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Hollywood actors are incredibly talented and accustomed to switching in and out of various roles throughout their careers. Often, they even have to take on a different sexuality in order to play a character. Discover which LGBT actors and actresses have played straight characters in movies and TV shows in the following gallery.

▲The 'Hunger Games' actress recently came out as gay. She played Maddy, a girl who has never left her house due to an illness yet falls in love with the boy next door, in 'Everything, Everything.'

▲The Australian actress, wife to talk show host Ellen Degeneres, was Lindsay Bluth Fünke on 'Arrested Development.'

▲The actress, who came out as gender fluid, has played a series of straight characters, including Margo in 'Paper Towns.'

▲The actor is known for playing Justin Foley in '13 Reasons Why' and is now dating famous musician Sam Smith.

▲The lesbian actress is famous for playing Miranda on the hit series 'SATC.'

▲The actor is famous for his role as socially awkward yet brilliant physicist Sheldon Cooper on 'The Big Bang Theory.' Parsons tied the knot with his husband Todd Spiewak in 2017.

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The award-winning actor will never be forgotten as the precocious teen protagonist in 'Juno.'

▲The actress has dated both men and women and plays Bella Swan in the teen drama film series 'Twilight.'

▲Among the straight characters the actress has played in films and series are Vivian Jaffe in 'I Heart Huckabees' and Frankie in the Netflix series 'Grace and Frankie.'

▲The Puerto Rican singer came out in 2010 and played straight character Miguel Morez on 'General Hospital.'

▲'The Fast and the Furious' and 'Avatar' star has spoken openly about her bisexuality.

▲The actor, who plays notorious womanizer Barney Stinson on 'How I Met Your Mother,' is married to husband David Burtka and has a twin daughter and son.

▲The openly gay actor played Guillermo Garcia Gomez on 'Weeds.'

▲The actor is known as the straight character Michael Scofield on the show 'Prison Break.' He came out in 2013 after publicly declining an offer to attend a Russian film festival due to the country's anti-gay laws.

▲The actress is a huge supporter and activist of LGBT rights and is another who has played straight characters in movies, including Paula in 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin.'

▲The actress publicly came out in 2013 and has played several straight characters, most notably Annabelle Bransford in 'Maverick.'

▲Although he never officially came out, the actor, who played twice-married Martin Crane on 'Frasier,' was widely believed to be gay.

▲Married to wife Alex, the actress played Biggie Shorty in 'Pootie Tang.'

▲The actor is known for playing Jesse St. James, boyfriend of Rachel Berry, on the hit show 'Glee.'

▲The actor is known for his roles as Gaston in Disney's live-action 'Beauty and the Beast' and Owen Shaw in 'The Fast and the Furious' franchise.

▲The English actor has been in many movies in which he has had to play a straight character. One of his well-known roles was as Joe Therrian in 'The Anniversary Party.'

▲Although outed by the media in the late 1980s, the actor publicly came out in 2003 through his memoir 'Shattered Love.' He famously played teen idol Dr. Kildare in the 1960s medical drama series of the same name.

▲The gay actress is known for playing Darlene Conner on the ABC sitcom 'Roseanne.'

▲The actor, who played Neal Caffrey on 'White Collar,' has three sons with his partner, Simon Halls.

▲Known for her role as married mother-of-three Elyse Keaton on the family comedy 'Family Ties,' the actress came out as lesbian in an interview on 'The Today Show.'

▲The actor starred in several seasons of the medical drama series, 'Grey's Anatomy,' as Dr. George O'Malley. His character was infamous for dating various female doctors and nurses.

▲Also famous for his role in 'Star Trek,' this actor has played straight character Dr. Oliver Thredson on 'American Horror Story: Asylum.' He and his partner, model Miles McMillan, live in New York City.

▲Having dated both men and women, the actress famously played Edie Stall in 'A History of Violence.'

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The actor came out as gay in 2007 and married his partner, Brian Hargrove, in 2008. He is known for playing Niles Crane on 'Frasier' from 1993-2004.