Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 21, 1969
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
106 titles
Billy Porter
Biography
William Ellis Porter II (born September 21, 1969) is an American actor and singer. Porter gained notice performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor. For his role as Lola in Kinky Boots, Porter won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He credits the part for "cracking open" his feminine side to confront toxic masculinity. Porter also won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the musical's accompanying album. Porter starred in all three seasons of the television series Pose, for which he was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and won the 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, becoming the first gay black man to be nominated and win in any lead acting category at the Primetime Emmys. In 2020, he was included on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2022, he won another Tony Award for Best Musical as a producer for the musical A Strange Loop. He made his directorial debut in 2022 with the romantic comedy film Anything's Possible. Porter received the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 77th Tony Awards for his humanitarian work with the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation and Entertainment Community Fund. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Porter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Magno Stift
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Self
Christmas Karma
The Ghost of Christmas Present
Freeman Vines
Executive Producer
I Was Born This Way
Self
My Happy Place
Self
(pride/prom)
Executive Producer
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
Self
Disco's Revenge
Self
Eric André Live Near Broadway
Self
Queen of New York
Our Son
Gabriel
Truth Be Told
Let the Canary Sing
Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Self
80 for Brady
Gugu
Accused
Director
Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
Self
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Executive Producer
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sherri
Self - Guest
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
Anything's Possible
Director
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Pray Tell (archive footage)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Randall (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
Self - Special Guest
That's My Jam
Self - Guest
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Panellist
Cinderella
Fabulous Godmother
Smoke, Lilies and Jade
Sanctuary
Writer
The Circuit
Self - Singer/Actor
Middlemost Post
Recycle King (voice)
Gossip Girl
Singer
That Damn Michael Che
Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression
(Himself)
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
Equal
Narrator
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
Self
Dear...
Self
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Self
Stars in the House
Self
Visible: Out on Television
Self
Like a Boss
Barrett
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
The Twilight Zone