Robert Gant began acting in television commercials and joined the Screen Actors Guild at the age of ten in his home state of Florida. He attended undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania and law school at Georgetown University. While studying law, he never gave up on his true passion, acting, and performed in numerous theatrical productions. ...
People who are HIV positive certainly don't have much of a voice and so, in playing Ben, I love getting to be the mouthpiece for a lot of people who are otherwise voiceless.
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I'm really happy now. I'm constantly amazed by what's possible. It's only begun.
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I think as a kid I wasn't even aware of the extent to which my freedom was being infringed upon. We're conditioned not even to know that we're not free. When you think about what we all believe America to be, it just seems ludicrous that so much of America's populace lives in this sort of prison. I think coming out for me is really about tearing down the prison wall.
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Freedom is my big buzzword in life. It's just my favorite word. And I think so many of my choices have been about gaining freedom.
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A friend of mine says, "In God's world there are no mistakes, only lessons." So I'm coming out exactly when I'm supposed to.
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For me, the litmus test to know whether or not I'm doing the right thing is to examine whether my decisions are love-based or fear-based. I think outing people is fear based, the fear that if we don't out them, it will make things harder for all of us. It's important to treat people with love. How would you treat your own kid? Would you whip him out of the closet, or would you sit down with him, talk, hug and help him come out on his own?
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Gandhi said, 'Be the change you wish to see in the world," and so I guess I'm being the change that I wish to see. ~~~~
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Robert has been busy guest starring on various series such as NCIS, Baby Daddy, and Anger Management. He is also actively writing and developing projects for television and film. [2013]
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Robert guest stars on the new NBC comedy series, "Sean Saves The World," starring, Sean Hayes [October 2013]
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Currently starring in a new BBC 3 series titled, "Personal Affairs." [June 2009]
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Robert is producing two movies. Elliot Loves and Save Me. He is also acting. [May 2006]
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He graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1993 in the same class as Michael Powell (Former FCC Chairman) and Robert Bigelow (Court TV).
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In 2007, Robert was presented with the Davidson/Valentini Award at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
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In 2008, Robert was the recipient of the Visionary Award, presented to him at the Garden State Equality, 2008 Legends Dinner.
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In 2006, The Human Rights Campaign presented him with the National Equality Award at the 11th Annual Nashville Rights Campaign Equality Dinner.
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