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Billy Porter
Actor

Billy Porter

21 Sep 1969Born
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USABirthplace

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.

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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.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. TBACampFilm: Mark, Director
  2. TBATo Be RealFilm: Director
  3. 2026The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingFilm: Magno Stift
  4. 2025Christmas KarmaFilm: The Ghost of Christmas Present
  5. 2023Queen of New YorkFilm
  6. 2023Our SonFilm: Gabriel
  7. 2023Truth Be ToldFilm
  8. 202380 for BradyFilm: Gugu
  9. 2023AccusedSeries: Director (1 episode)
  10. 2022Anything's PossibleFilm: Director
  11. 2022PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation PresentationFilm: Pray Tell (archive footage)
  12. 2022The Proud Family: Louder and ProuderSeries: Randall (voice) (2 episodes)
  13. 2021CinderellaFilm: Fabulous Godmother
  14. 2021Smoke, Lilies and JadeFilm
  15. 2021SanctuaryFilm: Writer
  16. 2021Middlemost PostSeries: Recycle King (voice) (1 episode)
  17. 2021Gossip GirlSeries: Singer (1 episode)
  18. 2021That Damn Michael CheSeries (1 episode)
  19. 2021Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & ExpressionFilm: (Himself)
  20. 202125 Years of Rent: Measured in LoveFilm
  21. 2020EqualSeries: Narrator (4 episodes)
  22. 2020Like a BossFilm: Barrett
  23. 2019The Twilight ZoneSeries (1 episode)
  24. 2018POSESeries: Pray Tell (26 episodes)
  25. 2017Big MouthSeries: Ocean (voice) (1 episode)
  26. 2014The HumblingFilm: Prince
  27. 2012The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed AmericaFilm: Dizzy Gillespie (voice)
  28. 2011American Horror StorySeries: Behold Chablis (3 episodes)
  29. 2011The ShoeFilm
  30. 2008Indie Sex: TeensFilm
  31. 2004NoelFilm: Randy
  32. 2000The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic ComedyFilm: Taylor
  33. 2000InternFilm: Sebastian Niederfarb
  34. 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries: Jackie Walker (1 episode)
  35. 1999Colorz of RageFilm: Street Performer
  36. 1996TwistedFilm: Shiniqua, Angel's friend
  37. 1991Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love StorySeries: Little Richard (2 episodes)
  38. 1990Law & OrderSeries: Greg Ellison (1 episode)
  39. 1989The SimpsonsSeries: Desmond (voice) (1 episode)
  40. 1984Raquel: Total Beauty and FitnessFilm

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