Acting is all about adopting an imagined mindset and matching the external behaviors of the character
portrayed. Even today, certain recesses of society has marked homosexuality as taboo, forcing gay actors to conform to public’s norm. However, nowadays, many gay actors are open about their sexuality and only pretend to be straight when the camera is rolling on a straight character.
1. Neil Patrick Harris
The swagger, style and general coolness of Barney Stinson, character in CBS sitcom,
How I Met Your Mother lines up perfectly with actor Neil Patrick Harris’s
overall public persona. But, while Barney is an unashamed pick-up artist and
womanizer, Harris is in a committed relationship with actor David Burtka.
2. Jodie Foster
Saying she’s fought for privacy since being a child star as a young prostitute
in Taxi Driver, Foster finally acknowledged her former life partner, Sydney
Bernard in her speech at the 2013 Gordon Globes.
3. Ian McKellen
While Gandalf transcends sexuality as a wise wizard, Mckellan has been openly
gay for years, and publicly mentioned it on the talk show Anderson.
4. Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon portrayed Miranda Hobbes in famed Sex and the City, in which four
female friends search New York City for sex, men, and happiness. In real life,
Nixon’s search for love ended up including a member of the same sex, since
coming out as bisexual. Nixon, now married to Christine Marinoni, explained,
“I’ve been with men all my life, and I’d never fallen in love with a woman. But
when I did, it didn’t seem so strange. I’m just a woman in love with another
woman.”
5. Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin plays the wife and one half of the philosophical duo with Dustin
Hoffman, among many other heterosexual appearances. In real life, Tomlin has
been with Jane Wagner since 1971.
6. Jim Parsons
Best known for playing Sheldon Cooper on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory, Jim
Parson also played a character dating Zach Braff’s character’s mom in
Garden State. In reality, Parsons doesn’t date women at all. He came out in
2012, revealing he’s been in a relationship with a man for 10 years.
7. Victor Garber
Though he’s played straight roles in Sleepless in Seattle, Legally Blonde, and
Alias, Victor Garber has been open about his sexuality, coming out publicly in
2012.
8. Matt Bomer
In 2009, Bomer landed his first leading role as heartthrob con-man, Neal
Caffrey, who falls in love with
beautiful women while internally struggling
between choosing a clean life over a criminal one. In reality, Bomer is happily
married to publicist Simon Halls.
10. Sarah Paulson
While playing a heterosexual in American Horror Story and 12 Years a Slave,
Sarah Paulson has been openly gay, dating actress Cherry Jones for a couple
years before they split in 2009.
11. Guilermo Diaz
Guillermo Diaz, who played heterosexual characters on Half-Baked, and Weedz,
and currently does so on ABC’s new drama Scandal. Apparently, Diaz’s
unfortunate compulsion to hide his sexuality attributed to his acting skills.
In 2011, he told Out magazine, “I learned to constantly try to cover up the
fact I was gay. That facade of being somebody I’m really not just to protect
myself definitely helped with acting.”
12. Zachary Quinto
Famous for the role as villian, Sylar, in NBC drama Heroes, and the hero,
Spock, in the recent film reboot of Star Trek, Quinto has been openly gay since
2011 and speaks often about achieving equality for the gay community.
13. WentWorth Mller
Famous for
his role as the lead actor in Prison Break, Wentworth Miller has openly
accepted that he is a gay.Like Us on Facebook!
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