10 Straight Guy Characters Played By Gay Actors

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There are more and more roles for LGBT characters in television and movies, but there aren’t enough to go around for every gay. That means a queer star might play some of the straight characters on your favorite TV shows. Here are some gay movie stars who have made it into mainstream Hollywood playing straight roles.

These are some of the biggest stars who you may not have known were gay but came out.

7 Victor Garber

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Martin Stein – Legends of Tomorrow

Victor Garber is now one of the superheroes for The Legends of Tomorrow with his co-star Wentworth Miller.
“I don’t really talk about it, but everybody knows.”
Garber has been publicly gay since 2012, but like many other celebrities, many knew it just wasn’t talked about. He has been in a long-term relationship with Rainer Andreesen.