Oscar Martinez (The Office)

Oscar Martinez is a fictional character from the US mockumentary-style television series The Office played by Cuban-American actor Oscar Nunez.Comedian Oscar Núñez has 9-to-5 fun at 'The Office', LEE HERNÁNDEZ, New York Daily News, April 21, 2008.   Martinez was one of the few openly gay characters in broadcast television at the time that the series aired.Gay Characters on Network TV: 2009-10, Hanh Nguyen and Rick Porter, Los Angeles Times,  

Nunez, who is straight, did not know his character might be gay when he first signed on."From The Office to the Soapbox", Neal Broverman, The Advocate, March 12, 2009 .  For the 2006–2007 season, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) reported he was the only LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) person of color character on a regular series.Where we are on TV: GLAAD’s 11th Annual Diversity Study Previews the 2006-2007 Primetime Television Season. August 2006, Mónica Taher, GLAAD's People of Color (POC) Media Director, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.   

For the 2007–2008 season he was the "only remaining gay character on a half-hour comedy program" and the only LGBT lead or supporting character who is a person of color.GLAAD’s 12th Annual Diversity Study Examines 2007-2008 Primetime Television Season, Damon Romine, Sarah Holbert, Matt Kane, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.   

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Category:The Office (U.S. TV series) characters
Category:Fictional characters introduced in 2005
Category:Fictional gay men