hickey
Actor | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
John Benjamin Hickey was born on June 25, 1963 in Plano, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009).
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/24/sir-derek-jacobi-my-mother-said-my-sexuality-was-a-phase/
37. Cheyenne Jackson
Actor | American Horror Story
Cheyenne David Jackson is an American actor and singer. His credits include leading roles in Broadway musicals and other stage roles, as well as film and television roles, concert singing, and music recordings.
After beginning his acting career in regional theatre in Seattle, Washington, Jackson ...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2015/mar/03/russell-tovey-proud-worst-gay-ever-apology-effeminate-actor
38. Derek Jacobi
Actor | Gladiator
Preeminent British classical actor of the first post-Olivier generation, Derek Jacobi was knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre, and, in fact, is only the second to enjoy the honor of holding TWO knighthoods, Danish and English (Olivier was the other). Modest and unassuming in nature, ...
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/05/24/sir-derek-jacobi-my-mother-said-my-sexuality-was-a-phase/
39. Ian McKellen
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Widely regarded as one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, twice nominated for the Oscar and recipient of every major theatrical award in the UK and US, Ian Murray McKellen was born on May 25, 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, to Margery ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/gay_rights/12012.shtml
40. Leslie Jordan
Actor | The Help
For such a diminutive (4' 11") frame, character actor Leslie (Allen) Jordan had a tall talent for scene-stealing. Hailing from the South, as his dead-giveaway drawl quickly exposed, he was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 29, 1955, and raised in a highly conservative, deeply religious ...
http://www.cyinterview.com/2008/06/leslie-jordan/
41. Udo Kier
Actor | Hunters
Beginning his life with the same flair for the dramatic that would come to define his career, Udo Kier was born in Köln, Germany near the end of the 2nd world war. The hospital was bombed and buried Kier and his mother in the rubble. Both survived, and Kier would later move to London as a young ...
http://www.udokier.de/media/m_shivers_07_1999.htm
42. T.R. Knight
Actor | The Flight Attendant
T.R. Knight was a member of the acting company of Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater. Roles there included Richard Miller in Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" and Amadeus in Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus".
On the New York stage, he portrayed Tim Allgood in "Noises Off", Damis in "Tartuffe", Joe in "This Lime ...
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1548317,00.html
43. Adam Lambert
Soundtrack | 2012
Adam Lambert is a Grammy-nominated international artist, actor, philanthropist, and LGBTQ+ activist.
As the first openly gay male artist to top the Billboard album charts, Adam has released five studio albums to date, amassing more than three million album sales worldwide-all while honoring the ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gSW7ytC8BA
44. Nathan Lane
Actor | The Producers
Nathan Lane is an American actor and singer from New Jersey who is known for playing Timon from The Lion King, Spot Helperman/Scott Leadready II from Teacher's Pet, Max Bialystock from The Producers, Snowball from Stuart Little, Hamegg from Astro Boy and Ernie Smuntz from Mouse Hunt. He is married ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3327139/Nathan-Lane-59-weds-partner-18-years-Devlin-Elliott-NYC-s-City-Hall.html
45. Tom Lenk
Actor | Room 104
Tom Lenk is a SAG award winning actor whose stage and screen work include starring roles in "American Horror Stories," "Barb & Star," "Batwoman," "NCIS: Hawaii/NOLA," "Transparent," "HBO's Room 104," "Workin' Moms," "Bones," "Episodes," "Cabin in the Woods," "Transformers," "Much Ado About Nothing,...
http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaeljensen/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-andrew-out
46. Mitchell Lichtenstein
Producer | Teeth
Mitchell Lichtenstein was born on March 10, 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Teeth (2007), The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Happy Tears (2009).
http://knightatthemovies.com/KATM_MitchellLichtenstein.html
47. Matt Lucas
Actor | Little Britain
Matthew Richard Lucas is a British-German actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He is perhaps best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003-2006, 2020) and Come Fly With Me (2010-2011). Lucas portrayed the role of Nardole in the BBC ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/matt-lucas-i-had-no-hair-asthma-and-was-gay-school-was-tough/
48. Eric Millegan
Actor | Bones
Eric Millegan was born in Hackettstown, New Jersey and raised in Springfield, Oregon. He is best-known for his television role as Zack Addy on Bones (2005). Other TV credits include guest spots on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) and Sidney Lumet's 100 Centre Street (2001). On film, he ...
