Here is a page dedicated to a list of gay characters on TV (also on radio and in film, but they break them down by area)

Hey thanks for the link! I plowed through that list on Wiki and added a bunch of stuff. It's hard to tell where to draw the line though -- have left out adding things like Japanese anime characters and characters which might be gay but have never declared as such (Ugly Betty's Justin is a good example - definitely a favorite but not on this list.)

Even though the Wiki list is impressively current (Dumbledore is on there!) it also seems to have some holes -- for instance, none of the Noah's Arc guys (or the Dante's Cove guys for that matter) were on the Wiki list. I went ahead and added them above. I'm sure there are still some things missing even with the Wiki stuff added, so if anyone sees anything....

 

Capt Jack will bed anything so you cannot label him as gay...Ianto had a girlfriend he hid dead bodies for...now that's love. If you're gonna label them gay then you'll have to apply this school-boy "You kissed a boy so you're gay" rule to Owen also. Owen had sex with that guy when he used the spray his gf.

That character is gay...played by Chris Gauthier

Played by actor Samuel Collings...he was a gay character

Josh played by Oliver Lee Adam played by Philip Oliver

Thanks for your help with this GayTVluver!

I only vaguely remember this cartoon from many moons ago, but what is the proof that Stimpy was gay?

The top rated British prime time soap Emmerdale has a history of gay characters. Zoe Tate (played by Liah Bracknell) appeared in the show for many years and was lesbian. Currently there is a gay couple (in fact about to screen in the first ever prime time civil partnership in UK) The characters are Paul Lambert and Jonny Foster - played by Mathew Bose and Richard Grieve respectively. there are strands on here about the story as it started out with a bit of a bump but the show seems to have got a grip! I run a fan site so any questions - I'll try to be your British correspondent! Thanks.

Ryan Taylor Tinsel Town

Lewis Reid Tinsel Town

Roman and Deniz of AWZ

Oliver Sabel Verbotene Liebe

Kim Dahlberg Andra Avenyn

Todd Grimshaw Coronation Street

One minor correction to the current list - I'm pretty sure that Philip Charles MacKenzie's character on Brothers was named Donald Maltby rather than Maulpey.

And, while I probably wouldn't include the 1-or-2-episode arc boyfriends on Will & Grace (Taye Diggs as James, Patrick Dempsey as Matt, Dan Futterman as Barry, etc.), I would probably include Bobby Cannavale as Vince D'Angelo, since he was around for a couple of seasons, and he and Will did wind up together. Then there's Beverly Leslie (Leslie Jordan) - even though he'd protest, I think his long-running "business partnership" with Benjy (and subsequent pairing with Jack) would qualify him as a gay character.

Other possible additions:

I seem to recall a gay teen in a number of episodes of Everwood's final season - a piano student of Ephraim's. I think the character's name was Kyle, and IMDB has a character named Kyle Hunter listed, as played by Steven R. McQueen.

Since Dante's Cove is on the list, the four main characters of Here! TV's The Lair could also be included - David Moretti (Thom), Jesse Cutlip (Jonathan), Peter Stickles (Damian) and Dylan Vox (Colin). Unfortunately, Colton Ford's character Sheriff Trout hasn't exhibited any romantic or sexual interest as of yet, gay or straight - hopefully that'll change in the upcoming second season.

Also, the three Tales Of The City miniseries were initially produced for and shown on either PBS or Showtime, so Michael Tolliver (Marcus D'Amico/Paul Hopkins) and Jon Fielding (Billy Campbell) would probably also fit the criteria.

Doctor, Doctor was I believe a CBS sitcom from 1989 to 1991.

Matt Frewer played the lead Doctor Mike Stratford of a group of doctors.

Tony Carreiro played the role of Richard Stratford, Mike's gay brother who was a college Professor and was a reoccuring character.

Can remember a very good / powerful episode where the two brothers try and confront their father's homophobia and rejection of Richard.

Oh, just looked it up on Wikipedia and Doctor, Doctor is also listed as winning GLAAD Media awards for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1990 and 1991.

