Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

At 21 years old, I found myself in Vancouver, and that's where I got the part for my first movie. I was…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I watched some shows like 'The Simple Life' and 'The Anna Nicole Smith Show,' but I hadn't really watched 'The Bachelor' until…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

The more queer characters I play over my years of working as an actor, and the more I see other young artists…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I had examples from a very young age of gay actors or personalities coming out in late '90s and early 2000s who…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Every fan interaction I have when someone tells me they can look to their television screens and see themselves reflected in me…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

From the most remote of villages to the largest metropolitan cities, we, as a species, have the same internal need to be…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Coming of age as a young queer man of color, it was a rarity to see any reflections of myself portrayed in…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I think that Linda Perry is such a beautiful example of strong female representation in the industry.

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

As an actor, it was important to me to play gay characters because, growing up, it was something I never really saw…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I never really felt like I quite fit in. Other boys were playing sports and into hunting and stereotypically masculine activities. I…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I feel like people are so eager and willing to accept the concept of females being bisexual and having it be a…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I love my blackness... I love my queerness.

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

At 16 years old, I was signed to my very first modeling agency. That was my first real introduction to the entertainment…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Sometimes in order for change to be made in a positive fashion, we must force ourselves to look unblinkingly at painful realities…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Each time I turn on my own television screen and see reflections of myself in other courageous young LGBTQ-identifying actors and artists,…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I'm grateful to the creative allies behind 'UnReal' who are willing to stand behind disenfranchised communities of people worldwide and help to…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I feel like, for so many years in the industry, LGBT-identifying actors were told to play small or water themselves down or…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

The entertainment industry is a microcosm of the real world. To be 'othered' within the industry is a reflection of where we…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

'UnREAL' has always been provocative and bitingly honest, which makes the show what it is.

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I am an 'other.' As a queer, biracial man who occupies and embodies many different intersections of 'otherness,' I've spent my entire…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

So many of my friends and family will go to Palm Springs as their weekend getaway destination, but when I need a…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

The history of slavery in this country has affected not only how black people see themselves, but how white people see black…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

It really is systematic oppression that is so deeply ingrained into the very fabric of American society... Shedding a light on it,…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

I knew that I wanted to primarily play queer characters.

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

You know, in this industry, being an openly queer actor or entertainer, you can play the game your way, or you can…

— Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman