Playing GLBTQ
by dog_lover_twelve | created - 13 Mar 2012 | updated - 16 Mar 2012 | PublicActors and Actresses who have played gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, or questioning characters.
1. Colin Firth
Actor | A Single Man
Colin Andrew Firth was born into an academic family in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. His mother, Shirley Jean (Rolles), was a comparative religion lecturer at the Open University, and his father, David Norman Lewis Firth, lectured on history at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's...
George Falconer in "A Single Man" Gay
2. Aaron Webber
Actor | Whole New Thing
Aaron Webber was born in 1989 in Chester Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Whole New Thing (2005), The Last New Year (2009) and The Weight (2011).
Emerson Thorsen in"Whole New Thing" Bisexual
3. Georges Du Fresne
Actor | Ma vie en rose
Georges Du Fresne was born on November 30, 1984 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He is an actor, known for Ma vie en rose (1997), L'inconnu de Strasbourg (1998) and Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999).
Ludovic Fabre in "Ma Vie En Rose" Transgendered
4. P.J. Verhoest
Actor | A Very Serious Person
P.J. Verhoest is known for A Very Serious Person (2006), Lying (2006) and Phér Bóney Love Theme (2019).
Gil in "A Very Serious Person" Gay
5. Nathan Lopez
Actor | Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
Nathan Lopez was born on August 19, 1991. He is an actor, known for Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (2005), Be Careful with My Heart (2012) and Wagas (2013).
Maximo Oliveros in "The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros" Gay
6. Hubert Koundé
Actor | La haine
Hubert Koundé was born on December 30, 1970. He is an actor and director, known for La haine (1995), The Constant Gardener (2005) and Menhir - C'est citer (1998).
Arnold Bluhm in "The Constant Gardener" Gay
7. José Luis García-Pérez
Actor | Honor
José Luis García-Pérez, born in Seville, is a Spanish actor whose successful career spans the realms of cinema, television, and theater, both nationally and internationally, with a notable presence in English-speaking productions.
Since the beginning, García-Pérez has accumulated an impressive list ...
Pedro in "Bear Cub" Gay
8. Felicity Huffman
Actress | Transamerica
Felicity Huffman was born on December 9, 1962 in Bedford, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Transamerica (2005), Desperate Housewives (2004) and Sports Night (1998). She has been married to William H. Macy since September 6, 1997. They have two children.
Bree AKA Stanley in "Transamerica" Transgendered
9. Cillian Murphy
Actor | 28 Days Later...
Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who works for the Irish Department of Education, and a mother who is a teacher of French. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law ...
Patrick 'Kitten' Braden in "Breakfast on Pluto" Gay
10. Ted Levine
Actor | The Silence of the Lambs
Born in May 1957 in Bellaire, Ohio, he was among the last graduating class of the Windsor Mountain School in Lenox, Massachusetts. Attended Marlboro College in Vermont. Performed in summer stock and regional theaters in Vermont, Michigan and West Virginia before settling in Chicago and joining The ...
Jame 'Buffalo Bill' Gumb in "The Silence of the Lambs" Transgendered (or maybe just a lunatic?)
11. Heath Ledger
Actor | Brokeback Mountain
When hunky, twenty-year-old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of little depth. He spent several years trying desperately to sway this image, but this was a double-edged sword. His work comprised ...
Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain" Gay
12. Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor | Nightcrawler
Jake Gyllenhaal was born on December 19, 1980 in Los Angeles, California as Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, the son of producer/screenwriter Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the younger brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He is of Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) and Swedish, English, and ...
Jack Twist in "Brokeback Mountain" Gay
13. Noomi Rapace
Actress | Män som hatar kvinnor
Swedish actress Noomi Rapace was born in Hudiksvall, Gävleborgs län, Sweden to Swedish actress Nina Norén and Spanish Flamenco singer Rogelio de Badajoz (Rogelio Durán). Her parents did not stay together, and when she was five she moved to Iceland with her mother and stepfather, where she lived for...
Lisabeth Salander in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire," and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" Bisexual
14. Morena Baccarin
Actress | Deadpool
Morena Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to actress Vera Setta and journalist Fernando Baccarin. Her uncle was actor Ivan Setta. She is of Italian as well as Lebanese and Portuguese/Brazilian descent. She moved to New York at the age of ten, when her father was transferred there. She ...
Inara Serra in "Firefly" & "Serenity" Bisexual
15. Richard Kind
Actor | Argo
Richard Kind, a Drama Desk Award winner and Tony nominee for the Broadway hit The Big Knife, is an accomplished stage, screen and television actor who continues to redefine the term character actor. Kind is starring as Sam Meyers in the Amazon Original Series Red Oaks (2014). He appeared in the ...
Arthur Gopnik in "A Serious Man" Gay
16. Robert De Niro
Actor | Cape Fear
One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. He was trained ...
Captain Shakespeare in "Stardust" Gay
17. 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," "...
Captain Jack Harkness in "Doctor Who" Bisexual
18. Daniel Franzese
Actor | Mean Girls
Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Fort Lauderdale, FL, Daniel Franzese is an actor/comedian of Italian American decent, Daniel Franzese is best known for his interesting and daring performances in breakthrough films: from his debut role in the intense Larry Clark drama Bully, his surprisingly dark...
Damien in "Mean Girls" Gay
19. Dan Byrd
Actor | Easy A
Dan Byrd was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Marietta, Georgia. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
He is an actor, known for Easy A (2010), Sisters (2015), Cougar Town (2009), Aliens in America (2008) as well as The Hills Have eyes (2006) and A Cinderella Story (2004).
Brandon in "Easy A" Gay
20. Sean Penn
Actor | Mystic River
Sean Penn is a powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work, who has gone from strength to strength during a colourful film career, and who has drawn much media attention for his stormy private life and political viewpoints.
Sean Justin Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the ...
Harvey Milk in "Milk" Gay
21. Paddy Considine
Actor | Dead Man's Shoes
Paddy (Patrick) Considine was born on September 5, 1973 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire in the U.K. As a teenager, Considine studied a drama course at Burton College where he met with now friend and director Shane Meadows, who cast Considine in his first role in a feature film as the disturbed ...
Porter Nash in "Blitz" Gay
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