List of actors who have played lesbians, bisexuals and gay men

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List of actors who have played homosexuals or bisexuals in movies and television:

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Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• F. Murray Abraham, in The Ritz
• Joey Lauren Adams, in Chasing Amy
• Mariano Alameda, in Aquí no hay quien viva
• Jason Alexander, in Love! Valour! Compassion!
• Harris Allan, in Queer as Folk
• Julie Andrews, in Victor/Victoria
• Hank Azaria, in The Birdcage

B

• Kevin Bacon in JFK
• Fátima Baeza, in Hospital Central
• Christian Bale, in Velvet Goldmine
• Antonio Banderas, in Philadelphia (movie)
• Javier Bardem, in Before Night Falls and Second Skin
• John Barrowman in Doctor Who, the character of Jack Harkness
• Drew Barrymore, in Poison Ivy
• Mischa Barton, in Once and Again, and The OC
• Kathy Bates, in Dragonfly and Primary Colors
• Amber Benson, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Gael García Bernal, in Bad Education
• Sandra Bernhard, in Roseanne
• Joel Bissonnette, in Century Hotel
• Michael Boatman, on Spin City
• Dirk Bogarde, in 1961's Victim, the first English language movie to include the word homosexual, and also in the film version of Death in Venice

C

• Dean Cain, in The Broken Hearts Club and Best Men
• Simon Callow, in Four Weddings and a Funeral
• Billy Campbell, in Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, and Further Tales of the City
• Christian Campbell, in Trick
• Jessica Campbell, in Election
• Kate Capshaw, in A Girl Thing
• Raulito Carbonell, in WAPA-TV's El Show del Mediodia
• Jim Carrey, in I Love You Phillip Morris
• Josh Charles, in Threesome
• Leslie Cheung, in numerous movies
• Winston Chao, in The Wedding Banquet
• Chiu Chi Ling, in Kung Fu Hustle as the Tailor nicknamed fairy.
• Claudia Christian, in Babylon 5 as Susan Ivanova.
• Adrià Collado, in Aquí no hay quien viva
• Phil Collins, in And the Band Played On
• Ernesto Cortes, in Bienvenidos
• Russell Crowe, in The Sum of Us
• Billy Crystal, as one of the first openly gay characters on American network TV, in Soap

D

• Matt Damon, in The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Bruce Davison, in Longtime Companion
• Ellen DeGeneres, in Ellen (TV show) and If These Walls Could Talk 2
• Catherine Deneuve, in The Hunger
• Johnny Depp, in Before Night Falls
• Vincent D'Onofrio, in Boys Life 2 and The Velocity of Gary
• Paul Dooley, on Dream On
• D. C. Douglas, Billy's Dad is a Fudge Packer
• Robert Downey Jr., in One Night Stand, Home for the Holidays, Black and White and Wonder Boys
• Roy Dupuis, in Being at Home with Claude and J'en suis!
• Clea DuVall in But I'm a Cheerleader

E

• Dwight Ewell, in Chasing Amy

F

• Colin Farrell, in Alexander (movie), A Home at the End of the World
• Fabrizio Filippo, in Queer as Folk
• Peter Finch, in Sunday Bloody Sunday
• Joe Flanigan, in Family Album
• Dave Foley in Kids in the Hall, Blast from the Past and Will & Grace
• Peter Frechette, in Profiler (TV series) and in thirtysomething --- a role which caused controversy as it was the first on network television to show two gay men in bed together.
• Alex Frost, in Elephant (movie)
• Calista Flockhart, in Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

G

• James Gandolfini, in The Mexican
• Robert Gant, in Queer as Folk
• Willie Garson, in Sex and the City
• Richard Gere, in And the Band Played On
• Gina Gershon, in Bound and Prey for Rock and Roll
• Aidan Gillen, in Queer as Folk
• Whoopi Goldberg, in Boys on the Side, The Deep End of the Ocean
• Valeria Golino, in Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
• Cuba Gooding Jr., in As Good as it Gets
• John Goodman, on Normal, Ohio
• Joel Gretsch, in Family Album
• Carla Gugino, in Jaded, The Center of the World and Sin City
• Jake Gyllenhaal, in Brokeback Mountain

