AlthoughZachary Quintoonly plays a doctor on television, his character has some very real inspiration.

InBrilliant Minds, the Emmy nominee stars as Dr. Oliver Wolf, inspired by the world-renowned queer neurologistDr.

This is a love letter to a real-life doctor who treated real-life patients and told their stories.

Zachary Quinto wears a doctor’s lab coat in a dim lit library in a still from ‘Brilliant Minds’.

Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf on NBC’s ‘Brilliant Minds’Rafy/NBC

So he didnt come out until very much later in life.

He ended up meeting a partner and having a really happy relationship till the end of his life.

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Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf in ‘Brilliant Minds’Rafy/NBC