Mapa — a San Francisco native and LGBT and Asian American activist — has quite the diverse acting background, appearing on Broadway in "M. Butterfly" (replacing B.D. Wong) and on TV shows such as "Seinfeld" and "Friends." Most recently he can be seen in the Adam Sandler flick, "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" and as TV host Suzuki St. Pierre on ABC's "Ugly Betty," one of the few shows on air that actually utilizes actors that are diverse in ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and body type.

Mapa will receive the award on June 18th and the festival runs from July 10-23. Check out the Philadelphia Film Society website for more info. Check out his interview above at this year's GLAAD Media Awards (airing on Bravo on June 27) where he talks about the organization and clarifies that he is not Rex Lee from "Entourage."

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