VIDEO: Van Hansis Gets Emmy Nomination For Gay Teen Portrayal

MARCH 19, 2007: Young soap actor Van Hansis was nominated for Daytime Emmy Award last week for his buzzworthy portrayal of gay teenager Luke Snyder on "As The World Turns" in a storyline that made homophobic soap fans across the country hysterically cry they would stop watching the drama.

The young actor who has said in an earlier interview to "After Elton" he loved his character and was happy he came out of the closet, has a BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama.

Here is now a montage of Luke's scenes from "World" as put together by editors at Towleroad.

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