Acting credits
97
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Billy Porter
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 42Series: 61Crew credits: 8
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
Executive Producer (4)Director (2)Original Music Composer (1)Writer (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Billy Porter.
Nov 18
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Magno Stift
2026 Movie
5.1
Christmas Karma
as The Ghost of Christmas Present
2025 Movie
Freeman Vines
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
I Was Born This Way
as Self
2025 Movie
(pride/prom)
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
6.0
Disco’s Revenge
2024 Movie
5.5
Eric André Live Near Broadway
as Self
2024 Movie
9.0
Queen of New York
2023 Movie
5.8
Our Son
as Gabriel
2023 Movie
Truth Be Told
2023 Movie
6.5
Let the Canary Sing
as Self
2023 Movie
8.4
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
2023 Movie
6.6
Little Richard: I Am Everything
as Self
2023 Movie
6.2
80 for Brady
as Gugu
2023 Movie
5.7
Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
as Self
2022 Movie
6.4
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
as Self
2022 Movie
5.7
Anything's Possible
Director
2022 Movie
7.5
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
as Pray Tell (archive footage)
2022 Movie
6.3
Cinderella
as Fabulous Godmother
2021 Movie
1.0
Smoke, Lilies and Jade
2021 Movie
Sanctuary
Writer
2021 Movie
4.0
Where Love Lives: A Story of Dancefloor Culture & Expression
as (Himself)
2021 Movie
10.0
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
2021 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Billy Porter.
1.0
My Happy Place
as Self • 6 eps
2025 Series
7.0
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
6.9
Accused
Director • 1 eps
2023 Series
3.7
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 eps
2022 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
5.6
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
as Randall (voice) • 2 eps
2022 Series
6.2
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
as Self - Special Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.1
That's My Jam
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.8
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Panellist • 1 eps
2021 Series
The Circuit
as Self - Singer/Actor • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.7
Middlemost Post
as Recycle King (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.3
Gossip Girl
as Singer • 1 eps
2021 Series
6.1
That Damn Michael Che
1 eps
2021 Series
1.3
Equal
as Narrator • 4 eps
2020 Series
6.1
The Drew Barrymore Show
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
5.0
Dear...
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
Stars in the House
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.9
Visible: Out on Television
as Self • 5 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
2019 Series
6.7
The Twilight Zone
1 eps
2019 Series
6.7
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2019 Series
5.1
Desus & Mero
as Self - Illustrious Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series