Billy Porter
Known for: Acting
Born: September 21, 1969
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Filmography
44 movies · 62 TV shows, newest first
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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026
10.0
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026
5.3
Christmas Karma
2025
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Freeman Vines
2025
1.0
I Was Born This Way
2025
1.5
My Happy Place
2025
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(pride/prom)
2024
7.0
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
2024
6.8
Disco's Revenge
2024
6.1
Eric André Live Near Broadway
2024
9.0
Queen of New York
2023
6.3
Our Son
2023
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Truth Be Told
2023
6.5
Let the Canary Sing
2023
8.3
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
6.6
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
6.2
80 for Brady
2023
6.8
Accused
2023
5.9
Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
2022
6.4
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
2022
3.7
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
2.6
Sherri
2022
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Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
5.8
Anything's Possible
2022
7.5
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2022
5.3
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
6.3
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
2022
5.8
That's My Jam
2021
7.9
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021
6.3
Cinderella
2021
3.3
Smoke, Lilies and Jade
2021
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Sanctuary
2021
5.5
The Circuit
2021
7.8
Middlemost Post
2021
7.3
Gossip Girl
2021
6.3
That Damn Michael Che
2021
4.0
Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression
2021
10.0
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021
1.3
Equal
2020
5.8
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
1.0
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
2020
5.0
Dear...
2020
10.0
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
2020
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Stars in the House
2020
6.7
Visible: Out on Television
2020
6.2
Like a Boss
2020
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.7
The Twilight Zone
2019
6.8
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
2019
5.1
Desus & Mero
2019
8.3
POSE
2018
6.4
Every Act of Life
2018
7.6
Big Mouth
2017
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
7.7
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
5.1
The Humbling
2014
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
7.5
Trailblazer Honors
2014
7.8
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
8.1
American Horror Story
2011
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Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
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The Shoe
2011
6.9
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
4.2
Indie Sex: Teens
2008
7.3
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
5.4
Indie Sex
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
4.4
All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise
2006
5.4
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
4.3
Germany's Next Topmodel
2006
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005
6.3
Project Runway
2004
5.8
Noel
2004
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.3
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000
3.7
Intern
2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
6.0
Colorz of Rage
1999
4.3
The View
1997
3.6
Twisted
1996
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
8.1
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
7.0
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
1991
7.3
Law & Order
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
7.0
Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness
1984
7.9
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
1.0
Olivier Awards
1981
6.0
Newsnight
1980
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975
8.6
The Grammys
1959
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
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Camp
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Broadway: The Next Generation
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To Be Real
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