H

• Anthony Michael Hall, in Six Degrees of Separation
• Michael C. Hall, in Six Feet Under
• Tom Hanks, in Philadelphia (movie)
• John Hannah, in Four Weddings and a Funeral
• Alyson Hannigan, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Gale Harold, in Queer as Folk
• Laura Elena Harring, in Mulholland Dr.
• Randy Harrison, in Queer as Folk
• Corwin Hawkins, in A Low Down Dirty Shame
• Sean Hayes, in Will & Grace
• Salma Hayek in Frida
• Jessica Hecht, on Friends
• Mariel Hemingway, in Roseanne and Personal Best
• David Hewlett, in Century Hotel
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, in Boogie Nights and Capote
• Charlie Hunnam, in Queer as Folk
• John Hurt, in Love and Death on Long Island, The Naked Civil Servant
• William Hurt, in Kiss of the Spider Woman

I

• Laura Innes, in ER (TV series)
• Jason Isaacs, in Sweet November
• Eva Isanta, in Aquí no hay quien viva

J

• Michael Jace, in The Shield
• Joshua Jackson, in Cruel Intentions
• Malcolm Jamieson, in Victor/Victoria
• Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), in Be Cool
• Angelina Jolie, in Gia, Foxfire
• Tommy Lee Jones in JFK - Clay Shaw was portrayed as gay/bisexual in the film, but his sexual orientation in real life is unknown

K

• Matt Keeslar, in Frank Herbert's Dune
• Alex Karras, in Victor/Victoria
• Craig Kelly, in Queer as Folk
• John Kerr, in Tea and Sympathy
• Val Kilmer, in "Kiss Kiss, bang Bang"
• Kevin Kline, in In & Out and De-Lovely

L

• Alicia Lagano, in The Truth About Jane
• Nathan Lane, in The Birdcage and Jeffrey
• Bruno Langley, in Coronation Street
• Jude Law, in Wilde and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
• James LeGros, in Common Ground
• Jared Leto, in Alexander (movie)
• Heath Ledger, in Brokeback Mountain
• John Leguizamo, in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
• Mitchell Lichtenstein, in The Wedding Banquet
• Scott Lowell, in Queer As Folk (US)
• Natasha Lyonne, in But I'm a Cheerleader

M

• Elle Macpherson, in A Girl Thing
• Roma Maffia, in Nip/Tuck
• Joshua Malina, in View from the Top
• Julianna Margulies in What's Cooking?
• Malcolm McDowell in Caligula
• Eric McCormack, on Will & Grace
• Ian McKellen, in And the Band Played On and Gods and Monsters
• Kenneth McMillan, in Dune
• Ian McNeice, in Frank Herbert's Dune
• Chris Meloni in Oz
• Luis Merlo, in Aquí no hay quien viva
• Alfred Molina, in Prick Up Your Ears
• Jordi Mollà, in Second Skin
• Robert Morse, in Tru
• Martin Mull, in Roseanne
• Renate Müller, in Viktor und Vikoria, Germany 1933 , US remake see Victor/Victoria
• Brittany Murphy, in Common Ground
• Bill Murray, in Ed Wood
• Don Murray, in Advise and Consent
• Ellen Muth, in The Truth About Jane
• Mike Myers, in 54

O

• Gary Oldman in Prick Up Your Ears
• Clive Owen, in Bent

P

• Al Pacino, in Angels in America and Dog Day Afternoon
• Peter Paige, in Queer as Folk
• Estelle Parsons, in Roseanne
• Mathew St. Patrick, in Six Feet Under
• Guy Pearce, in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Factory Girl
• Nacho Pérez, in Bad Education
• Joe Pesci in JFK - David Ferrie was portrayed as gay/bisexual in the film, but his sexual orientation in real life is unknown
• Donna Pescow, in All My Children
• Ryan Phillippe, in One Life to Live
• River Phoenix, in My Own Private Idaho
• J. P. Pitoc, in Trick
• Chris Potter, in Queer as Folk
• Robert Preston, in Victor/Victoria
• Jason Priestley, in Common Ground and Die Mommy, Die!

