Owen Thiele long referred to himself as a ānepo friendā due to his close relationships with A-listers like Emma Chamberlain and Sabrina Carpenter. (You may recall him from Carpenterās Christmas special or Taylor Swiftās music videos for āThe Manā and āYou Need to Calm Down.ā)
But the gay actor and singer is making his own mark in Hollywood. After a memorable role as a costume designer in Theater Camp, Thiele appeared in two acclaimed shows this year: Adults, a Hulu ensemble about 20-something New Yorkers, and Overcompensating, in which he portrayed George, a barista and queer classmate of Bennyās who clocks his closeted troubles from a mile away.
Thiele describes his work as feeling ālike sex on the beach ā glamorous most of the time, but sometimes you chafe.ā Heās overjoyed to have made ālifelong friendsā along the way.
āLet's all make a pact to stay queer,ā Thiele says of his message to the world. @owenthiele