Stuart Alan Jones (Aidan Gillen)

Nathan Maloney (Charlie Hunnam)

Vince Tyler (Craig Kelly)

Alexander Perry (Antony Cotton)

Cameron Roberts ( Peter O'Brien )

Adam Nyberg (Simon Gavik), Andra Avenyn (Adam & Kim story that's on youtube)

Paul (Sascha Göpel), verrückt nach clara (sorry can't find a last name for Paul)

Maxxie Oliver (Mitch Hewer), Skins

Spike (Tom Vaughan), Hollyoaks (don't think he ever had a last name mentioned)

Thought I'd mention El Cor de la Ciutat which has Max, Enric and Iago:

Max Carbó (Bernat Quintana)
Enric (Jordi Parés)
Iago (Marc Clotet)

Some dedicated fans put up some clips and translated them, even with titles numbering the kisses between characters.

You missed Bart Fallmont from Season 6 (I think) of Dynasty. He was Steven's conflict/romantic interest. In Dynasty: The Reunion it turned out that Bart and Steven had gotten back together and were living as a couple in Washington DC.

Fernandito (Gabriel Romero), Los Beltran

Kevin (James Charles Leary), Los Beltran

Lee Campbell (Alan Van Spring), The Best Years

Terrance von Holtzen (Matt Silver), The Business

Wendell Cooper (Neil Napier). The Business

Alex (Karl Bury), Brotherhood

Charlie Lawrence (Nathan Lane), Charlie Lawrence

Aaron, Cristian De la Fuente, The Class

Mickey (Robert Michael Morris), The Comeback

Colin Russell (Michael Cashman), EastEnders

Jason Kirk (James Carlton), Emmerdale

Chris Didion (Rick Worthy), Eyes

Javier (Ian Gomez), Felicity

Warren Harrison (Mackenzie Astin ), First Years

Ted Johnson (Michael Hitchcock), Grosse Pointe

Jake Straka (Raphael Sbarge), The Guardian

Adam (Alec Mapa), Half & Half

Spike (Tom Vaughan), Hollyoaks

Nick O'Connor (Darren Bransford), Hollyoaks

Simon (Christopher Sieber), It's All Relative

Phillip (John Benjamin Hickey), It's All Relative

Eric Black (Blake Bashoff), Judging Amy

George (Patrick Breen), Kevin Hill

Gregory Paget (Garret Dillahunt), Leap Years

Jake (Christopher Wiehl), Love Monkey

Frank Coones (Robert Joy), MDs

Pepe (Patrick Fischler), Nash Bridges

John Irvin (Bill Brochtrup), NYPD Blue

Michael (Taylor Emerson), Oliver Beene

Thad Guerwitcz (Daniel Petronijevic), Playmakers

Mr. Gant (Mitchell Anderson), Popular

Elliot (Scott Thompson), Providence

Patrick (Peter Paige), Related

Mike "Probie" Silletti (Mike Lombardi), Rescue Me

Ian Gallagher (Gerard Kearns), Shameless

Kash Karib (Chris Bisson), Shameless

Maxxie Oliver (Mitch Hewer), Skins

Sasan (Zachary Quinto), So Notorious

Kody Massengil (Jason C. Hopkins), Son of the Beach

Vito Spatafore (Joseph R. Gannascoli), The Sopranos

Carter Heywood (Michael Boatman), Spin City

Blair (Bob Koherr), That 80's Show

Neil (Christopher Fitzgerald), Twins

Danny (Thomas Morrison), Viva Blackpool

Sanjay (Maulik Pancholy), Weeds

Andre (Casper Van Dien), Watch Over Me

Ryan (Omar Avilla), Watch Over Me

Ethan (Zachary Booth), What's Going On

Sasha (Edward Tournier), What's Going On

Father Kieran on Hollyoaks? Not only did he kiss JP, he also told him that he's gay too.

And didn't Coronation Street have a gay storyline too? I'm at work right now and cannot look it up. But I'll have a look for the names tonight at home.

There's also Dr. Carsten Floeter (Georg Uecker) and Käthe (whatever his real name is) from Lindenstraße.

And the gay couple from Il cuore de la ciudad (or something like that, the translation is 'The heart of the city').

And Leo Kraft (Henning Baum) from 'Mit Herz und Handschellen', my fav cop.

someone is translating "Verbotene Liebe" on Youtube http://youtube.com/user/medusajames

I knew my obsession with gay TV would come in handy one day! :)

* Richard Katimsky (Jeff Perry) - My So-Called Life

* Ross Korolus (Justin Peroff) - Our Hero (GREAT Canadian show not many people have heard of)

* Vic Grassi (Jack Wetherall) - Queer As Folk

* Mickey Deane (Robert Michael Morris) - The Comeback

* Tom Mater (Jon Wolfe Nelson) - The L Word (recurring the last two seasons)

