Acting credits
97
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.

Acting
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Acting credits
97
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
TMDB popularity
0.8
Low visibility
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TMDB ID: 88966
IMDb ID: nm0692039
Known for: Acting
Born: September 21, 1969
Age: 56
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.53
Wikidata: Q4913177
Other jobs
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.





Movie credits linked with Billy Porter.
as Magno Stift
as The Ghost of Christmas Present
Executive Producer
as Self
Executive Producer
as Self
as Gabriel
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Gugu
as Self
Executive Producer
as Self
Director
as Pray Tell (archive footage)
as Fabulous Godmother
Writer
as (Himself)
Series credits linked with Billy Porter.
as Self • 6 eps
as Self • 1 eps
Director • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
1 eps
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
as Randall (voice) • 2 eps
as Self - Special Guest • 1 eps
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
as Self - Panellist • 1 eps
as Self - Singer/Actor • 1 eps
as Recycle King (voice) • 1 eps
as Singer • 1 eps
1 eps
as Narrator • 4 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Self • 5 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
1 eps
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
as Self - Illustrious Guest • 1 eps