#Football story gay professor serial#
#Football story gay professor series#

Scott Lowell as Ted Schmidt (UK version: Jason Merrells as Phil Delaney)ДЄn accountant with low self-esteem who envies Brian's lavish lifestyle, Ted is constantly rejected by men at gay clubs around Pittsburgh and eventually struggles with an addiction to crystal meth.

He goes through several jobs, including shopkeeper at a clothing store called Torso, porn star, naked maid, party planner, and correspondent for a local news station as well as several relationships during the course of the series. Originally from Hazlehurst, Mississippi, Emmett is the most flamboyant of the group.

Peter Paige as Emmett Honeycutt (UK version: Antony Cotton as Alexander Perry).

David Cameron during season 1, Michael finds himself in a long-term relationship with Ben Bruckner, an HIV-positive college professor, beginning in season 2 Michael and Ben eventually marry near the end of season 4. After a somewhat stormy relationship with older Dr.

From Season 2, he and Justin create the comic book Rage, based on Brian as the character Rage, Justin as JT (Justin Taylor), who is Rage's lover/sidekick, and Michael as Zephyr, Rage's best friend/sidekick.

#Football story gay professor series#

He starts the series as a manager at a Kmart-like department store, the Big Q, but eventually follows his dream of opening a comic book store. He enjoys reading comic books, particularly Captain Astro adventures. Hal Sparks as Michael Novotny (UK version: Craig Kelly as Vince Tyler)Д«rian's best friend since adolescence, Michael secretly harbors feelings for him.Justin says yes, but Brian tells him to go to New York to pursue his art because he would be more successful there than he would be in Pittsburgh. He and Brian further their relationship over the five seasons, which eventually ends in a marriage proposal. A talented artist, Justin briefly contemplates attending business school to appease his father but ultimately decides to attend art school to become a visual artist.

Nicknamed 'Sunshine' by Debbie because of his bright smile and cheery disposition, Justin is queer-bashed at the end of Season 1, resulting in Brian taking him in during Season 2.

He runs away from home after coming out of the closet, primarily because his father is not accepting of his sexuality. Justin loses his virginity to Brian at the age of seventeen and falls in love with him.

Randy Harrison as Justin Taylor (UK version: Charlie Hunnam as Nathan Maloney).

His motto when it comes to straight people: 'There are two kinds of straight people in the world, those that hate you to your face and those who hate you behind your back.' While he purports not to be part of the gay and lesbian community, he will do what he can to protect his fellow gay men and women. He makes his living as an advertising executive for Vangard, and later on builds his own company, Kinnetik, which was named by Justin. While he and Justin have an on-and-off-again relationship, Justin is the only one of his sexual encounters that Brian finds himself falling in love with and the only one he continues to have sex with after the first night. He is his own man and believes in having sex for the sheer joy of doing it. At 29 years old, he is living life for the now.

Gale Harold as Brian Kinney (UK version: Aidan Gillen as Stuart Alan Jones)Д«rian Kinney: a veritable sex-machine.

Main article: List of Queer as Folk characters Main Additional writers in the later seasons included Michael MacLennan, Efrem Seeger, Brad Fraser, Del Shores, and Shawn Postoff. Although it was set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, much of the series was actually shot in Toronto and employed various Canadian directors known for their independent film work (including Bruce McDonald, David Wellington, Kelly Makin, John Greyson, Jeremy Podeswa and Michael DeCarlo) as well as Australian director Russell Mulcahy, who directed the pilot episode. It is based on the British series of the same title created by Russell T Davies. It was developed and written by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were the showrunners and also the executive producers along with Tony Jonas, former president of Warner Bros. The series was produced for Showtime by Cowlip Productions, Tony Jonas Productions, Temple Street Productions, and Showtime Networks, in association with Crowe Entertainment.

#Football story gay professor serial#

Queer as Folk is a serial drama television series that ran from December 3, 2000, to August 7, 2005.