Jam Corn's performance as a gay man "The Prom" was lambasted, but Ewan McGregor's turn "Halston" has been acclaimed.
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- STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
- 20 GREAT ROL: OUR FAVORE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
* actors who played gay roles *
"Clive is a gay man who tri to supprs his homosexualy Edwardian-era England. "Roger Ebert wrote: "He plays the role not as a man pretendg to be a woman, and not as a woman trapped a man's body, and not as a parody of a woman, and not as a gay man, but as a drag queen, perd: Lola, a tall, athletic performer thigh-high red boots who l the stage of a drag club as if she were born there, and is a pretty good sger, too. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, both straight, were both Osr-nomated for their performanc (Ledger lead, Gyllenhaal supportg) this film about two men fallg love and ntug their affair for film sred 87% on Rotten Tomato, wh the se's cril nsens readg: "A betifully epic Wtern, 'Brokeback Mounta''s gay love story is imbued wh heartbreakg universaly, helped by the movg performanc of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Sean Penn played gay activist Harvey Milk 2008's 'Milk. Harvey Milk is one of the most important gay activists history, and straight actor Sean Penn won an Osr for playg him.
Col Firth played a gay profsor 'A Sgle Man' 2009. Ruggiero, who is gay, played Mar Del Rossi on Degrassi: The Next Generatn, the first ma gay character the anchise. Borelli, who plays Levi Schmt on Grey's Anatomy, me out as gay right before his character did on the show.
20 GREAT ROL: OUR FAVORE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
Borelli opened up about his sexualy and the importance of reprentatn a 2018 Instagram post: "As a gay guy myself, tonight's episo was so special to me. This is exactly the kd of story I craved as a young gay kid growg up Oh, and blows my md that I'm able to brg life to Dr. I gus workg on a lovg film set and havg a gay director and playg the character, I realized there was nothg holdg me back but myself now.
Hay publicly me out as gay 2010, years after first playg openly gay character Jack Will & Grace. As to why he didn't publicly nfirm his sexualy durg the show's first n, spe prsure om the LGBTQ muny, Hay told the Los Angel Tim that he was overwhelmed: "I didn’t want the rponsibily, I didn’t know how to handle the rponsibily of speakg for the gay muny.