Happy Birthday to Sean Maher!

Just noticed on Twitter that today is Sean Maher’s birthday!

I hope this handsome and talented actor is having a wonderful day!

Saw Sean a few weeks ago at The Advocate’s 45th anniversary party and he told me he has completed filming on the Joss Whedon-directed Much Ado About Nothing and looking to whatever comes next.

Sean, who starred in the TV series Firefly and The $treet and had the title role in Ryan Caulfield: Year One,  came out publicly as he was playing a closeted gay man on NBC’s short-lived drama The Playboy Club.

“I am still hearing from people who were inspired by my story and came out to their parents,” Sean told me last fall. “I’ve also been getting some old-fashioned fan mail from people that brought me to tears – their stories so inspire me.”

I hope that his honesty will result in more good television and film roles as gay or straight characters. He has proven he can do both!