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Gale Morgan Harold III born July 10, 1969    Decatur, Georgia, United States

Gale Morgan Harold III is an American actor. He has an older sister and a younger brother. Eschewing publicity, Gale's upbringing is a mystery, aside from his own admission that growing up was a "bizarre Pentecostal" experience. Jack London, David Bowie and J. R. R. Tolkien's Gandalf have often been credited as influences in his younger years.

After graduating from The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia, Gale attended American University in Washington, D.C. on a soccer scholarship. He began a Liberal Arts degree in romance literature, only to depart after a year and a half following a conflict with his coach. Gale 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 mechanic and a construction worker.
In 1997, friend Susan Landau, daughter of actor Martin Landau, suggested Gale try acting. He re-located 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, Gale 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 Gale.

In 2000, Gale landed the role of Brian Kinney, a central character on Showtime's popular gay drama Queer as Folk, a breakthrough performance including the first depictions of male homosexual sex on television; his performances were as riveting, raw and unapologetic as his character. The show and the character of Brian Kinney were controversial - it was alternately lauded and loathed for its explicit depictions of gay club life. The show found a strong core audience among women as well as among gay men, and lasted for 5 seasons, ending in 2005.

In 2006, Gale had the lead role of Special Agent Graham Kelton in the new FOX series Vanished, but his character was killed off with 6 episodes left to air. He had a guest-starring spot as Wyatt Earp in several episodes of the HBO series Deadwood and two appearances on the CBS series The Unit. Along side childhood idol David Bowie, Gale is an associate producer of the upcoming documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man. He returned to the New York stage in Tennessee Williams' play Suddenly Last Summer in October 2006. Reprising the Montgomery Clift role of Dr. Cuckrowicz, Gale co-starred with Blythe Danner and Carla Gugino.

In 2008, Gale was back on television as Jackson Braddock, the love interest of Teri Hatcher's character in Desperate Housewives.