Robert Gant
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Robert Gant is an American
actor
. He is sometimes credited as Robert J. Gant.
, of Spanish
, Italian
, Cuban, Irish
, and English
descent. He began acting in television commercials and joined the Screen Actors Guild
at the age of ten in his home state of Florida
. At the age of 11, he performed a soft-shoe routine with Bob Hope
as part of Hope's USO tour.
He majored in English literature
at the University of Pennsylvania
and then attended law school at Georgetown University
. It was his career as a lawyer that brought him to Los Angeles when he accepted a position with the LA office of Chicago
-based Baker & McKenzie
. The international firm's Los Angeles office was closed soon after. Rather than continue his career in the law, he decided to focus all of his time on acting.
Gant is involved in a number of philanthropic organizations with a great deal of focus going to the issue of aging in the gay
community.
Gant currently resides in Los Angeles.
In 2009, Gant appeared in Personal Affairs
, a BBC Three
-produced drama set in London's financial sector.
Prior to Queer as Folk, he appeared in recurring roles
in Popular
and Caroline in the City
.
Other guest appearances
on TV programs include Melrose Place, Ellen, Friends
, and Nip/Tuck
, among others.
He also appeared in the independent films Special Delivery
, The Contract, Fits and Starts, and Marie and Bruce.
In 2007, Gant, Chad Allen
and Judith Light
acted and produced Save Me
. The movie about the ex-gay
movement was distributed by Mythgarden, the production company formed by Gant, Allen, and Christopher Racster in 2004.
In June 2004, Gant starred in the short film Billy's Dad is a Fudgepacker
, a homage to 1950s educational films.
He supported Hillary Rodham Clinton
in her bid for the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination in 2008.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is sometimes credited as Robert J. Gant.
Early life
Gant was born in Tampa, FloridaTampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
, of Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
, Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
, Cuban, Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
, and English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
descent. He began acting in television commercials and joined the Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
at the age of ten in his home state of Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. At the age of 11, he performed a soft-shoe routine with Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel...
as part of Hope's USO tour.
He majored in English literature
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
and then attended law school at Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
. It was his career as a lawyer that brought him to Los Angeles when he accepted a position with the LA office of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-based Baker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie is an international law firm, founded in Chicago in 1949 by Russell Baker and John McKenzie. It is home to more than 3,800 lawyers spread over 70 offices in 42 different countries....
. The international firm's Los Angeles office was closed soon after. Rather than continue his career in the law, he decided to focus all of his time on acting.
Gant is involved in a number of philanthropic organizations with a great deal of focus going to the issue of aging in the gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
community.
Gant currently resides in Los Angeles.
TV and film career
Between 2001 and 2005, Gant appeared on television in Showtime's Queer as Folk as Ben Bruckner, his best-known role to date.In 2009, Gant appeared in Personal Affairs
Personal Affairs
Personal Affairs is a British television drama-comedy series, broadcast on BBC Three. It stars Annabel Scholey, Laura Aikman, Maimie McCoy and Ruth Negga as four City of London Personal Assistants looking for the lost friend Grace Darling .-Premise:Off-beat, fast-paced, funny, sexy and candid...
, a BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
-produced drama set in London's financial sector.
Prior to Queer as Folk, he appeared in recurring roles
Recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who appears from time to time during the series' run. Recurring characters often play major roles in an episode, sometimes being the main focus...
in Popular
Popular (TV series)
Popular is an American teenage comedy-drama on The WB Television Network in the United States, created by Ryan Murphy and Gina Matthews, starring Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope as two teenage girls that reside on polar opposite sides of the popularity spectrum at their high school, but are forced to...
and Caroline in the City
Caroline in the City
Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...
.
Other guest appearances
Guest appearance
In show business , a guest appearance is a participation of an outsider performer , usually called guest artist , in an event , i.e., the participation of a performer which does not belong to the regular crew In performance...
on TV programs include Melrose Place, Ellen, Friends
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, and Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...
, among others.
