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IS DOUG SAVANT GAY?
After a hot Clash of the Tans 1981, Harry Haml took on the role of sctive gay wrer Bart McGuire Paramounts breakthrough movie Makg Love (recently released on DVD), the first gay movie produced by a major stud. He paid the price. As did Doug Savant, who took on the regular, openly ... * doug savant gay *
MATT FIELDING WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GAY CHARACTERS ON NETWORK TV, BUT HIS ROMANCE WAS CENSORED. YouTubeIt was progrsive for a show the early ’90s to feature a gay character ( would take Ellen DeGener, starrg as Ellen Man on Ellen, until 1997 to e out as gay), but Matt’s personal plotl uld go only so far.
“There are other straight actors who have played gay characters and then shouted their straightns to the media at every chance, ” he told Rollg Stone.
For the first six seasons, Savant portrayed Matt Fieldg, an openly homosexual social worker, who was one of the first gay characters on major work eventually went on to play Tom Svo, Felicy Huffman's hband, ABC's Dperate Hoewiv. Over 20 years later, the uple is still together and have two children, Jack, 19, and Lucy, 14, who jo Doug's two children om his prev roberts/Sygma via Getty Imag; Broadimage/ShutterstockDoug SavantThen: Savant openly gay social worker Matt Fieldg for the first six seasons, beg one of the first gay characters on mastream work TV.
Throughout the history of show bs, many a heterosexual actor has hated to play homosexual characters on televisn or films for fear of beg typest. In many ways ahead of his time - certaly the pre-"Will and Grace" era - amible pizza livery boy-turned-actor Doug Savant ma a substantial soclogil ntributn the early 1990s by portrayg gay social worker Matt Fieldg for a five year n on the Aaron Spellg sudser "Melrose Place" (Fox, 1992-99). Worried he would be typest at that tenr time, he need not have worried, as he enjoyed a reer rurgence 2004 by portrayg the somewhat needled hband of harried reer woman-turned-stay-at-home-mom, Lyte Svo (Felicy Huffman) on the monster TV h seri, "Dperate Hoewiv (ABC, 2004-12). * doug savant gay *
After a hot Clash of the Tans 1981, Harry Haml took on the role of sctive gay wrer Bart McGuire Paramounts breakthrough movie Makg Love (recently released on DVD), the first gay movie produced by a major stud.
As did Doug Savant, who took on the regular, openly gay role of Matt on Melrose Place. The days Savant is bt known as Tom Svo on Dperate Hoewiv, which boasts another unique gay character: Andrew Van De Kamp, played by Shawn Pyom.
Andrew is TVs first gay socpath, who also happens to be a teen wh a very active on-screen sex life. What do you thk, all the years later, to see actors play gay characters and not havg an affect on their reers? Have you always had gay people your life?
Doug Savant (born June 21, 1964) is an Amerin actor bt known for beg one of origal eight st members on the Fox primetime soap opera Melrose Place. As gay social worker Matt Fieldg, Savant worked on the show until the fifth season 1997. In 1992, Savant appeared alongsi fellow... * doug savant gay *
Bee of Makg Love, ther a big gay dience out there for me. I knew I was jt gog to be a blip on the evolutnary map of gay characters and televisn self. I am thrilled to see the proliferatn of gay characters throughout televisn and more substantive and full portrayals of life.
And then I would receive other mail that said Youre not gay enough. Rather than be offend by that, what beme really clear to me was that I was only one character and the spectm of the gay muny wanted to see themselv reprented the media and that se through Matt, so if I wasnt a reflectn of what each dividual experience was, they were ultimately offend.
So thank God we are now at a place where we n have gay wboys, where we n have a more plete picture of gay liv than we did well, I started back 92. You never shied away om Matts homosexualy. For your magaze, we shot a photo ssn wh all the gay characters.
<strong>Character: Tom Svo</strong><br /><br />Savant is no stranger to “appotment televisn,” havg gaed his first major succs on <em>Melrose Place</em> as Matt Fieldg, one of televisn’s first openly gay characters.<br /><br />On the big screen Savant has starred such films as <em>Masquera</em>, oppose Rob Lowe, <em>Hanoi Hilton</em> and <em>Red Surf</em>, oppose Gee Clooney.<br /><br />His other televisn appearanc clu such h shows as <em>24</em>, <em>Acrdg to Jim</em> and <em>CSI: Crime Scene Invtigatn</em>. * doug savant gay *
Shawn PyomWhen they told you Andrew was gog to be gay, what were your thoughts? I thk s good, and Im glad that I get to be that person who cross that le, who maybe starts a different way of thkg and possibly havg other gay characters like him e out on TV. I thk s good that were g to a pot where an actor wont be stereotyped bee theyre playg a gay role.
Have you heard om young gay people? I nt tell you how many fan letters Ive gotten om gay teens whove said that bee Andrew is a strong gay character and is fortable and dont let other people waver this thkg on who he is and what he wants to do, s spired them to do the same and feel the same. Are you ready to go wherever Marc [Cherry, the shows openly gay creator] may lead Andrew?
And he’s even played a gay!