Three Out Gay Actors up for 2007 Emmys
It is an amzing milestone that not one nor two but three out actors, have been nominated for acting awards (including two in straight roles).
Nominated actors are
- T.R Knight for Supporting Actor Drama Series (Grey’s Anatomy)
- Neil Patrick Harris for Supporting Actor Comedy Series (How I Met Your Mother)
- Sir Ian McKellen for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (Extras)
Neil Patrick Harris who plays Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother came out last year and currently stars in the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother. He shot to fame in 1989 at age 16 when he played a teen-prodigy doctor on the hit Doogie Howser, M.D. “It was a very fast but wonderful education,” he told PEOPLE in 1998.
Fans of Grays Anatomy will know that TR Knight came out last year also.
“I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I’d like to quiet any unnecessary rumors that may be out there,” T.R. said in a statement to the magazine. “While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I’m gay isn’t the most interesting part of me.” he said to People Magazine.
McKellen’s category was actually part of the Creative Awards presented a week ago Saturday night where McKellen lost to Stanley Tucci for his work on Monk.
“Having spent his youth scaling the peaks of Shakespeare with spectacular bravado in his native England, Mr. McKellen has recently acquired international stardom in not one but two cult series of movies, ‘X-Men’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ In those fantasy films Mr. McKellen portrays commanding creatures of metamorphic gifts unknown to ordinary humans…” (Ben Brantley, The New York Times). A not unworthy role model for us me thinks.
Written by TechStickle on September 17th, 2007 with
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#1. September 18th, 2007, at 1:03 AM.
The winners were