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Tim Campbell: Barrowman, Australian edition?

Lord knows we love us some out gay actor here, especially when that out gay actor is a committed workaholic with the apparent inability to avoid the spotlight. So imagine our delight upon learning that a downright adorable Australian multi-discipline celebrity has come out publicly as gay.

Tim Campbell, best known for playing Dan on the long-running hit soap Home and Away, has come out amidst some speculation that he was dating Australian Idol winner Anthony Callea (they're just friends). But a closer look at Tim's resume reveals that we may have another full-fledged gay celebrity supernova a la John Barrowman on our hands! Walk with me...

Campbell: Hosted Australia's National Bingo Night 
Barrowman: Hosted Any Dream Will Do, How Do you Solve a Problem Like Maria, The Kids Are Alright
 
Campbell: Competed on Australia's Dancing With the Stars
Barrowman: Performed on Strictly Come Dancing, Britain's Dancing With the Stars, and competed in Dancing on Ice.
 
Campbell: Headlined the musical Rent and will soon headline a revival of Shout!
Barrowman: Headlined the musicals Anything Goes and Chicago
 
Campbell: Performs in a Christmas Pantomime every year
Barrowman: Is performing in the Aladdin Christmas Pantomime this year
 

I think the proof is in the trifle, no? Somebody fit Campbell for a trenchcoat and start rolling on Torchwood: Special Australians Unit, and we're done!

 

There's a clip of Campbell on Dancing With the Stars over here. He could Paso my Doble any day!

Anthony D. Langford's picture

He's a cutie....

And his character was one of my favorites on Home and Away when I watched that show. 
zanefan's picture

It's so cool when you find

It's so cool when you find out one of your fave soap stars is gay.  I loved Tim on Home and Away.  He's so handsome and charming.  Good for him for coming out.
Jason B-S's picture

And what a dancer....

*sigh* - Here I go, hopelessly falling for another incredibly hot out gay actor. I'm definitely going to be keeping my eye on him in the future.

(BTW - check out his turn of step on DWTS - the clips are on YouTube) WOW!!!

RJ's picture

Here's Campbell & Callea in RENT (clip)

Anthony Callea & Tim Campbell - What You Own

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ll2s2WdHVMw

Great duet from these guys! 

jakob's picture

Hate to be pedantic, but

Hate to be pedantic, but Barrowman didn't compete on "Britain's Dancing With the Stars" (which is called Strictly Come Dancing). He competed in Dancing on Ice. Here he his Ice Dancing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qpqec873jk&feature=related

 

Brian Juergens's picture

you're right...

In my own half-defense, I actually said "performed", not "competed" (he sang as a musical guest), but I'll add the original name of the show. The Dancing on Ice bit is even better!! Thanks!
shawnlunn2002's picture

Good for him

Just read about it. Good luck to the guy. I liked him in H+A.