List of actors who have played lesbians, bisexuals and gay men

List of actors who have played homosexuals or bisexuals in movies:

• F. Murray Abraham, in The Ritz
• Drew Barrymore, in Poison Ivy
• Dirk Bogarde, in 1961's Victim, the first English language movie to include the word homosexual.
• Christian Campbell, in Trick
• Jessica Campbell, in Election
• Raulito Carbonell, in WAPA-TV's El Show del Mediodia
• Leslie Cheung, in numerous movies
• Phil Collins, in And the Band Played On
• Ernesto Cortes, in Bienvenidos
• Billy Crystal, as one of the first openly gay characters on American network TV, in Soap
• Robert Downey Jr, in One Night Stand and "Home for the Holidays"
• Willie Garson, in Sex and the City
• Richard Gere, in And the Band Played On
• Aidan Gillen, in Queer as Folk
• Alyson Hannigan, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Gale Harold, in Queer As Folk (US)
• Laura Elena Harring, in Mulholland Drive
• Randy Harrison, in Queer As Folk (US)
• Corwin Hawkins, in A low Down Dirty Shame
• Charlie Hunnam, in Queer as Folk
• John Hurt, in Love and Death on Long Island, The Naked Civil Servant
• William Hurt, in Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Malcolm Jamieson, in Victor/Victoria
• Alex Karras, in Victor/Victoria
• Craig Kelly, in Queer as Folk
• John Kerr, in Tea and Sympathy
• Kevin Kline, in In & Out
• Nathan Lane, in The Birdcage
• Lea De Laria, in The First Wives' Club
• John Leguizamo, in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
• Scott Lowell, in Queer As Folk (US)
• Natasha Lyonne, in But I'm a Cheerleader
• Ian McKellen, in Gods and Monsters
• Don Murray, in Advise and Consent
• Clive Owen, in Bent
• Peter Paige, in Queer As Folk (US)
• Guy Pearce, in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• River Phoenix, in My Own Private Idaho
• J. P. Pitoc, in Trick
• Larry B. Scott, in Revenge of the Nerds
• Tom Selleck, in In & Out
• Wesley Snipes, in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
• Hal Sparks, in Queer As Folk (US)
• Dominique Swain, in New Best Friend
• Hilary Swank, in Boys Don't Cry
• Patrick Swayze, in To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
• Meshach Taylor, in Mannequin, Mannequin 2.
• Naomi Watts, in Mulholland Drive
• Hugo Weaving, in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• Robin Williams, in The Birdcage

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See also

• famous gay lesbian or bisexual people
• List of gay movies
• Gay television shows
• Queer culture