Wilson Cruz

Personal context

Summary

Wilson Cruz is an actor known for My So-Called Life, Rent, Noah’s Arc, and Star Trek: Discovery. His screen work has repeatedly featured LGBTQ characters and stories, including Rickie Vasquez, Angel, and Dr. Hugh Culber. Cruz has described LGBTQ visibility and representation as his life’s work, worked as a field organizer for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, campaigned to protect a nondiscrimination ordinance, and served as GLAAD’s national spokesperson. He has also spoken about Latino underrepresentation and supporting LGBTQ youth from Puerto Rican and Latino backgrounds.