Gay Emmy Nominees 2013 – Zachary Quinto And Jim Parsons Among Several Contenders

Zachary Quinto and Jim Parsons are among several gay actors nominated for an Emmy Award this year.

Other Gay Emmy nominees 2013 include Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jane Lynch, while HBO movie Behind The Candelabra has also been nominated for 15 Emmy awards.

Zachary Quinto is among the several openly gay actors who has received an Emmy Award nomination this year. The others include Jane Lynch, Jim Parsons, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nathan Lane, Sarah Paulson, Dan Bucatinsky, Tim Gunn, Lily Tomlin, Cat Deeley and John Benjamin Hickey.

Quinto was nominated in the category of outstanding supporting actor in a TV movie or miniseries for ‘American Horror Story: Asylum’. Sarah Paulson has been nominated for the same show in the supporting actress category.

Jane Lynch, who recently announced she’s divorcing wife Lara Embry, received another nomination for her Emmy Winning performance as Sue Sylvester on ‘Glee ‘.

Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson has been nominated once again in the supporting actor in a comedy series category. Yet to win in the category, the actor tweeted…

I’m very humbled and honored by the #ModernFamily Emmy love. — Jesse Tyler Ferguson (@jessetyler) July 18, 2013



Jim Parsons, nominated again for best lead actor in a comedy series, is vying for his third Emmy Awards for the CBS sitcom ‘The Big Bang Theory’.

Nathan Lane has been nominated twice this year, in the guest actor categories for comedy and drama series for his recurring roles on ‘Modern Family ‘and ‘The Good Wife’.

This years Emmy’s host, Neil Patrick Harris, was not nominated for ‘How I Met Your Mother’ but he could still win as one of the producers of ‘The Tony Awards’ which he also hosted back in June.

Behind The Candelabra

In other gay Emmy news, HBO’s ‘Behind The Candelabra’, has been nominated for 15 awards. Both Michael Douglas, who portrayed Liberace, and Matt Damon, who portrayed his lover, are up for Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. The film itself is up for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.

Source: Emmy Awards

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