http://liverampup.com/entertainment/openly-gay-eric-millegan-married-2012-enjoying-splendid-net-worth-partner.html
49. John Cameron Mitchell
Actor | Hedwig and the Angry Inch
John Cameron Mitchell was born on April 21, 1963 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Shortbus (2006) and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017).
https://hitberry.com/gay-actor-john-cameron-mitchell-talks-about-getting-over-the-death-of-late-boyfriend-jack-steeb/
50. Peter Paige
Producer | The Fosters
Peter Paige is an accomplished actor, director, and playwright who has worked on countless theatrical productions in New York and at regional theaters around the country, not to mention numerous television and film projects. Paige lived in seven different states before graduating from high school. ...
https://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/how-peter-paige-has-pushed-the-boundaries-of-lgbt-representa?utm_term=.fqX5rMBOk#.di8Q9lnEo
51. David Hyde Pierce
Actor | Frasier
David Hyde Pierce was born on 3 April 1959 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. He is the youngest child of George and Laura Pierce (both deceased) and has two older sisters (Barbara and Nancy) and an older brother (Thomas). As a child, he was very interested in music (particularly piano) and ...
http://perezhilton.com/2010-11-15-david-hyde-pierce-talks-about-coming-out-and-getting-married
52. Kieron Richardson
Actor | Hollyoaks
Kieron Richardson was born on January 12, 1986 in Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Hollyoaks (1995), Heartbeat (1992) and It's Adam and Shelley (2007). He is married to Carl Hyland. They have two children.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/3139149/Oaks-star-Kieron-Im-gay.html
53. Jai Rodriguez
Actor | The Producers
Emmy Award-winning television host/actor Jai Rodriguez began his career at age 18 when he was cast in the role of Angel in the critically acclaimed Broadway musical RENT. Jai continued his Broadway career, appearing in shows like The Producers and Spinning Into Butter, and he created and performed ...
https://www.queerty.com/jai-rodriguez-finds-his-pearly-white-partner-20090207
54. Adamo Ruggiero
Actor | Degrassi: The Next Generation
Born June 9th 1986 in Toronto, Adamo Ruggiero is a television/film/theatre actor and television host. His credits include: Degrassi- The Next Generation (Series, 2002-2008), Make The Yuletide Gay (Feature, 2009), The Neverending Story (Play, 2011) and The Next Star (Series, 2008-2012). Adamo is ...
http://www.newnownext.com/degrassis-adam-ruggiero-comes-out/01/2008/
55. RuPaul
Soundtrack | RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul Andre Charles is an American actor, model, singer, songwriter, television personality, and author. As executive producer and host of the reality competition TV series RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul has received fourteen Primetime Emmy Awards - the most wins for outstanding host of a reality or ...
http://www.towleroad.com/2017/03/rupaul-married/
56. John Sessions
Actor | The Good Shepherd
Actor and comedian known for his various roles on film, TV and stage. He was born in Largs, Scotland, in 1953. He has an older brother and a twin sister. His debut film was The Sender (1982), a horror feature in which he played a patient. His next film was The Bounty (1984) with Mel Gibson and ...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/14/john-sessions-interview-comedy-pudsey-the-dog-the-movie
57. Jeremy Sheffield
Actor | The Wedding Date
Jeremy Sheffield was born on March 17, 1966 in Kelvedon, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Wedding Date (2005), Creep (2004) and Hollyoaks (1995).
http://jeremysheffield.tvheaven.com/attitudeint0205.htm
58. Antony Sher
Actor | Shakespeare in Love
Born in 1949, Antony Sher was raised in South Africa before going to London to study at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art between 1969 and 1971. After performing for the Gay Sweatshop theatrical group in "Thinking Straight" (1975), "The Fork" (1976), and "Stone" (1976), he joined the Royal...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-greg-doran-sir-antony-sher-7619002.html
59. Christopher Sieber
Actor | Shrek the Musical
He attended Forest Lake High School and, after graduating, set out for New York to study acting at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Sieber made his television series debut in Two of a Kind (1998). In regional theatre, he has been involved in a string of world premiere musicals, including ...
http://www.broadway.com/buzz/158724/two-time-tony-nominee-christopher-sieber-marries-kevin-burrows-at-thanksgiving-day-wedding/
60. Jaason Simmons
Actor | Sharknado
Jason was first introduced to worldwide audiences as Logan Fowler in the hit TV series Baywatch, a Show viewed by a billion people across 142 countries. After 3 years on the show he walked away from Hollywood, and returned to stage school to study theatre, to complete his training with renowned ...
https://www.queerty.com/how-baywatchs-jaason-simmons-came-out-to-his-costars-even-though-they-knew-he-was-gay-20140925
61. Stephen Spinella
Actor | Ravenous
Stephen Spinella was born on October 11, 1956 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor, known for Ravenous (1999), Virtuosity (1995) and Rubber (2010).
