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Contents:
- MATTHEW RHYS ON HIS 'REHG' GAY CHARACTER ON 'BROTHERS & SISTERS'
- ‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
- MATTHEW RHYS WIFE, SON, HEIGHT, NET WORTH, GAY, BGRAPHY
MATTHEW RHYS ON HIS 'REHG' GAY CHARACTER ON 'BROTHERS & SISTERS'
After startg his reer both Welsh- and Brish-ma cema and televisn, classilly traed actor Matthew Rhys found stardom on the small screen the Uned Stat playg an openly gay lawyer on "Brothers & Sisters" (ABC, 2006-2011) and an unrver KGB spy on "The Amerins" (FX, 2013- ). Prr to his succs on both seri, Rhys honed his skills on stage and screen the Uned Kgdom before landg his first high-profile role as Demetri "T" (1999). Though he gaed exposure for that project, Rhys wallowed a b unremarkable films shot England before landg the role of Kev Walker on "Brothers & Sisters." Durg his n on that program, he appeared die films like "Love and Other Disasters" (2006) and "Virg Terrory" (2008), and was featured the acclaimed foreign drama "Patagonia" (2010). After "Brothers & Sisters" was nceled, Rhys moved on to "The Amerins" to play Philip Jenngs, a sleeper KGB agent trapped between polil loyalty and fay obligatn. Thanks to his leadg rol on those two seri, Rhys rapidly beme a known mody whose star was ntually on the rise. * matthew rhys gay *
When actor Matthew Rhys was dng for the role of "Kev Walker, " a man who intifi as gay, ABC's " Brothers & Sisters, " he told HuffPost Live was a "rehg" character for him to enunter.
He was one of the siblgs who happened to be gay and he was so clear about that.
‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
Before You GoFavore Gay TV CouplYou May Like. After startg his reer both Welsh- and Brish-ma cema and televisn, classilly traed actor Matthew Rhys found stardom on the small screen the Uned Stat playg an openly gay lawyer on "Brothers & Sisters" (ABC, 2006-2011) and an unrver KGB spy on "The Amerins" (FX, 2013-).
MATTHEW RHYS WIFE, SON, HEIGHT, NET WORTH, GAY, BGRAPHY
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Macfarlane says he me of age, and to the bs, at a time when gay men felt the ways which they were allowed to exprs themselv, and search for succs, were very narrow. “There was somethg about growg up the ’90s, our ias of masculy me om Abercrombie & Fch or Calv Kle ads, and that was very nfg to gay people of a certa age, ” he says, also rellg how an after-school viewg of the Chippendal dancers on The Phil Donahue Show exemplified the emphatilly mascule msagg of the time. “It’s about more than gettg gay people out to see the movie, ” says Macfarlane.