Known for

Acting

Born

Jan 8, 1950

Died

Oct 6, 2026 (aged 76)

Place of birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Michael Kearns

Michael Kearns (born January 8, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actor, writer, director, teacher, producer, and activist. He is noted for being one of the first openly gay actors, and after an announcement on Entertainment Tonight in 1991, the first openly HIV-positive actor in Hollywood.

Titles

Beverly Hills, 90210

Series • 1990

Cheers

Series • 1982

Knots Landing

Series • 1979

Murder, She Wrote

Series • 1984

Crazy like a Fox

Series • 1984

Body Double

Movie • 1984

Old Dogs & New Tricks

Series • 2011

And the Band Played On

Movie • 1993

It's My Party

Movie • 1996

A Mother's Prayer

Movie • 1995

River Made to Drown In

Movie • 1997

The Perfect Gentleman

Movie • 2010

L.A. Tool & Die

Movie • 1979