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Michael Kearns is a Actor American born on 8 january 1950 at St. Louis (USA)

Michael Kearns

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Nationality USA
Birth 8 january 1950 (74 years) at St. Louis (USA)

Michael Kearns (born January 8, 1950) is an American actor, writer, director, teacher, producer, and activist. He is noted for being the first openly gay actor, and after an announcement on Entertainment Tonight in 1991, the first openly HIV positive actor in Hollywood.

Biography

In 1995, Kearns began proceedings that resulted in his adoption in 1997 of a child. In a March 2013 appearance on The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM Radio, Kearns admitted to affairs with actor Rock Hudson and Barry Manilow. He presently lives in Los Angeles with his daughter who was born in 1994.

Usually with

Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma
(1 films)
Tim Kincaid
Tim Kincaid
(1 films)
Arnold Schulman
Arnold Schulman
(1 films)
Lee Rose
Lee Rose
(1 films)
Dennis Franz
Dennis Franz
(1 films)
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Filmography of Michael Kearns (5 films)

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Actor

And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On (1993)
, 2h21
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about health care, Films about viral outbreaks, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Patrick Bauchau, Anjelica Huston, Lawrence Monoson, Richard Gere
Roles Cleve
Rating77% 3.8934153.8934153.8934153.8934153.893415
In a prologue set in 1976, American epidemiologist Don Francis arrives in a village on the banks of the Ebola River in Zaire and discovers many of the residents and the doctor working with them have died from a mysterious illness later identified as Ebola hemorrhagic fever. It is his first exposure to such an epidemic, and the images of the dead he helps cremate will haunt him when he later becomes involved with HIV/AIDS research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Body Double
Body Double (1984)
, 1h54
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films, Films about pornography, Erotic thriller films, Striptease
Actors Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Dennis Franz, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton, Guy Boyd
Roles Male Porn Star
Rating67% 3.3998253.3998253.3998253.3998253.399825
Jake Scully (Craig Wasson) is a struggling actor who has lost his role as a vampire in a low-budget horror movie after his claustrophobia thwarts shooting. He returns home to discover his girlfriend cheating on him, so Scully is left without a place to stay.