Gale Harold life and biography

Gale Harold is an American actor widely known for his roles on Queer as Folk, Desperate Housewives and Hellcats, as well as on a series of 2002 Pontiac Aztek commercials.

Harold was born in Decatur, Georgia, the son of an engineer father and a mother who was a real estate agent. The second of three children, Harold's parents were devout Pentecostals, and Harold had a strict Pentecostal upbringing. At age 15, he left the church, saying that he "knew it was bullshit." Harold's father left the church several years later.

After graduating from The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia, Harold attended American University in Washington, DC, on a soccer scholarship. He began a Liberal Arts degree in romance literature, departing after a year and a half following a conflict with his coach. Harold then moved to San Francisco, California, United States to pursue an interest in photography at the San Francisco Art Institute. He worked a variety of jobs including positions as a Ducati motorcycle technician and a construction worker.

In 1997, friend Susan Landau, daughter of actor Martin Landau, suggested Harold try acting. He relocated to Los Angeles and began a 3-year period of intensive drama study. At 28, he was accepted into the Actors Conservatory Program with the classical theater company A Noise Within. In his theatrical debut, Harold appeared as "Bunny" in Me and My Friends. In 2003, he starred in Wake, produced by Susan Landau Finch and directed by her husband Henry Leroy Finch. The movie featured a cameo by Martin Landau and the lead part of Kyle Riven was written specifically for Harold.

Filmography:

2006 Falling for Grace Andrew James Barrington, Jr.
2009 Passenger Side Karl
2010 Fertile Ground Nate Weaver
2011 Rehab

Television:

2007 Grey's Anatomy Shane Episode 4.09: "Crash Into Me, Part 1"
Episode 4.10: "Crash Into Me, Part 2"
2008-2009 Desperate Housewives Jackson Braddock 15 episodes
2010 CSI: NY Kevin Scott Episode 6.22: "Point of View"
2010-2011 Hellcats Julian Parrish 9 episodes
2011 The Secret Circle

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