He is his own man and believes in having sex for the sheer joy of doing it. At 29 years old, he is living life for the now. Gale Harold as Brian Kinney (UK version: Aidan Gillen as Stuart Alan Jones)īrian Kinney: a veritable sex-machine.Main article: List of Queer as Folk characters Main Additional writers in the later seasons included Michael MacLennan, Efrem Seeger, Brad Fraser, Del Shores, and Shawn Postoff. Although it was set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, much of the series was actually shot in Toronto and employed various Canadian directors known for their independent film work (including Bruce McDonald, David Wellington, Kelly Makin, John Greyson, Jeremy Podeswa and Michael DeCarlo) as well as Australian director Russell Mulcahy, who directed the pilot episode. It is based on the British series of the same title created by Russell T Davies. It was developed and written by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were the showrunners and also the executive producers along with Tony Jonas, former president of Warner Bros.
The series was produced for Showtime and Showcase by Cowlip Productions, Tony Jonas Productions, Temple Street Productions, and Showtime Networks, in association with Crowe Entertainment. Queer as Folk is a serial drama television series that ran from December 3, 2000, to August 7, 2005.
