Cheyenne Jackson & Monte Lapka

Cheyenne Jackson (born July 12, 1975) is an American actor and singer. He has played in many prominent roles in theater on Broadway. His first Broadway leading role in All Shook Up earning him a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding Broadway Debut". Additionally, on the New York stage he has starred in The Performers, 8, Finian's Rainbow (Drama Desk nomination), Damn Yankees, Xanadu (Drama League, Drama Desk nominations), The Agony & the Agony, the premiere cast of Altar Boyz, Aida, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. ackson is openly gay. Jackson's husband, Monte Lapka, is a physicist; they have been together since 2000 and married on September 3, 2011 in New York. As of 2013 is reported Cheyenne and Monte split and Cheyenne moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career as an actor.

He has also appeared in a number of films, including portrayal of Mark Bingham in the 2006 Academy Award nominated United 93 which earned him the Boston Society of Film Critics 2006 award for "Best Ensemble Cast", in television series like NBC's 30 Rock, Fox's Glee and guest starring on several other TV series.

In concert, he has sold out Carnegie Hall twice: "The Power of Two" in 2010 and "Music of the Mad Men Era" in 2011. In addition to his theatrical musical career, has also developed a general musical career, with a joint album The Power of Two with Michael Feinstein in 2008. In 2012, Jackson released two singles "Drive" and the follow up "Before You" which became a Top 40 hit. Both songs are from an upcoming 2013 album titled I'm Blue, Skies'.

Jackson was born in Idaho on July 12, 1975, and was named by his father after the 1950s Western series Cheyenne. The third of four children, he was raised in Newport, Washington, a "teeny mill town" of about 1,200 people in a rural area on the Washington-Idaho border. His father is a Native American and a Vietnam veteran.

His mother taught Jackson, his sister and two brothers to sing and regularly played music from Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Elvis. He moved to Spokane, Washington as a teenager and came out to his parents as gay at age 19. His parents were evangelical born-again Christians and his brother is a pastor who has preached on The 700 Club. They eventually accepted his sexuality.


Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer. His first Broadway leading role in All Shook Up earning him a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding Broadway Debut". Additionally, on the New York stage he has starred in The Performers, 8, Finian's Rainbow, Damn Yankees, Xanadu, The Agony & the Agony, the premiere cast of Altar Boyz, Aida, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Jackson's husband, Monte Lapka, is a physicist; they have been together since 2000 and married on September 3, 2011 in New York.

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne_Jackson

Jaason Simmons & John O'Callaghan

Jaason Simmons (born 12 July 1970) is an Australian actor best known for the role of Logan Fowler on the TV series Baywatch. Simmons came out as gay in the March 2008 issue of Australian New Idea magazine with his fiancé Irish actor John O'Callaghan (in 2006, O'Callaghan adopted an Ugandan boy, whom he named Odin).

Born as Jason Matthew Simmons in Hobart, Tasmania, he first began acting in 1993 with a role on the short-lived Australian series Paradise Beach. The following year, he won the role of Logan Fowler on Baywatch. After leaving the series in 1997, Simmons appeared in several theater productions in London and had roles in several independent films including the 1997 film Nowhere. His most recent onscreen appearance was in the 2006 cult film Mad Cowgirl.

John O’Callaghan has performed in Canada, Ireland and the USA and is a citizen of all three. He left home at 17 to work for BMW in Munich, Germany. After falling asleep many times on the factory floor he decided to study Computer Science at the University of Ulster in Belfast. He fell in with the wrong crowd and started to act with Belfast Youth and Community Theatre – a company to unite protestant and catholic actors. They toured Ireland with the play CASTLE RACKRENT. The New Theatre School followed in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduation he pursued his craft in Toronto. He quickly became a member of Canadian Actors Equity after playing the role of One Shotr Dunphy (Rapist/Terrorist) in CAROLANS FAREWELL. (Picture: John O'Callaghan)

After building up an impressive resume he moved to NEW YORK CITY to star in the one man show RUM & VODKA written by Conor Mcpherson. This was a huge success and led to recordings for HBO and NBC. And after several Regional (including The Cleveland Playhouse) and Off Broadway successes (La Mama, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Primary Stages, Manhattan Theatre Club, etc,) and landing the same agent as Jack Nicholson he moved WEST to Los Angeles where actors go to die. John travels between Los Angeles, New York, Toronto and Vancouver. His life resembles a circus at times as he travels with his son Odin and dog Charlie.


Jaason Simmons (born 12 July 1970) is an Australian actor best known for the role of Logan Fowler on the TV series Baywatch. Simmons came out as gay in the March 2008 issue of Australian New Idea magazine with his fiancé Irish actor John O'Callaghan (in 2006, O'Callaghan adopted an Ugandan boy, whom he named Odin). John O’Callaghan has performed in Canada, Ireland and the USA and is a citizen of all three. His life resembles a circus at times as he travels with his son Odin and dog Charlie.

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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaason_Simmons

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