Gale Harold didn’t grow up dreaming of being on stage in front of an audience. He played soccer, tinkered with motorcycles, and strummed his guitar. After dabbling in the visual arts, Gale began to study acting just prior to the turn of the third millennium. He made the leap to the stage for the first time in Me and My Friend at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
"When I saw Marian Seldes [in The Play About the Baby], she made me realize what it means to be on stage. That feeling of communication is what pulled me from working with two-dimensional visual arts into the world of the theater."
Gale made his feature film debut as the nerdy but endearing "Booker" in Paul Scheuring's 36K, and appeared briefly in Lori Silverbush’s Mental Hygiene. In 2001, he filmed Wake, directed by Roy Finch. In 2002, Gale worked on an independent film titled "Rhinoceros Eyes" directed by newcomer Aaron Woodley, in which he plays a detective. He also starred in another indie film called "Particles of Truth" with Jennifer Elster.
Gale performed in Cymbeline and The Misanthrope while completing the Actor's Conservatory Program at A Noise Within Theatre Company, Los Angeles. His other theatre credits include Miss Julie, Sweet Bird of Youth, Long Days Journey Into Night, and The Importance of Being Ernest. Gale currently plays Brian Kinney in the Showtime series Queer As Folk.
During his hiatus from QAF in 2001, Harold played Josh in the off-Broadway play Uncle Bob, opposite George Morfogen. He enjoyed playing the role of Josh because the character was so different from Brian Kinney.
"My point of view on taking this job is that I'm interested in real work... and it's just something that happens. It's not like we're making it up or doing it to try and say, 'Look at this! Freak out! Feel uncomfortable!' It's a real experience, it's something that goes on. And if people are not aware of it, then it's for a variety of reasons that I can't really be worried about."
~ Gale Harold
Gale has a great sense of style. One of his favorite designers is Patrick Antosh, the costume designer for QAF. "I like to shop with the wardrobe designer for the show because he knows all the right spots. It's fun to kill a few hours going through piles of arcane stuff that fires me up but that I would probably never wear." Patrick told us, however, that "When Gale and I go [shopping] we spend more time talking and eating Sushi."
"When we met him, Brian and Gale just fused.
Gale has such sexuality as a person
that it's kind of daunting.
How many people could be as open or fluid
and bring that to a character?
It doesn't have anything to do with
being gay or straight."
~ Daniel Lipman, Executive Producer
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