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/05/theater/a-gay-actor-s-temptation-to-keep-good-health-in-the-closet.html
62. George Takei
Actor | Star Trek
George Takei was born Hosato Takei on April 20, 1937 in Los Angeles, California. His mother was born in Sacramento to Japanese parents & his father was born in Japan. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he & his family were relocated from Los Angeles to the Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. ...
http://www.justjared.com/2008/09/15/george-takei-wedding-pictures/
63. Russell Tovey
Actor | The Good Liar
Russell Tovey was born on November 14, 1981 in Billericay Essex, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Good Liar (2019), Grabbers (2012) and The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012).
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2015/mar/03/russell-tovey-proud-worst-gay-ever-apology-effeminate-actor
64. Bobby Trendy
Actor | Hindsight
Bobby Trendy was born on May 22, 1979 in Valencia, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Hindsight (1996), Yes, Dear (2000) and A Slice of Terror (2004).
http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-1299-interview-with-bobby-trendy.html
65. Jim Verraros
Soundtrack | Eating Out
Jim Verraros was born on February 8, 1983 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Eating Out (2004), Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006) and Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! (2008). He has been married to Bill Brennan since September 6, 2009.
http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/09/american-idols-jim-verraros-enters-gay-union-partner/
66. BD Wong
Actor | Jurassic Park
BD Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He made his Broadway debut in "M. Butterfly." He is the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theater World Award for the same performance. He starred in the ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/same-sex-star-couples-gallery-1.81923?pmSlide=1.81957
67. Will Young
Actor | Mrs. Henderson Presents
Has a twin brother called Rupert and an older sister, Emma. William's mother, Annabel, runs a market garden and lives with his father, Robin, a business man. He represented his school, Wellington College, in rugby, football, basketball, athletics, long jump and triple jump. William went to Exeter ...
http://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/artists/will-young/news/will-young-was-terrified-being-gay/
68. Paul Zaloom
Actor | Beakman's World
Paul Zaloom was born on December 14, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Beakman's World (1992), Dante's Inferno (2007) and The Equalizer (1985).
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2007/07/18/zaloompuppetry
69. David Yost
Actor | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always
David Yost was born on January 7, 1969 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (2023), Power Rangers Cosmic Fury (2023) and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993).
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/power-rangers-david-yost-why-a-gay-superhero-is-a-step-forward-988125
70. Peter Wyngarde
Actor | Flash Gordon
Peter Paul Wyngarde was born at the home of an aunt in Marseille, Southern France, and is the son of an English father and French mother. Owing to his father's work as a member of the British Diplomatic Service, Peter spent much of his early childhood moving from one country to another, and was ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/3666144/The-minute-they-got-close-he-ran.html
71. Simon Woods
Actor | Pride & Prejudice
Simon Woods was born in 1980 in England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Pride & Prejudice (2005), Penelope (2006) and Rome (2005). He has been married to Christopher Bailey since 2012.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/31/christopher-bailey-burberry-transformed-fashion-brand
72. Richard Wilson
Actor | One Foot in the Grave
Richard Wilson OBE (born Iain Carmichael Wilson) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster. He played Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave (1990). A later role was as Gaius, the court physician of Camelot, in the BBC drama Merlin (2008).
Wilson was born in Greenock, ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2285971/Richard-Wilson-I-dont-mind-people-saying-Im-gay-I-am.html
73. Richie Wilcox
Actor | Look at Me
Richie Wilcox is known for Look at Me (2024), Bubbles and the Shitrockers (2024) and Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor (2021).
http://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/375629
74. Matthew Waterhouse
Actor | Doctor Who
Matthew Waterhouse was born the son of a company solicitor. He joined the BBC as a clerk, working in the news and information department, while also pursuing an acting career. His first TV role was as a public schoolboy in "To Serve Them All My Days" (1980). He had not even started working on that ...
