Billy Porter
Acting
1969-09-21 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026 · Movie
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026 · Movie
Christmas Karma
2025 · Movie
Freeman Vines
2025 · Movie
I Was Born This Way
2025 · Movie
My Happy Place
2025 · Series
(pride/prom)
2024 · Movie
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
2024 · Series
Disco's Revenge
2024 · Movie
Eric André Live Near Broadway
2024 · Movie
Queen of New York
2023 · Movie
Our Son
2023 · Movie
Truth Be Told
2023 · Movie
Let the Canary Sing
2023 · Movie
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 · Movie
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023 · Movie
80 for Brady
2023 · Movie
Accused
2023 · Series
Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
2022 · Movie
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
2022 · Movie
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022 · Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
Sherri
2022 · Series
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022 · Movie
Anything's Possible
2022 · Movie
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2022 · Movie
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
2022 · Series
That's My Jam
2021 · Series
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021 · Series
Cinderella
2021 · Movie
Smoke, Lilies and Jade
2021 · Movie
Sanctuary
2021 · Movie
The Circuit
2021 · Series
Middlemost Post
2021 · Series
Gossip Girl
2021 · Series
That Damn Michael Che
2021 · Series
Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression
2021 · Movie
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021 · Movie
Equal
2020 · Series
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020 · Series
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
2020 · Movie
Dear...
2020 · Series
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
2020 · Movie
Stars in the House
2020 · Series
Visible: Out on Television
2020 · Series
Like a Boss
2020 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Tamron Hall
2019 · Series
The Twilight Zone
2019 · Series
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
2019 · Series
Desus & Mero
2019 · Series
POSE
2018 · Series
Every Act of Life
2018 · Movie
Big Mouth
2017 · Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series
Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
The Humbling
2014 · Movie
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
American Horror Story
2011 · Series
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
2011 · Movie
The Shoe
2011 · Movie
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Indie Sex: Teens
2008 · Movie
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007 · Series
Indie Sex
2007 · Series
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise
2006 · Movie
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006 · Movie
Germany's Next Topmodel
2006 · Series
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Series
Project Runway
2004 · Series
Noel
2004 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000 · Movie
Intern
2000 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Colorz of Rage
1999 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Twisted
1996 · Movie
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Series
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
1991 · Series
Law & Order
1990 · Series
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness
1984 · Movie
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Series
Olivier Awards
1981 · Series
Newsnight
1980 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
People's Choice Awards
1975 · Series
The Grammys
1959 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Camp
Movie
To Be Real
Movie