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    ‘Brilliant Minds’ creator on show with real-life queer doctor inspiration
    Frisco

    ‘Brilliant Minds’ creator on show with real-life queer doctor inspiration

    Although Zachary Quinto only plays a doctor on television, his character is inspired by very real life. In Brilliant mindsThe Emmy nominee plays Dr. Oliver Wolf, inspired by world-renowned queer neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks, who wrote numerous bestsellers based on…

    Posted on Bronwen Cerys
    “Brilliant Minds” gives a real medical pioneer a modern makeover
    Suffolk

    “Brilliant Minds” gives a real medical pioneer a modern makeover

    When he began writing NBC’s medical drama “Brilliant Minds,” series creator Michael Grassi said he only had one actor in mind to portray his series’ protagonist: Dr. Oliver Wolf. That would be Zachary Quinto, the Emmy nominee whose television credits…

    Posted on Caradoc Wyn
    How the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks inspired NBC’s “Brilliant Minds”
    Washington

    How the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks inspired NBC’s “Brilliant Minds”

    Nearly 20 years after his breakout role in “Heroes,” Zachary Quinto returns to NBC as an eccentric world-class doctor in “Brilliant Minds.” The “Star Trek” and “American Horror Story” star plays Dr. Oliver Wolf, a neurologist living with a brain…

    Posted on Madoc Meredith
    When will new episodes be broadcast?
    Massachusetts

    When will new episodes be broadcast?

    NBC’s new medical crime series takes an unusual approach. Inspired by the life of the late British neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks, Zachary Quinto of “Star Trek” and “American Horror Story” fame plays a doctor determined to demystify neurological…

    Posted on Idris Bevan
    In “Brilliant Minds” there is not always a cure, but “there is a way forward,” says EP
    Washington

    In “Brilliant Minds” there is not always a cure, but “there is a way forward,” says EP

    Zachary Quinto plays Dr. Oliver Wolf in “Brilliant Minds.” Photo credit: Rafy/NBC. Michael Grassi wasn’t sure if he even wanted to do a medical series. Then he immersed himself in the work of the renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks and was…

    Posted on Madoc Meredith

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