Gale Harold was a virtual unknown when he was tapped to play Brian Kinney, a successful advertising executive with a blatant disregard for social conventions, in the Showtime adaptation of the popular British drama "Queer as Folk" (2000- ). The lanky, dark-haired actor was born and raised in Georgia and attended American University in Washington, DC before heading west to San Francisco and art school. While working as a manager of a motorcycle shop, he was spotted by a producer who convinced him to try his hand at acting. Harold formed an association with the Los Angeles Theatre Center where he made his debut in "Me and My Friend" and later appeared in a variety of classic plays. After going through the grueling audition process for "Queer as Folk", he impressed the series' producers with his natural smoldering qualities and innate charisma. While viewers and critics were at first divided or negatively inclined to his performance as Brian, as time wore on, he grew into the role, adding layers of depth to the seemingly shallow hedonist. Harold used his 2001 hiatus from the series to make his NYC stage debut playing a homophobe confronting his AIDS-stricken relative in the Off-Broadway play "Uncle Bob"
- Also Credited As:
Gale Morgan Harold III
- Born:
Gale Morgan Harold III on July 10, 1969 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Job Titles:
Actor, Motorcycle shop manager
Significant Others
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Companion: Michelle Clunie. also acted on Queer as Folk ; reportedly dating
Education
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American University, Washington, DC, liberal arts
Milestones
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1997 Began a three year period of intensive drama study in Los Angeles
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2000 TV series debut, playing the central role of smooth-talking sex addict Brian Kinney in the Showtime drama, Queer as Folk
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2000 Appeared in the ensemble of an L.A. production of Shakespeare s Cymbeline
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2001 NYC stage acting debut in the Off-Broadway production Uncle Bob
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2003 Played the lead role in Wake ; written and directed by Roy Finch
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2006 Acted on the New York stage in Tennessee Williams play Suddenly Last Summer
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2006 Played the lead role of Special Agent Graham Kelton in the short lived FOX series, Vanished
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2006 Produced the documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
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2008 Joined the cast of ABC s Desperate Housewives as Jackson Braddock, Susan Mayer s latest love interest
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Moved to San Francisco to attend art school
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Raised in Atlanta, Georgia
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Stage acting debut in Me and My Friend at the Los Angeles Theatre Center