(Photo from Richards’ Instagram)
Actor J. August Richards, best known for playing Gunn in the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” spinoff “Angel” and Deathlok in Marvel’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” came out as gay in an online video conversation with actress Sarah Wayne Callies, his co-star in the new NBC series “Council of Dads.”
In the show, Richards plays Dr. Oliver Post, a gay dad who acts as a father figure to the kids of his friend who died of cancer.
“I knew that I could not portray this gay man honestly without letting you all know that I was a gay man myself,” Richards said in the video, which he posted to his Instagram account.
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The video has been viewed more than 13,000 times.
“Council of Dads” next episode airs April 30 at 8 p.m. on NBC.
