Emmy Award winning actor Sean Hayes has received the dubious honor of being picked as a contestant on Season 6 of ABC's hit show Dancing with the Stars.

Hayes, 37, who won an Emmy for his performance as flamboyant Jack McFarland on NBC's monster-hit Will & Grace, has most recently been seen in the movie The Bucket List, next to Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.

Hayes has played both gay and straight characters during his time as an actor but refuses to discuss his own sexual orientation in public.

Other celebrities to appear on the new season of Dancing with the stars are Hairspray's Marissa Jaret Winokur, actress Marlee Matlin and Elvis' ex-Pricilla Presley, Star Magazine reports.

Last update: 02-08-2008 11:11