Wentworth Miller – Michael Scofield in Prison Break (Photo: Instagram, @michaelscofield_)
Jim Parsons – Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory (Photo: Instagram, @sheldon____cooper)
John Mahoney – Martin Crane in Frasier (Photo: Instagram, @im_listening_)
Russell Tovey – George Sands in Being Human (Photo: Instagram, @hal_the_vampire)
Maria Bello – Edie Stall in A History of Violence (Photo: Instagram, @officialmariabello)
Neil Patrick Harris – Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother (Photo: Instagram, @kilgravewho)
Jane Lynch – Paula in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Photo: Instagram, @janelynchofficial)
David Hyde Pierce – Niles Crane in Frasier (Photo: Instagram, @jenni_penny22)
Sara Gilbert – Darlene Conner in Roseanne (Photo: Instagram, @prevailing_atrocity)
Sarah Paulson – Harriet Hayes in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Photo: Instagram, @sarahfreakingpaulson)
Ellen Page – Juno MacGuff in Juno (Photo: Instagram, @_moviequote_)
Cynthia Nixon – Miranda Hobbes in Sex and the City (Photo: Instagram, @mauriccio)
Jodie Foster – Annabelle Bransford in Maverick (Photo: Instagram, @flungoutof.space)
Portia de Rossi – Lindsay Bluth Funke in Arrested Development (Photo: Instagram, @bluthcompanyofficial)
Jonathan Groff – Jesse St. James in Glee (Photo: Instagram, @rassurer)
Ellen Page recently criticized Hollywood for pigeonholing some gay actors into a limited scope of characters. Check out this list of openly gay actors who are well-known for their portrayals of straight characters.
