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In 1994, Wilson Cruz became the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay teen on primetime TV, as Rickie Vasquez on “My So-Called Life.” Nearly three decades later, Cruz says it’s...
Wilson Cruz (born Wilson Echevarría; December 27, 1973) is an American actor known for playing Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life, Dr. Hugh Culber on Star Trek: Discovery, and the recurring character Junito on Noah's Arc.
Mar 4, 2021 · My So-Called Life will soon be welcoming a new generation of fans, and series star Wilson Cruz could not be more thrilled. PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that the beloved 1994 ABC drama...
Feb 13, 2019 · Wilson Cruz reflects on “My So Called Life” and how it changed his life, including how his favorite scene in the show gave him an incredibly “cathartic and healing” experience.
Feb 13, 2020 · In Apple TV+’s upcoming documentary series, Visible: Out on Television, the openly gay actor, 46, recalls how his role as Rickie Vasquez on the beloved 1994 ABC drama My So-Called Life helped...
Jun 11, 2024 · My So-Called Life at 30: Wilson Cruz on Working With Jared Leto and Making TV History. The actor reflects on playing network TV's first openly gay character as a series regular. Mara Reinstein. If he's being perfectly honest, Wilson Cruz can't remember the last time he sat down and watched an episode of My So-Called Life.
Jun 27, 2023 · ‘My So-Called Life’ and the Coming-Out Scene That Changed TV History. This exclusive excerpt from the new book Freaks, Gleeks, & Dawson’s Creek chronicles My So-Called Life and the first...
Jun 1, 2021 · Updated June 1, 2021 · 9 min read. In 1994, Wilson Cruz. became the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay teen on primetime TV, as Rickie Vasquez on “My So-Called Life.” Nearly three...
Jun 20, 2019 · When “ My So-Called Life ” debuted in 1994, there weren’t many portraits of gay teenagers on television. But Wilson Cruz changed that with his depiction of Rickie, a proudly rebellious high...
The Star Trek: Discovery actor broke barriers as an openly gay teen in My So-Called Life— now he wants to help others like him. The Role That Changed Him When Cruz became the first openly...
My So-Called Life: Created by Winnie Holzman. With Bess Armstrong, Wilson Cruz, Claire Danes, Devon Gummersall. A 15-year-old girl and her trials and tribulations of being a teenager and dealing with friends, guys, parents, and school.
Jun 16, 2021 · The Puerto Rican actor and activist reflects on his pioneering journey from 'My So-Called Life' to 'Star Trek: Discovery'.
Apr 16, 2020 · The cast of My So-Called Life reunited during quarantine, including Wilson Cruz, Claire Danes, A.J. Langer, and more. Although Jared Leto, who played Jordan Catalano, was noticeably...
Jun 16, 2021 · Wilson Cruz speak about being the first open gay man to play the first openly gay role on television.
Dec 10, 2023 · 'My So-Called Life' star Wilson Cruz writes exclusively for PEOPLE about the Showtime series 'Fellow Travelers' and how it calls upon the LGBTQ+ community to 'share who we are, who we love...
Jun 11, 2018 · But three months later, he began filming My So-Called Life —and when the short-lived, critically acclaimed drama launched in August 1994, Cruz became the first openly gay actor to play an openly...
Nov 16, 2016 · Wilson Cruz: I was an AIDS activist early on—we lost my uncle when I was 16—so I knew that people's stories and voices were important, and that there needed to be [a role model] especially...
Apr 16, 2020 · Actor Wilson Cruz took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a screenshot from a recent Zoom call with his castmates from the show, which ran for one season from 1994 to 1995.
Apr 16, 2020 · Wilson Cruz Reflects on How My So-Called Life Helped Heal His Relationship with His Father. The role made Cruz the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay character in a leading...
Apr 16, 2020 · Wilson Cruz, who played fan-favorite Rickie Vasquez, posted a screenshot of the Zoom session on Twitter, calling it a “very comforting, sweet, heartfelt and overdue reunion.”
Apr 18, 2023 · Wilson Cruz picked up his first onscreen role with My So-Called Life, breaking TV grounds by playing a teen LGBTQ+ Latinx character, Rickie Vasquez, as an out, gay...
My So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995. It is distributed by The Bedford Falls Company with ABC Productions.
Jan 25, 2023 · 03 of 09. Wilson Cruz as Enrique "Rickie" Vasquez. ABC Photo Archives/ABC/Getty Images; David Buchan/BEI/REX/Shutterstock. Following his role as Rickie Vasquez in My So-Called Life,...
