Actor Karan Brar says coming out saved him from a “downward spiral”
This profile is part of Queerty’s 2024 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Name: Karan Brar, 25.Bio: Brar found acting at an early age, studying with the pros while attending elementary school in Bothell, Washington.
But it didn’t take long for him to outgrow the Seattle suburb, where he lived with his older sister and parents, who are of Punjabi descent.
Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.At 11, Brar made his big-screen debut as Chirag Gupta in 2010’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a Gen-Z classic and blockbuster hit.Though Brar reprised the nerdy role in two sequels, his career took off when he joined the Disney Channel fam.
He portrayed Ravi Ross in the 4-season teen-nanny comedy, Jessie, playing the role of a young West Bengal transplant adopted by a jet-setting New York family.