He also appeared in the independent films Special Delivery
Special Delivery (2008 film)
Special Delivery is a feature film distributed by Marvista Entertainment. The film first aired on September 1, 2008 in the United Kingdom on Sky Movies and on December 21, 2008 in the United States. The lead characters in the film are played by Brenda Song and Lisa Edelstein. Robert Gant also stars...
, The Contract, Fits and Starts, and Marie and Bruce.
In 2007, Gant, Chad Allen
Chad Allen (actor)
Chad Allen is an American actor. Beginning a prolific career as a child actor at the age of seven, Allen is a three-time Young Artist Award winner and GLAAD Media Award honoree, best known for rising to prominence as a teen idol during the late 1980s as David Witherspoon on the NBC family drama,...
and Judith Light
Judith Light
Judith Ellen Light is an American actress. Her television roles include Karen Wolek on the soap opera One Life to Live, Angela Bower on the sitcom Who's the Boss?, Claire Meade on ABC's TV series Ugly Betty and Judge Elizabeth "Liz" Donnelly on Law & Order Special Victims Unit.-Early life:Light...
acted and produced Save Me
Save Me (2007 film)
Save Me is a 2007 film directed by Robert Cary about Mark , a drug-addicted homosexual man who is admitted into an ex-gay program run by Gayle and her husband Ted...
. The movie about the ex-gay
Ex-gay
The ex-gay movement consists of people and organizations that seek to get people to refrain from entering or pursuing same-sex relationships, to eliminate homosexual desires, to develop heterosexual desires, or to enter into a heterosexual relationship...
movement was distributed by Mythgarden, the production company formed by Gant, Allen, and Christopher Racster in 2004.
In June 2004, Gant starred in the short film Billy's Dad is a Fudgepacker
Billy's Dad is a Fudgepacker
Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer is a 2004 black-and-white short comedy film written and directed by Jamie Donahue in her first non-acting effort. It is a parody of the 1950s social guidance films, and depicts the life of a boy learning about adulthood in a traditional family. The apparently innocent...
, a homage to 1950s educational films.
Activism
He supports such organizations as SAGE - Senior Advocacy for GLBT Elders and GLEH - Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing.He supported Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the...
in her bid for the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination in 2008.
Film credits
- Joshua Tree 1951: A Portrait of James Dean -- Dir. Matthew Mishory
- Kiss Me Deadly (2008 film) -- Dir. Ron Oliver (also known as The Delphi Effect)
- Save MeSave Me (2007 film)Save Me is a 2007 film directed by Robert Cary about Mark , a drug-addicted homosexual man who is admitted into an ex-gay program run by Gayle and her husband Ted...
-- Dir. Robert Cary - Live -- (2007)
- Billy's Dad is a FudgepackerBilly's Dad is a FudgepackerBilly's Dad is a Fudge-Packer is a 2004 black-and-white short comedy film written and directed by Jamie Donahue in her first non-acting effort. It is a parody of the 1950s social guidance films, and depicts the life of a boy learning about adulthood in a traditional family. The apparently innocent...
(short) -- Dir. Jamie Donahue - Marie and Bruce -- Dir. Tom Caims
- Fits and Starts -- Dir. Kevin Kelly
- Teaching Mrs. TingleTeaching Mrs. TingleTeaching Mrs. Tingle is a 1999 black comedy film and the directing debut of screenwriter Kevin Williamson. The film stars Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Marisa Coughlan, Barry Watson and Jeffrey Tambor and was released on August 20, 1999. It was originally titled Killing Mrs...
-- Dir. Kevin Williamson - The Contract -- Dir. Steven Monroe
- Jane Street -- Dir. Vicangelo Bulluck
- Cityscrapes: Los AngelesCityscrapes: Los AngelesCityscrapes: Los Angeles is a 1994 film by director Michael Becker and co-written by him and Carlos Aragon and Robert Montalbano. In 10 intertwined stories, the film is a journey through lives of youths in a post modern Los Angeles.-Cast:...
-- Dir. Michael Becker
Television credits
- The Secret Life of the American TeenagerThe Secret Life of the American TeenagerThe Secret Life of the American Teenager is an American teen drama television series created by Brenda Hampton. It first aired on ABC Family on July 1, 2008. The show was renewed for a second season consisting of 24 episodes on February 9, 2009, which began airing on June 22, 2009...
