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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'.  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.
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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.
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 18:51, 19 May 2021

Billy Porter

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.

Further Reading/Research


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