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==Notable Achievements== | ==Notable Achievements== | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Theatre and television actor and singer. Won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Lola in 'Kinky Boots', for which he also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Appears in the television show 'Pose'. He has also released two albums, notably 'Billy Porter' in 1997. | + | Theatre and television actor and singer. Won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Lola in 'Kinky Boots', for which he also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Appears in the television show 'Pose'. The first openly gay black man to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama when he won for his role in 'Pose' (2019). He has also released two albums, notably 'Billy Porter' in 1997. HIV positive. |
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* http://billyporter.com/ | * http://billyporter.com/ | ||
* http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/out100-2013/2013/11/05/out100-billy-porter | * http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/out100-2013/2013/11/05/out100-billy-porter | ||
| + | * https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/22/entertainment/billy-porter-first-openly-gay-black-actor-emmy | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 19 May 2021
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1969 -
Occupation
Entertainment
Notable Achievements
Tony Award, Emmy Award
Description
Theatre and television actor and singer. Won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Lola in 'Kinky Boots', for which he also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. Appears in the television show 'Pose'. The first openly gay black man to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama when he won for his role in 'Pose' (2019). He has also released two albums, notably 'Billy Porter' in 1997. HIV positive.
