The very reason for an on-screen character is to depict another person, so it ought to shock no one that a couple of even the most well known on-screen characters have tricked us into accepting they're as straight as the characters they play!
Here are a couple surely understood gay TV and film identities that have needed to play straight characters and done as such well that you'll be stunned!
-Jim Parsons – Sheldon Cooper
Socially clumsy test virtuoso, Sheldon Cooper has been in an awfully uneven you somehow adorable relationship with Amy Farrah Fowler for several seasons now. Regardless, in light of current circumstances, entertainer Jim Parsons might be just about as ludicrous and eccentric as his Big Bang Theory character, in any case he's irrefutably not straight. Parsons has savored the experience of over 10 years together with his awesome looking companion, Todd Spiewak!
-Sara Gilbert – Darlene Conner
Sara Gilbert is openly gay but she’s played a number of straight characters such as Darlene Conner on Roseanne. Formerly in a relationship with Supergirl co-creator Allison Adler, she’s not happily married to producer and performer, Linda Perry.
- Portia de Rossi – Lindsay Bluth Funke
Who doesn’t love Arrested Development‘s Lindsey Bluth Funke? Portia de Rossi admits she’s had lots of fun playing her straight character on the show, but her home life is an even happier one with her wife, Ellen Degeneres, and of course a herd of cats and dogs!
- Ricky Martin – Miguel Morez
Ricky Martin spent years as a model, actor and most notably a singer, without anyone knowing his secret. After playing the role of the straight Miguel Morez on General Hospital, Martin accepted his sexuality and came out as gay in 2010. Since then he has become an avid supporter of same-sex marriage and LGBT rights.
- Sarah Paulson – Harriet Hayes
In the NBC comedy sketch show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, actress Sarah Paulson played Harriet Hayes. In one episode, Paulson’s straight character said she was a Christian who believed that although the Bible recognized homosexuality as a sin, she also learned “judge not lest ye be judged.” Paulson spent two years in a relationship with actress Cherry Jones but nowadays lives her life with her partner, Holland Taylor, who is 32 years her senior.
-Jonathan Groff – Jesse St. James
- Jodie Foster – Annabelle Bransford
Jodie Foster has been in innumerable films and TV series throughout her long career, and has played a huge variety of characters. While most of these were straight, Foster is actually a lesbian and publicly came out in 2013, though pretty much everyone already knew about it! She’s married to director and photographer Alexandra Hedison.
- Russell Tovey – George Sands
Better known as the straight werewolf George Sands on British TV series, Being Human, Russel Tovey is a talented young actor. Though his character had been in a number of relationships including an engagement on the show, Tovey is openly gay and has admitted that it was not easy for his family to accept his sexuality when he first came out.
- T. R. Knight – Dr. George O’Malley
Most Grey’s Anatomy fans already know Dr George O’Malley actor, T.R. Knight is openly gay. But when few people know is that his co-star Isaiah Washington was actually fired from the show for using a homophobic slur on set. Knight has been happily married to Patrick Leahy since 2013.
- Alan Cumming – Joe Therrian
Everyone knows Alan Cumming! He’s been in tons of movies over the last couple of decades in predominantly straight roles like Joe Therrian in The Anniversary Party. However, in 2007, the star tied the knot with his long-time partner Grant Shaffer and they’ve been together ever since.
- Neil Patrick Harris – Barney Stinson
Though he played the notorious womanizer Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, Neil Patrick Harris came out to the public in 2006 expressing how happy and content he was with his life. He has a twin son and daughter with his husband David Burtka.
-Ellen Page – Juno
After starring in several movies playing straight characters, including a pregnant teen in Juno (2007), Ellen Page came out at a 2014 Human Rights Campaign event via a heartfelt speech that went viral.
- Wentworth Miller – Michael Scofield
This one surprised us too! Wentworth Miller has played some grisly characters including Michael Scofield on Prison Break and more recently, DC Legends of Tomorrow‘s Captain Cold. But unlike his gruff straight characters, Miller is openly gay and actually a super nice guy. In 2013, he sent an open letter to GLAAD refusing to join a Russian film festival due to the country’s strict anti-LGBT laws
- Zachary Quinto – Dr. Oliver Thredson
Here he is, the man himself! Zachary Quinto could never quite live up to the reputation of Star Trek legend, Leonard Nimoy, when he took on the role of Spock. But Quinto stole the hearts of many men and women with his good looks and fantastic acting. Quinto came out in 2011 and was the one who allegedly had something going with Glee star Jonathan Groff!
As the world becomes a more accepting place, celebrities and non-famous folks alike are gaining more and more freedom to embrace their sexuality and deciding to be honest about who they really are. We just hope this confidence and freedom will continue to grow!
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