49. Richard Jenkins - Flirting With Disaster

Remember earlier on, when we talked about Josh Brolin's part as a gay ATK agent in 'Flirting with Disaster'? Brolin played the part of Tony Kent, and his ATK partner on the job is also his romantic partner; Paul Harmon, played by Richard Jenkins.

Brolin's part wasn't central to the movie, and Jenkins' is even smaller. His main function is to get accidentally dosed with drugs at a party, setting off the chain of events that leads to the movie's conclusion. Perhaps the biggest positive of the two parts is that the fact they're gay doesn't matter to the plot; it's an incidental fact of their lives. Harmon is the only notable gay part of Jenkins' long career, although he does crossover with Michael C. Hall who we also looked at earlier; both were on the cast of 'Six Feet Under' for the duration of the show.

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