-- Guest Star—ABC Family - My Life Is An Experiment -- Recurring (Pilot) -- NBC
- Mike & MollyMike & MollyMike & Molly is an American sitcom created by Mark Roberts, which premiered on CBS on September 20, 2010. The series stars Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as the title characters.-Premise:...
-- Guest Star—CBS - 9021090210 (TV series)90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS...
-- Guest Star—The CW - Hot in ClevelandHot in ClevelandHot in Cleveland is an American sitcom on TV Land starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White. The series, which is TV Land's first original scripted series, premiered on June 16, 2010, and was TV Land's highest rated telecast in the cable network's 14-year history. The...
-- Guest Star—TV Land - BonesBones (TV series)Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
-- Guest Star—Fox - CSI: MiamiCSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
-- Guest Star—CBS - CastleCastle (TV series)Castle is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on ABC on March 9, 2009. The series is produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. On January 10, 2011, Castle was renewed for a fourth season...
-- Guest Star—ABC - Personal AffairsPersonal AffairsPersonal Affairs is a British television drama-comedy series, broadcast on BBC Three. It stars Annabel Scholey, Laura Aikman, Maimie McCoy and Ruth Negga as four City of London Personal Assistants looking for the lost friend Grace Darling .-Premise:Off-beat, fast-paced, funny, sexy and candid...
-- Star—BBC3 - Tracey Ullman's State of the UnionTracey Ullman's State of the UnionTracey Ullman's State of the Union is an American sketch-comedy series starring comedian Tracey Ullman. The series is written by Ullman along with Hollywood satirist Bruce Wagner. Gail Parent and Craig DiGregorio acted as contributing writers to the series' first season. On May 17, 2010, it was...
-- Showtime - CSI: NYCSI: NYCSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
-- Guest Star—CBS - Rick & Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World -- Guest voiceover—Logo
- Special Delivery(made for TV movie)(2008)-- Lifetime
- Mask of the Ninja -- (made for TV movie) 2008—SPIKE TV
- Nip/TuckNip/TuckNip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...
-- Guest Star—F/X - Pepper DennisPepper DennisPepper Dennis is a comedy-drama television series that aired on The WB from April to July 4, 2006. It was quickly announced on May 17, 2006 that Pepper Dennis would not be one of the WB shows transferred to The CW Television Network....
-- Guest Star—WB - The CloserThe CloserThe Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who often closes her cases using sometimes-questionable methods...
-- Guest Star—Warner Bros./TNT - Queer as Folk (Series 2+) -- Prof. Ben Bruckner -- Showtime
- Show and Tell (webisode) -- 2009 Himself
- Totally Gay -- Himself—VH-1
- ProvidenceProvidence (TV series)Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr...
-- Guest Star—NBC - V.I.P.V.I.P. (TV series)V.I.P. is an American action/comedy-drama series starring Pamela Anderson. Created by J. F...
-- Guest Star—Syndicated - PopularPopular (TV series)Popular is an American teenage comedy-drama on The WB Television Network in the United States, created by Ryan Murphy and Gina Matthews, starring Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope as two teenage girls that reside on polar opposite sides of the popularity spectrum at their high school, but are forced to...
-- Recurring—Touchtone/WBN - Veronica's ClosetVeronica's ClosetVeronica's Closet is a sitcom which aired on NBC from September 25, 1997, to June 27, 2000.The show starred Kirstie Alley as Veronica “Ronnie” Chase, the head of her own lingerie company.- Season one :...
-- Guest Star—Warner Bros./NBC - Linc's -- Guest Star—Viacom/Showtime
- Rude AwakeningRude Awakening (TV series)Rude Awakening is a TV series created by Claudia Lonow, aired by Showtime on 55 22-min episodes for 3 seasons .-Story:Rude Awakening tells the story of Billie Frank, an out of work alcoholic ex-soap opera actress. She tries to go sober and become a writer but continues to struggle with her...
