Billy Porter
Acting
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.
Born: September 21, 1969
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Magno Stift
as The Ghost of Christmas Present
as Self
as Self
as Gabriel
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Gugu
as Self - Guest
as Pray Tell (archive footage)
as Randall (voice)
as Self - Special Guest
as Self
as Self - Panellist
as Fabulous Godmother
as Self - Singer/Actor
as Recycle King (voice)
as Singer
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Barrett
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest Judge
as Self - Illustrious Guest
as Pray Tell
as Self
as Ocean (voice)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Prince
as Self - Speaker
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Behold Chablis
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Self - Guest Judge
as Self - Guest Judge
as Randy
as Sebastian Niederfarb
as Jackie Walker
as Street Performer
as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Shiniqua, Angel's friend
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Greg Ellison
as Desmond (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self - Co-Host (New Orleans)
as Self
as Self
as Self - Presenter