This photo of someone named David Pevsner popped up on my "n*de celebrity" feed. I never heard of him, but when I checked the IMDB, I found 57 acting credits, with a lot of gay-themed projects.
A casting agent in The Fluffer (2001): a young man employed as a fluffer (keeping the adult actors aroused) falls for "a gay-for-pay porn star whose hedonistic lifestyle may lead them both to destruction." Yuck, more gay-as-sleaze homophobia. I'll be he gets redeemed through a heterosexual romance.
"Man in Hospital" in Adam & Steve (2005): Adam and his girlfriend are at a pub, when he sees a male dancer, Steve, and decides to hook up. Years later, he meets Steve again, now a psychiatrist, and they start a new relationship. Meanwhile, the ex-girlfriend starts dating Steve's roommate. It's on Pluto only, so I can't get to it, but according to the reviews, there's some homophobic hate crime, people being horrified at seeing a gay couple (in 2005 New York), stereotyping, gross-out humor, and a whimpering dog.
A gay pe dophile child abductor in a 2006 episode of Criminal Minds (with Daryl Sabara as a teen with a precursor of a gay OnlyFans page).
A lot of gay roles, but not positive ones. I don't know if this guy is gay or a blistering homophobe, or both.
A starring role in The Real Life (2007), about a life coach (David) who gets his own reality tv show, and becomes "addicted to fame." Not available to stream anywhere.
Lez Be Friends (2007), two episodes of a tv pilot repackaged as a movie: A lesbian must pretend to be straight so her lesbian-phobic landlord will allow her and her gay bff to move in with a gay guy. So the dude is fine with gay men, but not lesbians? Or does he think that gay people all hook up with each other, regardless of gender? The first episode sets up the premise, and the second is about a crab infestation. David plays Duke, not one of the roommates. Not available to stream.
A pornography professor in Pornography: A Thriller (2009).
Role Play (2010): A recently outed soap star begins a relationship with a "recently divorced gay marriage activist," and there's something about fame. At least nobody dies. David plays Alex, the resort owner.
The IMDB goes on like that, with guest spots in gay-themed movies and tv shows, some quasi-homophobic. I'm going to move up to the tv series where David has more substantial roles.
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Tardust in 10 episodes of We're Alive: A Story of Survival, a podcast about a zombie apocalypse.
The Host in 7 episodes of Disorganized Zone, a Twilight zone parody.
27 episodes of Old Dogs & New Tricks (2011-20), a webseries about four middle-aged gay men living in "youth-obsessed West Hollywood": Leon Acord as a talent agent, Curt Bonem as singer who peaked in the 1980s, David as an actor who peaked in the 1990s, and Jeffrey Patrick Olson as a personal trainer
Scrooge in Scrooge & Marley (2012), a gay retake of Dickens' Christmas Carol. The "bah! humbug!" dude is mourning his dead partner (Tim Kazurinski), learns the Spirit of Christmas, and helps his nephew get a boyfriend. And the ghosts are rather...um, festive.
It's on Tubi. Maybe I'll review it next Christmas.
More after the break. Caution: Explicit.
David appears to be primarily a theatrical actor, with a lot of gay themed plays: Party, When Pigs Fly, F*cking Men, as well as standbys like Fiddler on the Roof. He wrote three songs for N*ked Boys Singing, and has starred in two one-man shows, From Bitter to Better, and Musical Comedy Who re.
He also has a solo album, Most Versatile (2016), and an autobiography, Damn Shame: A Memoir of Desire, Defiance, and Show Tunes (2022).
When he was a struggling actor in the 1980s, David worked as a hustler, and did some n*de modeling. Here's one from the 2000s.
David continues to do nude modeling, disputing the myth that older guys can't be attractive -- or interested in s*ex. He's interested -- and very busy.
He goes all the way on his Tumblr and Onlyfans pages.
So why the quasi-homophobic roles early in his television career?
Well, name a gay role in the early 2000s that wasn't quasi-homophobic.
See also:
M. Emmet Walsh: Daddy who didn't mind showing his d*ck.
Pretty Dudes: Gay Asian erasure, Spiderman, a car hookup, and hamburger s*x. All in 11 minutes.
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