I didn't even realize he was gay.
I listed her since she does most of her acting in America and I'm sure she has US citizenship by now.
Most famous openly gay (American) actor?
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But he did come out in the end, when AIDS was killing him. And he was very famous in his time. But, you're right.
didnt know either of those two either
The biggest name (one that people would call A-List) is Jodie Foster and the only one. Neil Patrick Harris has been open about it for a while, but he isn't consider A List (though possible better known). Ellen and Rosie are famous, but they aren't primarily actors.
I didn't either. Then again, my only real exposure to him has been on "How I Met Your Mother," and his character is about as far from gay as you can get!
Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly. Way back in the 60's and early 70's.
--Ted
--Ted
Robert Reed?
(Though he's passed.)
(Though he's passed.)
Dusty Ayres
Commodore
B.D. Wong (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)-Will Du, his character on Kim Possible, is also gay, IMHO.
Mike Meyers (Austin Powers)-recently came out.
Mike Meyers (Austin Powers)-recently came out.
Dusty Ayres
Commodore
Sorry, my bad, I thought that he had come out.
Isn't her possible bisexual orientation only speculative?
Nope she's definately out as a lesbian - her partner is/was (it's been reported they split) a film producer named Cydney Bernad.
Then we had Liberace though not an actor who successfully sued newspapers over reports he was gay till he came out the closet at the end.
We've forgotten about...
Harvey Fierstein (Independence Day, Mulan, Torch Song Trilogy)
Tom Lenk (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
John Glover (Smallville, Brimstone)
Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause)
Caesar Romero (Batman)
John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
Dick Sargent (Bewitched)
Glenn Shadix (Beetlejuice, Carnivale, The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Paul Winfield (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Terminator)
Jasika Nicole (Fringe)
Cherry Jones (The Village, 24, Erin Brockovich, Signs)
Wanda Sykes (Clerks II, My Super Ex-Girlfriend)
Lily Tomlin (Nashville, Short Cuts)
Harvey Fierstein (Independence Day, Mulan, Torch Song Trilogy)
Tom Lenk (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
John Glover (Smallville, Brimstone)
Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause)
Caesar Romero (Batman)
John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
Dick Sargent (Bewitched)
Glenn Shadix (Beetlejuice, Carnivale, The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Paul Winfield (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Terminator)
Jasika Nicole (Fringe)
Cherry Jones (The Village, 24, Erin Brockovich, Signs)
Wanda Sykes (Clerks II, My Super Ex-Girlfriend)
Lily Tomlin (Nashville, Short Cuts)
Who's ex is Sarah Paulson (American Gothic, Jack and Jill)
Oh then there's Sarah Gilbert (Roseanne)
Maybe I missed it but ... LIBERACE?
See, I think that whole thing is incredibly funny. Today, we can view their shows on the Game Show Network, and they are both extremely camp. To me, at least, it seems obvious that they're both gay. Same with Liberace.
And yet, I've talked with my grandmother, who was around and watching these game shows when they originally aired, and according to her, no one at the time ever dreamed any of those three men were anything but heterosexual.
Actually BD is on SVU, not Criminal Intent. (His SVU character, George Huang, is gay as well)
I'm certainly a fan, but I don't know if he's a "famous" name. His stuff tends to be rather obscure. It's pretty telling that Hedwig and teh Angry Inch is his most mainstream film of recent memory!
How I could forget about her is beyond me. I've had a hopeless, hopeless crush on her since Deadwood.
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