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Billy Porter

Actor, Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn September 21, 1969 (55 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Noel
  • The Humbling
  • Intern

Known For

  • Pose
  • Cinderella
  • Like a Boss
  • 80 for Brady
  • Anything's Possible
  • The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
  • Our Son
  • Accused (US)
  • The Humbling
  • That Damn Michael Che
  • Equal
  • The Twilight Zone (2019)

Filmography

2026
2025
2024
2023
Our Son · as Gabriel
2023
80 for Brady · as Gugu
2022
2022
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation · as Pray Tell (archive Footage)
2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (TV Series) · as Randall (voice)
2021
Fairfax (TV Series) · as Hiroki
2021
Cinderella · as Fabulous Godmother
2021
Middlemost Post (TV Series) · as Recycle King (voice)
2021
Gossip Girl (2021) (TV Series) · as Singer
2021
2021
Where Love Lives · as (himself)
2020
Equal (TV Series) · as Narrator
2020
Central Park (TV Series) · as Vance
2020
2020
Like a Boss · as Barrett
2019
2018
Pose (TV Series) · as Pray Tell
2017
Big Mouth (TV Series) · as Ocean (voice)
2016
The Get Down (TV Series) · as Dj Malibu
2014
2012
2011
American Horror Story (TV Series) · as Behold Chablis
2010
The Big C (TV Series) · as Eric
2004
Noel · as Randy
2000
2000
Intern · as Sebastian Niederfarb
1999
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Jackie Walker
1999
Colorz of Rage · as Street Performer
1997
Anastasia · as Ensemble And Character Vocals (voice)
1996
Twisted · as Shiniqua, Angel's Friend
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Greg Ellison
1989
The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Desmond (voice)
1964
Another World (TV Series) · as Billy Rush (1998)

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