Joel Grey, a Broadway actor with several prominent TV and film roles under his belt, has opened up about his sexuality.

The 82-year-old actor came out to People Magazine this month, saying, “I don’t like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I’m a gay man.”

Adds Grey, “All the people close to me have known for years who I am. [Yet] it took time to embrace that other part of who I always was.”

Grey was married to actress Jo Wilder for 24 years, and they have two children together.

His daughter, actress Jennifer Grey (pictured with Joel above), has released a statement about her father’s decision to publicly come out, first posted on The Hollywood Reporter:

“I feel very happy for my dad that he has come to a point in his life where he feels safe and comfortable enough to declare himself in a public way as a gay man,” says Jennifer Grey. “Mostly because the more people are free to own their true nature and can hopefully come closer to love and accept themselves as they really are, no matter what age, no matter how long it takes, to finally be free of the lies or half truths, it is freedom.”

Joel Grey is one of only eight people who have won both an Oscar and a Tony for the same role, as the Master of Ceremonies in the film and musical versions of Cabaret.

He has also appeared on cult shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Alias, and on the stage he’s had prominent roles in Wicked, Anything Goes and Chicago.

Joel’s honesty is inspiring.