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Carl Horvath

Drew Boyd
First appearance "Have Some Balls"
(episode 4.09)
Last appearance "Mr. Right (Never Broke a Promise)"
(episode 5.12)
Created by Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
Portrayed by Matt Battaglia
UK counterpart None
Information
Occupation Quarterback (Pittsburgh Ironmen)
Spouse(s) Sierra (ex-wife)
Significant other(s) Emmett Honeycutt
(ex-boyfriend)
Ben Bruckner
First appearance "Mixed Blessings"
(episode 2.06)
Last appearance "We Will Survive!"
(episode 5.13)
Created by Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
Portrayed by Robert Gant
UK counterpart None
Information
Aliases Benjamin Bruckner
(birth name)
Benjamin Novotny-Bruckner
(full name)
Occupation Author
College professor
Title Benjamin Bruckner, Ph.D.
Spouse(s) Michael Novotny (husband)
Children Hunter Novotny-Bruckner
(adopted son, with Michael)
Jenny Rebecca Novotny-Marcus
(step-daughter, via Michael)
Relatives Deborah "Debbie" Novotny
(mother-in-law)
Religion Buddhist
David Cameron
First appearance "Now Approaching...The Line"
(episode 1.05)
Last appearance "Full Circle"
(episode 1.22)
Created by Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
Portrayed by Chris Potter
UK counterpart Cameron Roberts (Peter O'Brien)
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Nickname(s) Dr. David (by everyone)
Occupation Chiropractor
Spouse(s) Lori (ex-wife)
Significant other(s) Michael Novotny
(ex-boyfriend)
Children Hank Cameron
(son, with Lori)
Daphne Chanders
First appearance "Premiere"
(episode 1.01)
Last appearance "We Will Survive!"
(episode 5.13)
Created by Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
Portrayed by Makyla Smith
UK counterpart Donna Clark (Carla Henry)
Information
Occupation College student
Family Unnamed parents
(father & mother)
Significant other(s) Glen Reeves
(ex-boyfriend)
Vic Grassi
First appearance "Queer, There and Everywhere"
(episode 1.02)
Last appearance "Liberty Ride"
(episode 4.14)
Created by Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
Portrayed by Jack Wetherall
UK counterpart Bernard Thomas (Andy Devine)
Information
Nickname(s) Vic
Aliases Victor Antonio Grassi
(full name)
Occupation Chef
Family Deborah "Debbie" Novotny
(older sister)
Michael Novotny
(nephew, via Debbie)
Significant other(s) Rodney
(boyfriend/life partner)
Emmett Honeycutt
First appearance "Premiere"
(episode 1.01)
Last appearance "We Will Survive!"
(episode 5.13)
Created by Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
Portrayed by Peter Paige
UK counterpart Alexander Perry (Antony Cotton)
Information
Nickname(s) Em
Occupation Shop clerk at Torso
Waiter (former)
Housekeeper
Porn star (Ted’s website)
Event planner
"Queer Guy" correspondent
Family 6 brothers & sisters
Significant other(s) Theodore "Ted" Schmidt
(ex-boyfriend)
George Schickle
(ex-boyfriend; deceased)
Drew Boyd
(ex-boyfriend)
Calvin Colpepper
(boyfriend [series finale])
Carl Horvath
First appearance "Priorities, Please! (Beat the Time)"
(episode 2.10)
Last appearance "We Will Survive!"
(episode 5.13)
Created by Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
Portrayed by Peter MacNeill
UK counterpart PC Stroud
(seen only in last episode)
Information
Occupation Police detective
Title Detective Carl Horvath
Spouse(s) Celia Horvath
(wife; deceased)
Significant other(s) Deborah "Debbie" Novotny
(domestic partner)
Children Carl Horvath, Jr.
(son, with Celia)
Vicki
(daughter, with Celia)
Callie Leeson
First appearance "Gay or Straight? That's the Question"
(episode 4.11)
Last appearance "Bored Out of Ya Fucking Mind"
(episode 5.06)
Created by Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
Portrayed by Meredith Henderson
UK counterpart None
Information
Occupation High School Student
Family Amber Morgan Leeson
(mother)
Steve Leeson
(father)
Significant other(s) Hunter Montgomery
(ex-boyfriend)
Melanie Marcus
First appearance "Premiere"
(episode 1.01)
Last appearance "We Will Survive!"
(episode 5.13)
Created by Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
Portrayed by Michelle Clunie
UK counterpart Lisa Levene (Saira Todd)
Information
Nickname(s) Mel
Aliases Melanie Rachel Marcus
(full name)
Occupation Attorney/lawyer
Spouse(s) Lindsay Peterson (wife)
Significant other(s) Leda (ex-girlfriend)
Children Gus Peterson-Marcus
(adoptive son, with Lindsay)
Jenny Rebecca Novotny-Marcus
(daughter, with Lindsay [and Michael])
Relatives Rita (cousin)
Religion Jewish
Hunter Novotny-Bruckner
First appearance "Hunt(er) For Love"
(episode 3.08)
Last appearance "We Will Survive!"
(episode 5.13)
Created by Ron Cowen
Daniel Lipman
Portrayed by Harris Allan
Information
Nickname(s) Jimmy (by mother)
Aliases James Montgomery
(birth name)
Occupation High school student
Male prostitute (former)
Family Michael Novotny
(adoptive father)
Benjamin "Ben" Bruckner
(adoptive father)
Rita Montgomery
(biological mother; estranged)
Jenny Rebecca Novotny-Marcus
(adoptive half-sister)
Deborah "Debbie" Novotny
(adoptive grandmother)
Significant other(s) Callie Leeson
(ex-girlfriend)

This is a list of characters in the Showtime series Queer as Folk. The characters are listed alphabetically by their last name or by the name which appears in the episode credits.

Drew Boyd is the quarterback of the fictional Pittsburgh Ironmen. He was introduced in season four when he hired Emmett Honeycutt to cater the party for his engagement to his girlfriend, Sierra. At the party Drew and his teammates make disparaging homophobic remarks about Emmett and a waiter, and Emmett confronts him about it. The next day, when Emmett visits Drew's house to pick up his check, Drew becomes aggressively flirtatious and the two have sex on the living room floor.

Although Drew and Emmett continue the affair, Drew does not identify as gay, instead thinking of himself as just a man who occasionally enjoys sex with other men (or possibly on the down-low). Over time, however, his feelings for Emmett become less purely sexual and more romantic. Drew even allows Emmett to persuade him to model in a Brown Athletics underwear campaign for Brian's agency Kinnetik. Despite an agreement that Emmett must never show up at Drew's games, Emmett accompanies Ted to the Ironmen stadium. Unfortunately, they run into Drew's fiancée who is delighted to see Emmett and brings them to the locker room. Drew breaks off the affair, but later seeks to resume it, admitting to missing Emmett. However, Emmett turns him down when Drew reveals he still intends to marry Sierra and keep the affair up.

In season five, Emmett receives anonymous phone calls and believes he is being stalked. It turns out to be a panicking Drew, who was being threatened with being outed by a tabloid. Drew appears on the news station that employs Emmett for an interview and comes out, kissing Emmett on live television and losing each of them their jobs. Drew and Emmett resume their relationship and Drew is eventually picked back up by the Ironmen after they lose several games in a row.


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