Quinto is set to reprise the role of Spock next year. Picture: AP Source: news.com.au
Quinto found fame in 2006 after landing a role in Heroes. Picture: Getty Source: news.com.au
- Actor Zachary Quinto outs himself
- 34-year-old starred in Star Trek movie
- Star motivated by death of gay teen
ACTOR Zachary Quinto, best known for playing Spock in the 2009 movie reboot of Star Trek, says he is gay.
In a blog post on his official website, Quinto, said he decided to come out after hearing about the suicide of Jamey Rodemeyer, a gay teenager from Buffalo, N.Y.
Rodemeyer took his own life in September, just months after making a video for the "It Gets Better" project, a campaign aimed at preventing suicide among bullied gay teens.
Quinto, who also made an "It Gets Better" video for the project, said, "In light of Jamey's death, it became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality."
He said he was "eternally grateful" to Rodemeyer for being the catalyst for his decision to come out.
"Now I can only hope to serve as the same catalyst for even one other person in this world," Quinto added.
Quinto, 34, played a super-powered serial killer on the NBC series Heroes and appeared on episodes of 24 and the Tori Spelling sitcom So NoTORIous before taking the role of Spock in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek. He will reprise the role in the Star Trek sequel, slated to hit cinemas in 2012.
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