Dougray Scott: Gruff, gravelly-voiced macho man gets tied up a lot, plays four gay guys...no, three...wait, just one. With Denton and Lucas nude

We're watching Batwoman (2019-22), with Bruce Wayne's cooler cousin Kate Kane taking over the cowl.  Dougray Scott plays her father Jacob Kane, whose ICE-like Crows "protect" Gothan City instead of the police. Jake is perfectly accepting of his daughter being a lesbian, but virulently anti-superhero, so she is unlikely to come out as the Bat. Her ex-girlfriend Sophie, now in a lavender marriage, happens to be Jake's chief officer, so when he orders "find Batwoman, and shoot to kill," she's conflicted.

It gets more complicated: when Kate was twelve years old, Mom and sister went over the bridge into the Gothan River.  Sister survived, but was imprisoned by a face-extracting serial killer for 11 years before emerging as the "Why did you stop searching for me?" supervillain Alice.  You know, the one with the Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts, the magic mushroom.....

Well, let's not go down that rabbit hole.  I'm more interested in seeing the gruff, gravelly-voiced macho man tied up.  Which he is, a lot.  And maybe checking out his gay roles and beneath-the-belt equipment.

Dougray is Scottish: he was born in Glenrolthes, about an hour by car from Edinburgh, in 1965.  After secondary school he attended the Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, and started his career on the West End.  His plays include Beckett, Welcome Home, The Power and the Glory, The Rover, This Island's Mine, and most recently Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

His on-screen acting begins with episodes of tv series like Zorro (1990), Lovejoy (1992), and Stay Lucky (1994), but fame came with Ever After (1998): The Grande Dame tells us about the real Cinderella, her great-great grandmother, the liberated Age of Reason Danielle de Barbarac. Dougray plays Prince Henry, her love interest and equal partner.

Some popular movies followed:

Mission Impossible 2 (2000), starring famous homophobe Tom Cruise.  He plays villain Sean Ambrose.

Ripley's Game (2002), a sequel that heterosexualizes the gay killer of  The Incredible Mr. Ripley (1999). He plays the main victim.

My Week with Marilyn (2011).  He plays playwright Arthur Miller. Spoiler alert: he dates Marilyn Monroe. 

Dougray shows his butt in Enigma (2001), left, about British spies during World War II.

And in Things to Do Before You are 30 (2005), on The Top 12 Hunks of Batwoman.  It's about some 20-something buds facing "adult" problems like a pregnant girlfriend (Dougray) , a "crippled step-dad" (Danny Nussbaum) and being gay  (Shaun Parkes).  Backsid

Dougray's major tv roles:

Desperate Housewives (2006-07).  He plays Ian, who dates main character Susan until her boyfriend (James Denton, right) wakes up from his coma. 

Doctor Who (2013) as Alec, a ghost-hunter who helps the Doctor (Matt Smith) explore the haunted Caliburn House.  

More after the break

I have a distinct memory of Hemlock Grove (2013-14) airing on Logo as a gay-themed paranormal drama, but it must be the Mandela Effect, where you remember things that didn't happen.  Here straight people are facing paranormal activity in a Pennsylvania rustbelt town, with just one gay character (not mentioned until the last episode).  Dougray plays the evil psychiatrist Norman Godfrey.  

Fear the Walking Dead (2016): We get an episode devoted to the romance between businessman Thomas Abigail (Dougray) and conman Victor Strand (Coleman Domingo).  They are separated during the zombie apocalypse.  When they are finally reunited, Thomas has been bitten, and is dying.  Strand is so overcome by grief that he doesn't date anyone else through the series (or the writers forgot that he was gay).

More gay-adjacent roles:

Sherlock and Daughter (2025) heterosexualizes the Sleuth (David Thewliss), but gives the daughter, played by queer actress Blu Hunt, some lesbian "crumbs."  Dougray plays Moriarty as straight, with an estranged son (Joe Klocek).  Joe usually plays gay characters, but I'm not sure about this role.

The Hack (2025). Whoops, I thought it was Hacks, starring Jean Smart as a has-been comedian, which has gay and lesbian characters.  This one is about a phone-hacking scandal at a tabloid newspaper that rocked Britain in the early 2000s.  Dougray plays Prime Minister Gordon Brown

When I searched on "Dougray Scott" and "gay," I found two gay possibilities::

1. In an interview with the Dutch magazine Numero,  he mentions playing a "gay waiter" when he was 23 or 24. He doesn't say which play, but it seems to be Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, about a straight woman and her gay roommate looking for love.

2. On The One, a sort of British version of The View, he says that acting "fruity" is hard work, so when he plays the "light on his feet" guy, he stays in character all the time. The clip doesn't mention the movie or tv show, but it seems to be Crookhaven (2026).  Dougray plays Caspian Lockett, the headmaster of a secret school for thieves and pickpockets attended by focus character Avery (Lucas Leach).

Left: Lucas nude.

Except Caspian has a wife and daughter (whom Avery falls in love with), and I have found no confirmation that he's closeted. 

So two gay roles, plus a fruity straight guy, playing the father of a lesbian Batwoman. Is that enough for a profile?

Maybe if he gets tied up again. 

See also: The Top 12 Hunks of "Batwoman." With a guest appearance by Robin the Boy Wonder and his super-bulge

Matt Smith: Who doesn't want to see the penis of Prince Philip, Charles Manson, Christopher Isherwood, Superworm, and Dr. Who?

Hacks: Disgraced comedian decides to turn lesbian, gay leather guy spirals, and there are some jokes. With bonus Devon Sawa

"Tracker," Episode 3.1: Tracker tracks a probably gay teenager. With Pride flags, Greek tavernas, a Canadian wrestler, and Bryant cock