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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8.0 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
5.8 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
5.8 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
8.0 Simpsonid
1989
5.0 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
7.3 Law & Order
1990
6.4 The Daily Show
1996
5.1 Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.1 Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
6.1 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.1 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
8.1 American Horror Story
2011
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- 2026Näljamängud. Lõikuspäeva päikesetõus (Magno Stift)
- 2026Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It (Self)
- 2025I Was Born This Way (Self)
- 2024Disco's Revenge (Self)
- 2024Eric André Live Near Broadway (Self)
- 2023Queen of New York
- 2023Truth Be Told
- 202380 for Brady (Gugu)
- 2000The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (Taylor)
- -Camp (Mark)
- 2025Christmas Karma (The Ghost of Christmas Present)
- 2023Our Son (Gabriel)
- 2023Let the Canary Sing (Self)
- 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (Self - Guest)
- 2023Little Richard: I Am Everything (Self)
- 2022Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All! (Self)
- 2022Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon (Self)
- 2022PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation (Pray Tell (archive footage))
- 2021That's My Jam (Self - Guest)
- 2021Cinderella (Fabulous Godmother)
- 2021Smoke, Lilies and Jade
- 2021The Circuit (Self - Singer/Actor)
- 2021Middlemost Post (Recycle King (voice))
- 2021Gossip Girl (Singer)
- 2021Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression ((Himself))
- 202125 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
- 2020Pose-a-Thon for Pride (Self)
- 2020Dear... (Self)
- 2020Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone (Self)
- 2020Like a Boss (Barrett)
- 2019Tamron Hall (Self - Guest)
- 2018Every Act of Life (Self)
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Self)
- 2015The Late Late Show with James Corden (Self - Guest)
- 2014The Humbling (Prince)
- 2011Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Himself)
- 2011The Shoe
- 2008Indie Sex: Teens
- 2007The Graham Norton Show (Self)
- 2006All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise (Himself)
- 2006Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (Self)
- 2004Noel (Randy)
- 2000Intern (Sebastian Niederfarb)
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Jackie Walker)
- 1999Colorz of Rage (Street Performer)
- 1997Anastasia (Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice))
- 1996Twisted (Shiniqua, Angel's friend)
- 1996The Daily Show (Self)
- 1990Law & Order (Greg Ellison)
- 1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (Self - Guest)
- 1984Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness
- -Broadway: The Next Generation (Self)
- 2025My Happy Place (Self)
- 2024Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry (Self)
- 2022Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? (Self)
- 2022The Jennifer Hudson Show
- 2022Sherri (Self - Guest)
- 2022The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Randall (voice))
- 2022RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World (Self - Special Guest)
- 2021Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Self - Panellist)
- 2021That Damn Michael Che
- 2020Equal (Narrator)
- 2020The Drew Barrymore Show (Self)
- 2020Stars in the House (Self)
- 2020Visible: Out on Television (Self)
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson Show (Self)
- 2019The Twilight Zone
- 2019Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star (Self - Guest Judge)
- 2019Desus & Mero (Self - Illustrious Guest)
- 2018POSE (Pray Tell)
- 2017Big Mouth (Ocean (voice))
- 2017Big Mouth
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Self - Guest)
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (Self)
- 2015Celebrity Family Feud (Self)
- 2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (Self)
- 2014Trailblazer Honors (Self - Speaker)
- 2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Self)
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (Self)
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (Self - Guest)
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Self)
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Self - Guest)
- 2011American Horror Story (Behold Chablis)
- 2010Who Do You Think You Are? (Self)
- 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Self - Guest)
- 2007Keeping Up with the Kardashians (Self)
- 2007Indie Sex (Self)
- 2005Dancing with the Stars (Self - Guest Judge)
- 2004Project Runway (Self - Guest Judge)
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Self - Guest)
- 1997The View (Self - Guest)
- 1997The View (Self)
- 1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show (Self - Guest)
- 1992MTV Movie & TV Awards (Self - Presenter)
- 1991Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (Little Richard)
- 1989Simpsonid (Desmond (voice))
- 1984MTV Video Music Awards (Self)
- 1981Olivier Awards (Self - Host)
- 1980Newsnight (Self)
- 1975Saturday Night Live (Self - Cameo (uncredited))
- 1975People's Choice Awards (Self - Presenter)
- 1959The Grammys (Self)
- 1953The Oscars (Self)
- 1944Golden Globe Awards (Self - Presenter)