Gay Severance actor Tramell Tillman joins Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Severance star Tramell Tillman has joined the cast of Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Apple TV+)
Severance star Tramell Tillman has joined the cast of Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Apple TV+)
The Emmy-nominated Severance star Tramell Tillman has joined the cast of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, it’s been confirmed.
The 40-year-old actor, known for his breakout role as Seth Milchick in the hit Apple TV+ series, joins the already confirmed Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batolon, Jon Bernthal, and Mark Ruffalo. They will all reprise their respective roles of Spider-Man/Peter Parker, M.J, Ned Leeds, Punisher, and the Hulk.
Also starring in the fourth Spider-Man film led by Holland are Sadie Sink and Liza Colón-Zayas. Their roles remain undisclosed at the time of writing, as does Tillman’s. The news of Tramell Tillman’s casting was first reported by Variety on Wednesday (20 August).
Tillman, who is gay, recently spoke about his coming out experience, sharing a personal story about his mother’s reaction. After first coming out as bisexual, which was accepted, he later told his mum he was gay.
The Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning star shared with Variety that his mum still accepted him but worried, “I don’t want this to ruin your career, I don’t want you to be blackballed, I don’t want you to be pigeonholed.” However, she also said, “Anyone you bring home, I will embrace him as my son.”
In the same interview Tillman also discussed his journey as an actor and a gay man. He said, “I’m not playing small for nobody. I’m not dimming my light for anybody. I have spent years doing that, and those days are done. Myself, stepping into that level of thinking and embodying, that is my own form of revolution.”
Tramell Tillman has made history as the first openly gay Black man to nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category for his role on Severance. Variety reports it is the only Emmy acting category still to crown a Black winner.
Tramell Tillman also appeared in the most recent Mission Impossible film as Captain Jack Bledsoe, who helmed the rescue submarine USS Ohio. A piece of marketing for the film featuring Tillman attracted some attention because it referred to the submarine as “his sub” which people enjoyed imagining referred to a dom/sub relationship instead.
Severance is streaming on Apple TV+.
