About J. D. Cerna
J. D. Cerna was an American writer and actor.
John Dayton Cerna, often credited as J. D. Cerna, is an American actor and writer. He appeared in the 1988-89 horror film The Dead Come Home. In the 1995 coming-of-age short film Alkali, Iowa, which is part of Boys Life 2, the 1997 compilation of short films about young gay men, Cerna portrayed Jack Gudmanson, a leading character who is coming to terms of his sexuality and learns about his father's secret past. Cerna was a columnist for the LGBT-related newspaper Washington Blade in 2002–05. He wrote another play Problem Cat: A Love Story.
Cerna is openly gay.
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Who was J. D. Cerna?
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