Michael Kearns

Biography

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

Known For

Body Double

as Male Porn Star

Beverly Hills, 90210

Cheers

as Richard

Murder, She Wrote

as Reporter

And the Band Played On

as Cleve

Knots Landing

as Stan

Crazy like a Fox

as Pro

L.A. Tool & Die

as Jim

A Mother's Prayer

as Buddy

The Execution