Gay Actors Who Play Straight Roles

2.  Alan Cumming

This award-winning actor of stage, film and TV is openly bisexual. Through the years, his wide range of diverse performances have earned him a much-deserved reputation as one of today’s great actors. From his award-winning performance as The Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret (1993) to his role as the cunning campaign strategist and crisis manager Eli Gold in the hit TV series The Good Wife, Alan Cumming never fails to entertain us with his vast repertoire of dramatic skills.

Other memorable roles: In 1995, he played computer geek/hacker Boris Ivanovich Grishenko in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995). Alan is also actively making a difference in the world by supporting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Family Equality Council, Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, and many more organizations and causes.