I've reviewed two tv series starring British actor Billy Howle (not
Howlie), and two things about him stand out:
1. He is crazy cute. What we used to call dreamy, the sort of guy who elicits fantasies of holding hands in the moonlight rather than going downtown.
2. Speaking of going downtown, he is not shy about displaying his rather impressive penis on screen.
I always ask two questions in these profiles.
1. Is he gay in real life?
Billy has no social media presence, but various interviews note that he is in a long-term relationship with a lady. He could be bisexual or gay-and-closeted, but for now we'll call him straight.
2. Has he played any gay characters?
This one will take some research. We'll start with his bio.
Billy was born in Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands, about an hour from Birmingham, son of a college professor and a "schoolteacher." He graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theater School in 2013. His theatrical credits include:
The Ibsen play
Ghosts (2015), which is about religion, free love, and incest, not about ghosts. We had to read Ibsen in college. Ugh.
Eugene O'Neill's A Long Day's Journey into Night (2016). We had to read O'Neill, too. Double ugh.
Hamlet (2022). Maybe a gay subtext between the Prince and Mercutio.
Dear Octopus (2024), which is about a large, suffocating family, not an octopus. At least it's not Ionesco.
John Osborne's
Look Back in Anger (2024) about marital problems.
No significant gay content, I'm afraid, and pretentiousness as the summum bonum.
Next, Billy's on-screen roles. He has 21 acting credits on the IMDB. A mostly pretentious lot, with only one science fiction movie and not a whiff of comedy. I'll check the projects that I've reviewed already, those listed as "known for," and those with nudity.
Already Reviewed:
The Perfect Couple (2024). When the Maid of Honor is murdered on the night before the wedding, everyone is a suspect, including the Bride and Groom. Billy plays the Groom's brother, who has a girlfriend.
Under the Banner of Heaven (2022). Lapsed Mormon Allen (Billy) is accused of murdering his wife and baby, but he says that his fundamentalist family did it to punish her for wanting a career and being uppity.
More after the break