Star Trek Discovery’s Wilson Cruz Keeps Making Television History
metroweekly.comMetro Weekly cover, and he ensures that a conversation with him feels familiar, like time spent with a best friend. Talking with him is also somewhat of a unique event — spirited, unbridled, utterly free of artifice.
He is warm. He is welcoming. He is wise.Cruz would undoubtedly blush at the thought. But it’s true. He is an LGBTQ icon. He is an LGBTQ activist.
As an out LGBTQ actor — one of the first — he has amassed a wealth of credits in roles that frequently elevate and celebrate our community.He’s guest-starred in shows from Grey’s Anatomy to The West Wing and played recurring roles in Noah’s Arc and 13 Reasons Why.
Movie credits include 1996’s Johns, 2003’s Party Monster, and the forthcoming Netflix rom-com Mother of the Bride, starring Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt.His profile hit warp drive in recent years thanks to an essential role on Star Trek Discovery, the fifth and final season of which is about to launch on the Paramount+ streaming network.
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