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Billy Porter
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American singer and actor
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Acting · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
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- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping — Magno Stift2026
- Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It — Self2026
- Christmas Karma — The Ghost of Christmas Present2025
- I Was Born This Way — Self2025
- My Happy Place — Self2025
- Eric André Live Near Broadway — Self2024
- Disco's Revenge2024
- Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry — Self2024
- 80 for Brady — Gugu2023
- Little Richard: I Am Everything — Self2023
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- Male
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- United States
- Active from
- 1969
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Billy Porter (born September 21, 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Broadway performer and pop vocalist. He graduated from the Musical Theatre Program at Anderson High School's School of Drama and achieved fame performing on Broadway before going off on a solo career as a singer. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts with a B.F.A in Drama. He is probably best known for his portrayal of the Teen Angel in the 1994 revival of Grease!. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
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- Macromolecular structure determination using X-rays, neutrons and electrons: recent developments in
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- Born
- William Ellis Porter II , ( 1969-09-21 ) September 21, 1969 (age 56) , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Education
- Carnegie Mellon University ( BFA ) University of California, Los Angeles ( GrDip )
- Occupations
- Actor singer writer
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Spouse
- Adam Smith ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2017 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 2023 )
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William Ellis Porter II (born September 21, 1969) is an American singer, actor, writer, director and businessperson. He gained notice performing on Broadway before starting a solo career as a singer and actor. For his role as Lola in Kinky Boots, he 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. He 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.