Drew Boyd | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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) |
Information | |
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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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.