Gay actors that play straight characters

Sara Gilbert is a lesbian and played Darlene Connor (Roseanne) and Leslie Winkle (The Large Bang Theory), both straight.

Adam Pally did this on Content ENDINGS, where the gag was that Max is the archetypal frat guy – kind of a slob, a little on the heavy side, loves watching sports and drinking beers, and so on – if you swap out ‘sleeping with chicks’ for ‘sleeping with dudes’.

It doesn’t make much instinct to me to need to list gay actors playing straight characters in popular TV and movies. Is there a single lgbtq+ actor that hasn’t played straight characters after finally making it big enough to be in popular shows or movies?

I would assume if so that only actors who recently made it in the business fit the bill. Gay characters just weren’t common enough until recently for gay actors not to play vertical characters, plus it would severely limit their choice of roles even today.

Edit: I guess my point is, label a gay star and he or she has surely played a direct character.

It doesn’t construct much sens

It’s very common to see linear actors playing LGBTQ+ characters; however, it is very rare to see a gay actor playing a straight character. This is a discussion that has been revolving around Hollywood for quite a few years now.

Many unbent actors have played gay roles and vice versa, and as time passes, it seems enjoy the practice is becoming normal. Even though the list may not be very long, but there are some famous male lover actors who played straight characters and nailed them. Let’s possess a look at these stars.

Luke Evans

Luke Evans is an openly gay actor, and he has played several straight characters. Most of you might know him from his famous role in Disney‘s live-action movie “Beauty and the Beast”, in which he played the role of Gaston, the narcissistic chauvinist. Another prominent straight role that Evans played was of Owen Shaw, the boyfriend of Michelle Rodriguez, in “Fast & Furious”.

In an interview with Attitude Men, while talking about playing straight characters, Evans said, “You can be content with yourself, and you can also be whoever you long. You can have any career you want, and nothi

Let’s Settle This: Can Vertical Actors Play Gay Roles?

No way. Well, maybe? Sometimes. Okay — yes. Of course! We’re all human beings at the cease of the day … and sexuality is on a spectrum, right? Acting is acting!

This whirlwind of contradictory answers flutters through my uncharacteristically conflicted intellect every time I try to answer this ask. It’s a debate we’ve seen time and day again, most recently when many high-profile names leapt to the defence of Jack Whitehall being cast as Disney’s first openly gay character. So I’m by no means the first person to say on this seemingly unsolvable debate, but with the recent release of Supernova — Hollywood’s latest queer film starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci — I’m throwing my coin into the hat for good measure.

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Gaslighting queer folk

Netflix’s Disclosure (well worth a watch) beautifully highlighted the importance of casting transgender actors in trans roles — or should I say, the harm of casting cisgender actors in trans roles. But the casting of gay roles remains more of a grey area than you realise. As an thespian and a gay male, I find myself caught in the middle of this debate, straddling both sides of

It's been an ~interesting~ journey for homosexual people in the movie and television industry. Once upon a time, queer and lesbian actors, specifically, had to stay in the closet, and there were next-to-no queer parts on screen.

The idea that openly gay actors can play het characters is a relatively new phenomenon. Previously, out gay actors could only really work when roles for them a) existed, and b) weren't being given to heterosexual actors.

Now it seems much more acceptable for an openly lgbtq+ actor play a straight character. In fact, here are 18 times an actor has played a straight traits on screen, despite being openly same-sex attracted or queer in real life...

4.Andrew Scott as The Priest in Fleabag

5.Amandla Stenberg as Ruby Daly in The Darkest Minds

6.Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton in Bridgerton

7.B.D. Wong as Wally Lin in Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens

8.Portia de Rossi as Lindsay Bluth Funke in Arrested Development

9.Ben Platt as Evan Hansen in the Dear Evan Hansen movie

10.Justice Smith as Simon Aumar in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

11.Luke Evans as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast

12.Ben Whishaw as Michael Banks in