Billy Porter

Billy Porter

Birthday: 1969-09-21

Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0692039

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.

Played in movies:

25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love

Score: 10.0

Broadway: The Next Generation

Score: 10.0

Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone

Score: 10.0

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Score: 8.4

Anastasia

Score: 7.6

PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation

Score: 7.5

Disco’s Revenge

Score: 7.0

Every Act of Life

Score: 7.0

Raquel: Total beauty and fitness

Score: 7.0

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Score: 6.4

Cinderella

Score: 6.3

Let the Canary Sing

Score: 6.3

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

Score: 6.3

80 for Brady

Score: 6.3

Like a Boss

Score: 6.2

Noel

Score: 5.8

Our Son

Score: 5.7

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Score: 5.7

Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!

Score: 5.7

Eric André Live Near Broadway

Score: 5.5

The Humbling

Score: 5.1

Colorz of Rage

Score: 5.0

Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression

Score: 4.0

All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise

Score: 4.0

Intern

Score: 3.5

Twisted

Score: 3.1

Smoke, Lilies and Jade

Score: 1.0

Pose-a-Thon for Pride

Score: 1.0

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Score: 0.0

I Was Born This Way

Score: 0.0

Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Score: 0.0

Christmas Karma

Score: 0.0

Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon

Score: 0.0

Queen of New York

Score: 0.0

The Shoe

Score: 0.0

Truth Be Told

Score: 0.0

Camp

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Grammys

Score: 8.6

POSE

Score: 8.3

American Horror Story

Score: 8.1

The Simpsons

Score: 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Celebrity Family Feud

Score: 7.8

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Score: 7.8

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Score: 7.8

Big Mouth

Score: 7.7

Big Mouth

Score: 7.7

Middlemost Post

Score: 7.7

MTV Video Music Awards

Score: 7.6

Trailblazer Honors

Score: 7.5

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Score: 7.4

Gossip Girl

Score: 7.3

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

Score: 7.2

Visible: Out on Television

Score: 7.1

Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star

Score: 6.7

The Twilight Zone

Score: 6.7

Who Do You Think You Are?

Score: 6.6

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Score: 6.5

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest

Score: 6.5

That Damn Michael Che

Score: 6.4

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

Project Runway

Score: 6.3

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Score: 6.2

RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World

Score: 6.1

That's My Jam

Score: 6.1

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Score: 6.0

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Score: 6.0

The Drew Barrymore Show

Score: 5.9

Dancing with the Stars

Score: 5.9

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.8

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

Score: 5.7

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Score: 5.5

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Score: 5.3

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Score: 5.3

Indie Sex

Score: 5.2

Desus & Mero

Score: 5.1

Tamron Hall

Score: 5.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.1

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Score: 5.0

Dear...

Score: 5.0

The View

Score: 4.3

The View

Score: 4.3

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Score: 3.9

Sherri

Score: 3.8

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

Score: 3.7

Equal

Score: 1.5

Marvelous Moments with Maisel

Score: 0.0

My Happy Place

Score: 0.0

Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story

Score: 0.0

Stars in the House

Score: 0.0

The Circuit

Score: 0.0