Robert Gant
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Template:COI Robert Gant (born Robert John Gonzalez; July 13, 1968) is an American actor. He rose to prominence through his role as Ben Bruckner on the Showtime series Queer as Folk.[1] At age ten, Gant began acting in television commercials in Florida and became a member of the Screen Actors...
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American actor (born 1968)Template:SHORTDESC:American actor (born 1968)

Template:COI Robert Gant (born Robert John Gonzalez; July 13, 1968) is an American actor. He rose to prominence through his role as Ben Bruckner on the Showtime series Queer as Folk.[1]

Early life and education[]

At age ten, Gant began acting in television commercials in Florida and became a member of the Screen Actors Guild at the age of eleven.[2]

Gant studied tap and jazz dance with the American Musical Theatre Company in Tampa, Florida. He performed a soft-shoe routine at MacDill Air Force Base with comedian Bob Hope as part of Hope's USO tour.[3]

While attending the University of Pennsylvania, Gant majored in English literature with both Shakespeare and poetry concentrations. He performed in musicals, including playing the Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors and Neville Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood and acted in the school's Penn Film Foundation film Movements.[2]

Gant attended the Georgetown University Law Center, where he obtained his Juris Doctor in 1993. Gant was also a member of the Georgetown Gilbert & Sullivan Society, performing in a number of its productions.[4][5] Gant started a six-man a cappella group, The MetroGnomes, which performed in venues around Washington, D.C.[2]

Gant accepted a position with the Los Angeles office of Chicago-headquartered international law firm Baker McKenzie. When the firm closed its Los Angeles office shortly thereafter, Gant decided to pursue his lifelong dream of acting and performing.[2]

Career[]

Gant is well known as Professor Ben Bruckner in Showtime's television series Queer as Folk. His character was married in the first legal gay marriage portrayed on american television.[6]

Gant portrayed television's first gay spy in the film, Kiss Me Deadly, which was shot on location in New Zealand.[7][8]

Gant portrayed Melissa Benoist's Kryptonian father Zor-El on Supergirl,[6] Todd Crimsen on the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why,[9][6] and Jim Hunter on The Fosters and its spin-off series Good Trouble.[10][11][12] Prior to Queer as Folk, Gant recurred as Principal Calvin Krupps in Ryan Murphy's first television series, Popular,[6][13] and as Caroline's boyfriend Trevor in Caroline in the City.[14][2]

Gant has had guest roles on the television show Friends, where he played one of two men Phoebe was dating simultaneously,[6][14] as well as Melrose Place,[8] Becker,[2] several CSI-related shows,[6] and Criminal Minds.[13]

In 2004, Gant starred in the short film Billy's Dad is a Fudgepacker, an homage to 1950s educational films,[15] which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2005,[16] Gant was a series regular in the BBC 3-produced drama Personal Affairs, set in London's financial sector and filmed on location in both London and Scotland. Robert was the sole American in an otherwise all-British cast.[6] In 2013, he portrayed Captain Robert Norton in Dead Space 3, the third installment in the popular Dead Space video game series released by Electronic Arts.[17]

Gant was a producing partner in the production company Mythgarden. Its 2007 feature film, Save Me, a drama set against the backdrop of an ex-gay ministry, stars Gant along with Judith Light and Chad Allen and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[6] He also co-produced, co-wrote, and starred in the Netflix-distributed period drama Milada, the true story of Czech heroine Milada Horáková, who was, in 1950, the first woman executed in Czech history by the Communist government.[6][18][19]

Personal life[]

In an interview published by The Advocate magazine, Gant came out as gay in 2002.[20][21][22]

Activism[]

Gant supports such organizations as Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE) and Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing (GLEH).[23] Gant has also been involved politically, making appearances at Howard Dean presidential campaign events.[24]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes 1996 Cityscrapes: Los Angeles Policeman B 1996 Jane Street Jay 1999 Teaching Mrs. Tingle Professor 1999 The Contract Gene Collins 2002 Fits and Starts Ian 2004 Marie and Bruce Bartender 2004 Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer! Billy's Dad Short 2007 Save Me Scott 2007 Live! Casting Director 2012 Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean Ian 2016 Love Is All You Need? Pete Santilli 2016 The Thinning Vince Davi 2017 A Million Happy Nows Dr. Hansen 2017 Milada Bohuslav Horák 2021 The Map of Tiny Perfect Things Weatherman Dave

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