Sean Maher

Sean Maher is an American actor known for playing Dr. Simon Tam — the brilliant, protective doctor searching for a cure for his traumatized sister — in Joss Whedon's cult science fiction series Firefly (Fox, 2002) and the film Serenity (2005). He came out as gay in a 2011 Entertainment Weekly interview, speaking about years of hiding his identity while working on Firefly and subsequently, and about the relief and liberation of finally being open. The Firefly fandom received his coming out with warmth and celebration.