* Clive (Matthew Currie Holmes) - The L Word (4 eps in S1 as Shane's old friend)

* Oliver Welles (Stephen Ouimette) - Slings & Arrows

* Eric (Dwain Murphy) - Degrassi: The Next Generation

* Tim (Alex House) - Degrassi: The Next Generation

* Elliot Anderman (Scott Thompson) - Providence

* Javier (Jesse Borrego) - ER

* Alderman John Bright (Bruce Weitz) - ER (4 ep arc in S9 as closeted alderman)

* Kenny (Gregg Binkley) - My Name Is Earl

* Ethan (Adam Kaufman) - Dawson's Creek

* Tobey Barret (David Monahan) - Dawson's Creek

* David (Greg Rikaart) - Dawson's Creek

Not sure if these would qualify for the list:

* Burr Connor (Tony Goldwyn) - The L Word (in two eps as closeted movie star in S2)

* Clayton Hollingsworth (Monte Markham) - Golden Girls (2 eps as Blanche's gay brother)

* James Stinson (Wayne Brady) - How I Met Your Mother (2 eps as Barney's gay brother)

And what about recurring gay characters from sketch comedy shows (The Kids in the Hall, The Tracey Ullman Show)?

And a second nod for Christian Campbell as Tim Sherman on THE $TREET back in 2000. He was teased about the size of his cock and in an unaired he came out in drag. His sister played by Jennie Garth, seemed aware of his sexuality but the show was canceled before the character was fully developed.

Speaking of Jennie Garth her husband, Peter Facinelli, played gay in THE PRICE OF LOVE alongside of Jay R. Ferguson as Beau.

Peter Frechette was gay in the 1996-2000 TV series, PROFILER, his character officially came out near the end of the series. He was nominated for an Emmy for his performance as Peter Montefiorre, the man in bed with Richard Weller (David Marshall Grant) in the famous episode from THIRTYSOMETHING.

David Marshall Grant has played gay numerous from originating the role of Joe Pitt in Tony Kushner's ANGELES IN AMERICA on Broadway to AND THE PLAYED ON and Jerry Harmon in the Nicole Kidman re-make of THE STEPFORD WIVES. More recently he has been working as the story editor and writer on BROTHERS & SISTERS.  Who says you can't have a career after playing gay.  Also on BROTHERS& SISTERS you have Michael Nouri as Saul's lover, Milo Peterman, and David O'Hare as Travis March, Senator McCallister's campaign Manager.

Can we leave out Hal Holbrook and Martin Sheen as, respectively, Doug Salter and Gary McClain in the truly groundbreasking TV film THAT CERTAIN SUMMER way back in 1972.

You listed Todd Grimshaw (Bruno Langley) of Coronation Street but forgot his love interested Karl Foster, played by Chris Finch. Then there's Sean Tully (Antony Cotton), who is probably the gay character with the most appearances on Coronation Street. Sean's current boyfriend Marcus Dent is played by Charlie Condou. A former boyfriend, Sonny Dhillon, made a few appearances for a storyline.

In the recent Best.Gay.Week.Ever blog entry, j U d E posted about another UK soap "Doctors" which featured gay characters Dr. Greg Robinson (Ben Jones), Rico Da Silva (Felix D'Alviella), Dr. Oliver Berg (Laurence Penry-Jones), and Tom Devlin (Mark Healy). I watched some of the clips of "Doctors" on YouTube and they're quite entertaining.

If so, don't forget the Donald Strachey movie series with Chad Allen as Donald Strachey and Sebastian Spence as Timmy Callahan.

I don't know if he counts, since he was never out while actually on the series, but Scott Hope (played by Fab Filippo) on Buffy the Vampire Slayer was outed in season 7. He was completely closeted while appearing, though, and dated Buffy in season 3.

Now you've done it. 

I showed this list to some friends last night...much much older friends, ummm...err...I mean seasoned - "experienced", if you will. Anyway, they were outraged that a site that claims to be all about gay tv would forget the couple from Thirtysomething.  It's even mentioned in some replies here.

there are a couple of Will & Grace recurring characters that haven't been mentioned - Joe and Larry, played by Jerry Levine and Tim Bagley (referred to by Karen as "Mo and Mary"). They're the gay couple in the game night/poker night episodes, with Will & Grace later attending their commitment ceremony as well as their daughter's birthday party. Larry is also the one Grace called on to date Will's dad's mistress. They weren't regulars, but I believe they did appear at least once or twice in every season the show was on the air.

this should help you http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/tv-characters.html