Billy Porter

Billy Porter

b. 1969 (age 57) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Actor Director

Billy Porter (born September 21, 1969) is an American actor, singer and writer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, a Grammy Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, and has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards.

Known For

Filmography

My Happy Place
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★ 6.8
My Happy Place
2025 Self
I Was Born This Way
🎞️
★ 7.5
I Was Born This Way
2025 Actor
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
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★ 4.1
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
2024 Self
Disco's Revenge
🎞️
★ 7.1
Disco's Revenge
2024 Actor
Eric André Live Near Broadway
🎞️
★ 6.2
Eric André Live Near Broadway
2024 Self
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
🎞️
★ 8.8
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It
2024 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.9
Elton John & Bernie Taupin: Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
2024 Actor
🎬
📺
Raising Fame
2024 Self
🎬
🎞️
Can't Cancel Pride
2024 Self
80 for Brady
🎞️
★ 5.9
80 for Brady
2023 Actor
Gugu
Accused
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★ 7.0
Accused
2023 Director
Little Richard: I Am Everything
🎞️
★ 7.4
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023 Self
Our Son
🎞️
★ 4.9
Our Son
2023 Actor
Gabriel
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.0
Truth Be Told
2023 Actor
🎬
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Black + Iconic: Style God
2023 Actor Writer
Anything's Possible
🎞️
★ 5.7
Anything's Possible
2022 Director
🎬
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★ 1.7
Profiled: The Black Man
2022 Self
Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
🎞️
★ 6.8
Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
2022 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.7
Cinderella: The Reunion
2022 Self
🎬
🎞️
Global Citizen Festival: Take Action Now
2022 Self
🎬
🎞️
Juneteenth: A Global Celebration for Freedom
2022 Actor
Performer
Cinderella
🎞️
★ 4.4
Cinderella
2021 Actor
Fabulous Godmother
Where Love Lives
🎞️
★ 7.2
Where Love Lives
2021 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.2
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022
2021 Self
Smoke, Lilies and Jade
🎞️
★ 5.0
Smoke, Lilies and Jade
2021 Actor
Narrator
Visible: Out on Television
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★ 8.3
Visible: Out on Television
2020 Self
Equal
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★ 7.5
Equal
2020 Actor
Narrator
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.8
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021
2020 Self
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
🎞️
★ 6.7
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
2020 Self
🎬
🎞️
Represent: 40 Years of Nurturing Change with Cathy Hughes
2020 Self
Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester
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Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester
2020 Self
🎬
🎞️
The Future is Ours. The Moment is Now.
2020 Self
Like a Boss
🎞️
★ 4.7
Like a Boss
2019 Actor
Barrett
Tamron Hall
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★ 4.4
Tamron Hall
2019 Self
The 93rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
🎞️
★ 7.7
The 93rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2019 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.7
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020
2019 Self
🎬
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International Music Award
2019 Self
🎬
🎞️
The 78th Annual Peabody Awards
2019 Self
Pose
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★ 8.6
Pose
2018 Actor
Pray Tell
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★ 8.9
Pose: Identity, Family, Community
2018 Self
🎬
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★ 2.4
The Birds and the BS
2018 Self
The Humbling
🎞️
★ 5.5
The Humbling
2014 Actor
Prince
🎬
📺
Sally Jessy Rides!
2014 Self
Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual
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★ 8.0
Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual
2013 Self
Land of Lola: Backstage at 'Kinky Boots' with Billy Porter
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Land of Lola: Backstage at 'Kinky Boots' with Billy Porter
2013 Self
Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
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Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
2011 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.0
Indie Sex: Extremes
2007 Self
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
🎞️
★ 7.0
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006 Composer
Intern
🎞️
★ 4.4
Intern
2000 Actor
Sebastian Niederfarb
Colorz of Rage
🎞️
★ 5.0
Colorz of Rage
1999 Actor
Deonte
Twisted
🎞️
★ 4.8
Twisted
1996 Actor
Shiniqua - Angel's Friend
🎬
📺
In Performance at the White House
1978 Self
🎬
🎞️
To Be Real
Director
🎬
📺
Fruits of Thy Labor
Writer
🎬
🎞️
Untitled James Baldwin Biopic
Actor Writer
James Baldwin
🎬
🎞️
Camp
Actor Director
Mark