
Billy Porter
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1969-09-21 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (61)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Jackie Walker

Law & Order
1990
as Greg Ellison

The Simpsons
1989
as Desmond (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest

The Daily Show
1996
as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

American Horror Story
2011
as Behold Chablis

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest

Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Guest Judge

The View
1997
as Self - Guest

Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Self

Project Runway
2004
as Self - Guest Judge

Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

Big Mouth
2017
as Ocean (voice)

MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self

Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest

Newsnight
1980
as Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self

The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
as Self

Stars in the House
2020
as Self

MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter

Celebrity Family Feud
2015
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter

The Twilight Zone
2019

POSE
2018
as Pray Tell

Gossip Girl
2021
as Singer

Desus & Mero
2019
as Self - Illustrious Guest

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
1972
as Self - Co-Host (New Orleans)

Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
as Randall (voice)

That's My Jam
2021
as Self - Guest

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest

RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
2022
as Self - Special Guest

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021
as Self - Panellist

Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self - Speaker

Dear...
2020
as Self

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
as Self

Indie Sex
2007
as Self

Middlemost Post
2021
as Recycle King (voice)

Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
2019
as Self - Guest Judge

Visible: Out on Television
2020
as Self

That Damn Michael Che
2021

Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
2024
as Self

Equal
2020
as Narrator

Olivier Awards
1981
as Self - Host

Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
1991
as Little Richard

My Happy Place
2025
as Self

The Grammys
1959
as Self
Movies (39)

Anastasia
1997
as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026
as Magno Stift

Cinderella
2021
as Fabulous Godmother

Noel
2004
as Randy

80 for Brady
2023
as Gugu

Like a Boss
2020
as Barrett

The Humbling
2014
as Prince

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
as Self

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
2000
as Taylor

Christmas Karma
2025
as The Ghost of Christmas Present

Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self

Our Son
2023
as Gabriel

Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression
2021
as (Himself)

Every Act of Life
2018
as Self

Intern
2000
as Sebastian Niederfarb

Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
2020
as Self

Queen of New York
2023

PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2022
as Pray Tell (archive footage)

I Was Born This Way
2025
as Self

Let the Canary Sing
2023
as Self

Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
as Self

Twisted
1996
as Shiniqua, Angel's friend

Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
2022
as Self

25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021

Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2026
as Self

Pose-a-Thon for Pride
2020
as Self

Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
as Self

Disco's Revenge
2024

Eric André Live Near Broadway
2024
as Self

All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise
2006
as Himself

Indie Sex: Teens
2008

Truth Be Told
2023
Camp
as Mark

Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
2011
as Himself
The Shoe
2011

Colorz of Rage
1999
as Street Performer

Smoke, Lilies and Jade
2021

Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness
1984
About 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 T… With 100 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Billy Porter has appeared in 39 films and 61 TV shows.
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- Anastasia (1997) — as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026) — as Magno Stift
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- Noel (2004) — as Randy
- 80 for Brady (2023) — as Gugu
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