Acting
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.
Filmography
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Film · 2026
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
Film · 2026
Christmas Karma
Film · 2025
I Was Born This Way
Film · 2025
My Happy Place
Series · 2025
Eric André Live Near Broadway
Film · 2024
Disco's Revenge
Film · 2024
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
Series · 2024
80 for Brady
Film · 2023
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Film · 2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Film · 2023
Truth Be Told
Film · 2023
Queen of New York
Film · 2023
Our Son
Film · 2023
Let the Canary Sing
Film · 2023
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Film · 2022
Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
Film · 2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Film · 2022
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
Series · 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Series · 2022
Sherri
Series · 2022
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Series · 2022
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
Series · 2022
Cinderella
Film · 2021
Smoke, Lilies and Jade
Film · 2021
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
Film · 2021
Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression
Film · 2021
That's My Jam
Series · 2021
The Circuit
Series · 2021
Middlemost Post
Series · 2021
Gossip Girl
Series · 2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Series · 2021
That Damn Michael Che
Series · 2021
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
Film · 2020
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Film · 2020
Like a Boss
Film · 2020
Dear...
Series · 2020
Stars in the House
Series · 2020
Visible: Out on Television
Series · 2020
The Drew Barrymore Show
Series · 2020
Equal
Series · 2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Series · 2020
The Tamron Hall Show
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
The Twilight Zone
Series · 2019
Desus & Mero
Series · 2019
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
Series · 2019
Every Act of Life
Film · 2018
POSE
Series · 2018
Big Mouth
Series · 2017
Big Mouth
Series · 2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
Celebrity Family Feud
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Humbling
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Trailblazer Honors
Series · 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
Film · 2012
The Shoe
Film · 2011
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Film · 2011
American Horror Story
Series · 2011
Who Do You Think You Are?
Series · 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Indie Sex: Teens
Film · 2008
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Indie Sex
Series · 2007
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Series · 2007
All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise
Film · 2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Film · 2006
Germany's Next Topmodel
Series · 2006
Dancing with the Stars
Series · 2005
Noel
Film · 2004
Project Runway
Series · 2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
Film · 2000
Intern
Film · 2000
Colorz of Rage
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
The View
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Twisted
Film · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Series · 1996
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Series · 1992
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Series · 1991
Law & Order
Series · 1990
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness
Film · 1984
MTV Video Music Awards
Series · 1984
Olivier Awards
Series · 1981
Newsnight
Series · 1980
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
People's Choice Awards
Series · 1975
The Grammys
Series · 1959
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Camp
Film
Broadway: The Next Generation
Film