Gay Belfast Hunk of the Month

Matt Di Angelo is an English actor and singer of Greek origin currently in the BBC series Hustle. Before joining the Hustle gang Matt Di Angelo was best known as EastEnders’ gormless Deano Wicks. After leaving Albert Square he competed in Strictly Come Dancing, and first appeared as young conman Sean Kennedy, alongside former Holby City actress Kelly Adams as his sister Emma, in Hustle during 2009.

After leaving the Sylvia Young Theatre School Di Angelo's first acting role was in the television series Harbour Lights quickly followed by CBBC musical comedy series I Dream. This resulted in him making a few appearances in the Sunday morning children's TV show Smile and the film Telling Lies in 2006. Soon after he secured a part in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. After Eastenders, he appeared in the fifth series of Strictly Come Dancing. His dance partner was Flavia Cacace who he also dated. He appeared in the final, in which he was runner-up to singer Alesha Dixon. Di Angelo along with Cacace also performed in the 2008 live tour of Strictly Come Dancing.

The recent interview in Gay Times revealed that he is not as fond of body as the Gay Belfast team and our readers. He told Gay Times he would not go topless “I would do a topless shoot but I don’t feel comfortable enough to do it. Well if I had a better body then yeah, loads. But I don’t go to the gym - I can’t be bothered to go to the gym. I work very hard to have a very average body, and I don’t think I need to share it.” Many would disagree with that statement.

Tom Cullen Gay Belfast Hunk of the Month for January 2012

Welsh born actor Tom Cullen and star of the best gay film in years was named on the 2011 Screen International Stars of Tomorrow list alongside Alexandra Roach and Douglas Booth. His professional career began in the summer 2009 starring in BBC Television short 20 Questions for which he won Best Actor at the IMS Awards. In 2010 Cullen's stage work included the Bristol Old Vic, National Theatre Wales, Nabokov Theatre Company, Television included Pen Talar, All Shook Up, Locked Up and Film included The Machine and Panic Button. However, his breakthrough performance came in 2011 when he starred alongside Chris New in Weekend, directed by Andrew Haigh.

Weekend has collected numerous awards including the Audience Award at SXSW, Grand Jury at Outfest, the Grand Jury and Best Actor award for Cullen at the Nashville Film Festival and he won Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards. The hunky actor delivers a standout performance as Russell, a smoldering lifeguard whose childhood was spent in foster care. Glen (played by Chris New) is an aspiring artist damaged from a previous romance. Glen and Russell drink, have sex, and talk. A lot. Their late-night, coke-fueled conversations are mortifyingly authentic. However, Weekend, is "not about sexuality,"

Tom Cullen says of Weekend. "It's a story about two people who fall in love, who connect. Haven't you fallen in love at first sight?" The film's leading men were both newish to cinema, but have lengthy stage CVs'their theater chops certainly added to their quiet, emotive performances. Their celluloid chemistry began offscreen too. The two shared a Nottingham apartment during filming. "We cooked for each other," Cullen remembers fondly. "You'd think it would be really intense, but it was wonderful. It might have helped the connection, but I think it would have been there anyway. I've fallen head over heels in love with Chris as a person." Don't get too excited, though this was only a bromance. Cullen is straight and New is gay. Still, the two have convincingly passionate gay sex onscreen. "Gay for pay!" Cullen says, amused at hearing the term for the first time, "Oh God, I absolutely would not consider myself that." Well, gay for art's sake, then?

Tom Cullen is currently filming World Without End alongside Cynthia Nixon, Miranda Richardson and Peter Firth. Tom is Artistic Director of Undeb Theatre. Weekend is a must see movie you can buy Weekend [DVD] at Amazon.

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