Chad Allen

Chad Allen is an American actor known for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (CBS, 1993–1998), in which he played Matthew Cooper, and for the gay-themed films Our Sons (1991), Save Me (2007), and End of the Spear (2005). He came out as gay in 1996 after tabloids threatened to out him, speaking to People magazine and becoming one of the few young television stars to come out in that era. Allen became an activist and appeared at numerous LGBTQ+ community events, and his 2005 film End of the Spear — in which he played a gay man — generated controversy when Christian groups objected to a gay actor playing a missionary.