Gale Harold

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia
Birthday: July 10, 1969

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 forme…more

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Vanished
Graham Kelton
Vanished
Graham Kelton
Martha Stewart: Behind Bars
Peter Bacanovic
Queer as Folk (US)
Brian Kinney
Fathers and Sons
Elliot

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Career Milestones

2001
Featured in TV commercials for Pontiac Aztec automobiles
2001
NYC stage acting debut in the Off-Broadway production "Uncle Bob"
2000
Appeared in the ensemble of an L.A. production of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline"
2000 to 0000
TV series debut, playing the smooth-talking sex addict Brian Kinney in Showtime's "Queer as Folk"
1997
Began acting career after being spotted while working as a manager at a motorcycle shop