
Michael Kearns
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 8, 1950
- Died
- October 6, 2026
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Filmography

The Perfect Gentleman 2010
as Charles

River Made to Drown In 1997
as Arthur

It's My Party 1996
as Party Guest

A Mother's Prayer 1995
as Buddy

And the Band Played On 1993
as Cleve

Dream Man 1991
Actor

Street Asylum 1990
as Additional Voices

The Execution 1985
Actor

Body Double 1984
as Male Porn Star

Rimbaud in L.A. 1982
as Tom Verlaine

Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place 1982
as Jack Perkins

L.A. Tool & Die 1979
as Jim

Silent No More 1977
Actor
Credits from TMDB.