‘Dante's Cove’ — Where Are They Now?

The supernatural soap Dante’s Cove premiered on gay cable network Here TV (which is owned by the same company as The Advocate) in 2005, exposing the love lives, betrayals, and hotness of residents on a remote tropical island. With a series reboot turning up on Kickstarter (donate if you're among those who want the show back), the time is right to check in on some of the original show’s stars — including a few surprising breakouts.

Since playing the 200-year-old cursed bad boy Bro in Cove, Lee recurred for several seasons as lawman Nick Mooney on FX’s Justified. Naturally, the hunk also starred as Hot Wire in a movie called Bitch Slap.

After playing Kevin, the object of Bro’s obsession, Michael went on to play closeted frat boy Grant Ellis on the former ABC Family dramedy Greek. He also guest-starred on How I Met Your Mother and Betas. Find him at GregoryMichael.tv.

Stewart and his sister, Fivel, played child ghosts haunting the Hotel Dante when he was just 10 years old. He hasn’t slowed down since, starring as werewolf Seth Clearwater in the Twilight films and Warpath in X-Men: Days of Future Past. He’s also appeared in other TV shows and movies, and done voice-over work. He’s still in demand, as the IMDB list of his upcoming projects shows.

The current star of the CW’s Arrow, Amell originated the role of Toby’s straight frenemy Adam on Cove. Amell left before season 2, unfortunately just as Adam decided to play things a little less straight. Boo! But we did get to see him in action as a call boy in HBO’s Hung and in several other roles before he began his stint as the often-shirtless superhero.

Fleming took over the role of Adam from Stephen Amell, but he hasn’t had as many post-Cove career highs. He’s done a lot of TV guest roles, some TV movies, and a couple of direct-to-DVD movies, including Model for Murder: The Centerfold Killer and Deadly Pickup.

David’s biggest credits since Cove have been behind the camera. He directed and produced the docs I’m a Porn Star, I'm a Pornstar: Gay4Pay, and Balls as well as a docu-series called I’m a Stripper. He produced the Canadian miniseries Coming Out, and currently he’s working on a new series, Popporn. There seems to be a theme to his work.

Before playing Bro’s jilted fiancée in Cove, Scoggins already had made a name for herself with several movie and TV roles, including on iconic shows like Dynasty and Babylon 5. Since Cove, Scoggins appeared on episodes of Castle and NCIS.

Since playing horny nightclub owner Marco, Romero has gotten the most action doing voice work for FX’s animated spy comedy Archer. 

The original Michelle in Cove has enjoyed a busy TV career, with roles in Dollhouse, Spartacus: War of the Damned, Mad Men, Detroit 1-8-7, Pan Am, Made in Jersey, and The Astronaut Wives Club, along with guest roles. She most recently played Marisa in Feed the Beast opposite David Schwimmer.

When she took over the role of Michelle, her character became the third point in one of TV’s first lesbian love triangles that featured three out actors (Bennett, Michelle Wolff, and Jenny Shimizu). Bennett went on to star in or co-produce several web series, including We Have to Stop Now and Breaking Fat.

After playing Lindsay Peterson on the groundbreaking Queer as Folk, Gill moved to Dante’s Cove for two seasons. She went on to do several films, including Mulligans, The Boy She Met Online, Mother Country, and 10 Year Reunion. On TV, she starred in the disaster flick Stonados and will be in the upcoming In the Black and In the Black Margin.

Atwood came to Cove after starring as Wade in another trailblazing LGBT series, Noah’s Arc. He followed his five-episode Cove stint by returning to the role of Wade in the film Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom. He’s done mostly guest roles in TV series and film shorts since then.

Riffel came to Cove 10 years after playing ditzy Penny in camp classic Showgirls. She appeared in just two episodes of Cove, but one of her post-Cove projects can’t be ignored. That’s right, she resurrected Penny for the intentionally hilarious Showgirls 2: Penny’s From Heaven.

Now going by Nadine Nicole, the actress bounced around doing guest work on several TV shows after Cove, but since 2014 has starred as Gwen Randall on The Young and the Restless. According to Y&R’s wikia, Gwen is shy with a wild side.

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