Q

• Dennis Quaid, in Far From Heaven

R

• Vanessa Redgrave, in If These Walls Could Talk 2
• Keanu Reeves, in My Own Private Idaho
• Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, in Velvet Goldmine
• Christina Ricci, in Monster
• Eden Riegel, on All My Children
• John Ritter, in Sling Blade
• Jay Robinson, in The Robe
• Mimi Rogers, in Common Ground
• Elisabeth Rohm, in Law & Order (her sexuality is not revealed until her last episode)
• Kelly Rowan, in The Truth About Jane
• RuPaul, in The Truth About Jane
• Geoffrey Rush, in Quills
• Alan Rickman, in Dark Harbor

S

• Chris Sarandon, in Dog Day Afternoon
• Susan Sarandon, in The Hunger
• Paul Satterfield, in Family Album
• Michael Saucedo, in Boys Life 2
• Larry B. Scott, in Revenge of the Nerds
• Kyle Secor on Homicide: Life on the Street
• Kyra Sedgwick in What's Cooking?
• Marian Seldes, in If These Walls Could Talk 2
• Tom Selleck, in In & Out
• Michel Serrault, in La Cage aux Folles
• Chloë Sevigny, in If These Walls Could Talk 2 and Boys Don't Cry
• Ally Sheedy, in High Art
• Kerr Smith, in Dawson's Creek
• Will Smith, in Six Degrees of Separation
• Wesley Snipes, in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
• Olga Sosnovska, in All My Children
• Kevin Spacey, in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
• Hal Sparks, in Queer as Folk
• Patrick Stewart, in Jeffrey
• Sting, in Dune
• Sharon Stone, in Basic Instinct and If These Walls Could Talk 2
• Dominique Swain, in New Best Friend
• Patrick Swayze, in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar

T

• Meshach Taylor, in Mannequin, Mannequin 2
• Charlize Theron, in Monster
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas, in Common Ground and Speedway Junky
• Jennifer Tilly, in Bound
• Ugo Tognazzi, in La Cage aux Folles

V

• Timea Vagvoelgyi, in Private Video Magazine 18
• Patricia Vico, in Hospital Central

W

• Naomi Watts, in Mulholland Dr.
• Steven Weber, in Jeffrey (movie) and Common Ground
• Michael T. Weiss, in Jeffrey (movie)
• Hugo Weaving, in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• Fred Willard, in Roseanne
• Michelle Williams, in If These Walls Could Talk 2
• Robin Williams, in The Birdcage and Death to Smoochy
• Kate Winslet, in Iris
• Evan Rachel Wood, in Once and Again (tv series) and True Blood (tv series)

Actors who portrayed characters believed or rumored to be homosexual or bisexual in movies and television:

• David Cross, on "Arrested Development"
• Russell Crowe, in A Beautiful Mind
• Vincent D'Onofrio, in Full Metal Jacket
• Jeff Goldblum, in Powder
• John Inman, in Are You Being Served?
• Val Kilmer, in The Doors
• Jim Nabors, on "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."
• Liam Neeson, in Kinsey
• Peter O'Toole, in Caligula and Lawrence of Arabia
• Jon Polito, in The Man Who Wasn't There
• Brad Renfro, in Bully
• John Ritter, in Three's Company
• Jon Voight, in Midnight Cowboy
• Robert Hudson Walker, in Strangers on a Train

See also

• List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
• List of gay movies
• List of television shows with gay characters
• Queer culturefr:Liste d'acteurs

External links

• About Gay Movies Everything you always wanted to know about gay themed movies & tv-series