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Matthew_Waterhouse
75. Paul Vogt
Actor | Perfect Harmony
Paul Vogt from Hairspray Live! (2016) found himself back on NBC in the new comedy "Perfect Harmony" where he originally landed Hollywood recognition as the breakout star of The Rerun Show (2002) when he portrayed Mrs. Garrett from "The Facts of Life". Since then, he has become a permanent cast ...
https://madtv.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Vogt
76. Didier Van den Hove
Didier Van den Hove is known for The Hidden Face (2011), Los Herederos del Monte (2011) and Kdabra (2009).
https://www.primerahora.com/entretenimiento/farandula/nota/admisiondehabertenidosexoconunjovenpodriamandaractoraprision-215208/
77. Georg Uecker
Actor | Lindenstraße
Georg Uecker was born on November 6, 1962 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Lindenstraße (1985), Schillerstraße (2004) and Lindenstraße: Finstere Weihnacht (2006).
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/georg-uecker-hiv-positive/
78. Tommy Tune
Actor | Hello, Dolly!
Tommy Tune is possibly the tallest dancer in the country. He was in the New York Company of "How Now Dow Jones" when Ernest Lehman engaged him to play Ambrose Kemper in the film, "Hello, Dolly!". His father is a Texas restaurateur. Tommy acted in, directed and choreographed school productions, ...
https://www.ebar.com/arts_&_culture/theater/257222
79. Danny Roberts
Actor | DTLA
Danny Roberts was born on July 19, 1977 in Rockmart, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for DTLA (2012), Dawson's Creek (1998) and The Challenge (1998). He was previously married to Wes Pereria.
https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/20/real-world-danny-roberts-living-with-hiv/
80. Tony Tripoli
Actor | Fashion House
Tony Tripoli is known for Fashion House (2006), Fashion Police (2002) and The Dish (2008).
https://www.instagram.com/tonytripoli/?hl=es
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/victorian-gay-convictions-law-means-noel-tovey-80-wont-die-a-criminal
82. Peterson Toscano
Actor | Eli Parker Is Getting Married?
Peterson Toscano is known for Eli Parker Is Getting Married? (2003), Transfigurations: Transgressing Gender in the Bible (2017) and This Is What Love in Action Looks Like (2011).
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-on-earth-is-this-gay-_b_5835652
83. Scott Thompson
Actor | The Kids in the Hall
Scott Thompson was raised in Brampton, Ontario. He is the second oldest of four boys (the others are Craig, Derek and Dean). At 19, Scott got involved in an educational program called "Canada World Youth", and spent some time in the Phillipines. After CWY, Scott enrolled in York University but, in ...
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-25-ca-57621-story.html
84. J.T. Tepnapa
Producer | Judas Kiss
J.T. Tepnapa received a bachelor's degree in acting at the University of California, Irvine. He has appeared in many award-winning plays, features, shorts, and commercials, and was awarded The Ticketholder Award for Best Supporting Actor in "Spinning Into Butter" in 2001. In 2001 he directed, wrote...
https://radiococoa.com/RC/entrevista-j-t-tepnapa/
85. Josh Strickland
Art_director | Sia: Free Me
Singer and actor Josh Strickland, born October 23, 1983, is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. He attended high school at the Charleston County School of the Arts, and graduated from Middleton High School in Charleston. He attended the College of Charleston where he studied voice with Deanna ...
https://www.playbill.com/article/josh-strickland-comes-out-in-the-advocate-com-191131
86. David Ogden Stiers
Actor | M*A*S*H
David Ogden Stiers was born in Peoria, Illinois, to Margaret Elizabeth (Ogden) and Kenneth Truman Stiers. He moved with his family to Eugene, Oregon, where he graduated from North Eugene High School in 1960. At the age of twenty, he was offered $200 to join the company of the Santa Clara ...
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Movies/story?id=7518323&page=1
87. Darryl Stephens
Actor | B Positive
Darryl Stephens was born on March 7, 1974 in Pasadena, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for B Positive (2020), From Zero to I Love You (2019) and Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom (2008).
