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