List of actors who have played lesbians, bisexuals and gay men
List of actors who have played homosexuals 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
- 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
- Willie Garson, in Sex and the City
- Richard Gere, in And the Band Played On
- Aidan Gillen, in Queer as Folk
- Gale Harold, in Queer As Folk (US)
- 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)
- 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, Thank you 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, Thank you for Everything, Julie Newmar
- Meshash Taylor, in Mannequin, Mannequin 2.
- Hugo Weaving, in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Robin Williams, in The Birdcage
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