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/actor-darryl-stephens-on-his-struggles-with-being-black-and-gay-in-hollywood/
88. Peter Stickles
Actor | Shortbus
Peter Stickles was born on October 8, 1976 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Shortbus (2006), Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven (2011) and Cemetery Gates (2006). He has been married to Michael Carbonaro since 2014.
http://www.newnownext.com/interview-with-the-lairs-lead-vamp-peter-stickles/06/2007/
89. Kevin Spirtas
Actor | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Kevin Spirtas started his career as a stage actor on Broadway, and then worked his way into film and television. Starting in 1995, he began using the name Kevin Spirtas professionally. He is known for starring in the films Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988), as Nick, and The Hills Have Eyes Part...
http://greginhollywood.com/kevin-spirtas-talks-to-we-love-soaps-about-being-an-out-actor-it%E2%80%99s-a-slice-of-who-i-am-16696
90. Doug Spearman
Actor | The Burial
More than 30 plus years of experience in theater, television and film production. Doug is a writer/director/producer and actor.
In the summer of 1983 Doug started as the one and only intern/assistant producer to Charlie Rose when Charlie returned to television with his national show. Doug's ...
http://gaylife.about.com/od/gaycelebrityprofiles/ig/Gay-Celebrity-Profiles/Doug-Spearman.htm
91. Jonathan Slavin
Actor | Santa Clarita Diet
Jonathan Slavin was born on August 11, 1969 in North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Santa Clarita Diet (2017), Speechless (2016) and Better Off Ted (2009).
http://www.avclub.com/article/jonathan-slavin-dr-ken-better-ted-and-portraying-p-223472
92. Dirk Shafer
Writer | Circuit
Born in Carbondale, Illinois, (but raised in Oklahoma), Dirk first came to public attention when he appeared at age 27, in a photo-spread in Playgirl Magazine's "Holiday 1990" issue. This handsome, hairy-chested blond proved unusually popular with readers and when given a chance to select 1992's "...
http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/finding-prince-charming-robby-lariviere-interview.html
93. Glenn Scarpelli
Actor | One Day at a Time
Glenn Scarpelli was born on July 6, 1966 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for One Day at a Time (1975), Jennifer Slept Here (1983) and Amazing Stories (1985). He has been married to John Ricci Jr. since April 23, 2023. He was previously married to ...
http://blogcritics.org/a-conversation-with-glenn-scarpelli-life/
94. Max Rhyser
Actor | Violet Tendencies
Max was born and raised in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He started a professional career in radio, commercial and theatre in his teens. Before moving to New York City, he attended drama school in London where he also made appearances on BBC UK and the West End Stage. He has produced for the stage, ...
http://www.kennethinthe212.com/2010/08/max-rhyser-does-instinct-magazine-or.html
95. Roger Rees
Actor | Frida
Like a number of British actors of the same generation (John Hurt and Alan Rickman, to name two), Roger Rees originally trained for the visual arts. He was born on May 5 1944 in Aberystwyth, Wales, and acted in church and Boy Scouts stage productions while growing up in South London, but studied ...
https://stephenholtshow.wordpress.com/2015/07/11/roger-rees-a-great-actor-a-great-out-gay-man-passes/
96. Patrik-Ian Polk
Writer | Punks
Patrik-Ian Polk (Director, Writer, Producer), attended Brandeis University in Massachusetts and received his undergraduate degree in film and theatre from the University of Southern Mississippi in his hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He then attended graduate film school at the prestigious ...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/21/patrik-ian-polk-actors-scared-gay-characters
97. Jack Plotnick
Actor | Girls Will Be Girls
Jack Plotnick was born in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Girls Will Be Girls (2003), Gods and Monsters (1998) and Space Station 76 (2014).
http://www.brainsofminerva.com/2011/06/21/acting/jack-plotnick-on-acting-straight/
98. Clinton Leupp
Actor | Girls Will Be Girls
Clinton Leupp was born on August 27, 1965 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Girls Will Be Girls (2003), The Wild (2006) and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995).
http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Blogs/Revue/June-2012/Miss-Coco-Peru-Tells-All/
99. Lady Chablis
Actress | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Lady Chablis was born on March 11, 1957 in Quincy, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Partners (1999) and Stranded with Cash Peters (2005). She died on September 8, 2016 in Savannah, Georgia, USA.
http://savannahnow.com/do/2013-03-04/lady-chablis-turns-xxx-march-9-birthday-bash-savannah
100. Mark Patton
Actor | A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Mark Patton was raised in Riverside, Missouri, a Suburb of Kansas City. His first interest, starting at age 8, was in gymnastics. By his high school years, he had excelled in the Junior Olympics. But acting had also begun to interest him. Mark began studying in his high school's drama department ...
http://www.hivplusmag.com/people/cover-stories/2013/08/08/nightmare-hollywood-couldnt-kill-mark-patton
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