You might recognize Rusty Joiner from the countless men's fitness magazine covers on which he has appeared or hos workout DVD, calendar, or maybe he poured you a drink at iCandy in West Hollywood. He made me a few lemon drop martinis last year and I chatted him up about his acting career (We also realized that it was a picture of his abs that accompanied my Advocate cover story on gay polygamy).
Rusty seemed very sincere about his ambitions and about transitioning from model/trainer type to actor and had by that time already appeared in the Ben Stiller comedy "Dodgeball." So I was glad to see him last night in an episode of the CBS series "Close to Home" He played the coach of a college kid who killed his dad and he did very nicely in his scene! Rusty is straight - but obviously very gay-friendly - and I hope he lands a lot more gigs on TV and in movies.