Robert Gant


Actor

About

Also Known As
Robert Gonzalez, Robert J Gant
Birth Place
Tampa, Florida, USA
Born
July 13, 1968

Biography

Robert Gant was a prolific actor who created a name for himself largely on the big screen. In 2002, he joined the cast of Showtime's "Queer as Folk" as Ben Bruckner. At the beginning of his acting career, Gant appeared in various dramas like "Melrose Place" (Fox, 1991-98) and "My So-Called Life" (ABC, 1994-95). He also appeared in the TV movie "Bitter Vengeance" (USA, 1993-94). At the...

Biography

Robert Gant was a prolific actor who created a name for himself largely on the big screen. In 2002, he joined the cast of Showtime's "Queer as Folk" as Ben Bruckner. At the beginning of his acting career, Gant appeared in various dramas like "Melrose Place" (Fox, 1991-98) and "My So-Called Life" (ABC, 1994-95). He also appeared in the TV movie "Bitter Vengeance" (USA, 1993-94). At the time, he also appeared in movies like the Max Perlich drama "CITYSCRAPES los angeles" (1996). He next focused his entertainment career on film, appearing in "Jane Street" (1998) with Linda Hoffman, the Helen Mirren comedy "Teaching Mrs. Tingle" (1999) and "The Contract" (2002) with Jeff Fahey. He also appeared in the drama "Live!" (2007) with Eva Mendes. He also held acting roles in films like "Save Me" (2008) and the James Preston drama "Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean" (2013). Gant most recently acted on "Supergirl" (CBS, 2015-).

Life Events

1994

Feature debut as a policeman in "Cityscrapes: Los Angeles" (released in 1996)

1994

TV debut in bit role in the USA Network movie "Bitter Vengeance"

1997

Played the recurring role of Trevor, a love interest to the title character in NBC's "Caroline in the City"

1999

Appeared in the feature film "Teaching Mrs. Tingle"

2000

Played Principal Calvin Krupps on "Popular" (The WB)

2002

Joined the cast of Showtime's "Queer as Folk" as Ben Bruckner

Family

Robert Gonzalez
Father
Retired brewery worker.
Ann Gonzalez
Mother
Real estate agent.
Thomas Gonzalez
Brother
Younger.

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