Gale Harold was born and raised around Atlanta, Georgia. Attended American University in Washington, D.C., and eventually left the Capital to study Fine Arts at the San Francisco Art Institute. Loves and restores Italian motorcycles. Suzy Landau, producer for Francis Ford Coppola, convinced him to take his act to the stage. He has appeared in many fine theater productions as well.


Worked as a carpenter and motorcycle mechanic before being cast in "Queer as Folk" (2000). Calls the city of Toronto his home. Has an older sister and a younger brother. Past influences were Jack London, Gandalf & David Bowie. In 2007, two years after Queer as Folk went off the air, Harold and Randy Harrison's characters Brian and Justin won an only poll sponsored by the website Gay.com to choose TV's "Favorite Gay Couple." They won in a landslide, with 35% of the on-line vote.