Characters / The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo

Caleb

Caleb Gallo

Played By: Brian Jordan Alvarez

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• Character Title
• Gay Best Friend: Exploited in the first episode, when Karen needs to get a guy she had a one night stand with out of her apartment, Caleb goes over and plays this, and it works.

Karen

Karen

Played By: Stephanie Koenig

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• Fiery Redhead: Karen has shades of this.
• Gay Best Friend: Inverted Trope—gay man Caleb is the main character, and Karen is his straight girl best friend.

Billy

Billy

Played By: Jonathan Ebeling

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• Coming-Out Story: He starts out as Caleb's unattainable straight crush. It turns out he's actually bi, and is plenty attainable.

Freckle

Freckle

Played By: Jason Greene

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• Abhorrent Admirer: They act this way towards Len after their failed date.
• The Alcoholic: It's always Played for Laughs: they admit to being drunk even when they're on six beta blockers.
  Freckle: I'm always prepared! Unless, of course, "prepared" means "sober". In which case, I'm rarely prepared.
• Attention Whore/Large Ham:
  Caleb: Oh my god, I hate it when you don't give me attention and you just want me to watch you perform.

Len

Lenjamin McButtons

Played By: Ken Kirby

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• Do Not Call Me "Paul": The nickname Len is fine. The nickname Lenny is not.
• Pragmatic Pansexuality: He "comes out" as bisexual at the beginning of the series, stating that "bisexual people are more likely to succeed in business". After going on a date with Freckle, however, he doesn't seem to be too convinced.

Benicio

Benicio

Played By: Antonio Marziale

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• Informed Attribute: Freckle declares him "a real bitch" in the first episode, but he's genuinely sweet throughout the series.

Tatiana

Tatiana Gallo

Played By: Danièle Watts

Caleb's younger sister.

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• Home Nudist
  Len: Why are your tits out?
  Tatiana: Why aren't yours?
• Role-Ending Misdemeanor: In-universe, at one time was a pretty successful actress but then was caught and filmed jumping over the counter at a McDonald's to steal a filet-o-fish, and after the video went viral no one wanted to hire her. However, she then became a "sharman" to other actors.