Billy Porter

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: Acting

Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1969-09-21

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Raquel: Total beauty and fitness		70
2	1997	Anastasia	Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)	76
3	2000	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Taylor	63
4	2023	80 for Brady	Gugu	63
5		Camp	Mark	0
6	1996	Twisted	Shiniqua, Angel's friend	31
7	1999	Colorz of Rage	Street Performer	50
8	2000	Intern	Sebastian Niederfarb	34
9	2004	Noel	Randy	58
10	2006	Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema	Self	57
11	2006	All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise	Himself	40
12	2011	The Shoe		0
13	2011	Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS	Himself	0
14	2014	The Humbling	Prince	51
15	2017	Broadway: The Next Generation	Self	100
16	2018	Every Act of Life	Self	70
17	2020	Like a Boss	Barrett	62
18	2020	Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone	Self	100
19	2020	Pose-a-Thon for Pride		10
20	2021	25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love		100
21	2021	Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression	(Himself)	40
22	2021	Smoke, Lilies and Jade		10
23	2021	Cinderella	Fabulous Godmother	64
24	2022	PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation	Pray Tell (archive footage)	75
25	2022	Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon	Self	0
26	2022	Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!	Self	57
27	2023	Little Richard: I Am Everything	Self	66
28	2023	Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love	Self - Guest	84
29	2023	Let the Canary Sing	Self	64
30	2023	Truth Be Told		0
31	2023	Our Son	Gabriel	56
32	2023	Queen of New York		0
33	2024	Eric André Live Near Broadway	Self	78
34	2024	Disco’s Revenge		70
35	2025	I Was Born This Way	Self	0
36	2025	Christmas Karma		0
37	2026	The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping	Magno Stift	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
3	1959	The Grammys	Self	87
4	1972	Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest	Self - Co-Host (New Orleans)	53
5	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
6	1984	MTV Video Music Awards	Self	76
7	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
8	1989	The Simpsons	Desmond (voice)	80
9	1990	Law & Order	Greg Ellison	74
10	1991	Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story	Little Richard	0
11	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest	35
12	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
13	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
14	1997	The View	Self	45
15	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jackie Walker	79
16	2004	Project Runway	Self - Guest Judge	62
17	2005	Dancing with the Stars	Self - Guest Judge	60
18	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
19	2007	Indie Sex	Self	52
20	2007	Keeping Up with the Kardashians	Self	74
21	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
22	2010	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	66
23	2011	American Horror Story	Behold Chablis	81
24	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
25	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		59
26	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
27	2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Self - Guest	79
28	2014	Trailblazer Honors	Self - Speaker	75
29	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
30	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self - Guest	53
31	2015	Celebrity Family Feud	Self	79
32	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
33	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
34	2017	Big Mouth	Ocean (voice)	77
35	2017	Big Mouth		77
36	2018	POSE	Pray Tell	83
37	2019	Desus & Mero	Self - Illustrious Guest	51
38	2019	Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star	Self - Guest Judge	67
39	2019	The Twilight Zone		67
40	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
41	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
42	2020	Visible: Out on Television	Self	72
43	2020	Stars in the House	Self	0
44	2020	Dear...	Self	50
45	2020	The Drew Barrymore Show	Self	59
46	2020	Equal	Narrator	15
47	2021	That Damn Michael Che		66
48	2021	Gossip Girl	Singer	73
49	2021	Middlemost Post	Recycle King (voice)	75
50	2021	The Circuit	Self - Singer/Actor	0
51	2021	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self - Panellist	78
52	2021	That's My Jam	Self	61
53	2022	RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World	Self - Special Guest	61
54	2022	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Randall (voice)	61
55	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show		62
56	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
57	2022	Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?	Self	37
58	2024	Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry	Self	70
59	2025	My Happy Place	Self	0

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