-- Guest Star—Tristar/Showtime - BeckerBecker (TV series)Becker is an American television sitcom that ran from 1998 to 2004 on CBS. Set in the New York City borough of The Bronx, the show starred Ted Danson as John Becker, a misanthropic doctor who operates a small practice and is constantly annoyed by his patients, co-workers, friends, and practically...
-- Guest Star—Paramount/CBS - Fantasy IslandFantasy IslandFantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:...
-- Guest Star—Tristar/ABC - Caroline in the CityCaroline in the CityCaroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...
-- Recurring—CBS Prod./NBC - Style and Substance -- Guest Star—Disney/CBS
- Head Over HeelsHead Over Heels (UPN TV series)Head over Heels is a 1997 TV series, that aired briefly on UPN.Jack and Warren Baldwin are two brothers who take over the operation of "Head over Heels", a South Beach, Florida, video dating service founded by their mother....
-- Guest Star—Tristar/UPN - Fast Forward -- Series Regular (Pilot) -- Warner Bros./CBS
- FriendsFriendsFriends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
-- Guest Star—Warner Bros/NBC - Life with RogerLife with RogerLife with Roger is an American sitcom that aired on the WB as part of its 1996-97 schedule.-Synopsis:Life with Roger starred Mike O'Malley as Roger Hoyt, a formerly suicidal homeless young man dissuaded from jumping off of a bridge by Jason Fuller , a man whose car had coincidentally broken down on...
-- Guest Star—Warner Bros./WB - TowniesTowniesTownies is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September to December 1996. Created by Matthew Carlson, the series stars Molly Ringwald, Jenna Elfman and Lauren Graham.-Synopsis:...
-- Guest Star—Carsey-Werner/ABC - Hangin' With Mr. CooperHangin' with Mr. CooperHangin' with Mr. Cooper is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from 1992 to 1997, starring Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. The show took place in Curry's hometown of Oakland, California. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper was produced by Jeff Franklin Productions, in association with...
-- Guest Star—Warner Bros./Fox - Melrose Place -- Guest Star—Spelling/Fox
- Silk StalkingsSilk StalkingsSilk Stalkings is a TV crime drama originally shown on CBS in 1991 as part of the network's late-night Crimetime After Primetime programming package, and rebroadcast on the USA Network. After CBS ended the Crimetime experiment in 1993, the series ran exclusively on USA until its finale in the...
-- Guest Star—USA - High TideHigh TideHigh Tide was a band formed in 1969 by Tony Hill , Simon House , Peter Pavli and Roger Hadden .-History:...
-- Guest Star—Segall Prod./US - Step By Step -- Guest Star—Warner Bros./ABC
- Jim Bay -- Series Regular (Pilot) -- Universal/ABC
- My Wildest Dreams -- Guest Star—Sony/Fox
- Bitter Vengeance -- (1994 TV) --
- My So-Called LifeMy So-Called LifeMy So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995 and was distributed by The Bedford Falls Company with ABC Productions. Set at the...
-- Guest Star—ABC - Ellen -- Guest Star—Disney/ABC
Theatre
- WorkingWorking (musical)Working is a musical with a book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and James Taylor, and lyrics by Schwartz, Carnelia, Grant, Taylor, and Susan Birkenhead....
- The Iron Worker - Taming of the Shrew (Uta Hagen's Acting Class)
- Petruchio - Little Shop of Horrors - The Dentist (et al.)
- GreaseGrease (musical)Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
- Danny Zuko; Kenicke - Whose Life is it Anyway?Whose Life is it Anyway?Whose Life Is It Anyway? is a play by Brian Clark adapted from his 1972 television play of the same title. The play premiered at the Mermaid Theatre in London's West End in 1978 starring Tom Conti as Ken.-Plot:...
- John - The Mystery of Edwin DroodThe Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)Drood is a musical based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood. It is written by Rupert Holmes, and was the first Broadway musical with multiple endings . Holmes received Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Original Score...
- Neville Landless / Victor Grinstead - The MikadoThe MikadoThe Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations...
- Koko
External links
- The official Robert Gant website
- Gantastic - America (The official Robert Gant fansite)
- Something Positive: A Robert Gant fanlisting