Zachary Quinto looks back on ‘Heroes’, ‘So NoTORIous’, & his emotional journey as an out actor in Hollywood

On NBC’s new medical drama Brilliant Minds, the doctor is out.

Zachary Quinto plays Dr. Oliver Wolf, a gay NYC-based neurologist who, along with a team of interns, uses some unorthodox methods to tend to patients dealing with peculiar matters of the mind.

The character is heavily inspired by the real-life Dr. Oliver Sacks, a revolutionary medical professional and author whose research thoroughly changed the way we understand and treat neurological disorders.

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Sacks was also gay, though it’s not something the public knew until he addressed it in his autobiography, On

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